#what ever happens - trap or no - it’s gonna be epic

[the-crimson]

Ok initial thoughts after the Cellbit lore because omfg that was a lot.

It makes so much sense that this military looking dude is an original member of the federation and that they were the one puppeting Cellbit during the whole month long enigma. Cellbit was essentially cleaning up the skeletons in the federation’s closet and who would know those skeletons better than an og member.

This person understands what makes Cellbit tick and was able to drag him around for over a month without Cellbit realizing until cucurucho revealed the truth at the very end. This person is scarily intelligent and knows how to manipulate people by playing with their desires and strengths. They kept Cellbit busy cleaning federation mistakes by dangling the mystery just under his nose so Cellbit would want to chase it (in addition to threatening what he loves) and Cellbit gave them everything.

I don’t think Max giving Cellbit the invitation to A0 was part of this worker’s plan but they are using it to their advantage. It’s obvious Cellbit hates cucurucho what better way to assure Cellbit they can trust each other than telling Cellbit curucucho will fall tomorrow? This person has already proven they can manipulate Cellbit easily and everything they said to him today reeks of manipulation and telling Cellbit what he wants to hear to make him to what they want.

Maybe this person really does want cucurucho to fall and this item to be stolen or this is a trap for Cellbit and his closest allies who are also against the federation. Maybe Cellbit has lost his usefulness and they are taking this opportunity to remove him and other troublemakers from the board.

Don’t forget. Twitchcon is literally this week. It’s five days away. Pretty much everyone Cellbit will want to bring is going to Twitchcon.

This person told Cellbit to bring allies on the heist. He told Cellbit he’d give information about the eggs. They are going to be inside a federation facility where warp stones and ender pearls (stasis chambers) don’t work.

My theory is this. It’s going to be a trap for both Cellbit and crew and Cucurucho. They are gonna hit two birds with one stone. Cellbit and crew are gonna be captured and imprisoned while they go to twitch con and cucurucho is gonna get blown up or something or it’s gonna know about the infiltration plan and arrest them itself. Either way this person has proved they can manipulate Cellbit easily I have no doubt they are using him and it’s gonna end terribly for Cellbit and crew.

[cyanide-latte]

So after Book 6 left me completely and utterly devastated and a crying wreck in my bedroom, I've finally started Book 7 of Twisted Wonderland and I figured I'd just do a basic drop of my thoughts so far. I'm keeping them under a "read more" cut and I'll also tag this post as having spoilers (even though it's not really the more recent spoilers) just to be safe and considerate.

Beyond that though, my thoughts aren't going to have a filter so please take this with a grain of salt. (I'll mention at the end where I've stopped for now in the plot, so please don't spoil past that point for me if you reply to or reblog this post. I really really don't want spoilers.)

Got it? Good. Here we go.

- Exasperation and loathing, thy form is Michael Mouse, I viciously beseech thee to get out of my house

- we need more of the freshmen just interacting with one another in general

- Rook wanting to take an internship in archeology make so much sense for him. "I'm not a patient person but this will challenge that" BRO, SAME.

- Idia just interning at Google basically

- Lilia like "btw I need to drop out of school, gonna throw a party later before I leave, kthnxbai"

- all of the characters doing impersonations in this book is a DELIGHT

- "I declare the mopefest official over!" Spoken like a man who bottles his stronger emotions up out of fear of having to face them, Ace

- Fucking love the meta commentary

- Idia "I'm not going to some farewell party for a junior I barely know because I need to actually mourn losing contact with an internet friend who ghosted me and I'm despairing the possibility I could ever possibly make a friend again" Shroud is too fucking real, he's relatable honestly

Malleus: here's my lil sob story abt the time I threw a tantrum so bad I almost froze an entire castle of people to death. Lilia made it all better but gave me a stern talking-to I've never forgotten.

Me: why do I feel like you learned nothing.

Also Malleus not long after: because I took your words to heart Lilia I've been looking for a solution to this problem, and Silver and the Ramshackle prefect with their random venting to me gave me the perfect idea, so I'm going to trap THE ENTIRE ISLAND in stasis sleep so NOBODY CAN EVER LEAVE ME AGAIN a good hoard knows to stay put for the dragon who owns it haha you'll all be fine, dw about it, I've got everything under control

Me: so you learned nothing.

- Malleus has no rights, he needs to be sent to the Time-Out Corner

- I also love that that Malmal fight loads up with an infinity symbol because it's like oh lol yeah, infinite-turn battle but then you see Malleus's fucking 300K HP bar and I was instantly like "hmmmm I think you're lying" and then his regen heals for like 60K damage each turn and he casts fire damage immunity on himself and I was like "mmhmm I knew you were lying to me"

- I demanded Mickey get the fuck out of my house so of course naturally the game decides to be cheeky and put me the fuck in his instead

- no but why the fuck is he here. I'm so fucking annoyed

- WE DON'T NEED MICKEY.

- I get it, I get why he's here but he really doesn't need to be. Disney you CAN in fact make a fucking video game without shoehorning the damn mouse into it. The Hidden Mickeys in various backgrounds were fine, we didn't need more than that.

- for the record, I've been pissed off about this since it started happening books ago, but I remain aggravated by Mickey just being shoved into this.

- I love that Silver shows up to bail MC and Grim's collective ass out of danger and then meanwhile you've got Ortho like "I've seen dial-up faster than this shit, what the FUCK bro, I expected better of you, logging this in my database as an Epic Fail."

- but also ORTHO MY CHILD. BE FREE. YOU GOT THIS.

- The Shroud parents are EXACTLY how I imagined. They're everything I wanted from their characters and more. They even SOUND like I hoped they would. Beautiful. 10/10. My intuition about their entire family remains, as ever, on-point.

- I do love everything I've gotten with Silver to this point. I was very baseline neutral on his character until now, but the more I'm seeing of him, the more I appreciate what I am getting.

- Sebek is autistic. I will die on this hill. Even if he represents autistic traits the internet DOESN'T like to woobify for the most part, that boy is autistic. He's autistic as fuck. This book is so far just further proving it.

- I mentioned earlier that Malleus has no rights but I'm saying it again because it's fucking rude as shit he's got epic choral BGM in Sebek's dream. Also creeping on people's dreams and threatening to forcibly make them sleep forever when they defy you because you feel entitled to ownership of your victims? Wow. Hey by the way Malleus, you got a phone call, we got a guy from Ohio on the other line, says his name's Freddy, you're one set of full-body burn scars away from him sueing your scaly ass. Yeah, just thought you'd wanna know.

- Listen I really want to appreciate and like the Malleus I hear everyone among my friends and mutuals say they see him as but no. No. Is he well-written? Well, I'm still early into this, so I'm withholding judgment on that point though I AM hopeful that I'll eventually appreciate how he's written. But do I like him? No. I didn't give a single flying fuck about him to begin with and I still don't. Throw onto it he's being a bitch right now, and that's not helping. If you genuinely like Malleus as a person, that's your prerogative, that's whatever. I'm not entirely sure what you see in him to like as a person but again, your prerogative. If you like him as a character because of how he's written for the role he is in, in the overall story, power to you, I REALLY hope I'll eventually agree with you. But as of right now, just so you're aware if you've read this far, I still don't give a single flying fuck about Malleus and I'm slowly starting to teeter into the direction of actually disliking him as a person.

- Silver: QUICK, TAKE MY HAND!!! Sebek: ew.

- Currently I've stopped on the chapter where Silver has dream-hopped from Sebek's dream with Sebek, Yuu and Grim in tow, into the dream of a mysterious bat-masked figure with a familiar voice who couldn't POSSIBLY be Lilia, not at ALL. So please don't talk to me about anything past that yet. I'll reblog this post with an update when I get further.

[jaegermonstrous]

Had a bad brain day, so it's time for chicken nuggies and DS9.

S3E7 "Civil Defense"

I'm already giggling and kicking my heels. I love this ep so much.

ATTENTION BAJORAN WORKERS [Side note, you could make a very effective drinking game out of this - has anyone done that?]

This is like when you rent a new place and accidentally trip the security alarm.

Hah! Quark feels safest with Odo.

I know we've all talked about this, but seriously how long do you think it took Dukat to record all these?

Also I love Sisko's bits with Jake in this ep. He checks in when Jake bumps his head, he talks him through opening the hatch. He's such a good dad.

Heck yeah Action Kira! Shooting doors and taking names.

ATTENTION BAJORAN WORKERS

Garak! Yay! I love that he's in this episode, but also that he's almost useless. Poor guy is used to being the hypercompetent superspy, and he can't fix the station or even do anything.

Gosh I love they let Kira shoot up the place.

MY FELLOW CARDASSIANS

How many contingency plans you think Dukat recorded for?

Woo self-destruct sequence!

How many times has Quark brought up Gaila's moon? Think it's something he does whenever he's feeling a bit down?

Heeheehee Odo trying to make Quark feel better. And of course Quark immediately trying to get the phaser back lol

Oh hey it's the cutest scene! Yeah, Julian. You're all gonna die, so flirt with the Cardassian spy.

Whoops that guy got shot. Good thing we've never seen him before.

Dukat! He's here and he's awful!

Though you gotta admit, getting a distress call from yourself would be weird. I like the headcanon that Starfleet are the ones who get all the really weird shenanigans because Humans are batshit neophiles, so they would definitely have a protocol for "what to do if you receive a message from yourself." Besides, the Cardassians seem like the type of military where even if shenanigans happened on the reg, they wouldn't Tell People.

Heeheehee Dukat asking about Sisko's welfare under the guise of making a jab. Suuuure Dukat.

Hah! Say what you will about Dukat [he's a monster], I do love the bitchy-ass power move of ordering a tea from the replicator trying to kill everyone.

I also love that Dukat and Garak's beef is so epic they take time to snipe at each other while the station is headed for destruction.

Heeheehee I love Dukat's slow realization that he's trapped. And Garak and Kira's reaction shots. It's just. Chef's kiss.

And now. Garak just absolutely murdering Dukat. I cackle every time.

I love they get contact with Sisko and Co like ten minutes before the station is set to blow. Very star trek.

It's such a small moment, but I love that Sisko lets Jake come along to try to save the station. It's such a sweet moment of recognition of Jake's agency.

Think they make Starfleet uniforms with tear points? If you've ever tried to rip fabric like that, it's really hard unless the fabric is basically gauze or unless there are seams meant to give way. Hashtag sewist thoughts.

And I love the solution to the self-destruct sequence. Though just for plot reasons I wish they'd had some lasting damage.

Also love that Quark and Odo flirting wildly as they walk away is the last shot of the episode.

[rzyraffek]

Multifandom characters with clingy s/o

Micheal Myers from Halloween

Men will litteraly stab you 29 times please do not touch him! He has to be the one who starts any phisical activities cuz he will get stressed otherwise

Be patient! He never really was in relationship He doesnt know how to feel and how to react

To be fair only physical contact He had wasn't probably nice and kind so it will take long time for him to warm up

Illidan Stormrage from WarCraft3

PLEase do! It full fills him with happiness!This guy just wants somone positive attention and pure love

He needs this comfort he is even more touch starved than I am! He just wants love really

Yeah he is a criminal, so what? He wants cuddles too! And please hold his hand hes so happy:D

Also after his whole demon emo phase please complement his new look cuz he might be a bit insecure

Brahms Heelshire from The Boy 2016

😳

He is the most clingy boy you gonna ever meet

Please do

When he finds out that s/n like hugs as much as he does, s/n is never going to get rid of him. He always puts his hand in hers(or his idc) hands or hugs from behind when s/o does chores

Yes he is horny 24/7 BUT he treats this hugs a bit difrent than just 'invitation' for some activities but as actual way to show that he cares and loves her without all sexy stuff. Slow weekends with lazy breakfast in bed and cuddling till 1pm is his perfect day

Arthas from WarCraft3

His first instinct is 'wha- did something happen? Let me protect' but then he remembers hes edgy and epic and he cant show emotions cuz hes so so spooky.

Yes yes s/o you will get your hugs but privite chambers okay? He has demons to kill he cant afford risking your life because you wanted to cuddle

But please don't let this act fool you, he really does care, in his own Arthas way... even if it seems cold he kinda lost his soul and emotions few years ago so yeah have fun dealing with that

Eddie Glueskin from Outlast

Ayoo??😳

Consensual touch??? 🤨 is that a trap?? He never, idk he never felt this type of positive touch

Oh please teach him your ways, how are you so comforting, so kind, so warm so so you!

He already plans wedding and everything! Oh you are just too perfect!

Billy Lenz from og Black Chrismas

He will bark at anyone in 10meter radius from you! Once you give him any hugs he will get addicted!

He will just walk behind you like stray puppy :( please dont ignore him he wants affection

Then he finds out about hand holding! Now he can fallow you like stray puppy while holding your hand and fidget with it! He might bite tho

[seven-stars-in-his-palm]

ok, mscm au pitch idea i won't ever write but is cool to me. i always wondered what happened to jesse in the worlds where they were "made useful" by pama with the headset on and now i'm thinking about how damaging being absorbed into a VR world that knows your every waking thought would be. so: au where the headset plan is not successful, but instead of making jesse "useful", pama traps them in a nightmare VR world while ivor and petra/lukas save crown mesa without their psudo leader.

here's what i'm thinking. 1: jesse is about to save harper, but is found out by pama. 2: pama realizes "well i can't get u from where you are and i can't make you useful without a chip, soooo i'm gonna lock ur body down until i find a way to get you out. yay!" and then locks jesse's consiousness from the outside. 3: jesse is now stuck in VR World while their body is just dead in the Real World. ivor and petra/lukas freaak the fuck out, but like, what can they do?? nothing!! all they can hope for is to keep jesse's body safe down there while they head up and face the Horrors. so they leave jesse in harper's bed, take the water buckets, and head out. they can only hope to save this world, or they're fuckedddd

so adventure ensues. they go out, but since its mostly canon compliant, what we'll focus on is jesse. i can't decide between a fucked up Time Loop (i love time loops, mmm) and have the horror be subtle or have each of their deepest fears just WHAMMED at them without pause. i feel like pama would do the former, since its just subtle enough to keep them busy and not make them realize the fakeness--time loops are weird enough. i guess it'd be something like...hmmmm. actually?? there could be a lot of possibilities. could be a world where killing the withee storm goes wrong, a dimension in the portal network killing them leaving beacontown to rot, SEEING beacontown be succumbed to monsters in jesse's absense, and such like. something just fake enough for them to believe there's something else going on that isn't VR (but just as terrifying).

and at some point, pama comes up with the brilliant plan to MINE up to the surface, because PAMA KNOWS WHERE THEY ARE. so they then pilot jesse's body to make it upside and join in just in time for the climatic battle at the redstone heart--a sort of added pizzaz. so ivor fights one and petra/lukas fights the other...and the whole time, jesse thinks it sjust another illusion in their VR World, so they fight HARD. and, ofc, no one can really beat jesse in a fight, its Plot Armor, so the person fighting them JUSTTT lives. like straight up almost gets fucking murdered.

so redstone heart is yanked out. petra/lukas is unchipped. but pama won't get away that easily, because guess what, the headset isn't a part of pama's whole network. they can hack into it, yes, but the programming is harper's. so then there's a Jesse (Not Really) vs Everyone Else fight lmaoo sorry i have to do it. its so very emotional to me. the solution will be simple ofc (knocking off the headset) but that's HARD since they have to get through JESSE to do that.

and in that minute or so fighting, the rest of the gang truly begin to see past the surface of totally confident and brave jesse. they're vulnerable, they're scared, and pama keeps flitting between full control and none since they're dying, but jesse keeps fighting anyway, bevause they think its fake. they seriously believe they're in a whole other situation than what they're really in, and like. that's pretty important. to finally see through the shell of your friend, your leader, reduced down to their very, very scared core. petra will finally understand why jesse feels the need to be the one call the shots. lukas will finally understand that jesse is not the perfect and epic hero that he found himself to believe, and will love them even more for it. ivor will finally understand that gabriel's predecessor is both just like and nothing like him, and damn it, he needs to stop holding that shit against them. and harper will learn that jesse needs to get the fuck home, because wow, they really are just a scared kid trying to get home. fucking hell im making mcsm angst someone save me

[bigbadvoxbox]

alright I'm back with the vox asks, I couldn't get enough of your writing SO I wanna ask for some fluff where the reader is trapped in the extermination and vox goes looking for them to help

EPIC this is adorable, this is gonna be like structured weird so sorry about that but I find it easier to write this way

- Vox definitely acts like he doesn't care about many people, but you are very much the exception. No matter how he acts, he can't help but always keep an eye on you, whether it be if you're in his line of sight, or if he has to check on you through a screen or with a drone. He just likes to know that you're safe.

- When the extermination happens, he usually tells you to stay inside, but acts kinda coy about it like "Can't lose such a profitable investment, now can we?" as if he wouldn't freak out the second you're in danger.

- He uses his drones to keep an eye on you during the extermination, but when the spear of an angel smashes his tech to pieces, he can feel himself glitching with panic. The way he starts to twitch and stutter.

- He'd usually never do this, but he finds himself going out during the extermination, and let me tell you, no exorcist would dare mess with him with the panic-fuelled adrenaline he has rushing through his wires.

- He finds you cornered, and can't even contain his emotion, his worry, his anger, all of it. The electricity sparks out from his body, and he manages to grip the angel by the wing, sending a lethal shock through her body. Not enough to kill her, being an angel, but definitely enough to immobilise her.

- He takes you back to the Vee tower, demanding you stay inside where he can keep an eye on you. "I hope you understand now why I told you to stay inside. You can't even keep yourself out of trouble. I was the one who had to come and save your ass." At first he lectures you like an irritated boss, but eventually you can start to see through the cracks, and his concern for you, his care, becomes a lot clearer as he holds you close. He can't even imagine what he'd do if you were killed. Not that he'd ever tell you that.

- "I'm just glad you're okay." he'd say, taking a deep breath to calm his nervous glitching. He lets you stay in the tower with him until the extermination is over. He just needs to make sure you're safe. You spend the rest of the extermination observing the rest of the Pride ring, watching it as though it's a reality show. He keeps a caring arm wrapped around your shoulders as you watch.

- You question the fact that he seems to not care about the other demons being killed. "As long as it isn't you, who gives a shit?"

- He cares a lot for you, in his own special way.

NOT A LOT BUT ITS ALL I CAN SQUEEZE OUT OF MY DEAD BRAIN RIGHT NOW TY ANON

[y0d00p]

i was trying to think of

why SDDD and DMK would appear after Triple Deluxe events (i know noncanon side story mode whatever) if neither of them had anything to do with Taranza and Sectonia and

what the deal is with DMK being "sealed [...] for aeons"

as a reminder of my headcanons:

the Dimension Mirror is a relic holding a pocket dimension originally made to seal Dark Mind who was an artificially created Zero (clone?) that got out of control. it is separate from whatever mirror(s) are used as portal(s) between Mirror World and Prime World

the Mirror was entrusted and passed down a long line of ancients -> royals eventually coming into possession of Mirror World Sectonia (Carmine)

long story short Dark Taranza married Carmine to get access to the Mirror for its supposed wish granting ability, shattered her to get her out of the way, then (inadvertently?) released Dark Mind and set off the events of Amazing Mirror

so, jumping off of that, my thoughts are

Dark Mind is defeated and while it was killed off for good it left behind some... evil... inside the mirror. evil residue. this is the influence that would eventually facilitate Sectonia's corruption

DMK was shattered inside the Mirror/pocket dimension, and I suppose became trapped in there, perhaps as a result of Dark Mind's death? (he became its new prisoner??)

up until at least post-Triple Deluxe DMK is trapped in the Mirror, meaning I guess he is not present for Mirror World Canvas Curse, Squeak Squad, Epic Yarn, Mass Attack, and Return to Dream Land, if those events did happen and if we go by order of release date. for the record Carmine also remains shattered and hidden somewhere until at least post-Triple Deluxe

aeons...? I'm gonna headcanon that while that IS an exaggeration (holy longer than you think dad batman!??!!), perhaps there is some time dilation going on that made DMK's imprisonment longer than it was outside the Mirror

a hundred (or whatever) years completely alone in an empty dark labyrinth saturated with the ghost of a dead evil fake god can't be good for your mental health. i would attack the first dude i saw as soon as i got out too. also, if he DID ever speak with Sectonia, he probably was not a good influence, due to all that

so... why SDDD then? well completely ignoring the fact that he appears from The Mirror at the start of his battle we can say that SDDD was there to take the fucking precious evil relic back because it's dangerous and stolen and DMK is in there. SK probably joined SDDD we just didn't see him don't worry about it

in conclusion: DMK just keeps Going Through It

[godfrey-the-chaos-duck]

(this is late because I was super busy yesterday but idc)

Webby Week Day 2: Vacation/Sleepover!

Planning a vacation, Webby had realised, was far, far different to planning an adventure.

Scrooge certainly enjoyed it less, for a start. All the hassle of preparing, but with no death-traps, ancient curses or lost tribes - and no treasure to show for it at the end, either.

Donald, quite on the other hand, was revelling in it. He had his suitcase all packed, and he was wearing a Hawaiian shirt that looked like it was from 1996, and a pair of glittery sunglasses.

Huey was all packed too, as he had been for the last three days ("A Woodchuck must always be prepared", he had said when Louie was confused why he was packing so early)

Dewey couldn't wait. He had a travel playlist all picked out, with requests from some of the others (Della had suggested some of her favourites from Powerline, and Dewey just couldn't say no) and was more than ready to make this the most epic vacation in all of history.

Even Beakley was excited (though she still insisted on bringing survival gear and weaponry - the main advantage of having Launchpad and Della as pilots was that airport security wasn't a problem).

Now the day had arrived. They would touch down in Madrid, and have the most relaxing week of their lives.

But something - no, someone - wasn't here yet.

"So, is Lena coming, or are we just gonna wait here?" Louie asked, as Webby tried not to look too disheartened.

"Well, I haven't heard anything from her yet today," Webby answered, "Can we just wait a couple more minutes?"

"It's ok, Webby," Della said, kneeling to meet her eyes, "I'm sure she's just finishing getting ready, that's all."

"But what if she forgot?" Webby looked anxiously at her, "What if something came up and she never told me? What if she's sick, or hurt, or-"

"Whoa, calm down that brain of yours," Della put a hand on her shoulder to bring her back to the present, "I understand you're worried, but I'm sure she's fine. How about you text her again, and see?"

Webby opened her phone.

Sure enough, a message popped up on the screen.

"On the way, sorry I'm late, I got caught up with Violet, see ya soon Pink 💝" the message read. Webby smiled.

"See? What'd I tell you?" Della ruffled Webby's hair, making her giggle.

A few minutes later, there came a knock at the front door.

"I'll get it!" Webby bolted down the foyer, and opened the door. There, with a backpack on, and looking very pleased, was Lena.

Webby ran up to her and hugged her.

"Hey," Lena said, "I'm so sorry, I woke up late, and Violet insisted on trying to teach me some Spanish..."

"It's ok, you're here now," Webby replied, "But I was kinda worried about you."

"I still can't believe your family's letting me come on vacation with you," Lena looked around, "I mean, sleeping over is one thing, but I guess this kinda feels weird, like I shouldn't be here."

"Don't ever say that," Webby told her, "You're the best, and we're lucky to have you."

"Besides, if anything crazy happens, it'd do us good to have a sorceress around," Dewey pointed out.

"Nope, nothing crazy is happening this week," Louie said, "We are going to Madrid, and I am going to sit down, sunbathe and eat churros!"

"Ah, you're here!" Scrooge smiled when he saw Lena, "Let's get going, shall we?"

Lena nodded.

"To adventure!" Della cried.

"No," Webby responded, "To vacation!"

[eshtaresht]

oh damn oh jees I'm so normal sooo sooooo normal rn ahaha! emotionally, I'm feeling sorta ZGBZFDHZV HV ZDH DZVVZDS ZD ZZV LZV. like, it's trigun, I expected it to hit hard BUT I DIDN'T EXPECT IT TO HIT SO HARD spoilers for ep 10 under the cut as usual

tbh I'm mostly shaking about the next ep and impending season finale, but this one was still pretty brutal

firstly, the goofs. vash fucking SNEESING and getting ruthlessly bullied by wolfwood is pretty much in spirit of their relationship in 98' anime and I'd love to see more of it (pls I hope there'll be a season 2)

scar reveal! I was afraid they're gonna give him a glow up and yeah, some scars are barely visible, but the other ones look awful. so, everything I hoped for, good to see he's in pain /j. also nico tried so hard not to stare at shirtless vash... he's looking away respectfully

vash is such a wet cat pathetic paperbag of a guy... just let that guy take a shot, barely flinched, took the bullet 'cause he thinks he deserved it. didn't even think of attending the wound until wolfwood said so. and, mind you, vash doesn't have any superhuman abilities so that must've hurt like hell

nico's job is so funny because to keep vash safe he has to get into mega epic fights, but also remind that idiot to eat and take care of wounds. again, vashwood duo feels more like the original now, after the sandsteamer. I think nico actualy started caring about vash since he saved the orphanage, it's great to see him conflicted with his mission

also policemen from ep 1 and the guy who shot vash are like... second best side characters in stampede and this is not a compliment. the best ones are nomads who ate worms btw

oh meryl, she's gonna girlboss so hard now... woe to all the haters and naysayers, she's getting character development and faces the same conflict as vash and nico thus gaining more narrative significance!! don't get me wrong, manga and 98' anime meryl was a crucial character, but she's getting much more freedom in stampede to develop and get into action

the moment where she gets up during wolfwood voiceover is when we start to see the "iron lady" and I'm so here for it! now we just have to wait for her designated therapy dog girlfriend to appear and when I can be at peace

tbh I don't really care about roberto. no hate, just neutral, rip drunckle grumps

everybody just dumped zazie... so rude, meryl didn't even answer their question >:(

elendira is..... not bad, but disappointing in comparison to the manga's gorgeously evil and hilariour girlboss who was also explicitly trans! oh look, she's a child experiment plant hybrid now, yay... meh

TESLA CONFIRMED omg I'm SOO exited for the next episode we're gonna be in SO MUCH PAIN

knives yeeting vash into the pit got a giggle out of me, but also... damn he actually was preparing all these years, crafting a perfect trap. and all the plants... he couldn't fix them and boy oh boy, I'm pretty sure he gathered them not for safekeeping... HE'S GONNA DO A LAST RUN ON THEM TO "FIX" VASH!! that was probably what elendira was refering to when she started crying

I am the normallest about this. these twins are such hyppocrites I wanna study and dissect them. knives doing the most cruel thing to his sisters so he can get rid of everything that makes vash human in hopes that if they were on the same footage they would finally stay together.......

and the words that he says to vash hurt so much more because it's true. he does love humans, but the main thing driving him is guilt. in stampede, more than ever, vash blames himself for pretty much all human suffering, because he helped the great fall happen. no wonder he's so depressed and not nearly as goofy! homeboy doesn't just protect the lives rem saved, his pacifistic quest is penance for all the people he (thinks he) killed

july is going to destroy him.

[episodeoftv]

Round 1 of 6, Group 2 of 4

propaganda is under the cut (424 words) - may contain spoilers

summaries (pulled from imdb or wikis)

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Doctor Who - 12.10 The Timeless Children

In the epic and emotional season finale, the Cybermen are on the march. As the last remaining humans are ruthlessly hunted down, Graham, Ryan and Yaz face a terrifying fight to survive. Civilisations fall. Others rise anew. Lies are exposed, truths are revealed, battles are fought, and for the Doctor - trapped and alone - nothing will ever be the same again.

this finale is shit!! absolute ass! nothing happens in it for it to justify having such a cool name. the master captures the doctor, shows her a slideshow that amounts to ‘‘you’re adopted!! :)" doctor breaks out of her matrix prison thing by overloading it with memories when the matrix is The Supercomputer and it’s used to hold all memories of all time lords ever? you know, the species whove been doing their thing for a billion years and live up to 10,000 years? the doctors new memories should either already be there or make nary a dent in it. the doctor’s like ‘‘why would they do that! why would they lie?’’ girl they have been lying to you since forever. they killed you once. theyve tried to kill you so many times. they turned you into a fucked up anti time monster that one time. one of the doctors past past selves even told her it doesnt really matter!! what was even the point

Our Flag Means Death - 2.08 Mermen

cw: vomit

Stede, Zheng, Spanish Jackie and the rest of the Revenge crew team up to take down a nefarious common enemy threatening the world of piracy.

1) paced like a runaway train, worst actor kiss i've seen in all my years, weird resolutions for two newly-introduced characters who started with lots of potential but ended up with no narrative payoff. (spoilers) removed a really strong actor/character from an overwhelmingly mediocre cast and caused a giant rift in the fandom with some (falsely) claiming that the major character death was bury-your-gays, homophobic, ableist, etc. and that they were done with the show (we'll see about that), and others claiming it made perfect sense to kill off this character because he was "ready to die"

2) Season 1 was so promising, and set up so much! Season 2 SEEMED like it was gonna fulfill some of that promise... That is, of course, until they squandered all of those loose plot threads, character moments, potential arcs, etc. in a half-assed episode that was basically all filler and ended with one of the most unsatisfying, pointless, and unemotional deaths of TV that gave us all 'Dean with the rusty nail' flashbacks. Even the *seagull* got a better death. Not even the canon ship felt satisfying!! Their kiss and ending was extremely rushed and they didn't actually go anywhere from the end of S1.

3) Least of all it was all very rushed. More importantly Izzy was absolutely fucked and his death didn’t make sense with the writing of the rest of the series. Ed en Stede’s character development throughout the season got thrown away for some ”happy” ending which would’ve been better if they just stayed with the crew.

[cosmicjoke]

Also, damn, everyone’s fighting over whether Sukana’s a fraud or not for using other people’s CT’s against Gojo, (I mean, in an out and out power struggle, if Sukana needs to rely on these other techniques to win, then Gojo is more powerful), but I don’t even care, one way or another.  I just don’t want Gojo to die, and after the end of 229, I don’t know.  If all of Gojo’s techniques have been adapted to, then it’s no good for him, and something drastic is going to have to happen for him to get out of there with his life.  Whether you think Sukana is cheating or not, it doesn’t really matter.  Admittedly, this was all set up by Gege, so you can’t call it an ass-pull or bad-writing from a set up perspective.  There’s still plenty to criticize in terms of clarity of writing (anytime you need a piece of fiction broken down into basic terms and explained to you, then there’s been a failure somewhere in the writing), and also in terms of keeping the reader engaged (endless exposition is always bad).  But what’s going on right now in this fight makes sense.  The only way anyone’s ever beaten Gojo is by laying a trap for him.  You can’t overpower him just flat out, but you can plan around his abilities, like Toji did, and later Kenjeku.  So if Sukana wins, it’s gonna’ be because of he had a solid plan in place.  It’s still upsetting, and I hate how Gojo keeps taking L’s.  It’s exhausting how he can’t seem to make any progress against Sukana.  I got hopeful for half a second when he finally was able to hit Sukana with infinite void, but now it seems hopeless for real.  I don’t know what he’s going to do.  Of course, EVERY chapter has ended with Gojo seeming shocked or injured in a way that seemingly spelled gloom and doom for him, and then the next chapter, he’s right back to fighting with no, lasting damage to himself, so maybe that’ll happen again.  But that’s the thing about this fight that’s driving me and so many others crazy.  It keeps ending on these cliffhangers which seem to be the end for Gojo, and then nothing comes of it, and it just drags on and on.  Meanwhile, none of the chapters end with Sukana in any, seeming peril.  So it does make me wonder.  Maybe Gege is going to shock us all by wearing us down through expectation.  It keeps seeming like a certainty that Gojo is going to lose, because he keeps getting bested at the end of each chapter.  It truly would be a shock, then, if he somehow still managed to win.  But at this point, I’m struggling to see how.  Unless Sukana really is paralyzed by infinite void, and Gojo is able to just crush him.  But with Mahoraga having already adapted to it, and I guess that adaptation transferring to Sukana, I guess that’s not gonna’ be the case.  How’s Gojo going to clobber him now?  I don’t know man.  It really does just seem like Gojo’s going to lose, and probably die, and now I’m making myself sad, lol.  I won’t call it bad writing, or say it’s because Sukana is a fraud who couldn’t win in a fair fight (even though I hate Sukana for real), but I was just hoping for something a little more epic and back and forth.  So far, this fight hasn’t been back and forth, it’s been one-sided, with Gojo just continually getting bested.  The tension is all coming from the seeming certainty that Gojo will die at the end of each chapter, only for him to find some half-baked way of not dying, which only lasts until the end of the current chapter.  We aren’t getting any tension from a sense of uncertainty in who’s going to win, it’s all coming from waiting to see when Gojo will die.  It’s seriously draining and not exciting by any means.  It’s depressing.  But then, I guess that’s in keeping with the general tone of JJK too.  It’s always been a depressing story. 

[tenebrius-excellium]

How To Steal A Dragon’s Sword Liveblog Part 2

everyone is mysteriously disappearing and nobody cares except for Hiccup. hmmmmm Idk if I still like how much of the plot is relying on simple viking stupidity, is this allowed to be called lazy writing yet?

the Witch’s hut sounds like a place I’d live in tbh. seems cozy.

I can’t believe Excellinor can bake

ok look, the hidden trap door under the literal fireplace is VERY neat. I want it.

hmmmmmmm RttE ice cave...Bewilderbeast...Snow Wraiths... totally not references and such...

Flashburn is alive! Good for him

Is it ever revealed why Toothless, the fang-free dragon, was able to find the fire pit and not anybody else? Why destiny?

I love Hiccup’s and the Wodensfang’s conversation, also Toothless’ jealousy of the Wodensfang. But the Wodensfang’s size is weird. Doesn’t he say that Hiccup the First rode him? But Hiccup can tuck him in his waistcoat? What’s up with that?

The crown is really cool. I want that one too.

“Throow uup thee crowwn!” - “Doo youu thiink Ii’m stupiid???” FAVORITE MOMENT, I replayed that for at least three times lol

I also love how they didn’t leave Flashburn behind although he was a wuss. It’s nice that the kids are nice to him.

...aaaand of course Hiccup is immune to Venomous Vorpent venom... Excellinor could’ve just threatened to scratch Fishlegs or Stoick instead??

oh and so THAT’S the famous “Checkmate!” scene??? hmm. I had hoped that there would be a more epic delivery to that one, actually.

okay so the swordfight competition is really, really well written. How everything blurs and boils down to focus for Hiccup in the heat of battle, that’s... really immsersive. I was captivated by that moment. Very well done.

AND HE FACES STOICK WHAAAAAAAAT THIS IS SO GOOOOOOOD AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

THE WAY HE ASKS HIM ABOUT WHETHER HE WOULD FREE THE DRAGONS FIRST!!! (like Hiccup really doesn’t want to be king,...)

WOW

HICCUP IS KING OF THE WILDERWEST...OR NOT

AAAUUUGHHH STOICK TOO???

Camicazi got a reality check about idolizing Hiccup which is probably for the best

NOOOOOO THEY WERE GONNA KILL ONE-EYE MY FAV

FURIOUS NO WHY DESTROY THE COOL HUT AND THE COOL CASTLE COME OOOOOON

Love how Hiccup draws the dragons’ attention to himself. the only smart move in that craze. The Red Rage having a sort of hypnotising effect was also clearly played at in Httyd 2...now I understand that better. Still, the thought was much better executed in the book imo.

The last scene. Gosh. Best thing ever. Hiccup the outcast, alone in a cave with three dragons. Thank you for saving him, Windwalker. 

WHAT A BOOK. The stakes were awesome. However, yeah...I’m slowly beginning to get annoyed by the plot holes that are clearly only there “because it’s a kids’ book” and “because vikings are stupid”. Why rely on deus ex machina this excessively? A great story needs to build itself up logically, I believe. The first Httyd movie is a good example. The reason why it works so well is because it barely has plot holes. A well outlined story happened to be aided by chance, making it a masterpiece. I wish the books that this kind of solid worldbuilding too.

[vaudeville-moggie]

Risevember:

Todd scouts but only the bits I remember:

[intro] So there’s a bit before where splinters is like talking to the teens and they’re too busy on their phones to pay attention so splinter is like “no phones!” ?? i think?? Splinter drives them into the woods and kicks them out of the tank, takes their phones (and don’s tech) Donnies, like, “I need my phone and ,y phone needs me we can’t survive in the woods!” Scratching his arms a lot. and suddenly Todd is there. “I drove up in the tank with you guys, don’t you remember?” Flashback to the tank where Todd is talking about how much fun they’ll have and the turtles are staring at their phones. Then Todd’s like, first lesson! Food, so, what would you eat?” I think rap tries to eat rocks? “No” Donnie picks up a stick, “no” pan to Leo trying to at donnie, “no, you’re horrible” Mikey’s like, “what about these?” And Todd’s like, “THOSE ARE NO-NO BERRIES.” Then. Idk Todd catches a fish with his mouth it’s pretty impressive. Anime sparkles. Todd imparts some knowledge about setting up camp near a running water source. Then it’s night and Todd’s doing animal calls. I think donnie throughs pinecones at his brothers to get their attention. He’s in the trees like a cryptid with glowy eyes. He’s wearing pinecones on his head in place of goggles and replaced with rest of his tech with wood. He’s still scratching himself a lot. He tells his brothers to “ditch Todd” so they ditch Todd (Leo tells him they’re gonna try out their newly learnt skills on their own) Donnie takes them to his treehouse they built by enslaving woodland creatures like a real Disney princess. They have arcade machines (what) and a hot tub (I think??) and a tv?? (Idk, honestly) So then later Todd comes in with his famous lemonade and is all like “what’s all this then?” Except he doesn’t say it like that but yeah somehow he gets the idea that they ditched him “you guys ditched me?” And the little heart-shaped lemon slice breaks in half and Todd runs out, and he drops the lemonade but before it falls he rushes back to put it down and straighten the flower and he says “sorry you got caught up in this” and then he runs away crying and is “Todd-napped” and yeah I think the turtles see this happen but are too slow to stop the tooth fairy guy from getting away. So THEN they use their Todd scout knowledge like camp near a water source and somehow find where the dentists/trophy hunters are then they ninja in and Leo begins an epic anime sparkles apology and Todd forgives him before he even finishes but yeah then they get the hell out of there and find a cave and Todd is sad but they cheer him up and reveal they have the lemonade, which Todd drinks and goes super saiyan and calls upon the woodland creatures and they fight the dentist/trophy hunter guys. Yippee. Uh. Then they celebrate their victory? Idk. Then they cut to the tooth fairy guy with a picture of Raph and he’s like evil laugh, I want that snuggle tooth for my creepy ass wall of teeth. Look I’m as sad as everyone that rise was cancelled but I’m so glad we never saw that guy ever again.

and without further ado here is the video:

so yeah misremembered a lot and forgot a lot like the fact that the episode starts with them getting out of a trap thing by using donnie's phone. anywizzle.

thanks for watching. stay silly.

[ask-teamplayer]

Enzo i love how you talk so much can you just like. talk at me for several minutes straight

Ronin I am not sorry

ENZO: have you ever noticed fates eyes are like. blood red. like that happens i get it but have you ever genuinely thought about HOW red his eyes are

ENZO: like was his name this really shitty pun given to him by one of his parents. like "red string of fate" cause thats funny as hell and fittingly gender neutral and kinda perfect for him cause he constantly goes off about soulmates and shit like. he seems to believe in the cosmic strings of destiny or w/e and i think the irony in his name makes it like 100x funnier

ENZO: tbh i dont get the whole thing with soulmates but im not gonna question him about it, and like i believe that theres such a thing as destiny or whatever so im kind of a hypocrite

ENZO: for example it was my destiny to be cool as ice

ENZO: cool as the polar ice caps. cool as negative one million degree in kelvins. so cool i was trapped in a block of ice like a caveman for a couple million years

ENZO: people gettin hypothermia around me yall. my chill alone is whats gonna fix global warmimg and patch the hole in the ozone. actually wasnt that already patched before i was born? or like when i was really young

ENZO: i like to think it went away the day i emerged in the claws of a great white eagle instead of a stork, because my very goddamn red blooded american existence solved all crisises or whatever

ENZO: i am a powerful force of fucking nature. i am. inevitable as shit

ENZO: destiny exists and its me. i am destiny itself

ENZO: the president saw baby me and cried tears of blood

ENZO: and then froze to death. that was the original analogy i was backing off right

ENZO: whatever im epic. you get it

[wubblehrts]

I've got a lot of bones to memorize, sounds like a great background vlog, thanks ^_^

Also what did you think of genloss nan? I know you liked it but I'd love to get a more in depth review if you want to share!

I LOVED IT SO FUCKING MUCH DUDE!!!!!!!!!!

the first episode was absolutely hilarious. Charlie Ranboo and Sneeg were so good the entire time. looking back on the vods knowing everything we do now about the censoring and how Ranboo actually had no choice ever is so chilling and brings such a new light to Charlie's character in the first episode.

the second ep was SO GOOD it was a bit long at times but I feel like they balanced the horror and comedy super well in this one. I like how the episodes progressively went from comedy to comedy horror to just straight horror it was such a good progression and went so seamlessly.

the saw stuff in the second ep was epic and THE CHARLIE SCENE I loved the Charlie scene where the colors shifted and he was just SCREAMING while Ranboo cut into him it was awesome. it really makes me wonder if he was screaming the entire time and everyone just saw it as him being silly and talking that would be so fucked.

ethan my boy in this episode I wanted him to get saved so bad and thank God he didn't because niki got killed first instead. SNEEG'S SCENE WITH HIS HAT. wowoowow that was so good they way that Squiggles said please hold and everything just stopped. it was so eerie and unnerving

the mouse trap scene lasted FOREVER I was so bored tbh but it was really funny. AND I LOVED RAT RAE she was so cute omg. also imagine if shelby was a rat she would've been an amazing rat I think or just a great contestant like

the closet scene was awesome and so silly. I loved how npc like Ranboo was because he got his mask reset. him and Sneeg were so desensitized to everything around them I loved it.

the way that the last part of the second episode was so well done. I keep wondering what would've happened if Ranboo had listened to the Puzzler and left with that key instead of going to Hetch.

the scene with the smoke was EPIC the cinematography was so gorgeous and well done I loved it

AND HE SAID FUCK AHHHHHHH

THE LAST EPISODE UGHHHHHHH

the empty mall was perfectly eerie and quiet it was also gorgeous and I loved how the decor was done. the people in the masks were posed like mannequins and it was so creepy like wtf was the reason.

him finding Charlie was so super cool and I loved how Charlie was actually streaming that whole time.

the reveal where we saw the Showfall employee killed by the monster and then seeing SNEEG KILLED BY THE MONSTER??? I can't believe that was just glossed over like you could see his hat and everything he got out and tried to escape omggg

THE CASE SCENE WAS EPIC I LOVEDDD ITTTTTT. Charlie dying was a huge L can't believe he died smh.

THE BOW BEFORE HE WAS GRABBED HOLY SHIT

I deadass slapped my hand over my mouth I was in shock. and the crucifixion was soooooooooo

fuck it was everything I loved it so much it was so creepy and such a good moral dilemma. personally I voted for die but I wanted him to suffer and thought living was gonna let him go until they explained that it would've kept him in the facility. but I'm really glad we ended up choosing die because Random said he really wanted that to happen :D

all in all I'm so glad I was able to watch that live the suspended was amazing and I'm just in awe. ranboo did so good and I'm so proud of him

[brokenmusicboxwolfe]

Advantage of having a fridge on the back porch: If you have a power failure during an epic cold snap, your Christmas turkey won’t spoil.

Disadvantage of having a fridge on the back porch: Getting food past the critters

You wanna know what happened? So my Christmas dinner was done, but the smell of roast turkey had gathered all the cats from probably three counties. I shoved past them saying “MOVE! MOVE!” And stepping carefully as I went back and forth to the fridge. It looked like everything would be fine with my pal Daniel the only threat.

I opened the door to go back in, having stashed everything but the turkey itself, and a cat streaked by me. Damn.

This cat wasn’t one of my friends, but someone that lurks around the edges and views me with terror. Double damn.

First I hold the door open, hoping it will run right out. It starts to, as I expected as the house freaked it out. Then just at the door it saw me holding it open, panicked, and ran back through the kitchen.

Then it smelled the turkey on the stove. It was searching for the source of the wonderful smell, and I could NOT stand there. I love turkey too much, and I sacrificed to get that sucker. I won’t have another turkey until next Thanksgiving, and I would fight this cat for it.

I fought the cat for it.

Okay, a put dove between the cat and the turkey. This terrified the turkey even more, and now it launched itself towards the door, which would be fine except the screen door had shut itself. I grabbed a broom to shove the door open, but the broom scared the cat, and it ran back a few steps until it saw me.

Now the cat felt trapped between me and the scary broom at the door, so it launched itself up the wall!

To clarify, the wall is covered in pegs and holes for pegs. Hanging from it are calendars, trivets, a vintage license plate, and sundry odds and ends my family have out there over the years to keep track of.

Or were hanging. The cat clawed it’s way through them, sending things flying. The cat had cornered itself in a literal corner where the christmas tree ornament boxes are stacked. No way out that way, and there was chaos and clattering as things fell.

The cat started to leap over my head to the stove. I blocked. The cat, thinking I was trying to attack it tore into my hand, splitting one finger open. Blood was pouring out all over this lovely, previously unworn wool sweater.

I rushed to try to get the door open again, but then I had to fend off other cats. Trying to keep the other cats out got the trapped cat running the other way.

In the frenzy the sweater caught on the door, pulling out a huge snag. The sweater that had been a gift Mom bought Pop, a wonderful cozy sweater I fell in love with the instant I put it on today. I will never, ever be able to afford another one.

I yelled.

The cat ran sideways and dove under a counter. I couldn’t see it behind stuff, but I could hear it breathing.

Actually I don’t have an ending yet.

I put the turkey away, saw to my gash, and went to eat my rapidly cooling meal (you can see your breath in this house). Damned if I know how to get that scaredy cat out.

I’m gonna go have my pie now and hope inspiration or luck finds a way..

See, this Christmas is just NOT going well!