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chenfordspiral · 1 month

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There are now 10 main characters on The Rookie — rank them! 😈

Why, Sarah? Why?? Although, maybe it's not as hard as I thought? We shall see..

Tim and Lucy (1 & 2) I think these two are pretty self-explanatory, right? They both just got a very special place in my heart, both separately and together. I could cry over how for they've both come since the first episode. I could also write an essay here but I don't think I could stop before the new episode airs so I won't lol.

Angela (3) I just love her, okay? Always have, always will. My favorite no-nonsense detective.

Grey (4) Because he's the papa bear of the group and cares for every single officer at that station.

Aaron (5) Because he's just awesome. I won't lie, I wasn't sure what to make of his character at first, but I've come to really love him since then. His comedic relief? Perfect. Him partnered up with Tim? Chef's kiss.

Harper (6) Because she doesn't take shit from anyone and could easily take any guy twice her size and put him in his place.

Wesley (7) Listen, I like the guy, but with all the other characters we have he just.. moves down the list pretty quickly? But I do love that he's not some a**hole lawyer like others have been portrayed on the show, and that he's actually fighting for the right people.

Celina (8) Again, I can't say I dislike her, but I'm also not her biggest fan. Obviously, she's still a rookie, but there's been a few things that never would've been accepted when Lucy and Nolan were rookies. That one scene where she essentially goes off at Tim in 5x19 (?) comes to mind. I can't believe she didn't get at least a firm talking to.

Bailey (9) Okay, so.. here's the thing with Bailey. I've always been bothered by how she seemingly knows how to do everything and has about 135 different jobs. They seem to have tampered that one down quite a bit recently, but she still only interacts with Nolan, except for a quick conversation with someone else here or there. I said this in another post recently, but I think if she were more involved with others, I might like her better.

Nolan (10) What does it say about me (and maybe the character) that the titular character is my least favorite out of 10? I know not everyone would agree with me here, but I just.. don't care about him? I'm mad at him, or how obviously different he's being treated sometimes, every other episode; 6x04 being the latest example because there are literally no consequences when he messes up and then he ends up on the TV only hours later?? Come on. I know he's a new TO, but he's had so many ridiculously great role models and yet, here we are. I'm sorry to everyone who likes/loves him, but I just don't care about him at all.

Can Tamara be an honorary mention? I just love how far she's come since we met her and her bond with Lucy is so sweet. I love me some found sisters. I think I'd put her in like.. mh, 4th? 5th?

Whew, okay. So maybe this was a bit tougher than anticipated. Top 3 and bottom 3 were easy, but the rest? Help, that was difficult. Thank you so much for this, Sarah! As tough as some of these asks are to answer, I love doing them nonetheless. 🫶🏻

#chenford #the rookie #favorite characters #asked and answered #queseraone #should we all go spam Sarah's inbox with the same question now???

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what-do-1000-swords-look-like · 2 years

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Jonsa Parallel: Stirring Jon Into Action - one that reiterates who Jon was protecting in 8x06

In 6x04, we get a scene where Jon is about to embark on a journey to head South after what happened in 6x03 (and his murder):

(sorry I couldn't find the scene on YouTube to link; HBO is coming hard for GoT clips all of a sudden, so far purely Targaryen/Dany/Jon-centric)

He's done. "My watch has ended." He tells Edd he'll go South and get warm. Despite Edd mentioning the NK (which we know that Jon has been laser-focused on since HardHome, why he let the Wildlings past the Wall, and then got murdered for it), Jon has made up his mind. He's leaving and that's that.

But then we hear the horn and the call to open the gate. Sure enough, we see this in the next shot (after Jon with Edd behind him):

Sansa is shown first as the doors slowly open, then Brienne and then Podrick. We see Jon's reaction to her arrival and the interaction between them after that. Even though Jon has no interest in fighting Ramsay or anyone really, he is sure of one thing: he's not letting Sansa (the only family left to him that he knows of at this point) out of his sight. He makes that clear with the dialogue from the fireplace scene.

Then they get Ramsay's letter. Even then, as horrified as he is by what Ramsay has told them about Rickon and sees Sansa's own horror, he still seems hesitant to do what needs to be done. Especially when hearing outnumbered they're most likely going to be. It's only when Sansa grabs his hand and tells him they need to save Rickon and Winterfell, that she gets him to listen, that he finally agrees. Which leads to him (and Sansa) amassing an army to fight the NK.

Make no mistake, it's Sansa who stirs him into action. Not Edd, not Davos, not Tormund, and certainly not Melisandre. Even after hearing the threat Ramsay posed to Rickon, to Winterfell (and the North by extension), to the Wildlings, etc.

He is given a new purpose so naturally this scene:

Is soon replaced by this scene:

And Edd is there to see Jon switch to his new role/purpose:

This is Jon going into his new arc. And what propelled him into it? Sansa.

Then we have 8x06:

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No matter what Tyrion mentions (including being the shield that guards the realms of men), the people, Tyrion himself, Jon himself, even Arya (in conjunction with Sansa), Jon is not prepared to take action. Even after the KL massacre where a million innocent people were burned alive for no reason. Even after Arya warned him about himself (and Sansa). It's only when Tyrion says that Sansa won't have a choice, that Jon is then gotten through to. It's when Dany confirms that those who oppose her won't have a choice, that he then knows what it means "for those he loves most". It's Sansa again that stirs him into action. And we get:

It's Sansa who gets him to act, that has him taking on the two threats to her (and Westeros), and Ramsay who was an immediate threat to her. And it was even Sansa who got Ned to act (choosing to confess his treason & dishonor himself), to make the same choice in 1x09 that Jon did in 8x06.

And bonus:

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Does Jon's reaction to first seeing it was Sansa look familiar?

Not to mention they have the obvious callback to "forgive me" which Jon doesn't answer here explicitly (because 1) it's unfinished/open-ended between them & 2) he needed to get Bran's confirmation here that he did the right thing). And of course the hug:

(notice how Brienne and Tormund are in the 6x04 hug shot btw - love that it's just more proof in the pudding for this whole post)

It was always about Sansa.

#jonsa #jon x sansa #jonsaposts #metaposts #jonsa meta #gotposts #got #game of thrones

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spnmarchmadness · 1 year

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LETS GO SPORTS FANS

the official ranks are in. if you want to participate in the bracket contest (its free. the prize will be the valor that comes from a job well done), you can do so here.

if you just want to make a bracket for funsies, here’s a google sheet with the intial match ups seeded. The full seeding list is below the cut!

1. 5x22: Swan Song 2. 5x08: Changing Channels 3. 6x15: The French Mistake 4. 13x16: ScoobyNatural 5. 3x11: Mystery Spot 6. 2x22: All Hell Breaks Loose: Part 2 7. 4x01: Lazarus Rising 8. 10x05: Fan Fiction 9. 11x04: Baby 10. 11x20: Don't Call Me Shurley 11. 2x20: What Is and What Should Never Be 12. 3x12: Jus in Bello 13. 4x22: Lucifer Rising 14. 8x23: Sacrifice 15. 9x23: Do You Believe in Miracles? 16. 14x13: Lebanon 17. 14x20: Moriah 18. 1x22: Devil's Trap 19. 2x01: In My Time of Dying 20. 3x03: Bad Day at Black Rock 21. 3x16: No Rest for the Wicked 22. 4x18: The Monster at the End of This Book 23. 4x03: In the Beginning 24. 5x10: Abandon All Hope... 25. 5x21: Two Minutes to Midnight 26. 7x10: Death's Door 27. 11x09: O Brother Where Art Thou? 28. 2x15: Tall Tales 29. 2x21: All Hell Breaks Loose: Part 1 30. 4x16: On the Head of a Pin 31. 4x06: Yellow Fever 32. 5x04: The End 33. 6x20: The Man Who Would Be King 34. 8x17: Goodbye Stranger 35. 1x12: Faith 36. 12x10: Lily Sunder Has Some Regrets 37. 5x14: My Bloody Valentine 38. 5x03: Free to Be You and Me 39. 4x20: The Rapture 40. 13x06: Tombstone 41. 14x14: Ouroboros 42. 3x13: Ghostfacers 43. 7x17: The Born-Again Identity 44. 8x11: LARP and the Real Girl 45. 7x20: The Girl with the Dungeons and Dragons Tattoo 46. 15x09: The Trap 47. 12x11: Regarding Dean 48. 6x04: Weekend at Bobby's 49. 12x06: Celebrating the Life of Asa Fox 50. 8x08: Hunteri Heroici 51. 5x16: Dark Side of the Moon 52. 13x05: Advanced Thanatology 53. 1x06: Skin 54. 9x18: Meta Fiction 55. 10x22: The Prisoner 56. 15x18: Despair 57. 14x04: Mint Condition 58. 2x13: Houses of the Holy 59. 9x06: Heaven Can't Wait 60. 15x15: Gimme Shelter 61. 3x08: A Very Supernatural Christmas 62. 10x14: The Executioner's Song 63. 14x10: Nihilism 64. 11x14: The Vessel

#spn #spnmarchmadness #supernatural polls #spnfamily #supernatural #dean winchester #sam winchester #castiel

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blue-cheeseinmyoffwhites · 1 year

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Breaking News: Eddie Diaz is a Liar

Eddie told the group before he left that he was trying to take a nap....but he was obviously not and very much up playing video games??? He never told anyone he was playing beforehand so they wouldn’t have known. So why would he have to lie about leaving the call? Eddie was literally trying to get out of the conversation, and this was after Buck revealed the news and called himself a father--

Not only was he the only one not happy about the reveal, but he gets visibly shocked by it?? Or at least in a much different way than Hen and Chinmey. And the video games certainly don’t make it any better.

He doesn’t even leave the living room for the whole night and even stays in his clothes. Who knows how like he’s been up crying.

Like Chris in Animal Instincts (6x04), Eddie was up playing video games when he was supposed to be asleep. And just like Chris, he was lying. His behavior here felt so off compared to how we’ve seen Eddie so far this season, getting visibly frustrated and making excuses to leave the conversation (doesn’t even wait to hear everyone’s goodbyes). So what’s with the offset? Especially with both episodes 7 and 8 leaving on such high notes for him?

#eddie diaz #evan buckley #buddie #buddie 911 #911 fox #911 spoilers

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release-your-sweets · 6 months

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Criminal Minds episodes I rewatch the most (Seasons 6-10)

Season 6

6x04 Compromising Positions

6x10 What Happens at Home...

6x11 25 to Life (Highlight: Derek Morgan)

6x12 Corazon

6x14 Sense Memory

6x16 Coda

6x19 With Friends Like These...

6x22 Out of the Light

6x24 Supply & Demand

Season 7

7x01 It Takes A Village (Highlight: "This is calm and it's doctor")

7x04 Painless (Highlight: the prank war)

7x06 Epilogue

7x07 There's No Place Like Home

7x09 Self-fulfilling Prophecy

7x11 True Genius (Highlight: Spencer Reid)

7x13 Snake Eyes (Highlight: Poker Reid)

7x15 A Thin Line (Highlight: Paul Johansson is Dan Scott but even worse)

7x16 A Family Affair (Highlight: The end of the episode)

7x19 Heathridge Manor (Highlights: It's a good kind of creepy and Juliet Landau is in it)

Season 8

8x04 God Complex (Highlight: Maeve)

8x05 The Good Earth

8x06 The Apprenticeship (Highlight: Softball game)

8x13 Magnum Opus (Highlight: The team supporting Reid)

8x14 All That Remains (Highlight: The plot twist)

8x15 Broken

8x18 Restoration (Highlight: Derek Morgan)

8x20 Alchemy

Season 9

9x06 In The Blood (Highlight: Day of the Dead celebration)

9x07 Gatekeeper (Highlight: Spencer Reid delivering a baby)

9x11 Bully (Highlight: Alex Blake)

9x12 The Black Queen (Highlight: Penelope Garcia)

9x15 Mr. & Mrs. Anderson

9x16 Gabby

9x18 Rabid

9x20 Blood Relations

9x21 What Happens in Mecklinburg

9x22 Fatal

9x23 Angels

9x24 Demons

Season 10

10x03 A Thousand Suns

10x04 The Itch

10x05 Boxed In

10x06 If the Shoe Fits (Highlight: Prince Charming Reid)

10x09 Fate

10x11 The Forever People

10x12 Anonymous

10x13 Nelson's Sparrow

10x14 Hero Worship (Highlight: ME Einstein, Derek Morgan defusing a bomb, Rossi & Reid friendship)

10x18 Rock Creek Park (Highlight: Spencer Reid and Dorian Loker)

10x23 The Hunt

#criminal minds #spencer reid #derek morgan #david rossi #penelope garcia

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glorious-spoon · 2 months

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5 & 8 for the 9-1-1 asks!

5. Favorite song played during a scene.

either 'season of the witch' in 4x14, just because i adore the song and i think it's a fantastically off-beat choice for that whole sequence, or 'bicycle race' in 6x04, for a hilariously apt song choice for a bisexual idiot on a bike

8. Favorite season of the show and why

probably season 4, considering that it contains both The Shooting (tm) and both 'jinx' and 'treasure hunt', which are for sure some of my favorite episodes of the show

#ask meme #911

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blaintism · 1 year

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this morning i decided to rank every episode in which blaine appears or is mentioned by the merit of their blaine content. because, i don't know, i'm very neurodivergent or something. so here is, in my opinion, the best to worst blaine episodes:

1. 3x15 “Big Brother”: has a micro celebrity older brother, gets very upset about everyone pointing at him, skips skip day, gets a stuffed animal from his boyfriend, doesn’t feel good enough with his brother around, and reconciles

2. 5x07 “Puppet Master”: has an autistic meltdown, gets gas poisoning, imagines everybody loves him, wants to share his core wounds, gives jake strange advice, steals, and sends puppets to new york city

3. 4x07 “Dynamic Duets”: creates a superhero alter ego, meets evil warbler #2, does autistic stuff, and wants to stop feeling like he’s a bad person

4. 2x12 “Silly Love Songs”: makes a fool out of kurt accidentally, makes a fool out of himself in a gap, becomes a part of a ‘when harry met sally’ situationship, and sings two solos

5. 4x03 “Makeover”: becomes a huge nerd and the president, makes a friend, lies to artie, and realizes he is sad and alone

6. 2x20 “Prom Queen”: delivers part three of his traumatic backstory, is very afraid, makes his solo story relevant, and saves the prom!

7. 4x17 “Guilty Pleasures”: likes wham, is a swiftie in the alternate universe of the promo, sings sam a strangely emotional song, and sam is not homophobic to him

8. 3x17 “Dance with Somebody”: tells everybody that it’s not right but it’s okay, doesn’t want to talk about new york, and has weirdly tan hands

9. 2x16 “Original Song”: forms blaine and the pips, ignores mourning a bird in favor of love, conceives of the worst duet idea of all time, gains +1 boyfriend, and sings two solos

10. 2x06 “Never Been Kissed”: shifts the tectonic plates by making his first appearance, sings teenage dream, delivers part one of his traumatic backstory, and thinks that karofsky isn’t coming out anytime soon

11. 4x16 “Feud”: has cement hair, has his identity stolen, is on the bottom, and is forced to join the cheerios again by nicki minaj

12. 6x07 “Transitioning”: gets hit with some eggs, has a serious case of heart eyes, and cheats but in a cool way this time

13. 5x14 “New New York”: cheers up sam, becomes elliott’s facebook friend, has a good talk with kurt, and moves in with mercedes

14. 3x05 “The First Time”: gets virgin shamed, canonically masturbates, meets evil warbler #1, makes out with kurt hummel drunk, and has sex

15. 2x14 “Blame it on the Alcohol”: thinks it’s cool that kurt and finn are brothers, makes out with rachel berry drunk, defends bisexuals, and is 100% gay

16. 3x11 “Michael”: wants to be starting something, gives the warblers sensitive information, and could lose an eye!

17. 4x11 “Sadie Hawkins”: gets asked out by a girl, has a crush on a boy, and finds out the warblers are taking steroids?!

18. 6x04/05 “The Hurt Locker”: forgets his mom’s name, finds a bear in his house, remembers fettuccine alfredo, and sticks his tongue right in someone’s mouth

19. 4x14 “I Do”: gets groped in a prius, has his honor defended, has sex in a hotel room, and knows he and kurt will not be just friends

20. 5x16 “Tested”: has body image issues, watches porn, admits that he’s scared kurt will stop loving him, and is misinterpreted by the entire fandom

21. 4x04 “The Break Up”: screams, cries, throws up, sobs, falls to his knees,

22. 2x09 “Special Education”: helps kurt out at his new school, doesn’t audition for the solo at sectionals, sings the solo at sectionals, gives kurt bird advice

23. 4x10 “Glee, Actually”: who’s blaine? ice skates and has a mature talk

24. 3x01 “The Purple Piano Project”: joins the new directions, unknowingly blows up a piano, and tries his best to be friendly

25. 4x15 “Girls (And Boys) On Film”: sings three duets with three different duet partners, and has a starring role in kurt’s imagination

26. 4x21 “Wonder-ful”: understands kurt unlike anyone else, and wants to marry him

27. 5x01 “Love Love Love”: sings the best duet with kurt, gets back together with him, is more asian than sam and ryder, gathers every show choir in the state, and proposes

28. 6x02 “Homecoming”: gives us some information on his depression, wears curly hair until he remembers people are racist about it, and attempts to solve misogyny

29. 2x15 “Sexy”: takes advice from sue sylvester, is very cringe, and delivers part two of his traumatic backstory

30. 3x02 “I Am Unicorn”: #juniorgate, is the only person respectful of kurt, and gives great audition #1

31. 4x06 “Glease”: continues to suffer, breaks character, and stands hollow eyed in the hallway

32. 3x08 “Hold on to Sixteen” fights sam, fights finn, and does what his father said and let his mother mold him

33. 5x06 “Movin Out”: visits new york, considers being a doctor or a teacher, and is the piano man

34. 2x11 “The Sue Sylvester Shuffle”: sings a banger solo, mercedes and rachel talk at him while he eats, and he attends a mckinley football game

35. 4x01 “The New Rachel”: tells kurt to leave (affectionate) and is the titular character

36. 3x14 “On My Way”: has an emotional breakdown in front of god and everyone, and then raps

37. 4x05 “The Role You Were Born to Play”: cries and sings his best solo, which is great audition #2

38. 2x18 “Born This Way”: sings somewhere only we know, which should make the top but it’s his only scene

39. 6x13 “Dreams Come True”: becomes a father, and loves kurt very very much

40. 3x22 “Goodbye”: is now in ‘the notebook,’ shares a lot of meaningful looks, and wears a lobster cardigan

41. 6x08 “A Wedding”: he gets married i guess. points for his vows

42. 4x22 “All Or Nothing”: is insulted by brittany once again, buys a ring for kurt, and sings a duet with marley

43. 3x09 “Extraordinary Merry Christmas”: is kurt’s best friend and holiday roommate, and gets some good gifts from rachel

44. 4x08 “Thanksgiving”: doesn’t exist until kurt calls him on the phone, and yet it’s such a good phone call that it beats the episodes below

45. 5x11 “City of Angels”: is too gay to lead the glee club, reads the show choir blogs, and has sexual tension with skylar astin

46. 4x12 “Naked”: becomes santa, gets an unnecessary spray tan, and is a supportive friend

47. 5x20 “The Untitled Rachel Berry Project”: is given kurt’s trust, doesn’t want to sleep with brittany fictionally, and defeats a homophobic old lady

48. 2x17 “A Night of Neglect”: he gets taken on a date to a high school and pushes some people around

49. 6x01 “Loser Like Me”: has been in his flop era since Kurt broke up with him, but he does have a new boyfriend!

50. 2x10 “A Very Glee Christmas”: he sings a flirty christmas duet with kurt, who is much better than that girls gonna be

51. 6x03 “Jagged Little Tapestry”: sings in kurt’s imagination about how much he misses kurt, and gets a bad home makeover

52. 3x03 “Asian F”: gets flowers and a leading role

53. 2x22 “New York”: loves kurt

54. 5x19 “Old Dog New Tricks”: likes seeing kurt so happy

55. 4x09 “Swan Song”: joins the cheerios

56. 2x07 “The Substitute”: sees a purse fall out of kurt’s mouth, and is discussed by kurtcedes as if he’s kurt’s boyfriend

57. 5x17 “Opening Night”: knows a good gay club

58. 3x16 “Saturday Night Glee-ver”: loves dancing and otherwise disappears

59. 3x13 “Heart”: is back from the dead and more cute and compact than ever!

60. 4x02 “Britney 2.0”: sings my favorite mashup

61. 3x18 “Choke”: is a supportive boyfriend

62. 3x20 “Props”: wonders what a guys gotta do to get a little candy situation, and gets a hot pretzel at the mall with kurt

63. 5x04 “A Katy or a Gaga”: is obviously a katy

64. 4x13 “Diva”: points for him being a guy diva, singing don’t stop me now, being cute when he’s sick, being gay, and liking asian representation, but a huge subtraction for the non consensual touching from tina and him apologizing to her at the end

89. 3x19 “Prom-asaurus”: experiences discrimination, but at least he watches lesbians on tv, is an expert on the bill of rights, and has a very sweet boyfriend

65. 5x09 “Frenemies”: people are mad at him for having good grades, but he’s actually really cool about it and offers for them to share his valedictorian speech

66. 5x05 “The End Of Twerk”: unfortunately causes the entire twerking situation

67. 3x04 “Pot O Gold”: sings last friday night, to the dismay of people who usually sing all the time and will not sing any less in the future

68. 3x07 “I Kissed A Girl”: sings a corny duet to my delight, and otherwise has no thoughts about the difficulties of being gay suddenly

69. 5x02 “Tina in the Sky with Diamonds”: is as always a good friend, hits a really high note

70. 3x21 “Nationals”: is simply present, sings come on! hold tight!, and is the only person who isn’t kissed after they win

71. 6x12 “2009”: has stopped living a lie, but starts living a plot hole

88. 5x15 “Bash”: is strangely sidelined in an episode where his fiancé is attacked, but at least he reads star wars fanfiction

72. 5x13 “New Directions”: gets into NYADA, and makes out with kurt in tina’s mind

73. 5x12 “100”: gets his song stolen, and is given a gift for his wedding night sodomy

74. 6x10 “The Rise and Fall of Sue Sylvester”: is very very sad dalton burned down

75. 4x20 “Lights Out”: gets mostly cut from the episode, and is still a cheerio

76. 3x06 “Mash Off”: looks like a time traveler with quinn

77. 6x11 “We Built this Glee Club”: thinks glitter is pretty

78. 4x18 “Shooting Star”: is scared and sad, BUT PARENT MENTION???

79. 3x10 “Yes/No”: does not say a word but gives kurt a cute look

80. 5x03 “The Quarterback”: is understandably not in this episode very much

81. 6x06 “What the World Needs Now”: certainly appears as some point

82. 2x19 “Rumours”: doesn’t appear but is the subject of rumors, rachel thinks he’s better than sam

83. 3x12 “The Spanish Teacher”: burt wants to tell him kurt got a NYADA audition

84. 6x09 “Child Star”: he’s on his honeymoon off screen, which kinda rocks

85. 5x18 “The Back Up Plan”: is a lying liar

86. 5x08 “Previously Unaired Christmas”: gets told to shut up, and does

87. 4x19 “Sweet Dreams”: gets yelled at for not being responsible for a group of traumatized children by Mr. Schue, the teacher

#blaine anderson #glee #text #blaine meta #long post #feel free to let me know if you disagree #don't take it too seriously though #the tone of this is clearly pretty humourous #although there's some slight passive aggression if you wanna try to spot it #it's for fun

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heartlandians · 2 months

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Tim's shirts from seasons 6-8 from the Heartland Auction

#heartland #auction #shirt #tim fleming #chris potter #season 6 #6x04 #6x10 #season 7 #7x04 #7x17 #calgary flames #hockey jersey #season 8 #8x02 #8x13 #8x17

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sunnydaleherald · 3 months

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The Sunnydale Herald Newsletter, Thursday, February 1

Faith: And quite a muffin. Buffy: Blueberry. That crunchy, munchy stuff on top. But my most favorite thing so far is that he doesn't seem to be any kind of Hell Beast. Faith: All men are beasts, Buffy. Buffy: Okay, I was hoping to not get that cynical till I was at least forty.

~~Beauth and the Beasts~~

[Drabbles & Short Fiction]

Regular Tuesday (Buffy/Spike, PG-13) by veronyxk84

Inside Out (Buffy/Spike, T) by veronyxk84

Hubris (Angel/Maggie Walsh, T) by MadeInGold

Revenge is Best Served Wet (Spike/Dawn/Angel, E) by CoffeeHunt

Drugged. Fucked. (Buffy/Faith, G) by view27

and the route you abandoned is always the path that you probably should be upon (Willow/Giles, T) by punch_kicker15

You've Haunted Me All My Life (Crossover with Supernatural, T) by TrueImmortality

Maybe We Should Forget the Ice Cream? (Crossover with Supernatural, T) by TrueImmortality

His Greatest Masterpiece (Angelus, M) by EustasiaVye13

Boundless Heat (Angel/Spike, T) by Pinkperson

Electric Shocks (Spike/Maggie Walsh, M) by MadeInGold

I Made it to the Other Side (Spike/Dawn, E) by MadeInGold

Never and Always (Buffy/Spike, R) by hulettwyo

[Chaptered Fiction]

He Barks like a Stray God, Chapter 1 (Buffy/Spike, NR) by driyaad

Unborn, Chapter 2 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by Lizzie Queen of Meigas

Lie to Me, Chapter 4 (Buffy/Spike, AO) by In Mortal

A Vampire and a Slayer Walk Into a Park..., Chapter 14 (Buffy/Spike, AO) by holetoledo

A White Knight Amongst The Stars, Chapter 1 (Crossover with Stargate, FR21) by Cdog

A Breath is But a Soundless Whisper, Chapter 18 (Buffy/Spike, 18+) by Blackoberst

What the Drabble?, Chapter 78 (Buffy/Spike, R) by VeroNyxK84

Anarchy Tour, Chapter 2 (Buffy/Spike, R) by Alyot

The Mixtape Chronicles, Chapter 2 (Buffy/Spike, G) by Julikobold

Love Lives Here, Chapter 16 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by Passion4Spike

Early One Morning, Chapter 11 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by all choseny

Coming Through, Chapter 12 (Buffy/Spike, AO) by hulettwyo

[Images, Audio & Video]

Artwork:they did you so wrong by antlerspine

Artwork:buffi by frenchublog

Artwork:Buffy x Good Omens crossover by brontollow

Artwork:[my bad buffy au, circa 2002] by vu-prod

Gifset: 3x20 "The Prom" by mycatismyfriend

Gifset:Fave Episodes: s4 ep10 "Hush" by green-ajah

Gifset: by lopeirce

Gifset:6.18 "Entropy" by whatisyourchildhoodtrauma

Gifset: 3.18 | Earshot by bangelgifs

[Reviews & Recaps]

NEW MAD MAX REACTION | Buffy the Vampire Slayer 5x20 "Spiral" | Normies Group Reaction! by The Normies

Buffy The Vampire Slayer S07E04 'Help''♡Reaction & Review♡ by SoFieReacts

WATCHING BUFFY after WATCHING BUFFY | First Time Watching by EvilQK

Flooded: Buffy The Vampire Slayer 6X04 Reaction by Dakara

BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER - S6 EP 15 AS YOU WERE (2002) REACTION VIDEO AND REVIEW FIRST TIME WATCHING by Reel Reviews With Jen!

ANGEL 5X01 REACTION | First Time Watching by EvilQK

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finitefall · 1 year

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Some have been mentioning the Battle of the Bastards in their reblogs of my post, and I thought I’d give my two cents on it.

The thing is, Sansa’s loyalty to Jon can only go so far. Why? Because the writers needed their strong female character on the show. Many before me have been explaining why it could only be Sansa: D&D are sexists. We know this, there’s no debate about it unless you’re talking to someone very, very stupid. But the female audience of Game of Thrones couldn’t be entirely forgotten. So they needed their “feminist icon”, their “strong female character”, who could only be a main character to have a real impact and be significant.

That’s also why Sansa is whitewashed since the first season. They need her, because the other main female characters on the show don’t fit what they want in a woman, what the patriarchy wants women to be like, they don’t “conform to their gender” (like Arya, who they turned into a killer machine saying that most girls are stupid), they threaten the patriarchy and the status quo (like Daenerys, who’s definitely darker in the show even if we don’t talk about season 8), or they’re an antagonist (like Cersei).

Sansa is “traditionally feminine”, she doesn’t threaten the status quo, she doesn’t threaten the patriarchy, she’s not an antagonist, and she’s a “good victim” unlike Daenerys:

Without Littlefinger, and Ramsay and the rest, I would have stayed a Little Bird all my life.

(Sansa, 8x04)

Their strong female character needs badass moments. And show!Sansa stans will always remember when she was the one to save the day instead of Jon, when it was a woman instead of a man. She’s getting a leadership arc in season 6, because they put her in the North by changing her storyline in the books and giving her Jeyne’s. Because they love Sophie Turner in a creepy way, yes, but also because they needed her to go back North to give her a leadership arc.

When Sansa and Jon reunite, her efforts to convince him to take back Winterfell aren’t paying. Jon just died and came back to life, he’s done with the fighting, he’s just done in general. It’s only when Ramsay sends him a letter in that same episode that Sansa convinced him:

A monster has taken our home and our brother. We have to go back to Winterfell and save them both.

(Sansa, 6x04)

It’s Rickon. Rickon is still alive, Ramsay has him, and he’s their little brother. The rest of their family is dead, or presumed dead. Yes, Brienne saw Arya, but they have no idea if she’s still alive at that moment. No, right now the only family Jon has left is Sansa. He died, he came back, he doesn’t know why, the only thing he knows is that he doesn’t want to fight anymore. But Sansa came back, no matter that they didn’t get along at all when they last saw each other. And Rickon is still alive. He still has the two of them, Ramsay has the latter and is a threat to the first. That’s why he asks the help of the Free Folk, that’s why he tries to convince Northern Houses to fight with him.

I’ll skip the part where Sansa is absolutely unhelpful, gaslight both Davos and Lyanna Mormont, and think people will fight because she’s a Stark. Huh, no. They won’t, they didn’t. The ones who fought alongside Jon didn’t do it for her, and the Knight of the Vale didn’t do it for her either, but because she asked Littlefinger. They only did what he told them to do.

Back to trust and loyalty, she tells Brienne she trusts Jon:

Then why did you lie to him when he asked you how you learned about Riverrun?

(Brienne, 6x05)

It’s an interesting scene, because it ends here. Sansa doesn’t answer Brienne, so it’s up to the audience to guess the answer and people will have different opinions on what the reason is.

Before the battle, Sansa tells Jon they don’t have enough men (well, it’s not his fault that not enough Northern Houses will fight for you, Sansa), that he doesn’t know Ramsay like she does and will fall into his trap, that she needs to listen to him. And he does, actually:

All right, tell me. What should we do? How do we get Rickon back?

We'll never get him back.

(Jon & Sansa, 6x09)

She does know Ramsay. No, he won’t let Rickon live. But what was the reason that convinced Jon to fight Ramsay and take back Winterfell? Rickon. Rewind:

A monster has taken our home and our brother. We have to go back to Winterfell and save them both.

(Sansa, 6x04)

It was never about saving Rickon, and Sansa knew it. It was about taking back Winterfell, and revenge (no one can blame her for this, of course, I’d love to kill Ramsay Bolton). The fact is, at this point, the audience does wonder what Sansa is doing. Is she manipulating for her own gain? Does she not trust anyone anymore? We don’t know, and that’s not something the writers care about. What they care about is that Sansa is back North, they’ll take back Winterfell, and she’s having “badass” moments with some lines.

And when it does seem like Ramsay is going to win, who is surprised to see the Knights of the Vale coming to save the day? Not the audience. Now, this has be done many times, like in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. I absolutely love the Battle of Helm's Deep in this movie, and yes, the Uruk-hai seem to be winning. There doesn’t seem to be a chance for the men to win, even joined by Elves. But Gandalf arrives like he told Aragorn, and he brought Éomer and the Rohirrim cavalry. It’s a classic twist during a battle, and sometimes it works. The Battle of the Bastards is actually great to watch, but the issue is that, as mentioned by several people, Sansa who told Jon again and again that they didn’t have enough men didn’t tell him there were more men, didn’t tell him that she was gonna try to convince someone and not lose hope, and it’s being shot in a way that says: Sansa saved the day. Which, again, is exactly what the writers want it to look like, since they need their strong female character.

Did she? Save the day, I mean? Yes and no. Knowing more men would be here would have changed the battle plans. Men could have been saved. They could have used the Knight of the Vale either from the beginning, or when they decided to, as an element of surprise - either way, it should have been decided by the one leading the army. Why? Because that would have been smart, and that’s how a battle works. And for those who would think to argue this:

What should I do differently?

I don't know! I don't know anything about battles.

(Jon & Sansa, 6x09)

What does all of this mean, in conclusion? What can we say about Sansa and her actions? It depends, because the writing is just awful. Sansa being a good person who just doesn’t trust anyone anymore because of PTSD is all right. Sansa only trusting Jon is all right. Sansa becoming a player in the game of thrones who will put herself first and do anything to win is all right. But Sansa being a mix of all those different versions of Sansa doesn’t work, except for Sansa stans because what matters, again, is her having badass moments and getting a leadership arc, not good writing.

#GOT #anti got #anti sansa stans #anti show!sansa #cath talks

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singingninja4 · 2 years

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as I've been watching s6 of bcs I've noticed the music cues are resembling the music cues from brba. to me it seems that as the timelines converge, the music is getting more and more similar. this prompted me to do a deep dive into music transcription and analysis between the two shows, which I'll post as I complete them. (side note: @jmcgools sent me an interview with dave porter which confirmed my theory!!!! interview is linked here x)

a few general comments before going into the first cue analysis....doing a full stylistic analysis entails analyzing SHMRG (Sound, Harmony, Melody, Rhythm, Growth). I am focusing mainly on the melodic and rhythmic elements because dave porter stays fairly consistent in the sound, harmonic, and growth elements throughout both shows:

the sound/timbre used is typically guitars, various percussion, and other electronic sounds; the sound/texture is typically sparse, which fits dave's intention to keep the music subservient to the narrative.

the harmony is also sparse in both shows for the same reasons, and is either centered in a minor tonality or no tonality at all.

and with growth, dave masterfully follows the narrative, and so each cue is somewhat unique in that aspect.

the first comparison I've completed is between the credits from brba 4x02: thirty-eight snub x (the credits hit when jesse is dissociating in his house alone with his stereo music blasting behind him) and the scene in bcs 6x04: hit and run x is when kim confronts the people tailing her

the music cue in the credits scene is short-lived, but has distinct melodic content that is recognizable in hit and run. the pattern starts with A, C, Db, C, then develops in measure 4-5 into A, C, Db, F, E. the developed melodic contour is repeated almost exactly in hit and run in measure 7-8. only the rhythm changes slightly

narratively, both scenes have an undercurrent of anxiety and dread. the minor 2nd motions between the C and Db and the F and E both accomplish that (think the jaws theme). the hit and run cue increases the intensity with the brief ostinato (repeating pattern in the bass line), continuing the minor 2nd motif between the C and Db. this minor 2nd motif is even further developed in the last 4 measures of the cue with the descending G, F#, F and then it ends with a tritone between A and Eb (one of the most unstable intervals) leaving the viewer unsettled.

These are both very short cues, but they have a lot packed into them! As with all of the music in brba and bcs, the creators use it sparingly, but when it is used it makes it that much more impactful.

This posted ended up being waaaaaay longer than I intended 😅 so thanks for reading this far! Let me know what you think or if you have any interpretations yourself. and feel free to drop suggestions for other cues for me to analyze! I’m hunting down cues to compare in my rewatches, but I know for sure that I won’t catch all of them lol

bcs/brba music analysis 1/??

#bcs/brba music analysis #better call saul #brba #music #ps: I tried to upload videos of the scenes but tumblr.hell wouldn't let me #then I tried to upload the mp3s and again tumblr.hell wouldn't let me #so I had to resort to inserting hyperlinks to a bum soundcloud account I just created lol #anyway if any of you know how to upload multiple videos and or audio files to a tumblr post let me know!!#*op

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