Tmagp 006 spoilers

So.. Celia Ripley, huh? Not at all connected to Lynne Hammond, the girl who specifically changed her name to Celia after losing her memory? No? Not even if they have the same voice actor? Alright. But I'm keeping an eye on you Ms. Ripley.

There are at least 31 leverage/the old guard crossovers on AO3 and yet I’m pretty sure none of them have gone the objectively funniest route wherein the third act of TOG goes entirely off the rails because Parker Hardison and Eliot were halfway through scamming Merrick and happen to have already been in the building when Andy gets dragged in

Even the game fucking knows bro

Does Dogday ever talk about the other smiling critters? I feel like they had a close bond considering Dogday was more upset about failing to protect them, then getting his legs torn off.

not a lot, i imagine, but he'll have an occasional reminiscent ramble about life before everything went wrong.

it probably hurts him too much to think about them often. he wishes he could've saved them, of course, and sometimes he feels guilty for being the only survivor (something something "should've died protecting them" something something), but dogday understands that there wasn't much he could've done against pure madness and despair.

Friendly reminder that Lestat haunting Louis doesn't come out of nowhere. It does happen in the book; the writer just explored, expanded, and prolonged it - just like what they did with the paragraph where Louis mentions he has physical fights with Lestat many times.

So I watched the Lego Ninjago Movie

I keep seeing people suggesting that Grian's going to be the first to go against hermit permits and I don't think they understand that it was Grian's idea

Might come home different (new tattoo).

so as somebody who loved house md as a teen and browsed the edges of the LJ house md fandom i’m definitely not like. mad or anything about the resurgence in popularity, and i am sure that the fandom has been out there since last i looked in that direction, but what i am wondering is why the resurgence. why is it all over tumblr right now?

is it the absence of sherlock/watson dynamic current shows? i think it might well be.

i love all the bucktommy spec and parallels to madney, but i keep seeing people say tommy is his given name?? lets not kid ourselves, tommy is not his birth name, i guarantee it’s thomas

Im fighting tooth and nail with the composition, but it's finally cleaned up!!!

if you would've told me that celebrity family feud would out Eddie Diaz as gay, I would've asked you what universe you came from and can you take me there

The Watcher drama is fascinating.

I casually like their stuff. I've fallen behind on it, and feel no urgency to catch up, so I don't feel like I'll miss out by not subscribing; I can clearly live without.

And I don't think indie creators wanting their own platform is a bad thing, which ofc will need money to run. Depending on algorithms and pleasing sponsors is shitty. I truly do get that.

But their extremely corporate video really focused in on how much they need money, and boy, they really do not know their audience. It's so tone-deaf, it's honestly impressive. Saying production is too expensive when the channel has a series all about eating expensive foods is insane. No one wants more streaming services. The economy is so bad, plenty of people really cannot afford that price (international fans especially) contrary to what the video says. Their audience skews young, too, which means spending 6$ for only a couple episodes per month probably sounds unthinkable to a lot of them who can afford it, period, even if it is indie (I'm sure some think the pricing is all the more unreasonable because it IS indie.) I'm old enough that 6$ for a couple episodes I don't physically own is too much and only the indie label could change my mind--if this was framed entirely as a creative freedom decision and not about budget lol. There's just so many reasons this reads as a Bad Business Move.

But they had a countdown to this for Big News! They must have thought people would be excited! I'm just so curious to see what their response is and whether or not this risky move pans out for them.

Adding my belated two cents to the discussion of Rhaenyra's four-legged dragon banner vs Aegon's two-legged dragon:

I did some digging, and the following shots are all from Episode 1.

So I get what they're going for, visually speaking - creating continuity, establishing Rhaenyra as the one following the traditions of their ancestors, and making Aegon the odd one out.

Except the four-legged dragon is a show invention. Daenerys uses it when she sails for Westeros, but nobody else does. In the books, the dragon always has two legs, no matter which Targaryen is using it. Rhaenyra, Aegon, the Blackfyres, everyone. There was no four-legged dragon for Jaehaerys or Viserys or Daemon.

Doesn't it undercut your whole message about rightful heirs and continuity if you use retcons and revisionism to make it happen?

i have now officially reached a new low, i am in dire need for crosshair to simply say hunter’s name again.

that’s it. all i want.

...too soon?