Hey Nerds: lets talk about the positive differences between Critical Role's & Watcher's announcement.
(this is CR focused, and i personally will continue to watch Watcher's content, i would love to start the POSITIVE CONVERSATION on the two start ups and how they will move forward. if i see ANY racists BS it will be deleted & reported)
I'll start: they made a point to deliberately and eloquently say that NOTHING WILL CHANGE FOR THE TWITCH/YOUTUBE SUBS. same schedule, same content, same perks. And everything will remain ON THEIR CHANNELS for free. No takesy-backsies.
CR also made a point to thank their viewers and acknowledged how our support positively impacted the cast and crew during the pandemic and beyond--and how they focus on investing everything back into the company. They also acknowledged WHY they're choosing their own platform rather than another company
CR is adding exclusive perks and content THAT CRITTERS REALLY WANTED (for me that looks like Critical Role Cooldown & Fireside chats) WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE FREE CONTENT THAT BUILT THEIR COMPANY (see the repeated statements?)
The idea that engineer can understand pyro is extremely funny because it opens up conversation about whether or not spy can impersonate pyro good enough to trick engineer or if engineer goes "nah i knew it wasnt pyro because you were speaking gibberish" or "you didnt do his accent"
i’m thinking about how numerous depictions of american kids hating like brussels sprouts reinforced the ‘ew vegetable are stinky’ and need for products/recipes with ‘hidden veggies’. when I was little some european relatives made this wonderful purple cabbage dish and i loved it. it was my favorite color, still crisp, and seasoned perfectly. I say that because the more I reflect on what non-american kids eat (including throughout africa, asia, and elsewhere) the more I feel like the idea that ‘kids hate vegetables so they should have a special separate category of less nutritious foods’ is, perhaps, an american invention
Max's reveal at the end of The Lost Boys is another one of those scenes I've been overthinking about. Particularly the few seconds post revelation that the boys were all dead.
When Max and Lucy return home he takes little time to head to where David died. An obvious choice given the fates of the other boys what with Paul being soup, Dwayne blown to pieces, and Marko's body being way back in the cave.
In the background Sam, the Frog brothers, and Lucy are pretty loudly arguing and talking over each other in the other room but this scene is eerily quiet. The scene plays out is a realistic view of mourning.
Max's actions here are rather tender and you can tell by the look on his face that seeing David like this does have an affect on him.
There's a blatant pause. I like to think that was Max grieving, coming to terms with what's happened. His boys are gone, probably reliving a lot of memories. It's never revealed, but I choose to believe Max turned David first, and the following boys were slowly turned the same way Michael was, by drinking Max's or David's blood. And I headcanon he was turned a long time ago, meaning Max had a lot of years with the boys.
He is shown as hostile in the beginning to them when they come in the video store, but I like to think that's just Max wanting to keep a reasonable distance to keep suspicious eyes from prying (and to keep things a twist for the audience) especially since he's playing the childless bachelor as that's what's has worked for them for so long so far (although come on Max, if you played up the single father to Lucy, you would have totally won. Just saying.)
But what about the rest of that scene? Max recovers pretty quickly from losing his boys. While some may argue it's because Max didn't really care for them, I choose to believe that's not the case at all. I think he's putting on a face to remain calm in front of the others, especially Lucy. Since he still wants to turn her into his vampire bride, even without his boys to mother. Perhaps he could just be thinking he can start his vampire boys over with others boys, but then there's THIS scene!
The scene where Star reveals to the audience that David was hiding Max's involvement from her and Michael. David wasn't just keeping Max a secret, Star declares that he was "the secret David was protecting." Key word being, 'protecting'. Max's identity as the head vampire is important and it's in his best interest for the vampire boys to be seen around him as little as possible. Especially since Sam figured it out early on in the movie he was one of them. And so, David and the boys choose to act on their own most of the time. Not only to give themselves the feeling of carefree freedom, but also to keep Max safe. And it's clearly a situation they all like, or at least tolerate, as while there is no hope in them turning back if Max were killed first, but David and the others had no intention of ratting him out and letting him die.
My favorite part of this scene. Max's smile. After Star says her line, Max nods in agreement, but the smile afterwards is interesting. I think he looks proud. Proud of David. Proud to have heard that David, even as he died, was protecting him. I choose to believe Max cared a lot for the boys and I also choose had he be given the chance later, would feel very lonely without them.