#be my fave of the year and this whole sequence the best scene
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Mad Max Fury Road: Drunk Commentary Edition
EDIT: I figure I might as well post this since, surprise!! I'm actually sober now so there's no chance of me very finishing this lol. But it was funny to read when I wrote it up like a year ago. Enjoy!
I’m starting after drinking 2 canned mojitos, and a glass of wine WITNESS ME!!!!!
- I watched this movie because a friend of mine wanted to get with a dude, and here i am, 6 years later and it’s still my favorite.
- It’s crazy having a boyfriend whose super into cars and telling him all the trivia for this movie lol
- Max NEED SOME MI:Lk after that car crash
- Guys i found a movie poste r for fury road at a thrift bookstore this year amd its thebest $30 ive ever soent
-someone tatoo my bloodbAG info on my back
-yO anyone remember that furiosa comic that reached NO ONES expectations??? idk about that guy but im built different i could write a better one
- THE CHASE SCENE
- CHARLIZE THERON WITH THE BRAND WALKING AWAY FROM THE CAMERA
- poetic cinema/im gay
- WE. ARE. WAR. BOYS.
- Everything about the i,mmortans reveal gives me straight up D****T***** Vibes and you all know why i am not taking questions or criticisms
- you know youer drunk when you accidentally open inspect element
- KEEP HER NAME OUT OF YOUR MOUTH
- bro im abbouto rise from the ashes from this world b/c im GONE
- That reminds me, when drinking, HYDRATE
- I DO RESENT ITS ABSENCE YOU DONT GOTTA RUB IT IN
- FUCKER
- THE LOOK. THE DETAIL
- Organic always felt the most aussie of of the cast
- The fact they al respect her decision for "heading east”
- Gaslight. Gatekeep. Girlboss.
- They dialogue between the brothers always got me because they seemed so normal. Maybe they actually had a good relationship together and rictus was actually mourned when it was revealed that immortan joe was dead.
- I did a paper on this movie my freshman year of college, yess i was a nerd, and yess I got a 100%
- ‘YOU CANNOT OWN A HUMAN BEING!”
- GASSLIGHT. GATEKEEP. GIRLBOSS
- ngl miss giddy you could’ve saved us a good 2 hours if you didnt miss
- #Killrapists
- NUX
- problematic fave turned wholesome fave
- “thas maigh whill!”
- “IM GONNE HISTORIC ON THE FURY ROAD”
- THE BEST SEQUENCE
- THE DRUMS
- THE GUITAR
- THE CARS
- DUN NA NANANA, DUN NA NANANA
- nux fangirling like me at the black veil brides concert last week
- I AM AWATED
- “...it’s a detour...”
- Im so gay
-oh my god i realized i havent seen this movie since majoring in russian language, I heard that whole exchange while not even looking at the tv
#mad max fury road#mmfr#furiosa#max rockatansky#nux#for anyone thats interested im actually 8 months clean!#life is good :)
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BLEACH: The Thousand Year Blood War Ep 4 Reactions and Thoughts
Overall reaction:
And so the pain begins and the hype continues! We have fantastic fighting sequences and heartbreaking moments abound. I was hyped one minute, and then crying the next. It's episodes like this that show why this arc needed an anime, and what great additions an anime adaption can bring. More down below!
Highlights:
Rose's moment: a small moment, but I really liked it. His somber moment of worrying for Kira, saying hwo he's a muse to him, and how he's basically pissed off enough that he's basically going to cut down any and all Quincy who 'don't understand art' (*cough* really it's for Izuru's sake *cough*)...I don't know, I really liked it! XD
The Captain and Lieutenant vs Quincy confrontations: each one has it's strengths and were all basically 10/10. From the smooth animation when Sui-Feng was dodging attacks, to Bambietta's seiyu being perfect for her, to the amazing music for every fight, these were a delight (albeit with some heartbreak) to watch. I love that the anime team did what we hoped they would do: extend the fight scenes and show some teamwork between the captain-lieutenant duos. However, there are elements in particular that deserve their own mention:
As Nodt's entrance: by God they actually did it; they made As Nodt's ability more scary (and just in time for Halloween too!). I am absolutely not saying he and his ability weren't scary in the manga, but the anime has the advantage of including not only incredible visuals, but also voices, music, and sounds. When I saw all the floating Shinigami and heard that one guy scream after being impaled, I knew the anime had given As Nodt a fantastic entrance. And this guy doesn't utter a whole word for the entire episode...and he still makes an impact!
Byakuya and Renji vs As Nodt: SO. MUCH. GOOD. STUFF. HERE! Right off the bat, Renji's entrance was awesome (just as good as in the manga), and then you have Byakuya, who can never ever make a bad entrance. Senbonzakura cutting into As Nodt's hand was a clean bit of animation, there was a palpable moment of impact when As Nodt bled. I have never been a fan of Mask de Masculine, and this episode may have not changed my mind, but it did make me happy when Byakuya sent him through the ground, a nice little comedic but before the pain begins. Then there was the fantastic addition of Renji and Byakuya's team work (more on this below) as well as Senbonzakura's bankai look the absolute best it ever has on screen (Expect for when it was first shown, perhaps). Byakua's reaction to losing his bankai makes me very excited (and scared) for the continuation of his battle against As Nodt next week.
Renji and Byakuya teamwork: THIS was a fantastic addition and shows the benefits of an anime adaption. I give you what is so far one of the best filler/additional scenes in the anime. When was the last time Renji and Byakuya worked together to try and take down an opponent? Have we even ever seen them do teamwork?! It's only a short moment, and we already know what the outcome of the fight will be, but it's small moments like this add the sadness but also show the character dynamics - for instance, Toshiro and Rangiku get a teamwork moment later against Bazz-B, and in a previous arc we got Sui Feng and Omaeda doing their own version. We may not have gotten Byakuya's monologue (more on this below), but I am glad we got a moment like this.
Toshiro vs Cang Du: You know why I'm bringing this one up!! Aside from one of my fave characters appearing again (MY BOOOY!), this was the most emotional moment of the whole damn episode. I was tearing up the moment I saw Toshiro's bankai get stolen (as dazzling as it looked, it was also so gosh darn heartbreaking!). And then, came one of the moment I cried: when cried out for Hyourinmaru and fell to his knees in defeat. The heartbreak! THE HEARTBREAK! ;_; They did an amazing job with that whole scene, from the animation to the music to Romi Park's voice acting, absolutely 10/10!
Ichigo vs Quilge: again, they made this fight so much better. We have some beautiful bits of animation here, including Quilge's flying and Ichigo's attacks. I love how dynamic some of the shots are, in terms of character posing and colouring, it feels like something Kubo himself would draw in a panel.
The Gaganta: it looks goregous! I loved the colouring of it and how brightly coloured Ichigo was in contrast to against it.
I feel like the pacing slowed a little in this one, packing in less chapters than the previous episodes. There was definitely more 'filler', but it was the kind I think many of us expected and wanted. The music was, as always, top-tier in every scene; the song playing in the background when all the captain lost their bankai hit me hard!
Also I totally forgot how badly Chad and Orihime got injured by Quilge, it came as such a shock to me. Again, for the most part, they are not kidding around when it comes to the violence and gore. This includes showing all the casualties, who were slightly more absent in the manga.
Finally, I must admit it doesn't look like we'll be getting Byakuya's monologue. For me, this fight is where his cut monolgoeu about Chojiro could be organically integrated. However, after making his entrance and saying these were the being responsible for Chojiro's death, and then no flashback happened, I got worried. I hope they surprise us and have it appear next episode, because that honestly feels like the last chance they have to organically include it as a bit of fleshing out for his relationship with Renji. Who knows, maybe they could find a way to include it after the fight, and I really do hope it's not just been cut.
Well, I'll see you next for even more pain, including the continuation of Byakuya vs As Nodt (Fear, Hear, Fear is coming and I am NOT ready for Byakuya's greatest fear to be animated in all it's terrifying glory nor am I ready to see his near-death), the defeat of the captains and lieutenants get defeated, and Ichigo desperately try to get to the Soul Society while trapped and only able to hear everyone's pleas.
Manga readers know where this ultimately goes, doesn't stop the adaption of these next several chapters having some of BLEACH's darkest and saddest moments.
#bleach#byakuya kuchiki#renji abarai#toshiro hitsugaya#rangiku matsumoto#as nodt#cang du#ichigo kurosaki#quilge opie#rose otoribashi#bleach episode reactions
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Recommend me a horror movie, but make it as old as possible or as a horror-comedy (I'll take anything)
Ohhh horror movies my beloved <3 *watches half of them behind fingers*
About older ones, I wouldn't go before 70's or even 80's. Psycho (1964) yes, but it's more of a classic than "best horror ever". So:
The Exorcist (1973) - girls gets possessed by a demon and priests are trying to exorcise her. It has some chilly scenes, they still ring in my mind (like backwards spider climb down stairs :<); simple movie yet very very effective and scary. I read somewhere that when it came out in cinema almost 50 years ago some people were running out of cinema crying and screaming mid movie. So yep, defo worth checking imo.
Halloween (1978), A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) and Friday the 13th (1980) - these are all classic slasher movies; it's when you have a serial killer/slasher chasing down people for whatever reason. There are countless spin-offs and remakes of all 3 series but those are original movies. It's more adrenaline pumping and intriguing than scary imo, but are definitely worth the watch. At least one of them.
The Blair Witch Project (1999) - i think this is first found footage horror movie. Basically group of friends goes to woods to search for evidence of Witch from Blair; all while filming their experience. I suggest you see a trailer before deciding bc found footage horror is either hit or miss to people; subjective taste really. Whole movie has creepy and uncanny atmosphere, which is only amplified by ambiguity because there's no clear cut explanation to some things in a movie; watchers are left in the dark as to what really is happening. Also ending is top notch, one of most iconic endings in horror movies imo.
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) - now, this is another slasher but it's way way more bizarre and macabre than slasher i've mentioned before. Basically a deranged cannibal family which lures in hitchhikers. Very sinister and unique despite sounding like cliche. It's the little details and atmosphere of total sense of wrongness and deranged-ness in the movie that makes it special. Also, ending scene sequence is A+.
The Ring (2002) (American version) and Ringu (1998) (Japanese) - okay, it's not that old but you've probably heard of this movie. You watch the tape, get a phone call telling you you'll die in 7 days. Now, to me not only is this movie scary af, but also depressing since your life is put on countdown and you're reflecting on all things you wish you could have done different and that you've missed. Basically reminds us of fleeting nature of human's life and how easily it can snap. Also, American/European/Australian horrors are one thing (Australian ones are rly good! Babadook and Lake Mungo are defo worth the check), Asian horror is whole different thing altogether - I watched a Thai horror movie when i was 14 and it still sends chills down my spine when i remember it; probably scariest shit i've seen al my life (Shutter 2004 -Thai version); watch at your own risk rly, and i don't say that lightly :<
As for comedy horror, rec either "Scary movies" since it's a parody of horror genre or movies that suck so damn much that they're funny af. In latter case i rec sharknado (tornado + sharks - yea ik), or piranha 3D - my fave scene is when girl went skinny dipping, baby piranhas got stuck in her, ya know. Then she had sex with some guy and in the middle of it piranha bit his dick off.... yes, that's an actual scene.
#I should add more classics but i feel this is enough for now? also i haven't watched all the classics such as IT or Carrier#thanks for ask!#horror movies#horror
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What are your favorite MCU movies?
Hey anon!! I think my faves are as follows:
1. Captain Marvel (Carol Danvers my beloved, I am so in love with her it isn't even funny)
2. Werewolf By Night (because who doesn't love a good shlocky fifties style horror movie? A masterclass in classic horror which surprised me but I adored it)
3. Eternals (I can't gush about this movie enough. There's something about someone being so old and all knowing yet still struggling to find a place even amongst those who are like them and I adored everything this movie had to offer. I love the slower pacing and it was serene and almost sensual in a way and every about it makes me gush I will never shut up about it ever)
4. The Thor movies (always have a good time with these and while Love and Thunder felt a little lacking, every movie has been a good time, Thor never fails)
5. Ant Man 1 & 2 (I love how laid back they are and it's a good starting point because they're so self contained and I loved Ava Starr/Ghost)
6. Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness (Wanda being an iconic horror girl? We love to see it. Also Charlize Theron as Clea is exciting. I loved the creativity with the magic and the set pieces and Christine Palmer is *chef's kiss* perfection. America Chavez was a fun addition and I love Sam Raimi's flair on his movies)
7. Captain America The Winter Soldier (this movie OWNED MY ENTIRE ASS IN 2014 okay I was pretty convinced I was gonna become Sebastian Stan's best friend if we ever met but alas 17 year old me could only dream)
8. Shang Chi and the Legend Of The Ten Rings (the fight scenes! The whole sequence in the beginning where Shang Chi's mom and dad do that fight at the gates of Ta Lo was sexier than any sex scenes I've ever watched like it Did Things ™️ to me and I still haven't recovered)
9. 2012 Avengers (the one that started it all. I still get the same feeling I did that some great was happening with this movie and I love seeing where it all started compared to where they are now. It's a good time and yeah I have nothing more to say on it other than Natasha was fantastic and the fact that Thanos was in Loki's head even back then is mind boggling)
10. Infinity War (Avengers Endgame wants what this movie has and I will not elaborate)
11. Black Panther (a beautiful movie with a superb cast. The way Chadwick Boseman exudes class and charisma and charm through the entire film is stunning and the idea that even family can learn and grow as you learn and grow and try to be better is a wonderful message, I love this movie and Chadwick Boseman is gone too soon. Rest in peace, sir. I am very excited to see Namor in the sequel but it won't be the same without T'Challa, I just know it)
12. Black Widow (a wonderful sendoff for a character who deserves better. This movie came too little too late but it did introduce the wonderful Yelena Belova and Red Guardian. Natasha, I miss you and yeah. Natasha deserved better than the MCU gave her, especially considering she was one of the original six Avengers)
13. GOTG 1 (A great intro to a great team. Gamora has my heart alongside basically every other woman in the MCU and Bucky, and it really was just a fun romp through space after the MCU introduced a much darker tone with The Dark World. I am ecstatic for Adam Warlock's introduction in GOTG 3 and I do wish Dennis from Always Sunny was playing Starlord instead of crispy rat man. It also bugs me that Peter is confirmed to be half celestial in the MCU as of GOTG 2 and it is NEVER TOUCHED UPON AGAIN LIKE WTF FEIGE)
14. Basically the first three movies of the Fox X-Men series (so First Class, DoFP and Apocalypse)
15. LOGAN (made me cry shut up Caliban I miss you)
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Damn b, Matt Reeves rly got you fucked up huh
hi............take a walk in my shoes. imagine you are one of the few people who actually likes the dark knight rises. you see it multiple times in cinema, you own 2 different Blu-rays of it, you know it's far from perfect but all the pieces are there. you especially love the batcat in tdkr because the film does a decent job of investing in both bruce/selina and bat/cat. most ppl are relatively indifferent to it and that's fine, but you love it.
it's 10 years later and this new batman film is being hyped up specifically as batman in a completely new and different way. the other element prominent in the marketing is batcat. cool awesome great, you love batcat and you also love batman movies, especially ones doing something ✨new✨ and ✨dark✨. you even like matt reeves because you were a huge fan of his apes trilogy which also brought a new dark perspective to very well established franchise. you have faith, you're keen, etc
so, you rock up to the cinema on one of the most humid days of the year and the aircon is on the fritz. you also have your period but it's all fine because this movie is promising 3hrs of new and dark and exciting. so, who cares if you're gonna get sweaty, and hungry and crampy. its gonna be worth it, right? for a BRAND NEW AND DARK AND EXCITING BATMAN, right?
BUT its just......a beat by beat rehash of your fave batman movie that most people wrote off and specifically thought you were dumb for liking. like:
Gotham being cut off from wider society physically by a domestic terrorist plot involving explosives organised by the main antagonist that plunges the city into chaos, leaving a power vaccum
the villain getting away with said plot because he lures law enforcement into a wild goose chase/honeypot
the main overarching theme involving a masked villain exposing Gotham's rich and powerful as being threaded together in a corrupt conspiracy of which bruce is a part of by omission without realising
Bruce not knowing where his money was being spent/coming from being a major plotpoint that makes him a target for the conspiracy
Catwoman living in fear of one of Gotham's major crime figures
Catwoman becoming involved with batman because they're chasing the same gang, they work together until she betrays him
Catwoman asking batman to run away with him
Catwoman living with her best friend
using Catwoman as a mouthpiece to be like "capitalism is bad"
literally, most of Catwoman's dialogue is identical to Anne Hathaway's in tdkr. also, the scene where Bruce and Alfred talk about Selina is exactly the same
ALL these are exact plot beats in the dark knight rises. if it was only a couple, it'd be fine because it's Batman and certain things are always gonna be par for the course. but these are exact sequences, acts and themes and dialogue. its a villain with the same plot and motive, a catwoman with the same arch, scenes with the same dialogue ---- but it's WORSE because NONE of the characterisations that made those plot points entertaining in TDKR are there in The Batman. Selina doesn't even know Batman is Bruce in this fucking movie so she's on the back foot the whole time when she talks to batman so she's made out to look naive. In TDKR, Catwoman knows who Batman is, not straight away but she does know so when they team up it's actually AS EQUALS. this fucking movie in 2022 made Catwoman a naive sidekick whose job was to be a mole and then be rescued by a dude she didn't even know.
Like after 3 years of hype i watched a movie that was a less efficient, less compelling version of my favourite batman movie in a badly air-conditioned cinema on a 100% humid day--- and all people can say is how new and exciting and "well, i usually hate batman but this was doing something different" and the different thing its doing is just........better branding and having a hot cast tricking people into liking shit they hated before. All Matt Reeves achieved was the A-24ification of Batman.
So yeah I'm disappointed and annoyed. idgaf
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Omg that response was so much more than I expected!!! Okay okay okay, okay, how about this now: go off about your fav scenes of him 🫣 I dare you bex I dare you 🫣
AHHHHHHH! SO YOU WANT MORE, EH?!?! Cuz if you want more Henry thoughts I can provide! Like I'll yell about him all damn day! I am no bitch! I don't back down from a challenge!
Okay, okay I am gonna TRY to rein this in a little bit but you saw how off I went with the last post and uh cough cough, allll my other posts so we will see! Again we are talking about the book Blossom by the amazing @xmichaelmyers or Kate Winborne. If you have not read it yet this will contain some spoilers!
Legit I adore his intro. Looove how he is introduced and just the description of him, the details focusing on his hair esp, just yes, it paints such a clear picture that really sticks with me the rest of the book. This is a mid to late fortys man who through years of working with the bureau has just let his personal and self care fall by the wayside and is just aged, older. Like a fine wine. If it has been left in your car for a few weeks rolling around on the floor behind the driver's seat.
The next really stand out scene is when he is in the town and examines the bodies of the already murdered victims. Just how he goes about it, so focused and through, the way Kate writes about it too, like a bird, a crow, picking over them, ugh, fantastic imagery. How unaffected and just normal he is, how those observing him say that this job makes sense for him and the almost easy way he tells them “I need fresh evidence. I need a fresh body, boys.” I can hear it. I love a man who is good at his job and apparently Henry is damn good at his. I keep thinking about him with his sleeves rolled up and clotted blood on his gloved hands, looking like a whore. But a PROFESSIONAL whore, you know?
The whole dinner scene where he meets Blossom for the first time. Yes, yes, yes! So fucking good, the tension, the back and forth and of course after she leaves him how he forgoes satisfying the need for food to go satiate another need instead. Him masturbating to Blossom and how like angry he is over it? Hot, way too hot. To see him that state of half dressed and furiously fisting his own cock, sweat on his brow and lips parted and panting, I want to knock his hand out of the way and take over. And even tho I know that his cum would taste terrible I wouldn't waste a drop.
The scene in the diner when he watches Blossom eat. ESPECIALLY when she sucks the gravy off her fingers and he notes how wet her lips look, like he caught her in the act of licking up glossy cum like HENRY! SIR! You cannot DO THIS TO ME?!?! Also again just the way it is described, watching Blossom eat, watching her satisfy herself? Amazing. So good, fits so well with the themes and this scene really encapsulates a lot of what I love about this book and their dynamic and Henry’s character as a whole. It’s just ugh, SUCH a good scene!
Any sex scene with him. All of the sex scenes with him. The roughness, the brutal way he can do it, the things he thinks of and imagines and the visceral nature of it like fucking GOD! I could go on way, way too long about these scenes like it is so clear. SO fucking clear what he doing and how he fucks and I am NOT okay over it! Like I need to cut this off before I go on for several paragraphs about what I think this man’s dick and stroke game is like. Besides I will cover that in the request I got for that smut one-shot soon enough. Bless Kate for the meal with what she wrote so far of him in Blossom tho cuz damnnn she gives me ideas.
Okay but my fave scene with Henry and just in the book in general is the extended dream sequence. Him literally consuming Blossom and how it goes on and on and just FUCK! I cannot with it, I will scream into the void for eternity over it! The thoughts it gives me, how deeply it affected me, I felt scooped out in the best way after reading it and that scene really sealed just how down bad I am for this awful fucking man. I love it. I love him. I love Kate too for blessing us with this book.
Hope this satisfied you Anon!
#Blossom#Henry Williamson#BHF asks#BHF speaks#KATE I LOVE YOU SM#This was a lot#I will not apologize tho
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More Than Meets the Eye #32 - Nobody’s Ever Actually Dead in Comic Books
Our band of merry guys-who-weren’t-on-the-Lost-Light-in-issue-#1 approach the shattered husk of the Lost Light, in a gruesome scene that is only slightly marred by the graphic design.
Font doesn’t really suggest danger, does it? Here, for comparison, is something I slapped together in fifteen minutes (including recreation of background) using a font I got off a free font site.
Now, one could say that my version is rather derivative, flat, and arguably cliche, but you know what else it is? Appropriate for the fucking mood of having found a destroyed, hemorrhaging ship after everyone you knew disappeared.
I’m available, IDW! Hit me up.
Theorizing that this is the ship that the Coffin Rodimus came from- remember that? It was a few issues ago- the gang flies in for a closer look. The ship blood is actually something called quantum foam, which allows for quantum space travel to happen. It’s not supposed to be outside of the quantum quills, but the ship’s pretty junked up, so it is.
Because the ship is so very full of holes, the gang can set down for repairs pretty easy. They land in Swerve’s, finding it in less-than-pristine condition. They also find evidence of Crosscut having gotten creative, as a poster for the play he was working on is hung up in the room. Considering he was still writing it when he disappeared, this might seem a bit odd. But then you remember that this is a ship from the future, and it stops being so odd.
Because this is a future ship, with evidence that Crosscut did some stuff, it stands to reason that, at some point, everyone is going to come back from being disappeared.
Just to die.
Which is a bummer, but one crisis at a time.
Megatron disembarks the Rod Pod, with Ravage following, and everyone is just a touch put off by the duo. Everyone but Nautica, who proceeds to commit a microaggression.
Nautica, that’s Soundwave’s father you’re petting like a common animal.
Ravage, angered by this over-familiarity, swats at her. Skids questions letting an active Decepticon roam around, but Megatron brushes off these concerns, saying that finding any still-living crew members is more important. With that, the search begins.
The gang splits up to look for clues, despite Riptide thinking this is a horrible idea. They’re on the clock for this one- the quantum foam is liable to explode if it touches anything, and there’s an awful lot of the stuff floating around right now.
Nightbeat and Nautica leave the rest of the group to their own work, seeing as Nautica has the most appropriate alt-mode for traversing the gaps in the ship.
Man, that’s pretty cool. Wish Nautica hadn’t been regulated to being “girl best friend” for her character arcs, I would have loved to see her do some neat stuff for her own development. Guess that’s what happens when you get introduced as main cast late, and have to compete with all the faves who had dozens of issues to be established and who also don’t have to deal with the whole “token girl character” thing.
The rest of the gang- Megatron, Ravage, Riptide, Skids, and Getaway- start looking in the area they’re already in. Seems a little lopsided, but whatever.
Ravage finds someone almost immediately, identifying Ultra Magnus through smell alone. Only, it isn’t just Ultra Magnus.
The Magnus armor lays not terribly far away, having had its hands cut off to prevent the recall signal from being activated before being gut-murdered.
Gut-murdered wiTH A FUSION CANNON, MEGATRON
Of course, Megatron was forced to destroy his fusion canon after it was decided he would be joining the Lost Light, but you can buy these things off the black market like it’s nothing. Hell, I wouldn’t be surprised if Brainstorm had a few stashed in his lab.
As it currently stands, nobody can trust the guy who has a storied past of killing Autobots, on a future ship where the only folks who could stop him are dead. Megatron, at least, has the good sense to not argue this fact, and suggests that the boys lock both Ravage and himself up until they suss out exactly what happened.
Meanwhile, over with Nautica and Nightbeat, we run through all the weird shit that’s happened in the last day or so.
Nautica, you’ve been on this ship for months now. How did you miss the fact that the only couple within 800 miles got annihilated by way of Phase Sixer? I feel like that attack might have come up at some point.
Since they’re on the subject of spouses, Nightbeat asks Nautica if she’s married, or if she has friends. Though noting that such a direct line of questioning might get him slapped with someone else, Nautica reveals that she is single, though she does have a best friend. Nightbeat is also single, probably because he pulls shit like this.
While this conversation is going on, Nautica uses her Sonic Screwdriver wrench to open a door with the literal push of a button. Brainstorm tricked out her wrench so hard it turned into a magic wand, which is good, because they’re going to need all the help they can get now that space is literally warping around them thanks to the quantum foam.
Nautica kicks something on the elevator, and that something turns out to be Brainstorm’s mysterious briefcase. Too bad Swerve is gone, he was so invested in what it contained. Luckily, Nightbeat is just as interested.
Back over on the other side of the ship, it seems as though Megatron kept his word about not resisting, as both he and Ravage have been locked in a cabinet. Wonder how that’s going for them.
Oh, better than I expected.
Ravage is fucking pissed that Megatron joined the Autobots, thereby turning his back on everyone who supported his cause during the last four million years. Despite this grievous betrayal though, the Decepticons haven’t stopped moving. Turns out, Galvatron’s in charge now.
But only if Autobot Megatron isn’t some sort of ploy.
It’s at this point that we learn just why Ravage is here to begin with- to see if Megatron’s truly given up the Decepticons, and if he has, to murder him. But first he’d like to know why this is happening.
Megatron views himself as a monster, having perpetuated a war that ended the lives of billions, destroyed the Cybertronian way of life, ostracized his race from the rest of the universe, and killing just to have something to do. He doesn’t like feeling this way about himself, so he decided to walk away from that life by joining the other team.
Don’t think it’s quite that easy to do, but okay.
Ravage isn’t so sure that this change of heart is going to stick, still convinced that Megatron will snap back to his old self with just a bit more time. Problem is, Megatron may not have a ton of that resource left.
Didn’t they build that body in like an hour so you wouldn’t die? Yeah, no wonder it feels as ill-fitting as a twenty-dollar suit. Thing’s probably made out of pig iron and duct tape.
The lights come on before further self-reflection can be done, and the duo realize that they’ve had guests this whole time.
Someone put the kettle on.
Obviously some fucked up shit happened on this ship. Megatron isn’t so sure that it’s him who did these dirty deeds, however, as he reaches into Ratchet’s mouth and pulls out his brain. Which feels like something that doesn’t really absolve one of guilt, but okay.
Also, ew.
Back with Nautica and Nightbeat, things are getting weird.
Now, this sequence might seem confusing at first blush, but this is because the laws of reality are collapsing around them. Going by clues in the background, we can find the proper, linear progression of time, and thus is conversation. This is what is actually happening:
With the mystery of Brainstorm’s briefcase eluding us once again, we move on to see more graphic aftermaths of violence. Poor Tailgate has been nailed to the wall with a chunk of a metal beam that’s almost as big as he is. The mood lighting for this scene is gorgeous, but I’ve hit my limit for exposing y’all to gore for this issue, so you’ll just have to trust me on this one. Then they find something even more interesting.
Who’s ready for Under Cold Blue Stars… 2!
Back over on the opposite side of the ship, Riptide’s found something nasty. It’s a bunch of dead bodies!
Including, uh, Pipes.
Who already died a while ago.
Hm.
All the bodies in this room are in their alts, and it looks like they’ve all been shot and drilled into, for some reason. Skids brings up that he had a friend who could identify the placement of any robot’s brain module just by knowing what they turned into. Then he reaches into a corpse to see what the drill-hole’s all about. It makes him sick, though maybe not for the reason you might think. He gets on the phone with Nightbeat, who’s called to tell them that they’ve found Overlord.
Still locked in his weird body harness.
And decapitated.
Megatron is on the other line, calling because he’s figured out the same thing Skids has. Someone paid a visit to this ship. Someone nasty.
The gang regroups, and Nautica gets the basics on the DJD, because I guess nobody’s mentioned them even in passing in the last six months, either.
God, what do they even talk about on this ship? Certainly not their feelings.
The reason that one room was filled with alt-modes was because of Tarn’s addiction to transforming; t-cogs are easier to remove when they’ve been used recently.
We get a quick 4/5ths-page gore-fest, then it’s back to making it all about Megatron.
Maybe you should have thought about that before you FUCKING DEFECTED, YOU POOL NOODLE.
Nightbeat’s beginning to put two and two together. There’s an Overlord in the basement. That shouldn’t be, because Overlord got exploded by Chromedome when he mercy-killed Rewind. Something is off about the past of this ship.
Before he can establish his MTMTE everybody-lives-but-then-dies AU though, the quantum foam fucks with the ship. These sons of guns need to get the hell out of here, pronto.
Oh god, what now?
Ravage smells someone inside the Magnus armor, someone who isn’t a part of the usual nesting doll lineup. Megatron reaches into the Crackerjack box and pulls out one hell of a prize.
HE LIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIVES
Chromedome would be so thrilled, if he still existed.
#transformers#jro#MTMTE#slaughterhouse#issue 32#maccadam#Hannzreads#incoming analysis#text post#long post#comic script writing
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Old Guard hair reviewww Pt1
Sooooo, I saw someone in the notes of a post (I can’t remember where) talking about hair in this movie.
And I love this movie.
And I love hair.
So here we go (in order of my screenshots lol)
Oh Nicky. Oh this hair
Pros:
- Joe likes it???
Cons:
- Looks like a middle aged teacher
- Is so unflattering
- like Luca Marinelli is a beautiful man- but this is not his style
- does this??? later on???
3/10
Joe!
Pros:
- most solid facial hair of the whole movie
- Those! curls!
- so bouncy
Cons:
- goes off at weird angles occasionally?
- I like it but I don’t love it
solid 7.5/10
Copley
Pros:
- Is well put together
- a solid fade
cons:
- this is currently-not-coping-great copley. I wish he looked a little more sad
- they seem to have forgotten to get the glass out his hair in this scene later on??? Did they shoot this scene the same day as an action sequence and forget???
soley because I spotted this and was upset like 7/10
Booker
Pro:
- proper half beard
- kinda hot but still struggling to cope
- looks kinda feathery- needs a good ruffle
- we get pretty tendrils in front of his face sometimes?
cons:
- looks kinda greasy at points
- forms a weird duck tail at the back
Like he looks sleazy but also weirdly vulnerable
-10/10 but also 8/10
This hat look!
pros:
- keeps his hair out of his face?
- not the worst combat look??
Cons:
- the point of a cap is to keep the sun out of your eyes! You are in a desert
- the triangle poof just gets me. 100%
- slight disaster
1/10
The worst combat look
pros:
?????
Cons:
- his hair isn’t going to get in his face anyway?
- a black wool hat. In a desert. need I say more
- looks like an egg
The Worst
-100/10
combat 2
Pros
- best of the combat looks
- practical but also stylish
- gets to be half hidden by his hood and moody
cons
- could just be going for a jog
6/10
Our first proper look at Nile’s hair
Pros:
- sleek braids
- tiniest bun
- so much pure in such a solid look
Cons:
- not my favourite of her looks? (but she is still the most stylish character hairwise lowkey)
8/10
Nile’s full braids!
Pros:
- practical for kicking ass but still looking good
- so much braid hidden in that bun
- a proper protective hairstyle! practical for a black woman on military tour! Not at all sexualised or straigtened!!
- also shout out to Kiki Layne’s eyelashes! (while taking all these scs I couldn’t help noticing how beautifully they curl
Cons:
- brilliant but not my fave of her looks
9/10
Our lovely shop girl! Celeste (according to IMDB)
Pros:
-black as the night
- modern and soft
- encapsulates her aesthetic and vibe so quickly
- kinda complements Andy’s hair and its blunt slightly gay vibes
Cons:
- we don’t see enough of her
- far too glam for a night shift imo
8/10
(pls forgive my captions, i always use subtitled)
Pros:
- Nice-ish curl pattern?
- encapsulates how I feel about this character I guess
Cons:
- pretentious
-slightly greasy
- so stylised
- It’s Merrick
He’s wearing a polo shirt, hoodie and matching suit. If that isn’t enough to condemn any look then .....
1/10
Science ladies hair Dr Kozak
Pros:
- professional?
- expensive looking highlights
Cons:
- Dull
- French twists that tight ache after a while and she has it in the whole movie ? how many days?
2/10
Keane
Pros:
- salt and pepper in his beard!
- just that slight tiny curl at the front
- very Military
Cons:
- bit meh?
- Not Keane (hah pun) on the overly shaped beard
- very rigid
5/10
My favourite lewk of the movie tbh
Pros:
- form a crown for my Queen
- modern and more casual than her military look
- quite long braids!
- just stylish af
Cons
None
11/10
Quynh
Pros
- we love to see her thrive
- I also want to spend 500 years missing and come back with a blow-out
- sleek af
Cons:
- such a short moment
- would be impractical for when she inevitably throws hands
10/10
I have so many SC of this look don’t judge me
Pros:
- look you aren’t going to convince me this is not Andy being slightly butch badass
- Kicks ass
- Short hair! On women! we love to see it
- looks so comfortable
Does This in the wind!!!
- Charlize Theron is already hot af and this just *chef’s kiss*
Cons
- slight call the manager vibes (I’m sorry don’t kill me)
immortal/10
part 2
#The Old guard#netflix the old guard#old guard#netflix#the old guard movie#andy the old guard#old guard netflix#old guard movie#Andy#Andromache#andromache the scythian#andromache of scythia#Joe old guard#Yusuf Al-Kaysani#yusuf al kaysani#nicolo of genoa#nicolo di genova#Nicky and Joe#Booker#sebastien le livre#lil rat man#Copley#copely old guard#Merrick#Quynh#tog quynh#tog nicky#tog joe#tog booker#Nile
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It's 2021, and I'm watching Buffy for the first time.
The Virgil on my Buffy journey is my long-distance girlfriend, who has loved the show for years. We just finished season 4, and I wanted to write about my favorite episodes so far. I suspect some of my faves are beloved by most fans, but others are weird, personal picks. Buffy fandom, please don't come for me.
I thought this post would be short but I was wrong.
Hono(u)rable Mentions: "Band Candy" S3E6 and "Halloween" S2E6
Both these episodes have fun premises where the Scoobies run around Sunnydale after it was upended by zany, chaotic dark forces. "Band Candy" is fun for devil-may-care teen Giles. "Halloween" is fun for 18th-century-ditz Buffy. These are both very good, and are the sorts of episode I can imagine happily rewatching in the future. I just have more to pontificate upon for the other episodes on this list.
10. "Ted" S2E11
I can’t say I enjoyed this episode, but it did take me for a wild ride. Probably nobody else has strong feelings about this weird story where Buffy's mom dates a stereotypical cheesy family man, who turns out to be a controlling abuser, who turns out to be a robot. I remember shouting at the screen, "Did Buffy just kill a human man?? Is it okay in the moral logic of this show for Buffy to kill a human if he's a direct physical threat to her??" I knew Buffy would have deeper stories than the monster of the week formula we'd seen so far, but this early in season 2, I had no idea when or how that would happen. This was the episode that finally taught me that Buffy is largely not interested in moral ambiguity, or in exploring what it means to be good or bad. Except for season-defining exceptions like Faith and Angel, evil characters are simplistically, essentially evil. But it was wild to believe for a moment that Buffy murdered her mom's abusive boyfriend and would have to live with the consequences.
9. "Helpless" S3E12
When Buffy tries to be genuinely scary, it succeeds with aplomb. The premise of this episode is dumb and contrived ("Giles has to remove Buffy's powers without her knowledge for a seeeecret test by the Watcher's Council") but the chase and fight in this episode are some of the most tense and spooky scenes of the whole series so far. Buffy's vulnerability makes the stakes feel real in a way few other episodes manage. And Buffy's victory is all the more satisfying because she can't punch her way out of this problem, she has to be smart and creative. The fridge horror, of course, is that Giles would endanger her like this in the first place, but that gets sorted out over the emotional arc of the next few episodes.
8. "I Only Have Eyes For You." S2E19
Another spooky episode, this one a classic ghost story of forbidden love ending in murder - but with the twist that the ghosts possess people's bodies to have them reenact their final moments. I love stories about breaking a doomed-to-repeat cycle. I love weird shit like the snakes manifesting in the cafeteria. And I really loved the choice to have Buffy and Angel come to understand their feelings about their own relationship by embodying these ghosts - especially how they embodied different genders than their own to better fit the "roles" of the haunting story, thus subverting the expected pattern. I found this episode clever, poignant, and effective.
7. "Who Are You?" S4E16
"Faith and Buffy switch bodies" is a wild premise, but the real joy of "Who Are You?" is watching Sarah Michelle Geller being an extremely talented actress for 45 minutes, portraying a totally different character. Watching Faith confronted by kindness and love from Buffy's mom, Riley, and her friends, then getting launched into an existential crisis over it is so great. Also, I just dig a good church fight.
6. "Hush" S4E10
As stated above, love an episode that reminds me that these people are talented actors! Featuring demons that render all of Sunnydale unable to talk, we get to watch great physical comedy right next to tense, silent fight scenes. The visual creepiness of the Gentleman and their straight-jacketed weird little helpers is hard to beat. "Hush" is such a clever episode that it ascends monster of the week status to become almost Twilight Zone-esque. Also, for the first time, Buffy sees Riley doing his Initiative thing, and Riley sees Buffy being the Slayer, but they can't talk about it?? That's good shit.
5. "The Wish" S3E9
Both "Something Blue" and "The Wish" feel like the writers decided to use fanfic premises on their own show... so obviously I like them a lot. But getting to watch a dark timeline AU with interesting world-building and attention to detail, a hilarious and horrifying Cordelia POV, AND a smirking kinky vampire Willow? Hello?? And the fact that the Wishverse comes up again in "Doppelgänger" (another truly fun episode) only improves my opinion. I imagine this is the kind of episode fans simply love coming back to.
4. "Restless" S4E22
This David Lynch-ass dream sequence was a weird choice for a season finale, but an extremely ambitious and cool episode. I should say up front that I love David Lynch-ass dream shit. There were creative and well-executed scene transitions as characters moved seamlessly from one dream room into another. Several memorably neat shots - Willow running between endless curtains as she tries to get onstage, Buffy alone in a vast desert with a weirdly high camera angle. And I got myself all excited thinking that the First Slayer would maybe become a different kind of antagonist - maybe not even fully revealed in this episode, or maybe an Id-like aspect of Buffy herself. But I forgot Whedon gonna Whedon, so the First Slayer had to be someone Buffy could punch in the end. And the First Slayer is sadly yet another primitive-themed, emotionally-stunted character of color for this show. Most of her lines in this episode are literally voiced by a white woman speaking for her, and of all the dumb quips to make, Buffy had a line about her hair being unprofessional? Also, I'm a lesbian, so the fact that the most explicit act of intimacy between Willow and Tara this show has allowed us to see occurs in Xander's horny dream sequence... it’s unforgivable, Joss. This episode was one of my favorites ever, deeply marred by some bad writing choices.
3. "Lovers Walk" S3E8
Spike, perhaps the best non-Willow character in this show, is back in Sunnydale, a hilariously heartbroken mess of a man, hell-bent on getting his former girlfriend Drusilla back. (Drusilla left him for a fungus demon.) So Spike breaks into a magic shop to get ingredients for a love spell, where he runs into Willow, who is getting ingredients for a de-lusting spell, because she is worried she and Xander will be too thirsty to behave appropriately in public with their actual partners, Oz and Cordelia. This is a hilarious moment just to exist. This is all the episode needed to do to satisfy me. But the fact that Spike then kidnaps Willow, and it ends with tragic stakes of everyone's relationships coming apart, not to mention me genuinely thinking Cordelia was dead for a minute there - wow. Chef’s kiss. The episode is balanced shockingly well between Spike being an ominous villain, and being the sort of lovable semi-evil (more gremlin-like) side character he'll become in season 4. What a wild ride.
2. "Graduation Day" S3E21-22
I'm counting this two part season finale as one because it's my list and I'll do what I want. "Graduation Day" feels like a quintessential Buffy episode executed to perfection. It has Buffy reaffirming her position as a moral heroine, sacrificing her own blood to save Angel's life even when she thought she had to kill Faith to save him. It has Buffy and Faith (or Buffy/Faith, as I prefer to think of them) getting to square off in a dramatic, tough fight. It has a lot of Mayor Wilkins, a character I truly adore for some reason. Nothing like a public administrator who plays mini golf in his office, wants you to chew with your mouth closed, and will kill a graduating class of high schoolers to gain immortality. The catharsis of the whole school getting to fight back against evil, instead of just Buffy against the world - a real joy. This episode misses the top spot for two reasons. "A special vampire poison and the only cure is the blood of a Slayer" is too contrived for me to let slide, and also I had to see Cordelia and Wesley kiss.
1. "Becoming" S2E21-22
Buffy’s season finales really do have good stories and satisfying payoff. First off, Buffy starts this episode by punching a cop and fleeing from the law. Later, Spike also punches a cop. A.k.a., Buffy said blue lives don't matter. Second - I haven't gotten a chance to comment on this yet, but all throughout season 2, evil Angel is such a joy to watch. As regular Angel, David Boreanaz makes exactly one face ("I am a kicked, angsty puppy") and bless his heart, it gets so tiresome. As evil Angel, he is so expressive, dynamic and terrifyingly creative in his badness. And I love his weird threesome energy with Spike and Drusilla. But also, it's so hard to watch Buffy suffer as she deals with her evil boyfriend doing evil things. Her ultimate choice in this episode, to kill Angel even as Willow's spell restores his soul, gave me some real big feels! Also, this episode marks the first moment of Willow doing big, plot-shifting magic on her own, solidifying her transformation from computer nerd to witch!
Also, shout-out to the many good smaller moments in this episode: Spike making awkward small talk with Buffy's mom, Buffy constantly dunking on Principle Snyder, and Giles being tortured by visions of Miss Calendar (RIP Miss Calendar, I was your biggest fan.)
"Becoming" is an excellent season finale and the kind of Buffy episode I imagine I will want to re-watch in the future just for nostalgia's sake.
#buffy the vampire slayer#guess i will tag this and just engage in pvp if it happens#buffy fandom in 2021 i don't know you but please be nice#this was fun to write#i guess i do like this show!
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I have zero self-control, so, if you're up to it: best and worst episode(s) of Riverdale?
I love this question! Sorry for the delay in answering, I have had to give this the deep thought and contemplation it deserves! Best episodes is easier for me tbh because there are only maybe one or two episodes of Riverdale that I did not like. I’ve decided to break it down into my best/worst for each season.
I’ve tried to approach this being as objective as possible but.... you know, I am only human, and I am easily swayed when Betty and Jughead make out a lot.
Season 1
Best
1x10 or 1x11 with 1x11 having a slight edge. Obviously, the bughead angst content in both is A++ and what I am here for, but I also think that 1x11 in particular does a good job of moving the plot along while developing the characters at the same time (Riverdale is not always good at this ok so it is important to remark on it when it meets this bar!). We have Homecoming, and the incredibly awkward Cooper-Jones pre-Homecoming dinner, and Varchie sneaking into FP’s trailer behind Betty and Jughead’s back, and Veronica desperately trying to determine if her father had a role to play in Jason’s murder, and FP’s arrest (!!!) and Jughead running off at the end in a funk. There is a lot that happens AND everyone goes to a dance! It is sadly rare to have a Riverdale episode where everyone feels intertwined to the main story and where the Core 4 get to interact and develop. Plus, Jughead is so adorably excited about his and Betty’s family meeting even though they are 16 and have been dating for like two months. MY HEART. He was already planning their wedding.
Worst
1x09. It is the only episode of season 1 that felt filler. And I would still rank it higher than the other “worst” episodes on this list. But the main plot of Archie being used by the Blossom family is ehhhhhh. And frankly uncomfortable given his all too real recent past of being used by Ms. Grundy with no acknowledgment from the show whatsoever that these gross adults keep using this 16 year-old kid to serve their own purposes. So yeah, probably the worst of season 1.
Season 2
Best
I have to go with 2x14. Okay, okay 2x05/2x06 are probably better written and better plotted and have less dialogue that makes me want to end myself, but hear me out. 2x14 is the absolute essence of Riverdale packed into 40 glorious minutes:
Each couple has a spat with each other and then against each other, we get Betty versus Jughead, Archie versus Veronica, Bughead versus Varchie, and it is great???? yeah, you all fight over Hiram’s nefarious plot to buy up all the newspapers in town.
Bughead listens to Varchie have sex and the vice-versa like an hour later as normal friends do.
Betty and Veronica talk about abuelita (I must know more about abuelita!).
An entire scene where Archie wakes up early to chop wood?? At someone else’s house? Even though he’s only there for a weekend?? Again, very normal, every day teenage behaviour. And Veronica pervs on him while sipping coffee. Get it, V.
Some of the worst, cringiest dialogue this show has ever had, and that is a HIGH BAR including: “A Vughead Kiss? Right now, in the present, might be precisely what it takes to save a future Bughead from imploding.” THIS IS THE WORST LINE OF DIALOGUE EVER WRITTEN, LIKE OF ALL TIME, I CAN BARELY WATCH. IT IS NAILS ON A CHALKBOARD, END ME.
Archie doing push ups in his bedroom, because OF COURSE ARCHIE RANDOMLY DOES PUSHUPS BEFORE BED AND ALSO WHEN UPSET HAVE YOU SEEN HIM. And then Veronica propositions him for sex and Archie, still mad about Vughead, turns her down. And this is an actual scene that takes up time in a 40 minutes episode??? I love it.
Lodge Lodge
They play monopoly
And then get attacked by home invaders!!!
Who Archie chases into the woods only for one of them to be killed by Andre so that Hiram can later frame Archie for a murder he didn’t commit.
anyway 2x14 is the best episode of Riverdale maybe ever, tell your friends.
Worst
2x11 for the reasons @arsenicpanda has articulated before - mostly involving the clumsy way that the writers tried to parallel the Serpents to the plight of Native Americans. And Jughead’s awkward white saviour plotline, eugh. Although bonus points for Archie trying to wrestle to impress Hiram for some reason?? I can’t hate it.
Season 3
Best
Season 3 has a lot of contenders. I’m torn between the parentale breakfast club episode (which also featured crazy-G&G-Jughead, a fave of mine) and the Prom episode, but I’m going to go with 3x20, Prom Night because this episode is a sheer delight from start to finish. Hal Cooper fakes his own death by cutting off his hand and then he replaces it with a hook - legends only. CHONI FOR PROM QUEENS until the dream is killed by Edgar. U KNOW that is when Cheryl started reconsidering the whole Farm business even with the whole being able to talk to Jason’s corpse thing.
Bughead investigate shit and make great faces. Varchie go to prom as the least platonic “friends” ever and it is adorable. Everybody somehow wears the best outfits even though Bughead changed the Prom theme the night before. Betty being chased through the school by the Black Hood/her dad is legitimately terrifying. 10/10.
Worst
3x09, hands down. I have a lot of beef with this episode. My main beef is that 3x08 ends on this great cliffhanger and there is zero payoff? Jughead and FP come home to find the town is under QUARANTINE, no one is allowed IN OR OUT, and then in 3x09, he is snuggling in bed with Betty and it was like????? but what about the quarantine?? how did you get back in?? honestly the first time I watched 3x09, I thought I must have skipped an episode, but NOPE, the quarantine cliffhanger was waved off and I will never forgive them for this.
Secondly, most of this episode is spent in Archie’s feverish dream/hallucination and I just find dream episodes real dull, sorry Archie. I love that Archie tried to box a bear, I mean good for him, but the the dream sequences are boring.
Season 4
Best
A tie between 4x14 and 4x15. I just love these two episodes. The Preppies are legit the best villains this show has ever had (especially Donna, my love <333). There were real stakes for the Core 4, and even though I was pretty sure Jughead was not dead, I was still insanely happy to see him again in 4x15. Betty threatening Donna in the woods while wearing Jughead’s sherpa is a total bamf move, MARRY ME, BETTY COOPER. Jughead’s faux funeral is a+. Even the BA fake dating scheme (before it went horribly awry in the following episodes) is hilarious to me. Like, what kind of horrible plan is this?? if Betty seriously dated Archie following Jughead’s death, she would need therapy STAT, but the town of Riverdale is just like “oh ok I guess Jughead is dead.” Okay, sure. Plus Donna taunting Betty over the fact that she apparently can’t go two hours without needing to bone Jughead and therefore Betty’s plan was doomed to failure. How was this a real scene that happened. Oh my god, these episodes are so great.
Worst.
4x17. I mean, obviously. Please don’t make me have to explain.
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op give us some fc suggestions for natasha romanoff because you always have the best fcs
hey hey, anon ! asdafghjkl; pls. this was such a joy to receive bc there are so many underrated action female fc’s out there. my top choices are under the cut. lmk if you decide to go w/ any of them tho, i’d be stoked to see it bc i've defs put a lot of thought into this !
[ 4. KERI RUSSELL, THE AMERICANS. ] this was a super obvious choice imo bc the character’s literally a russian spy living a domestic life in the US. she even has blonde and red hair in some eps, which might be good if you’re looking for those ‘undercover’ looks ! i’m not sure if there are many gifsets and such to rb here on tumblr tho. ( she’s white : irish, german, dutch + danish background )
[ 3. INBAR LAVI, IMPOSTERS. ] hands down one of my fave underrated shows w/ an actress i could hearteyes over for days ! she’s essentially a con-artist / grifter, and there’s a fair bit of action as well. idk i sometimes feel like iconing action sequences is too difficult bc screenshots get blurry from movement. ( she’s israeli-jewish )
[ 2. LYNDSY FONESCA ( OR MAGGIE Q !!! ), NIKITA. ] chef’s kiss if i don’t say so myself. if you haven’t watched this show, you need to ––– i definitely make the rules. :P and yeah, ik lyndsey’s already a character in the mcu, but like... i personally wouldn’t care ? we’re all hella divergent these days lmao. the character also has a russian bg, which is a plus ig ? you could also use maggie q ( vietnamese / irish / polish ) from the same series bc lyndsey ( half-portuguese ) may appear a little young, but either way... yup yup !
[ 1. MOZHAN MARNO, THE BLACKLIST. ] THIS IS ME BANGING MY POTS AND PANS BC I'VE BEEN PITCHING MOZHAN AS A NAT FC FOR LITERAL YEARS. she's flawless and incredibly underused in the rpc, which is SUCH a shame. my fave action girlie from this show, and she's in it for 5 seasons if i remember correctly so you'll have a TONNE of scenes to work with. i pitch her ( persian if i'm not mistaken ) to you and basically everyone reading this WITH MY WHOLE ENTIRE CHEST.
[ BONUS: COTE DE PABLO, NCIS. ] i’m just throwing this out there bc my fc is from the same show but it’s v handy that the character cote plays is an assassin turned agent :~) she’s a chilean actress.
** i also want to point out that none of these actresses are russian, or at least to my knowledge. that might affect your decision bc it would also mean you’d have to change up nat’s backstory if you ever did want to use them.
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For the fandom ask: Hellsing!
the character i least understand
Hellsing is the most opaque piece of media, I swear to fucking god. That being said, I’ve played in this sandbox long enough that I have pretty established ideas on what makes each character tick. But the characters are all mildly contradictory enough that it’s a pick and choose game re: interpretations.
Anyway the shortlist: Millennium as a whole because they’re the least fleshed out/have the least obvious motivations.
Alucard for having the most “bro... what the actual fuck are you doing?” moments. ::cough:: sitting on his ass while everyone died in episode two ::cough::
And Walter for the whole “betrays everyone and we’re never even given a reason why.” Like SURE I have headcanons and I think they make sense but damn Hirano really gave us zero info to work with.
interactions i enjoyed the most
Honestly? Anderson and Alucard’s fights. Surprise, surprise, I also really like Alucard and Integra’s dynamic. Especially though in Gonzo where she’s just so mean to him lmao.
the character who scares me the most
Everyone in this series comes fully equipped with HIGHLY questionable morals, no real consideration for loss of life, and a predisposition for shooting first and asking questions later. They’re all horrible.
I guess Integra’s most threatening because she’s at the top of the food chain and essentially answers to no one. Also has an insane vampire at her beck and call, who’s just looking for an excuse to go on a rampage.
the character who is mostly like me
I choose to believe no one.
hottest looks character
The art style’s weird and very visceral. But Integra definitely has the best aesthetic.
one thing i dislike about my fave character
I guess Alucard’s my fave? The most frustrating thing about him is that he’s fucking story breaking. Plot only happens when he conveniently isn’t present. I wish there were better reasons for his lack of interference?
Something Hellsing is generally bad at is continually playing to characters’ strengths. Like Alucard’s single strongest point is raw power. Give him something he can’t fight his way out of ffs. Or somehow create a complication where he isn’t allowed to fight, in a way that makes sense and isn’t just having him stuck on a boat for three episodes 😭 😂
It’s the same way with the 30 year timeskip. He had to... murder all his familiars? AKA the single thing he’s good at? That doesn’t demonstrate any development or growth or even hint at any sort of challenge. In fact, the narrative must’ve deemed it so boring that we don’t even see it happen on screen. This is the final obstacle he has to overcome and it so completely plays into his strengths that it’s presented as tedious at best.
one thing i like about my hated character
all the characters entertain me unless they fucking bore me (most of millennium...) but I guess the major is particularly vile! and his monologues are epic. He’s a rather... pathetic and jovial villain in a way that’s really fun. I also adore the war speech in its sheer self indulgence, and that slow creep from funny, to irritating, to legitimately chilling.
a quote or scene that haunts me
Already covered the war speech, the tail end of that is fuuucked up. But I think a close second is the final fight between Alucard and Anderson, and the fun Arthur flashback within it. That’s really the main moment where all of the story’s central themes about monstrosity, devotion, and self destructiveness all converge. And just the first textual acknowledgment that what all these characters really want is to die? For all this series’ campiness, that moment is very well done.
a death that left me indifferent
Honestly Hirano is pretty good with narrative weight? Like Penwood, despite being a completely random side character has a really dramatic death. Same with the Wild Geese soldier during the Zorin fight whose name I don’t even remember.
But I think the most meh death(s) are the mass casualties in episode two. The issue is that it was played for Awesomeness to make the Valentine brothers look cool. But then immediately after there’s this somber funeral and you’re meant to feel bad about it, but it doesn’t really hit its mark. The Rio sequence accomplishes the same thing much more successfully. Oh also Walter’s death was fucking bullshit. Heinkel should’ve gotten to kill him.
a character i wish died but didn’t
Honestly... pretty much the entire cast died. I’m fine with the body count lol
my ship that never sailed
I’m mostly okay with the state of canon limbo my ships live in? Hirano word of god confirmed Alucard/Integra several times. And Anderson/Alucard existing in that nebulous “beloved nemesis” space is fine by me, I couldn’t see the characters really going beyond what’s already in canon. Anderson/Integra could’ve been fun though!
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best books with morally ambiguous narrators!
all y’all’s problematic faves and villains! :) also included are third person narrators but in books with morally ambiguous leads/themes
Sci-fi
Scythe by Neal Shusterman: in a future free from pain, disease, and war, people can live forever. ‘scythes’ are given the power to decide who lives and who dies to preserve the balance. sad and kinda gives of hunger games vibes, if you like that.
Neuromancer by William Gibson: basically invented the cyberpunk genre. strange and removed protagonists. (a team of computer hackers have to face off against an evil AI). you kind of dislike everyone and suddenly you’re crying over them. one of those trippy sci-fi classics.
The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut: very beautiful and very very sad (same author as slaughterhouse five). the richest man in america has to face a martian invasion. more about free will and bad people doing good things than a plot that makes any kind of sense.
The Man in the High Castle by Philip K Dick: set in an alternate universe where the germans and japanese won world war two. not really like the tv show at all- it’s not an action story, and there’s not really the hope to somehow fix the world that drives a lot of dystopia stories. instead its about how people survive and connect to one another in a hopeless society.
The Scorpion Rules by Erin Bow: a supercomputer convinces the leaders of the world to keep the peace for hundreds of years by taking their children hostage and obliterating any city that disobeys. what happens to the hostage protagonists when war seems inevitable? lots of morally fraught decisions and characters slowly losing their identity. (plus a fun lesbian romance)
Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson: a brilliant mathematician and a dedicated marine fight to keep the ultra secret in world war two. fifty years later, a tech company discovers what remains of their story. one of the most memorable sequences in the book is a japanese soldier slowly becoming disillusioned with his nation and horrified by the war even as he continues to fight.
Blade Runner by Philip K. Dick: another one of those sci-fi classics that’s not at all like the movie. there is a bounty hunter for robots, though, as well as a weird religion that probably is referencing catholicism and a decaying society with a shortage of pets. kind of a trip.
Wilder Girls by Rory Power: girls trapped in a boarding school on an isolated island must face a creeping rot that affects the animals and plants on the island as well as their own bodies. the protagonists will do anything to survive and keep each other safe. very tense (and bonus lesbian romance whoo)
The Fifth Season by N K Jemisin: three women are gifted with the ability to control the earth’s energy in a world where those who can do so are forced into hiding or slavery. some veryyyy dark choices here but lots of strong female characters.
Historical Fiction
Fingersmith by Sarah Waters: two victorian lesbians fall in love as they plot to betray each other in horrific ways. lots of plot twists, plucky thieves, gothic settings, and a great romance.
Quo Vadis by Henryk Sienkiwicz: a powerful roman soldier in the time of Nero plots to kidnap a young woman after he falls in love with her, only to learn more about the mysterious christian religion she follows. very melodramatic but some terrific prose.
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr: a blind girl in France and a brilliant German boy recruited by the military struggle through the chaos of the second world war. ends with a bang (iykyk.) very sad, reads like poetry.
Boxers by Gene Luen Yang: graphic novel reveals the story of a young boy fighting in the boxer rebellion in early twentieth century china. the sequel, saints, is also excellent. beautifully and sympathetically shows the protagonist’s descent into evil- the reader really understands each step along the way.
Fantasy
Three Dark Crowns by Kendare Blake: three triplets separated at birth, each with their own magical powers, have to fight to the death to gain the throne. lots of fun honestly
Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo: everyone in these books is highly problematic but you love them all anyway. a ragtag game of criminals plan a heist on a magical fortress. some terrific tragic back stories, repressed feelings, and revenge schemes.
The Dark Tower series by Stephen King: idk how to describe these frankly but if you can put up with King’s appalling writing of female characters they’re pretty interesting. fantasy epic about saving the world/universe, sort of. cowboys and prophecies and overlapping dimensions and drug addicts galore.
The Amulet of Samarkand by Jonathan Stroud: lots of fun! a twelve year old decides to summon a demon for his cute lil revenge scheme. sarcastic demon narrator. lighthearted until s*** gets real suddenly.
Elegy and Swansong by Vale Aida: fantasy epic with machiavellian lesbians and enemies to lovers to enemies to ??? to lovers. charming and exciting and lovely characters.
The False Prince by Jennifer Nielsen: an orphan boy must compete with a few others for the chance to impersonate a dead prince. really dark but very tense and exciting and good twists.
The Grace of Kings by Ken Liu: fantasy epic. heroes overthrow an evil empire and then struggle as the revolution dissolves into warring factions. interesting world building and three dimensional characters, even if they only have a small part.
Circe by Madeline Miller: the story behind the witch who turns men into pigs in the odyssey. madeline miller really said, i just used my classics degree to write a beautiful gay love story and now im going to write a powerful feminist retelling because i can. queen. an amazing and satisfying book that kills me a lil bit because of the two lines referencing the song of achilles.
Heartless by Marissa Meyer: the tragic backstory for the queen of hearts in alice in wonderland. a little predictable but very fun with a compelling protagonist
A Song of Ice and Fire (Game of Thrones) by George RR Martin: ok I know we all hate GRRM and rightfully so but admittedly these books do have some great characters and great scenes. they deserve better than GRRM though. also he will probably never finish the books anyway....
A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket: not really fantasy but not really anything else either. plucky, intelligent, and kind children fight off evil plots for thirteen books until suddenly you realize the world is not nearly as black and white as you thought.
Classics
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier: gothic romance!! a new wife is curious about the mysterious death of her predecessor in a creepy old house in the British countryside...good twists and lovely prose.
A Separate Peace by John Knowles: not really morally ambiguous but one awful decision suddenly has awful consequences and certain people are haunted by guilt forever.... really really really beautiful and really really really sad. boys in a boarding school grow up together under the shadow of world war two.
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy: while imperial russia slowly decays a beautiful young woman begins a destructive affair. a long book. very russian. the ending is incredibly tense and well written.
Lord of the Flies by William Golding: I think you know the plot to this one. the prose is better than you remember and the last scene is always exciting.
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie: one by one, the guests on an island are slowly picked off. one of Christie’s darkest mysteries- no happy ending here! very tense and great twists.
Contemporary
The Secret History by Donna Tartt: inspired the whole dark academia aesthetic. college students get a little too into ancient greece and it does not end very well. lovely prose but I found the characters unlikable.
Honorable Mentions
The Dublin Saga by Edward Rutherford: has literally a billion protagonists, but some of them are morally ambiguous ig? follows a few families stories’ from the 400s ad to irish independence in the 20s. beautifully captures the weight and movement of irish history.
Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer: how morally ambiguous can you be if you’re, like, eleven? a lot if you’re a criminal genius who wants to kidnap a fairy for your evil-ish plan apparently!
Redemption by Leon Uris: literally my favorite novel ever. the sequel to Trinity but can stand alone. various irish families struggle through the horrors of world war one. the hero isn’t really morally ambiguous, but the main theme of the novel is extremely bad people suddenly questioning their choices and eventually redeeming themselves. sweeping themes of love, screwed up families, redemption, and patriotism.
The Lymond Chronicles and House of Niccolo by Dorothy Dunnett: heroes redeem themselves/try to get rich/try to save their country in early renaissance Europe. if I actually knew what happened in these books I'm sure it would be morally ambiguous but its too confusing for me. in each book you spend at least a third convinced the protagonist is evil, though. lots of exciting sword fights, tragic romances, plot twists, and kicking english butt.
Bonus: Protagonist is less morally ambiguous and more very screwed up and sad all the time
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt: you know this one bc its quoted in all those quote compilations. basically the story of how one horrible event traumatizes a young man and how he develops a connection to a painting. really really really good.
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro: hard to describe but strange... not an action novel or a dystopia really but sort of along those lines. very hopeless.
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the spanish princess ep 2 thoughts
I’ve been enjoying all the reaction posts so here’s mine (spoilers included):
- I’ve had kind of a revelation this week regarding The Spanish Princess. This show is basically the modern day version of those dubiously accurate medieval historical chronicles. Not only do we have extra supernatural elements (the cuuuuurse, prophetic dreams), but we also have the contemporary authors’ personal biases inserted all over the place, and the addition of mythical stories about the heroes (Catherine fighting at Flodden this week). For some reason, this has made me a lot more forgiving towards the show. (it probably also helps that my fave Maggie B is dead now, so I don’t have to worry about them shitting all over her anymore, and I don’t have a particularly strong attachment to any of the other historical figures depicted)
- erm wtf, did anyone else catch that scene with Maggie and Edmund de la Pole in the previously on that we’ve never seen before?? I guess this plotline was supposed to be included in episode one as well, which probably would’ve helped it feel a bit more developed and less like something they suddenly remembered had to be tied up from last year. The whole sequence of Edmund being reintroduced and killed off in less than five minutes was very rushed.
- I’m glad baby Henry’s death hasn’t been totally forgotten, but do we really need so many grief-stricken sex scenes between these two? These are supposed to be the years they’re deeply in love, let them have some happier sex
- ehh I’m not sure that Catherine’s big reveal to the council actually changes much. A very early pregnancy, possibly with a girl, doesn’t really make the line secure. I think the focus should have been on Henry’s own desire to prove himself in battle, which would also have added to the humiliation when Catherine successfully defeats the Scots while his military exploits fizzle out.
- I really like General Howard, Peter Egan is fantastic (albeit a bit too polished for a grouchy, uncouth soldier type)
- “and now this book is closed” - god I hope so, bc I hate Maggie’s plotline from last year. It was interminable watching her whinge about how unfair it was that the Tudors suspected her of plotting against them because she had always been the most loyal person ever, as though she was suffering from some kind of selective memory loss about literally being a spy for the Yorkist rebellion in The White Princess. ffs Maggie can be either a completely innocent woman unfairly maligned by the Tudors or she can be a badass Yorkist rebel, not both.
- it seems her memory problems are back this episode because she goes storming off to complain to Catherine about Edmund de la Pole getting his head chopped off, conveniently forgetting than she was also heavily involved in his plot and her family is only out of the Tower thanks to Catherine interceding for her with Henry. Catherine was 100% in the right here, Edward of Warwick was innocent whereas Edmund de la Pole was a fully cognisant adult who spearheaded a revolt to take the throne (and likely would’ve had both Henry VII and Henry VIII killed if he had succeeded), so the idea that she’s suddenly heartless because she apologised for the former’s death but not the latter’s is ridiculous. The whole scene, including Maggie’s kids’ ‘whoomp here she goes again’ reactions, unintentionally have her coming off as rather hysterical.
- hopefully the rest of her story this season focuses on her mending her relationship with her sad silent son instead and possibly getting her leg over Thomas More
- ahhh Lina’s face when Catherine bitchily says she’ll be having a girl. Catherine’s not going to be able to stop herself from lashing out at her now that she has twin boys.
- first the clothes comment last episode, now they have Ursula saying Charles may not be good-looking but he’s rich as fuck. I guess she’s being set up as a gold-digger.
- is it just me or does the Anne Boleyn’s actress look a little bit like Charlotte Hope? The dress they had her in when Henry returns even looks like something Catherine would’ve worn in season one. I’ve no idea why they’ve brought the Boleyn girls in this early though – are they going to be sent to France then come back later? Henry still has to make his way through Anne Hastings, Bessie Blount and Mary Boleyn before he gets to Anne. The episode summaries make it look like his infidelities won’t start until episode four so he’s going to have to have a new girl every episode to get through them all.
- I’ve kind of come around on the whole Catherine-in-armour thing. Frock Flicks wrote an interesting article this week where they pointed out that while historically battle armour for women did not exist and women very rarely wore armour, depictions of women in armour have been around for a long time and would have existed in the Tudor period. In this pseudo-historical retelling of Catherine’s story mythologizing her as a warrior queen, it does make sense to carry on that visual tradition and have her armoured up.
- Unfortunately I think they did kind of undermine the visual impact of the armour on screen by focusing on it so heavily in the promos for the season. Possibly it wouldn’t have affected a casual viewer so much, but anyone who’s followed the show’s promo cycle has been seeing pictures and clips of Catherine in the armour for weeks now, and when she entered stomping down the corridor in her full battle gear it didn’t blow me away like the first look at that outfit should have done.
- I know this series is never going to have the budget of Game of Thrones, but Flodden was a disappointment, from the rousing speech (“mothers are warriors too, amirite ladies?”) to the battle itself. You can tell they really wanted this to be their big epic action sequence and unfortunately it felt underwhelming. I remember the battles in TWQ/TWP being much more impressive, for what was probably a similar budget.
- as soon as I saw how heavily pregnant Lina was this episode, I knew a birth/battle juxtaposition was coming. I get what they were trying to do with the whole ‘childbirth is women’s battlefield’ theme, but the attempt to fake-out Lina’s death fell flat - there’s no way they were killing her off. (I’m not sure why she was giving birth in the hallway, with apparently no midwives, but it was inadvertently hilarious watching Maggie - the only one with any childbirth experience - try and talk her through it while the other three were basically no help at all.)
- also everyone being like “omg Princess Mary you can’t possibly be at the birth” felt so out of place given that Meg and Catherine were both hanging around a battlefield at the same time
- on the one hand I did like that Catherine didn’t end up being some amazing warrior just off instinct; she’s almost immediately pulled off her horse, staggers around looking confused as fuck and then is shocked when she actually kills someone. But on the other, what was the point of all the warrior queen build up if she barely even does anything useful on the battlefield? (also why did they have her kill someone who looked so much like James?? I’ve seen several people think she killed James herself and I thought that too until he was shown being taken down afterwards - it was needlessly confusing)
- JAAAAMES. I’m so sad he’s gone. Georgie Henley knocked it out the park this episode, especially in her big mourning scene. Although given how sweet he and Meg were this episode, and her comment about him being her best friend, it just makes the punch last episode seem even stranger.
- I’m so sad we were robbed of seeing Catherine try to send James’ corpse to Henry as a victory gift and have to be talked into sending just the coat. If you’re going to make her ride out in armour let her keep her savage penchant for gruesome war trophies!
- oop, Catherine absolutely fails to sell the lie that she’s pleased about Lina’s two boys, and Lina can definitely tell.
- with Maggie B gone, Wolsey is the new evil religious cockblocker in town!
- I would like twenty more scenes of Lina and Oviedo being cute and bitching about their work days thanks
- I like Catherine defending Howard to Henry. It would have been nice if there was more time to show the development of a begrudging respect between those two.
- overall I found this episode disappointing. The big sequences weren’t impressive in the way last week’s were and there weren’t enough character moments to make up for that. I’m still looking forward to the rest of the season though, especially Meg, Mary and Maggie’s storylines.
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Bond Movies by Actor
Sean Connery era
Best: Goldfinger. It’s silly, exciting, over-the-top, and all the best Bond girls are pilots
Worst: Thunderball. It starts with Bond sexually assaulting a woman, then blackmailing her into sleeping with him. I was pretty much done with it after that. Also scuba action sequences are a bad idea.
Most Bond: Also Goldfinger. It really does firmly establish the tone for the entire franchise
George Lazenby
Best: On Her Majesty’s Secret Service. This is the only one Lazenby made, but it definitely belongs under the ‘best’ heading rather than any of the others. Bond genuinely falling for a woman doesn’t entirely work, but it succeeds both as an action movie and as a Bond movie. One of my faves of the entire series.
Roger Moore era
Best: Moonraker. I will not take feedback on this item.
Worst: A View to a Kill. Just find a few clips of Grace Jones’ role in this movie on youtube and call it a day. Trust me.
Most Bond: The Spy Who Loved Me. If I had to explain the entire Bond franchise to someone in one movie, it might be this one.
Timothy Dalton
Best: The Living Daylights. I have mixed feelings about this one, but Dalton only made two movies so it’s got to go somewhere. I really enjoyed it as a movie, it just felt more like a generic action hero than James Bond. Does the cello count as a Bond girl?
Worst: License to Kill: Not bad at all, just had to label one of these as ‘worst’. Again with it being a good action movie but not convinced how Bond it was. Dalton is too sensitive a soul, and the movies were probably trying to avoid hitting the tropes too hard but ended up being generic instead.
Most Bond: Nah.
Pierce Brosnan era
Best: GoldenEye. Contains some of the best action sequences in the whole franchise. It knows how to be a Bond movie.
Worst: GoldenEye. Treats every woman who crosses the screen with contempt. I actually stopped watching it halfway through and had to be talked into finishing it up a few days later. By far the most YIKES per minute of all the movies, despite being filmed in the 90s. The rape scene in Thunderball was the low point for the series, but this one’s close.
Special Mention for worst VFX: Die Another Day. Fellowship of the Ring came out a year prior. They had no excuse.
Most Bond: Probably technically GoldenEye, but I’mma recommend Tomorrow Never Dies instead on the grounds that it was fun to watch.
Daniel Craig era
Best: Casino Royale. The franchise needed a kick in the pants, and this movie delivered. Best opening sequence of the franchise too.
Worst: Quantum of Solace. I have no idea what happened in any of the action scenes, other than I got motion sick. Also gives female characters little agency.
Most Bond: Spectre. Casino Royale is an origin story, so it makes sense that after a couple movies Daniel Craig would settle into a somewhat more classic Bond mold.
Overall Favorite Bond:
Look, you are not going to get me to choose between Connery and Craig. Their movies are multiple decades apart, it barely makes sense to compare them. Connery gets credit for establishing the whole thing and being one charismatic mofo. Craig is the only one who actually managed to make the role his own instead of trying (and failing) to walk in Connery’s shoes.
Least Favorite Bond:
Pierce Brosnan. He’s not terrible - I don’t think any of the actors were - but honestly the franchise was getting tired and stench of GoldenEye’s misogyny never wore off for me.
Most Bond:
If you disagree with this one, you’re wrong.
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3 and 14 for the End-of-year-Asks :)
3. Favorite line/scene I wrote this year:
My favourite line is from the sequence where Jaime transitions from complete despair to acceptance in always find me here while still stuck in the trial by combat timeloop (which is also my fave scene I wrote this year). The whole fic is Jaime (eventually) learning to stop trying to die for Brienne and live with her instead, but holy shit getting to that point was a journey and after about a bajillion loops of Jaime desperately trying to figure out a way to die that won’t have him starting the trial by combat all over again he gives up and then I finally (FINALLY) got to use this line:
But right now Brienne is here with him so he fights to stay with her.
That’s the fic. Right there. In 15 words. I love the part when I finally get to drop the emotional thesis into place more than almost anything. (I actually have two fave lines this year and have already been asked this question twice, so look forward to me being like: “Here’s the heart of the fic in one line! It’s my fave part!” again).
14. Favorite fic I read this year:
Ahhhh even me, who does not read a tonne of fic, is still struggling to pick just one, but The Kingslayer’s Ghost by @angel-deux-writes lives in my heart rent free in ways that make me happysad in the best way.
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