#but man i liked this episode a lot why'd they have to do that to me
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Y'know... I was having such a good time,,, running around the fair,,, Mobius enjoying the sightseeing,,, seeing the victorian fashion,,, and the cool sets,,, and the cool time stuff,, and then they had to bludgeon me over the head with the Miss Minutes wants to fuck Kang the Conquerer plot point
#i... dont know how i feel about it#on one hand its soooo weird and i hate it#on the other hand its so weird and disturbing that im incredibly fascinated by the concept#but man i liked this episode a lot why'd they have to do that to me#notart#loki spoilers#loki show spoilers#loki series spoilers#loki show#loki series#i'll marinate in this for a while and come up with a definitive opinion on this. it's fucking wild though
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No shade at Devsis (for this, specifically) but seriously there are a lot of characters in this game who are a) female, b) have a relationship with another woman that is VERY easy to interpret as queer, and c) are deeply traumatized. Don't get me wrong I love 5/6 of these character's episodes (I only dislike Ice Queen's because Icicle Yetti's voice got really grating on me very quickly) but is everything good at Devsis?
(explanations for my non-cookie run moots under the cut. Cookie Run lore is wild, y'all.)
from top to bottom, left to right.
Frost Queen is a god of frost who froze to death in the arms of her 'best friend' in a past life. She goes on to use blizzards to balance out life and death. (I think. I watched a breakdown and some cutscenes. in order to get this information you have to play an hour with the most annoying cookie available)(I do not like Icicle Yeti)
Moonlight Cookie was created to observe the dreams of mortals/watch over the city of wizards. She has a close relationship with the god of the ocean but can't leave the city to kiss her girl. Eventually, all the wizards leave the city and Moonlight is left to watch over it on her own.
Black Pearl Cookie was a gem mermaid who had a close relationship with a 'maid', Frilled Jellyfish Cookie (second from the right on the bottom row). She is bisexual however, and falls for the worst possible man after running away from home because she didn't get magic powers during the sea magic ceremony thing. The dude steals her kingdom's magic pearl (or maybe he gives it to her? I don't remember the specifics) which starts a war and kinda just fucks everything up. Black Pearl goes to Sea Fairy for help, but Sea Fairy starts a space program instead of helping so Black Pearl turns emo. Also, Frilled Jellyfish dies due to the war. (I said Cookie Run lore was wild)
Sea Fairy Cookie is really down bad for Moonlight Cookie and (unintentionally) makes it everyone's problem. She ignores the sea cookies while they are actively fucking dying and sorta just sits around for the entire plot. She is one of my favorite characters. Like go off girl make your lesbian pining an actual threat to everyone's safety.
Frilled Jellyfish Cookie has been mentioned already but she's just the sweetest little thing. She just wants to see BP happy, man. She does everything in her power to try to console BP and it just gets her killed in the end. Her dying words are her telling BP to leave her and get to safety, and that she will be fine. BP should have just kissed the jellyfish girl why'd she have to fuck around with Oyster :(
Golden Cheese Cookie. She's my favorite character. So for the sapphic part, she's weirdly flirty with Black Rasine Cookie (another desert-themed cookie with bird motifs) and I'm team 'the ancient heroes were poly' so if you ask me she was smooching White Lily and Hollyberry at some point in the past. For the tragic part, here's one of the wildest backstories this game has! Basically, GCC founded and ruled the Golden Cheese Kingdom, which I'm gonna call Cheeseypt because that's what it is. Cheeseypt is a relatively secluded kingdom, mostly interacting with the wider world through trading. At one point, Golden Cheese leaves her kingdom to fight in the Dark Flour War alongside the other Ancient Heros. What happens while she's out? Dark ENchantress (who happens to be GC's ex-close-friend) FUCKING NUKES ALL OF CHEESEYPT. Not even a 'oh they had to flee and they are still rebuilding :(' no ALL OF GOLDEN CHEESE'S FRIENDS ARE DEAD. Consumed by grief, because you know, everyone she loves is dead, GC buries them all under the kingdom and connects their souls to a digital city before entombing herself with them. She tunes the digital city so that everyone's wishes are granted, and all her citizens live lives of comfort and wealth because, for as much as she values her gold, her real treasure is her friends.
I would stop it here but the way the game ends GC's ark is also just fucking insane? so one of her close friends betrays her (for good reason tbh) and destabilizes the entire city. Faced with leaving everyone she loves behind, GC breaks down because there's nothing for her in the real world. Black Raisen cookie comforts her but explains that this eternal dream is going to end someday anyway. So what does GC do? She explains to her citizens that it'll feel like falling asleep, and shuts down digital Cheeseypt. The characters we met in Cheeseypt don't come back, by the way. There's no loophole. They are just possibly dead for real. (or definitely dead in Burnt and Cheesenburg's cases.)
#cookie run kingdom#cookie run comic creator#cookie run#sea fairy cookie#golden cheese cookie#black pearl cookie#moonlight cookie#frost queen cookie#frilled jellyfish cookie#cookie run fans might get enjoyment out of the extended text of me trying to summarize three of the wildest arks in cookie run
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probably ted lasso spoilers
I went through the TL season 3 playlist so you don't have to and made some notes! (I considered this playlist done but we'll see how this goes) hope you enjoy!
The song Superstar is from the rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar. It’s sung by Judas’ spirit who had committed suicide earlier. I don’t want to put a parallel between Ted and Jesus and Nate and Judas but it kinda lies on the surface? And lines Every time I look at you I don't understand Why you let the things you did get so out of hand. You'd have managed better if you'd had it planned. Why'd you choose such a backward time in such a strange land? OH MY GOD
Three songs by Nigerian artists go in a row, so ep3 or 4 is probably about Sam and his restaurant or include this plotline in any way. Or we're getting another Nigerian player!
Everybody knows is an interesting choice because this song raises a lot of social and relationship problems. I think the most important is hypocrisy or, rather, knowing about issues and not doing anything to fix them, letting them be. Maybe it refers to everyone who is close to Ted and notices what’s happening with him but not paying proper attention.
Joker and The Thief is used in “The Hangover” which is referred in s2e11 when Beard calls Ted out for being too closed off.
I bet Fist Fight! is either about Jamie’s dad or Rupert being beaten up. Please.
Sinister Kid may be about Nate and him thinking that he was naturally-born evil and he can’t change it? But he’ll soon find out that it’s untrue. (And that's me, that's me The boy with the broken halo That's me, that's me The devil won't let me be)
Something tells me that Don’t think twice, it’s all right is about Tedbecca. Also second Bob Dylan song per season, first one plays when Ted cleans up his flat. So it’s also can be about Michelle. (I ain't saying you treated me unkind You could have done better, but I don't mind And you just sorta wasted my precious time But don't think twice it's all right) Upd: it occurred to me that it might be about Jamie or Keeley referring to each other.
Oh What A Performance! (I won an Oscar for playing a fool) and Quiet (Goodbye Don't cry You know why And it'll be just as quiet when I leave As it was when I first got here) give me an ache for some reason. Ep 6’s (apparently) gonna hurt.
But Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go straight after Nirvana’s song is suspicious. Hopefully it’s about Roykeeley who are back together.
CONGRATS GUYS HET WERD ZOMER, VENUS AND ZIJ GELOOFT IN MIJ ARE DUTCH SONGS AND IN THE PLAYLIST THEY’RE SOMEWHERE NEAR EP8 THEREFORE “WE’LL NEVER HAVE PARIS” IS MOST LIKELY THE NETHERLANDS EP!
Let’s talk about Boy by Book of Love!!! The song is said to be about woman who has feelings for a gay man. To me this song is also kind of trans-coded. AND Book of Love’s songwriter stated that this song “written about Boy Bar, which was a very exclusive gay club in the East Village.”. (I want to be where the boys are But I'm not allowed I wait outside of the boy's bar I wait for them to all come out)
I’m 99% sure that ep8 is THE episode.
It’s interesting that after Three Little Birds (Ajax anthem) comes The Angel (North London Forever) (song dedicated to Arsenal). Maybe we’ll see UEFA Champions League in some way or it’s just a coincidence and it’s just Richmond playing with Arsenal.
Dreams was used in the trailer of “Boys on The Side” where one of the main plotlines is unrequited love of a woman to a woman who has something with a man. But then both girls admit their love for each other (not necessarily romantic but still). Interesting, right? Might be another coincidence though.
Centerfield confuses me, song about baseball in a show about football? Is it irony or what.
Doomed speaks about the experience of aromantic people, the song is in the album “Aromanticism” and its writer explores corners of life without possibility of feeling romantic attraction. Are we getting an aromantic character??
Criminal feels like a Nate song, him feeling bad for mistakes and wanting to pay for his wrongdoings. (Heaven help me for the way I am Save me from these evil deeds before I get them done I know tomorrow brings the consequence at hand But I keep living this day like the next will never come)
And finally songs from “La Cage aux Folles”, a 1983 musical about gay couple, Georges, who’s an owner of a drag nightclub named “La Cage aux Folles”, and Albin, who’s a drag queen. Let’s add a little bit of a context. Georges and Albin’s son Jean-Michel is engaged to Anne whose parents are conservative and they don’t know yet that their daughter’s future-in-laws are a gay couple. Jean-Michel asks Georges to tell Albin to absent himself from his extravagant behavior and even invite Jean-Michel’s biological mother for a dinner instead of Albin so they can seem ‘normal’. Georges hadn’t had a chance to explain the situation to his spouse as Albin went performing to the club.
It’s the moment when La Cage aux Folles plays, the song describes the nightclub, its vulgarity and eccentricity, how it’s tolerant and welcoming to everyone (https://www.songlyrics.com/la-cage-aux-folles/la-cage-aux-folles-lyrics/ - here’s the lyrics if someone needs). I have no idea when this song might play in s3, especially when it comes to the end of it, honestly.
So, Georges and Jean-Michel started redecorating their house to make it look less gay without Albin knowing. Albin accidentally notices the two, Georges has to explain and Albin performs I Am What I Am practically letting them know that he’s proud of being himself and won’t change for anyone.
As someone had mentioned before this song basically became a “gay anthem” and was widely recorded. It’s the finale number of the first act as it apparently will be the last song of the third season. Considering all of the above I doubt that they chose both of these songs by accident and put them in an exact same order as they are in the musical. Something’s coming.
We know that we’re getting Ted at the airport as the last scene of the season. He might be waiting for his mother or Michelle with Henry to arrive (or leave) but either way he’s not going to change for them and they’ll have to accept him the way he is. And yes, I believe it’ll be a message about queerness. There are too much signs (and songs) pointing at that.
Perhaps when Jason said “Maybe by May 31, once all 12 episodes of the season [have been released], they’re like, ‘Man, you know what, we get it, we’re fine. We don’t need anymore, we got it.’” he addressed conservative fans of the show (they form a great percentage of the audience, don’t forget) who wouldn’t want more of TL since it became ‘woke’.
That’s it, let me know your thoughts :)
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FUCK YEAH PANOPTICON TIME!
Firstly, this is my favourite almost season finale, like, the whole thing has so much going on (good), we get a resolution to Daisy and Basira's stuff, an actual culmination of 3 or 4 seasons of wondering about the circumstances of Gertrude's death (i love the future gertrude stuff, i do, but i'd be fine if she didn't show up in tape again after this episode), the revelation of Elias being Jonah Magnus, Martin's stuff is delt with, that moment when Elias laughs.
It's phenomenal. I just had to get out that it's phenomenal.
Now, @a-mag-a-day, the antepenultimate episode of season 4. Panopticon.
Let's go.
I think you should also know that I have my cat lying next to me :3 He's really cute.
MARTIN
That's a Leitner.
PETER
It is!
MARTIN
And the, um… the blood on it?
PETER
(Cheerfully) That's Leitner too!
I love this part, it's very funny. You know, I will never understand those who hate Peter Lukas with the same vitriol as I hate Elias with. Peter's voice is just really nice okay. I sort of find myself... liking him. He's fun, I don't know.
NOT-SASHA
So you finally decided to let me out, Jon? (Calling) Jooooon?
(Beat)
Who's there?
(Martin's terrified breathing can be heard)
Who let me out?
Don't be shy… I just want to say thank you.
Martin's terrified breathing was heard. Good lord, 10/10 great terrified breathing. I'm guessing that Martin and/or Peter used their spooky, lonely powers and hid from her.
PETER
Make sure everyone is too busy to follow us. They'll be fine. Probably.
You could still go help them. If you insist.
(Beat)
(Martin lets out a resigned breath)
(Satisfied) Very good. Come on.
I mean, he's still a bastard, I just don't hate him.
PETER
Why'd you think this was chosen as the Institute's location when the prison closed? It's a significant site of power for the Beholding. From the tower in the centre of this room, you can see everything.
So, quick little... fun facts, I suppose. Milbank Prison was first designed by Jeremy Bentham, and it was meant to be a panopticon prison, guarded by just one person who could see anything - but not everything. None of the inmates would know if they were being watched so, Bentham theorised, the inmates would act as if they were being watched all the time. The prison guard who watched the inmates would in turn not know when they were being watched by the general public and public officials. Bentham intended for this to be used as a solution for the question:"Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?", who guards the guards, who watches the watchers?
There's a whole lot more about the panopticon as a thing, but I'm actually pretty interested in it and I know I'll get dragged into a little research spiral, so instead, more about the prison itself.
The site of Milbank Prison was bought in 1799 by Jeremy Bentham, and the panopticon plan was abandoned in 1812. There was a competition for who's prison design would be built on the site, and William Williams' won, and was adapted by Thomas Hardwick. After 18 months, Hardwick resigned and was replaced with John Harvey. In 1815, Harvey was dismissed and Robert Smirke took his place, completing it in 1821. The prison closed in 1890, and demolished on and off till it was finally gone in 1903.
This all to say, that I think Jonah Magnus attempted The Watcher's Crown around 1890, because he said he moved it to London after it failed.
I convinced Smirke to work on Millbank, leading him to design it as a temple to all the Fears in equilibrium, such that my own modifications to the design of the Panopticon went… unremarked. It. Took. Years, for the dread of the prisoners that passed through to fully suffuse the place, and I was an old man by the time I made my first attempt at the Watcher’s Crown, sat in the centre
of that colossal eye, the great ring of cells encircling me like a coronet. It was… flawed, of course, as all Smirke’s rituals were, and none of the inmates survived as the power I attempted to harness shook the building almost to pieces, and the murky swamp upon which the prison was built consumed it.
But it left me a gift: For sat in that watchtower, I could see everything I turned my mind to. It was a dizzying power, and one I discovered I maintained even as I found vessels to extend my life. Of course, I had to make sure the location was kept under my control while I worked on revising my plans, and so I moved the organization I had founded to assist in my research down to London, and the Institute as you know it, was born.
(MAG 160)
However, this does say "the dread of the prisoners that passed through" so it could have been in the 1840s and 50s, when Milbank was a holding prison for convicts going to be transported.
I just want a timeframe. But, I mean, if we did get one it would probably be contradicted to hell and back (/lh /nsrs).
PETER
I don't mean the cells, Martin! I mean everything. Come on. Mind your step, this comes from an era before safety rails.
I think safety rails were first used in the 1930s, but don't quote me on that. Meaning, yes, this does probably come from an era before safety rails.
PETER
Jonah Magnus! His body at least. Sitting here, watching. Binding it all together, growing ever older. If you want to take his place, well…
MARTIN
I'll need to kill him.
PETER
Yes. Don't worry, though, I brought a knife.
I feel like you're going to need to start carrying a knife if you work at the Magnus Institute. I mean, it's illegal to carry a knife of certain sizes of varieties (no switchblades!), it's also just illegal to carry any knife without good reason and "I have a high risk of death to supernatural creatures at my archiving job" probably doesn't cut it. Still, Jon bought a knife back in season 2. Jon bought an axe back in season 2, how the hell did he carry it around without raising quite a bit of suspicion?
MARTIN
Where are his eyes?
[A footstep]
ELIAS
Exactly where they've always been, Martin.
(Martin gasps)
Watching over my Institute.
That's such a cool line!! Also, uh:
But he remembers so clearly what he was thinking as he looked at what was left of Allan Schrieber: where are his eyes? What did they do with his eyes?
(MAG 193)
It just immediately got me thinking about that line.
BASIRA
And you're sure?
ARCHIVIST
Yes, I'm sure it wasn't here before!
BASIRA
It's just that there's a lot of tapes around.
ARCHIVIST
And I don't keep any of them with the key to the tunnels. It's been left for me.
DAISY
And it says 'play me'. Kind of suspicious.
IM SORRY, THERE'S JSUT A LITTLE TAPE WITH A STICKY NOTE ON IT SAYING "PLAY ME" AND BASIRA THINKS IT COULD HAVE BEEN THERE BEFORE?? IM SORRY IM JUST DYING OVER HERE
GERTRUDE
(Disparagingly) I'm not really in the mood for nostalgia, Elias. You might have noticed I'm rather busy so either shoot me or—
[A gunshot rings out; Gertrude gasps and collapses]
GERTRUDE
Well… (gasp) there it is. (gasp) Thought it would hurt more.
(Elias sighs)
ELIAS
Pity.
I really love that we get to hear what I thought - and to be honest, kind of hoped - was the last Gertrude tape in this context.
Like, everything's coming to a head, here and now in this episode. Peter's plan with The Extinction, whatever Elias' deal was (actually Jonah Magnus), Daisy's whole thing, and finally hearing Gertrude's death here was just amazing! Like, we take all the plot stuff, we throw it in one episode, this is our Unknowings, our Hide and Seek, our Infestation.
Then, there's The Last that's like, ok we get the emotional resolution between Jon and Martin and Martin's whole lonely thing, finally and then we're like yeah, the next one's always a bit more of a resolution, but Jonah Magnus is planning someone, ahaha Peter what did you MEAN "he got you"? WHAT???
But, focusing on Gertrude's death... I... ok, look, I'm going to grab messages I sent to my friends, because I can't explain how much I love Panopticon and Gertrude's death scene here.
Her [Gertrude's] ending in panopticon is PERFECT
like, that's the End of gertrude robinson
And i liked the bits we got of her in mag 161, 162, and 167
But i REALLY like just like that ending, the whole "who killed Gertrude Robinson", "what was Gertrude Robinson's whole deal", all the mysteries about Gertrude Robinson just wrapped up neatly in a noose around her neck
If you're listening to tma for gertrude, PANOPTICON IS LAST
Like oohhhh words cannot describe how much I LOVE the placement of the tape with gertrude's murder
Panopticon is SUCH a good episode
Like, The Last was our emotional resolution, The Eye Opens was our Jonny comes into our houses and fucking MURDERS us episode, but Panopticon was our original recording episode and <33
It's like!!!
- Martin MAKING HIS CHOICE
- THE GERTRUDE TAPE
- Jon FINALLY GETTING TO SAVE MARTIN LOVE THE GAYS
- Daisy giving into the hunt
- LITERALLY EVERYONE AT ONCE ATTACKING THEM
Do you understand me? I hope you understand me.
ELIAS
(Faux-hurt) Peter.
PETER
(Cold) Elias.
*deadpan* The joys of marriage.
PETER
We're the same, you and I. We don't need anyone else. Watching from a distance, that's always who you've been. Haven't you enjoyed it these last few months, drifting through the Archives unseen, unjudged? You'll like it in there. I promise.
MARTIN
Yeah.
Yeah, I think I would.
When you're numb from the cold, it feels better to be in the cold then to be warm and defrost. And if you do get warmed up, but can't stay warm for long enough it does more damage. But you've got to get to the warmth eventually. It's going to kill you out there, in the cold because it's safer than getting hurt.
Would you prefer it there? Maybe. It's numb. It doesn't sting. "But as with all [...] that promises respite, it is a trap."
ARCHIVIST
Do ah… do I get a gun?
BASIRA
You ever fired one?
ARCHIVIST
(Indignant) You never taught me!
I just like the way Jon says it. Gosh, they're all having the absolute worst days, aren't they.
NOT-SASHA
Hello, Jon.
DAISY
Oh, shit.
ARCHIVIST
You gotta be fucking kidding—
If there was any place for swearing it is definitely in this situation where everything that (he knows) could have gone wrong HAS gone wrong. Like, just, absolute worst time over here.
I love it when Jon just gets fed up. Like, when in 107 where he was just like "so, kidnapped. again." and the whole "how embarrassing for you". Just like, fuck yea dude, be a bit of a bastard when there are many, many, MANY things trying to kill you.
BASIRA
God dammit. Jon, go, we'll keep them busy.
ARCHIVIST
What? No! I—
BASIRA
Don't argue. Just go!
NOT-SASHA
(Distant) Joooon?
ARCHIVIST
Fine. Just don't die.
DAISY
Go.
I think it's really nice that... i dunno, they told him to run, they risked their lives for martin, someone who they thought was "working for the enemy" or whatever. especially for basira.
MARTIN
It's not him! It's not anybody. It's just me. Always has been. I...
When I first came to you, I thought I had lost everything. John was dead, my mother was dead, the job I had put everything into had trapped me into spreading evil and I… I really didn't care what happened to me. I told myself I was trying to protect the others, but honestly we didn't even like each other. Maybe I just thought joining up with you would be a good way to get killed.
I really didn't appreciate Martin enough on my first listen. I was just... so caught up in the whole... Jon thing. He was my favourite since about episode 30. I liked Martin fine, I really liked Helen, but most of the characters I liked was done through the context of... loving Jon. Just really couldn't see past him.
And then... so I was talking to my friend about how Jon has adhd because I'm projecting, and it brought up that Martin's got that social anxiety & depression combo. And as I read those quotes that she collected, I realised he was right, and I realised I knew him. And from that day forth, I began to love Martin K Blackwood.
Then I listened to recollection on the bus and started crying.
So, this is my first listen where I know Martin. I'm not entirely sure what to say about this, I just... poor guy. I get him :(
And then… Jon came back, and… and suddenly I had a reason.
A WHAT?
Funny. Looks like I was right the first time. It's probably still a good way to get killed.
I'm sad. I'm sad about him. God, I just wanna give him a hug or something
ELIAS
Your choice. Just make sure to leave the door open.
the fucking. the fucking. door.
(Elias lets out a long, triumphant laugh, then sighs, contented)
I want to murder him with my bare hands. He's won. He's fucking won. I am SO glad he was stabbed. HHHHhhh murder.
ELIAS
(Pleased) …My you have grown. Yes. A masterpiece, isn't it?
I'm gonna kill someone and his name is Jonah Magnus.
ARCHIVIST
Yeah. It is. And that's you then? Your… body?
Look, I mean, yeah evil, but also like, kinda cool though-
Also, like, he's also kind of... evil. It's complicated. I mean, he did have the whole "it is the worst place that has ever been beautiful and it should not exist" thing like-
No one is even blaming him for this, it is PURELY the piece of my brain that exists only for playing devil's advocate, which, like, USEFUL, but also, shut up!
ELIAS
From out here? Impossible.
ARCHIVIST
You want me to follow him?
ELIAS
No, Jon. You want you to follow him.
That's not even bloody subtle. "You want you to follow him" says guy who LITERALLY MANIPULATED THE SITUATION SO THAT HE'D HAVE TO GO INTO THE LONELY, christ i am so FUCKING GLAD HE GOT STABBED
I can't do this, I literally cannot. Considering murder. Ben Meradith does a great job at doing a voice so punchable, and then Jonny does a great job at writing lines so stabbable, and together it's the beginning of MAG 200 :3
ELIAS (CONT’D)
Very good.
Are you scared, Jon?
ARCHIVIST
(Quietly) Yes.
[The Lonely static crescendos]
ELIAS
Perfect.
HISS HISS KILLING AND MAIMING, FUCK HE WON
he... won.
i haven't done a relisten to season 4 before, it's just as physically painful as season 1, 2, and 3, good lord.
LIKE, OH MY GODDD AARHRHGHRGHR RIPPING AND TEARING "ARE YOU SCARED, JON" "YES" "PERFECT" FUCK YOU FUCK YOUR RITUAL FUCK THIS IM GOING TO SCREAM
oooohohhhhhh well done, you bastard, all fourteen fucking marks got. you're gonna live forever, or as close to forever as is possible.
i am so glad that in that final moment he was alive, he told jon that he didn't think jon would go through with it and jon fucking stabbed him.
THIS IS MY THING FOR 158!
so, 160 is going to be... it's going to be quite... interesting.
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Season 2, Episode 6
Well, we finally know what Kris's purpose was, other than comic relief. Santapolis's whole purpose was to be a stopping point for Mad Santa where he and Olga could show the audience that they really aren't that bad, and since they obviously weren't going to be killed off (not that kind of Disney franchise!) they (or, at least, Magnus) needed another place to go. Yeah, okay. I'll buy that. Kris's purpose was to provide Magnus Antas with a new purpose. What do I think about this? Mm...it's fine. If Jack Frost can be thawed by a hug, why not?
So, when Magnus Antas put himself in the doghouse (pun intended) and said he was 'Werewolfing himself', that had me wondering if they were going to drop one of those little throw-away nuggets, like "Oh yeah, by the way, Werewolves are real. Anyway, I was a bad person, lock me up." If they're gearing up for a Christmas/Halloween crossover in Season 3 and it looks too much like a watered down version of The Hollow, I'm gonna sue! XD
Okay, seriously though, I didn't mind this episode all that much. Lots of tying up loose ends, though very little character development, and Scott finally pulled his head out of his butt and decided to be a good dad. I liked that Magnus actually helped him see where he made his mistakes. Didn't much care for the final confrontation, but it was interesting that the cocoa mug was actually the amulet. Noel is finally showing that he can be as bada$$ as his wife, which I LOVED!
The Betty/Olga fight seemed a bit forced to me, mostly because what can a toy sword do against an actual battle axe! And them fighting over the toy like...well, children. I know they look like children, but it's pretty much been established that they're adults, they can marry, they have jobs. So to be like "I want it!!!" "No, it's mine!!!" just fell a little flat to me. I much preferred what came after!
So, is the Elf/Gnome grudge all because Gnomes can't make toys, and Elves can't make useful things (like, excuse you, toys are useful, they serve a purpose!), so it's all about jealousy? Hm...interesting. You know, they could probably team up to make some pretty nice back to school stuff! Sure, it's useful, but who says it can't be fun to look at, or maybe have bells or charms hanging off it? Kids would eat that UP! Just look at all the Lisa Frank stuff that was all over the place before.
EB is normal again, and possibly a potty mouth. Love that. XD
Riley is back, and suddenly all is forgiven. Hate it.
And apparently Scott is NOT in Dutch with the Council for breaking nearly every rule in the book? This man is a Karma Houdini!
I guess Disney accomplished their goal, at least...they got us to watch and talk about it. I just wish they were more character oriented, because they sure as Hades ain't concerned about continuity!
Oh yeah, and Curtis is alive! So, why'd they call it 'Curtis-itis'? Hmmmm...
#Ooc#The Santa Clauses#Season 2 Episode 6#Review#Whatever...I'mma go eat some peanut butter cups. -_-
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Henry Danger Reader Insert | Captain Man x Reader: SEASON 3
Episode 11: Space Invaders Part 2
The problem in space was still very real. Not a bad dream or a false alarm, no, Captain Man, Miss Danger and Kid Danger were still staring down the barrel of a gun currently being held by a frowning little girl. She was enraged about something and the superheroes daren't put a finger wrong, save she blew their heads. Could she be the one who locked up Jim Dickle and Neil?
"Okay, little girl. Who are you? How old are you? What are you doing here? Why'd you hit us all on the head?" Ray's questions came fast and furiously and every time the child tried to give him an answer, he just asked another one.
"Doofus, let her answer." (y/n) hissed at him, seeing the way the little girl was trying to cooperate but couldn't because of her boyfriend's impatience.
"Well, I have a lot of questions." He snapped, still feeling a little cranky from the bump to the head, but a small hand on his shoulder made him snap out of it. Anger would get them nowhere.
"Captain Man! Miss Danger! Kid Danger! Help us!"
"Let us out!" Neil and Jim screamed from inside the storage compartments they had been locked inside. Everyone could see their need to get out through the clear, plastic door, that and the thumping of their fists was a giveaway too.
"Be quiet, dad!" The girl hissed at Jim Dickle, shocking the superheroes to their core. A child had done this to her father? This was getting weirder by the minute.
"Dad?" Ray frowned, surprised that the feisty little girl had locked up two grown men on her own. (y/n) too was shocked, it was weird to see someone from her college days in a completely different light, with a child of all things, even if he wouldn't recognise her through the mask.
"Hey! Don't talk to me that way! I'm an astronaut!" Her dad replied harshly, proving to the young woman that even after ten years, Jim Dickle was still so full of himself because he had been chosen as an astronomical prodigy.
"You're gonna get it you little brat!" Neil threatened the girl, which seemed a little harsh. Yeah, she'd done something wrong, but speaking to a child like that seemed so horrible, it made (y/n)'s hair stand on end.
"Yeah? Who's got the piece?" The girl snapped back and held up Ray's large blaster so Neil would quake in his boots. With her father and his friend quiet, she could focus again on pointing her newly acquired weapon at Captain Man and his sidekicks, who were still confused with the entire situation.
"Okay, what is the deal here?" Henry asked, fed up with whatever weird family issues were going on. He just wanted to get to the nub of the issue and move on.
"I'll tell you the deal. That's my daughter, Kelsey!" Jim Dickle explained, making Kelsey tense up at her dad's lecturing tone. She was doing this for a good cause and even Captain Man wasn't going to stop here. "And she's not supposed to be here," Neil added, further adding to her irritation. Grown-ups just don't understand anything.
"Well, sweetie, how'd you get on board?" (y/n) asked the little girl, ignoring the gun that was waving in her face and bending over so she was at her eye level. She liked kids, she was good with them and a blast to the face wouldn't be devastating, just mildly inconvenient.
"I used my dad's I.D." Kelsey sighed. All these adults, just got in her way, even if the lady was trying to be nice.
"And then?" Ray gestured for her keep to keep going, feeling slightly nervous as to how close his girl was putting herself to the blaster. He loved her kind spirit, but seeing her in danger made him nasty.
"And then I sneaked onto the supply rocket, hid in a storage container and here I am." Kelsey sassed the superhero and kept the gun pointed at him.
"And then she locked us in here where we sleep!" Neil snitched from his little sleeping pod and his tattle-telling didn't go down very well with the girl who wanted revenge for his dastardly actions.
"Yeah, and you're gonna stay in there!" She yelled back at him, which enraged her father. He wasn't going to take any back-chat from a child, especially when that child happened to be his flesh and blood.
"I'll tell you what, young lady! When we get back to Earth, on the ground, you are gonna be so, so grounded." The astronaut scolded her, but Kelsey didn't care. She was on the right side of the locked door and if her father couldn't reach her, he couldn't ground her either. Simple.
"Uh, I don't know what the butt is goin' on here, but uh, kid...you let those astronauts out of their sleep...things," Ray told Henry, who did as he was told. (y/n) could've helped too, but Ray wanted to steer her away from Dick-le. Yeah, he had a child and had probably forgotten all about her, but he couldn't help but want to keep his girl all to himself.
"You just freeze!" Kelsey threatened Henry, the muzzle of the gun being centimetres away from his navel. He just couldn't take her seriously though, she was a child and he was a superhero, come on, it was a no-brainer.
"Aha! Yeah, I don't freeze, I thaw." Henry quipped, thinking. he sounded so cool with his little play-on-words, but...
"Wait, you saw what?" (y/n) asked him, giggling at her little joke, which went right over Henry's head and Ray's for that matter. Now, the man holding her hips as they watched the kid's altercation was thoroughly confused.
"Huh?" Henry tilted his head at her, which caused her to groan as Ray switched to protective mode and warily looked around their feet. Was there something crawling around that he needed to be worried about?
"You said you saw something." He reiterated what (y/n) had said, but unlike her, he wasn't joking, more like hugging her to his chest in case there were more devilish children around.
"No, I said I thaw." Henry corrected him, making. the young woman facepalm. Well, they had taken her joke and slaughtered it.
"Well, you thaw what? What'd you thee?" Ray panicked, his mind jumbling from the thin, recirculated air he was breathing and the confusing ramblings from his sidekicks.
"Captain Man, are you okay?" (y/n) asked her boyfriend in concern, wondering why his speech was suddenly slurring. Should she be worried? She picked up his hand in hers and gave it a gentle squeeze, which helped to calm him down a bit.
"I don't know, sweet girl, the air's pretty weird in here." He whined and bent over to clutch his head like he had a headache. Anything to get a little attention from her.
"The air is...? All right, I'm gonna let you guys out." Henry ignored his boss's pathetic complaint and refocused on the task at hand; getting the trapped astronauts free.
"You move, I blast you." Kelsey intimidated him in a menacing, confident tone, but Henry was more than ready to take her on. He dropped his small blaster to the ground since he didn't want to accidentally pull the trigger on a little girl and Ray and (y/n) stood back to watch the show.
"Good luck," Henry told Kelsey, who began to fire the gun at Kid Danger, but even if she was the best markswoman in the world, she would never be able to outmatch Henry's hyper-motility. He dodged every laser with ease, jumping and ducking well before he could be injured. The skirmish ended with Henry bouncing back against the wall, next to Ray and (y/n), who were just waiting for a good moment to get in on the action.
"Whoa, how'd you do that?" Kelsey gasped, amazed that even though she had squeezed the trigger as much as her little digit would allow, not one had left a scratch on her enemy. This was gonna be harder than she first thought.
"With my hyper-motility," Henry answered, taking a second to catch his breath, not that he was tired. He could dodge gunfire all day.
"What does that mean?" She asked, both amazed and irritated by the notion of being beat. The world hadn't fully caught on that Kid Danger had a new superpower so for many, it still came as quite a shock.
"That I'm good..." Henry bragged, making Ray and (y/n) scoff/chuckle. Gaining a power had done nothing but inflate his ego, however, they'd let it slide. It was awesome to have something special and they knew the feeling.
"Will you take care of her?" Henry asked the sniggering two, who were more suited to taking a few hits than he was. Plus, it would teach them not to laugh at him being cool and aloof.
"Yeah, yeah, we'll do all the work." (y/n) agreed and stepped forward to sort everything out. She wasn't afraid of getting hurt and wanted to help the girl rather than punish her. Kids often got silly ideas into their heads and well, she was just tender-hearted.
"Ow! That hurt!" She yelped when the minute she tried to get close to her, Kelsey shot her in the arm. The skin smoothed over immediately and in seconds there wasn't so much as a scar, but her cry made Ray dash to stand in front of her. He couldn't stand and listen to her moans of pain, even if she came out the other side just fine.
"Get behind me." He ordered her softly and didn't give his girl much of a choice when he tugged her small body around him so he'd take every laser and she'd be safely guarded. He marched towards Kelsey, who wasn't scared to zap him either, but Captain man just took each hit like a champ.
"Ow! Stop it!" He moaned and squealed, but stay vigilant as they near the panicking girl. He wouldn't let anything touch the woman behind him again, so he gritted his teeth and edged a little closer. Seeing that the gun was within her reach, (y/n) leaned past Ray's hips and swiped the blaster from Kelsey's fingertips, leaving her to huff and admit defeat.
"Okay, Kelsey, we're taking you back to Earth." (y/n) told her sternly, ignoring the girl's pouty bottom lip and using her motherly voice to scold her.
"You are from Earth, right?" Ray added in, shaking off the last of the stinging pain he felt from the lasers. His comment took the edge of his girlfriend's seriousness, but Kelsey didn't notice.
"Yes, but I'm not going back! You guys don't understand, those astronauts are evil! Look!" The child exclaimed and stormed past the superheroes so she could show them what she meant by evil. Jim Dickle shook his head at his daughter's interference, but he couldn't do anything. He just had to watch as Kelsey revealed...rabbits?
"Bunnies!" (y/n) and Henry squealed happily, instantly melting at the small creature's fluffy, cotton-like tails and twitching noses. They just wanted to cuddle them and stroke them and love them forever.
"No way, bunnies!" Ray exclaimed too, his cooing mirroring his sidekicks'. Even Captain Man couldn't resist their adorable faces.
"Oh my god, they're so cute! Can we play with them?" (y/n) pleaded with the astronauts, not caring if their authority was gone. She was a sucker for dogs and bunnies, anything that she could keep as her companion.
"No, I get to play with the black and white one," Ray whined, wanting to go for the one that he thought was the biggest. The bigger the bunny, the more fluff he got to cuddle.
"No, we get to play with all of them," Henry told him, seeing at least three or four bunnies in the cages, meaning there was more than enough cuddles to go around.
"Hey, shut up! Don't you guys get why they brought these bunnies into space?" Kelsey shrieked to stop their fawning and they fell silent, save for some random excuses as to why they didn't know why two astronauts would need so many rabbits in space. "They're taking them to the moon! To do experiments on them!" Well, that answered that and the glares sent in Jim and Neil's direction were scathing.
"You absolute bastards...how can you experiment on those innocent bunnies?!" (y/n) shouted in fury at the men, of whom she had lost all respect for. She regretted ever even thinking or speaking to Jim Dickle, the asshole who condemned such gentle animals to cruelty.
"It's for science!" Neil hissed at her as Ray caught his girlfriend's wrist to stop her from getting too close to the sleeping pods. He didn't want her anywhere near those two.
"What do you mean science?" Ray growled, but Jim "I'm so clever" Dickle wasn't going to succumb to Captain Man's anger. What did he know about science? Nothing, this was all in the name of something the superhero could never imagine and he wasn't going to take any criticism from him.
"Y'know, science. The study of how things work and why." He sassed and this time, it was (y/n)'s turn to hold her boyfriend back, who just wanted to punch this dick in the face.
"Ulch this guy." He tried to keep his anger under control, but the cocky smirk from the astronaut just boiled his blood. First, his girl fancied him and now he was giving him cheek, what a prick.
"Just stay calm, sweetheart, 'kay? Just look at me, not that asshole." (y/n) cooed at Ray and placed her hand on his chest so she could feel his heartbeat through his suit. He could never stay mad when those eyes looked at him with so much love and he lowered the gun in his hand as she wanted him to.
"We gotta take those bunnies to the moon!" Neil told them again, but it made no sense. Rabbits didn't belong in space, so what did they need them for?
"Why?" Henry asked angrily, suddenly seeing why Kelsey had stowed away. He'd do the same if he knew his dad was gonna experiment on bunnies.
"To see how high they can hop!" Jim exclaimed, which made (y/n) frown in bewilderment. What kind of bullshit experiment was that?
"That's not science, that's just crazy! What benefit does that have to mankind?" She asked them in exasperation, but the astronauts ignored her. They wouldn't expect a simple-minded, plucky sidekick girl to know anything about what they did.
"Yeah, we already know that the moon has less gravity than the Earth." Henry built on her point, but he and Ray weren't exactly science lovers and had no idea how bunnies would behave on the moon. Science was more (y/n)'s area, well, mechanics and a bit of physics anyway.
"So that means we know exactly how high bunnies can hop on the moon and the answer is..." Ray trailed off as he realised that he didn't know, but it didn't matter. It was a stupid theory and a waste of the space station's facilities.
"Very!"
"Very high!" A little help from Henry and Ray had his answer, but apparently, it wasn't good enough for "science". The burning question was still there.
"But we won't know that for sure unless we test them."
"On the moon." Jim and his assistant emphasised, believing that they were the intelligent scientist and anyone who disagreed with what they were saying was an uneducated chimp.
"Listen to yourselves! You're talking crap! No one cares about how high bunnies can jump in weaker gravity, you're just wasting time, money and resources!" (y/n) cried in frustration, wondering how two men who had been put through the country's most rigorous testing and selection processes could be so pig-headed and unwilling to change their views.
"Go home, little girl, you don't know anything." Neil snapped at her, causing Ray's glare to snap to him, but if these two wanted an argument, she'd give them one.
"I have a degree in mechanical engineering, so I know that science is about rationality and an unbiased viewpoint." She hissed, recognising that they were dumbing things down for her unnecessarily. She was used to being underestimated, but that didn't mean she wouldn't stick up for herself.
"Y'know, I used to know a pretty little thing just like you when I was in college. She thought she could make it as an engineer too. So cute...but so dumb. She was so shy and clingy, her stupid crush makes me glad that I got the hell out of there." Jim chuckled with Neil at the memory of some chick he knew about ten years ago, but little did he know, the "dumb" girl had made it and she had her superhero boyfriend to back her up.
"Yeah, well, she was probably glad too when she learnt that you slept with the physics tutor to get your final grade raised."(y/n) replied through a cough, making the jerk's ears burn. How could she know that? Was she psychic? Yeah, she must've been and thank god, his daughter was too busy with the bunnies to hear that her father was a loser.
"Did these bunnies agree to let you put them on the moon? No, they did not agree to that!" Ray jumped in before anything else could be revealed, but he'd be lying if he said that Jim Dickle was still his hero. He knew (y/n) back then too and yeah, she was shy, but she was so sweet and kind too and the fact that he had dismissed her for that infuriated him.
"Oh yes, they did!" Jim revealed, confusing everyone.
"Every one of those bunnies signed a contract!" Neil elaborated, but it still didn't explain much. Bunnies don't have opposable thumbs and the heroes got the sneaking suspicion that some trickery had been pulled here.
"What contract?" Henry snapped, wanting to see some proof since he didn't trust them one jot.
"They're right over there, on the clipboard." Begrudgingly, Ray, Henry and (y/n) marched over to check out the apparent contracts next to the bunny incubators. Skimming over the words written down on the page and seeing two rabbit pawprints on the dotted line, (y/n) thought they were laughable and worthless.
"You do know that bunnies can't read...or write for that matter?" She scoffed at the two men, knowing that they were the stupid ones.
"Yeah, I bet you just dipped their little bunny paws in ink and pushed them onto the bottom of this paper!" Ray agreed with her and the three glowered at the idiots who knew they had been found out.
"See? Now, do you guys get why I had to sneak onboard? I had to save the bunnies." Kelsey said, looking fondly at the twitchy-nosed creatures, who didn't deserve any of this.
"We get it, Kelsey and we're very proud of you." (y/n) smiled at her and knelt to her level so she could give the girl a kind hug. She knew she wasn't evil, a little misguided, but good with innocent intentions nonetheless.
"Yeah, you did the right thing," Henry added as Ray's heart melted at the sight of his girl being so sweet.
"Wait, what?"
"Oh, come on! You guys are seriously on her side?" Neil and Jim complained, feeling betrayed at how the people sent to rescue them were now switching sides. That was so not fair.
"We're on the side of the bunnies!" Ray snapped at the men, wanting them to such their dirty mouths before he did it for them. He'd heard quite enough from them when they were picking on his girlfriend and he wasn't about to hear them slander their cute victims.
"Astro-jerks!" Henry spat at them as (y/n) and Ray removed the lids from the bunny cages, intent of rescuing them in the name of all that was good. No bunny would die, not on their watch.
"Kelsey, honey, start loading these bunnies onto our shuttle of love, okay?" Ray smiled at the little girl sweetly and his kind voice made (y/n)'s broody heart go into overdrive. Him being nice with children was so lovely to her and it always made her wonder if it was a peek into what he'd be like as a father, something that always made her swoon.
"Really?" Kelsey gave him a toothy grin as she was gently passed a bunny. These bunnies were going home, where they could hop at a normal height and eat carrots in peace.
"Oh yeah, really." The little tickle behind the bunny's ear made the last thread of restraint in (y/n) snap and as soon as the girl wandered off to deposit the bunny in safety, the woman glued herself to Ray's side, making him chuckle. She had so much love for him, she just wanted to squeeze him as hard as she could.
"Yeah, we're taking them and you back home," Henry told her, much to the annoyance of the astronauts, who had just lost their test subjects.
"Wait, wait, wait, get a picture of us holding this bunny!" (y/n) suddenly exclaimed, an idea popping into her head.
"We don't have time for that, sweet girl!" Ray groaned, both at the slight inconvenience and how she let go of him in favour of picking up a rabbit. She looked through the ones that were still left and wrinkled her nose when none of them seemed to catch her eye. They were cute, but not special or super adorable, not unique in any way. However, tucked into a corner was a ball of cotton and when she reached out to stroke his back, she marvelled at its softness. This was the bunny for her and he seemed to like it when she scratched him behind the ears. She could swear he was squeaking at her to be chosen.
"Oh, please, please, please, please! I just want you to take a picture of me holding Colin with the kid in outer space!" She pouted, cradling the bunny to her chest like he was made of glass. He didn't even wriggle, it was like he was made to be her little bun-bun.
"Colin? You've named it?" Ray blanched at how she was forming an attachment so easily and saw the love in her eyes when she smiled down at the animal. He had to admit it was cute, but surely she wouldn't be taking it home, right?
"Him, I've named him, because he's coming home with me." She told him, standing strong and not chickening out when his mouth dropped open. A rabbit in his Man Cave? Oh god, no!
"We can't have bunnies in the Man Cave." He sighed, seeing how her eyes were starting to get sad. If she had bunny ears, they'd be drooping and he hated to be the one who sucked away her happiness.
"But, look at him! He looks so polite and he won't make a mess! But if you don't want your girlfriend to be happy, then I suppose I'll just have to cry..." She whimpered for dramatic effect and moved to put Colin back in his tank, ensuring that Ray saw the tears in her eyes as she brushed past him. Did he really want a smelly animal in his home? Not really, but if it would keep her loving him...
"All right, fine! We'll take the damn bunny home!" Ray caved in, causing the woman to excitedly rush to hug him, minding that her new baby wasn't crushed. The crying girlfriend trick always worked and she was certain that Ray would warm up to Colin.
"Why do you want a picture?" Henry laughed at how she could ask for anything and Ray would give it to her. The guy was wrapped around her little finger and answered her beck and call at a moment's notice.
"For our social media, dude." She answered and stood next to him so they could hold up her new pet together. Colin the bunny; an odd name, but strangely, it fit and she was right, he did look polite, not that Ray would admit that.
"Dang it!" He cursed and took out his phone so he could snap some pics for the Kid Danger's and Miss Danger's Twitflash, the place where they regularly uploaded photos of their adventures (safely, of course).
"Colin, mommy loves you and daddy will too, eventually." She told the bunny in a baby voice as she and the boy snuggled their nose into his fur for the photos.
"Yeah, this will get a lot of likes," Ray confessed and Kesley agreed with him. Who didn't like bunnies and superheroes? Still, he wasn't sure how he felt about being a "daddy" to a bunny, but she looked so happy with him, positively glowing, he just couldn't say no.
"Okay, thank you, sweetie." (y/n) giggled at his besotted expression and dashed over to swipe through the photos. She passed Colin over to him as she received his phone and it was like a switch had flicked in his heart. Dang it, this thing was cute and he felt like he wanted to love it forever.
"Hey, kid, can you go radio the Man Cave and tell them we're taking Kelsey and a load of bunnies back with us?" Ray asked Henry, not once taking his eyes off the little sweetheart on his chest, making the boy roll his eyes.
"Yeah, sure. Just make sure you don't drop the baby, daddy." Henry teased him with a hearty laugh and stuck around just long enough to see his boss's red cheeks and hear the way he had to clear his throat awkwardly.
"I knew you'd love him."(y/n) smiled at her boyfriend and gave him a short kiss as he sulked. It was just a rabbit, no big deal. Deciding to leave the two alone, the teen clambered back through the pressure lock and into the Love Shuttle.
"Charlotte, Schwoz, do you read me?" He spoke into his headset once he had settled into his seat and he gazed into the little monitor until his three friends came into view. They were blurry, but there and he had some important shit to tell them.
"Hey, Henry!" Charlotte greeted him from the Earth, relieved that he had made contact after what felt like days of radio silence.
"We can see and hear you," Schwoz confirmed, making sure that the signal was staying strong even though it was going across a colossal distance.
"Listen. We're loading up the Love Shuttle with bunnies and a girl. Oh, and (y/n) has decided to keep one of the bunnies as her pet. He's called Colin." Henry reported, getting the gist of it into a couple of sentences so the team back home would know what to expect.
"Bunnies and girl? Colin?" Charlotte frowned, thinking that this space mission was weirder than she first thought. (y/n) with a pet? Ray must've gone soft again.
"Is the girl married?" Schwoz asked the boy hopefully, praying that they were bringing home some hot, blonde babe that he could maybe seduce and wed.
"No, she's eleven. Look, I'll explain everything when I get back." Henry dismissed his hopes, knowing that Schwoz was getting excited about nothing.
"But, w-wait, the Love Shuttle can only hold two peoples. Three if (y/n) sits on Ray." Schwoz pointed out that they had a major problem. Getting (y/n) in was a problem, but another girl and some small, easily frightened animals? Not a chance, unless they were crafty.
"Well, now, we're four peoples and six bunnies, so we're gonna have to figure somethi--" Henry's evaluation was cut off as Ray called out to him from the space station and he knew that he small break to speak with home was over.
"Hey, Kid! We're missing a bunny!" The large man yelled as he and (y/n) looked around the space equipment for their furry friend.
"Don't worry, it's not Colin!" (y/n) added, not wanting Henry to think that she had lost him five minutes after declaring he was hers. That wouldn't be very responsible of her as his owner.
"I'm sorry, I gotta go. Schwoz, plot us a course back to Earth." Henry gave them his last order before jumping up from his chair and crawling back through the hatch. On the other side, Kelsey, (y/n) and Ray were wandering around the room, looking for the escapee.
"Bunny? Come here, bunny!" (y/n) called out, hoping that the bunnies were trained to come when called, but it seemed like only Colin would listen to her. Tucked into the crevice of her arm, he was a smart little guy. or maybe she was just a colin-whisperer, who knows.
"You guys lost one of the bunnies?" Henry gasped as he saw Kelsey shut a door after checking the adjoining room and Ray opening a storage space on the floor.
"Noooo, he did. He was too busy kissing the lady." The little girl told Kid Danger, her nose wrinkly at all the cooties the nice lady would have now she had been doing the gross kissy stuff with her boyfriend.
"Well, it tricked me. Tricked me, it did." Ray grumbled, trying to cover up that maybe he had gotten a little carried away when he should've been rounding up the bunnies. He couldn't help it if her honey taste was so addictive.
"Well, we better find it before he---" Henry sighed, not wanting to hear any excuses or details, they just needed to get looking, but (y/n) was way ahead of him.
"Hey, there he is! Look, Col, your friend is---oh, shit he's chewing the orange wires!" (y/n)'s eyes widened when the lights flickered, but no one else felt the dread she did.
"Awww, I bet he thinks they're a carrot." Ray cooed, not worried about the danger they were diving into or how the rabbit could fry itself.
"'Cause they're orange..." Henry nodded, also losing focus as the beige and chocolate bunny kept on chewing, right up until the lights gave out completely and they weren't the only thing that was powered by those cables.
"Power failure. Switching to back up." The station's computer announced, but the loss of electricity was enough to trip the locking system on the sleep pods, meaning two pissed off astronauts could walk right out.
"Why's the space station losing power?" Henry asked frightfully. The place seemed a lot spookier in the dark.
"'Cause, the bunny chewed through those wires." Kelsey lectured him, making Henry feel dumb. Yeah, that was it and he'd let it happen, oops.
"Or maybe 'cause the bunny chewed through those wires." He reiterated the same point but tried to make it sound like he was right and she was wrong, just to make himself feel better.
"Stop fighting, you two! Kelsey, take Colin and his friend and go put them on the Love Shuttle." (y/n) instructed the little girl and she and Ray placed their respective bunnies into her arms, meaning they didn't see how Neil and Jim had lifted the doors to their sleeping pods and had stepped out into their boots. Shit on it.
"Kay-kay." Kelsey nodded and hurried off to get the bunnies to safety, leaving the superheroes alone. with their unseen enemies.
"Hey...Schwoz says that the Love Shuttle can only transport two people, three if (y/n) sits in your lap again, but it won't be enough." Henry whispered to the couple, who plunged themselves deep into thought. It was a predicament; they couldn't take two trips or leave anyone behind.
"Shotgun! Ma sweet girl in my lap." Ray smirked, causing (y/n) to slap his arm. This was serious, they had to think about how they were gonna do this.
"Shut up, doofus. What about weight distribution, okay? 'Cause it's gonna be me, you, Henry, the girl and six bunnies hopping around the place. We'll never fit." (y/n) sighed, rubbing her forehead in frustration.
"Well, how many bunnies equals a person?" Ray shrugged, hoping they could balance out the ship if they placed the bunnies in one big group.
"I don't know, like thirty-four bunnies?" Henry estimated, not that it mattered, the maths just didn't add up.
"Look, even if we sit on each other, which in your and Kelsey's case will be very uncomfortable and awkward, we'll never be able to balance everything inside the shi--." (y/n) argued and that was the moment that Jim and Neil pounced onto their prey. They took Captain Man, the strongest and deadliest of the three, by surprise and shoved him into the next room, locking the door before anyone could stop them.
"Okay, there's a lot of nicer ways you could put a guy in a closet." Henry started, not knowing how he should react to being attacked so out of the blue. It was just him and (y/n) now, and they could take these suckers on, right?
"Yeah, you could put my girlfriend in here with me!" Ray snapped, trying to play it off like he wasn't pissed off by their actions. Firstly, he didn't like being snuck up on and secondly, he didn't like being separated from his girl, not when she was being cornered by two large, strong guys.
"Let him out!" (y/n) growled, clenching her fists as her boyfriend tried to force the door open. The euphemistic undertones in his words didn't go unnoticed and since he'd let her keep Colin, she be sure to give him her thanks when they got home, but first, she had to kick some ass.
"No!" Neil snapped, puffing out his chest in an attempt to be intimidating.
"We're taking our bunnies back, especially Colin, who will be jumping on the moon first!" Jim spat out the bunny's name like it had a bitter taste, making Henry stand straighter. No one threatened his friend's bunny and got away with it.
"Over our beaten bodies." He retorted as he and (y/n) stepped in some space so they could prepare for some good old-fashioned fighting.
"Well, then. I guess we're gonna have to beat your bodies."
"And then take our bunnies."
"Over it!...as Captain Man watches his poor little sidekick and girlfriend lie on the floor helplessly." Jim sneered at the two and then smirked at Ray, who was desperately trying to get the lock to budge, but even his super-strength couldn't get it to move.
"Touch me and you'll live to regret it. My boyfriend's a superhero." (y/n) snarled and stood as tall as she could in her heeled boots, but Jim Dickle wasn't scared of one lonely girl and her pathetic boyish associate.
"He can't help you, darling." He purred condescendingly and the sound of Captain Man rattling against the door was music to his ears. Miss Danger stepped forward to try and turned the lever, but Jim menacingly stepped in front of it and started stalking forwards, pushing her and Henry back.
"We happen to have superpowers, so...you guys really think you can beat these bodies?" Henry mocked the men, thinking that with his reflexes and (y/n)'s super healing, they'd be the ones laughing when all was said and done.
"Yeah...I think we can." Neil gloated, his eyes shining like he had some hidden knowledge that would change the game.
"In zero gravity!" Jim stormed past them and hit a button on the wall, smirking when he and his friend stayed firmly on the floor, but Kid Danger and Miss Danger started to float in the air.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa! What tripped-out shit is this?" The young woman gasped as she tried to stop herself from spinning around uncontrollably and found that if she kicked her legs out like she was swimming, it made balancing much easier.
"Wait, wait, wait, how come you guys aren't floating?" Henry asked the astro-jerks, who were looking ever so smug. Even Captain Man had been lifted off his feet and he had his super-density thing going off.
"Because we're wearing magnetic boots," Neil answered him and the men demonstrated how their feet were sticking to the floor. They could walk, but each leg lift took quadruple the normal effort.
"Going out on a limb here, but can we have some magnetic boots? Please?" (y/n) asked nicely, even though she knew that it was a redundant question. They were the enemy, why would they be given a fair chance?
"Nope!"
"But you can have this!" Neil and Jim grabbed onto a superhero each and laughed when they pushed them, making Henry and (y/n) spin around in the air.
"Wow, you're hilarious! So mature!" She told them with her arms crossed, waiting for the momentum of their spins to run out. The problem was all the twirling was starting to make them kind of nauseous.
"Stop it! I'd rather have the magnetic boots!" Henry cried, wanting the mockery and torture to stop, but they'd just have to endure it, even when they were being poked and prodded for the jerks' amusement.
"You astronauts! I demand that you open this door, you space cowards!" They could hear Ray shout from the closet, but he was allowed to harmlessly float on by.
"Okay, you guys win round one. Now, before we continue, we'd really like a pair of magnetic boots each." Henry panted, feeling extremely dizzy and in dire need of something to anchor back to solid ground.
"Sure, take mine." Neil lifted a boot and (y/n) could see what he was doing. Asshole.
"Really?" Henry asked, shocked by the man's sudden kindness, but he wasn't being kind. He was actually being rather cruel.
"Yeah, come and get 'em." Neil wiggled the boot in front of Henry's face and the boy started to swim in the air to grab the shoe. It was tantalisingly close and seeing him struggle like a baby learning to walk was hilarious for the astronauts.
"Stop laughing. Stop laughing, you're teasing me!" The kid groaned as the woman next to him rolled her eyes. This wasn't funny, these dudes had never grown out of that college jerk phase and it showed.
"Why don't you two grow a pair and fight like men, huh?" (y/n) challenged them in an icy voice and they had decided that she needed shutting up. Grabbing onto her shoulders, the men launched her across the room with all their might and smirked when she harshly collided with the wall next to the closet door. And, for good measure, they threw Henry in her direction too, cackling when the boy bashed her into the wall again, only this time, her chest squished against something important.
"Oh, great! You ruptured the ionic oxidizer!" Jim groaned, believing that once again, a silly woman had caused a problem.
"Yeah, well, you should be more careful where you throw people, dickhead. Some of us have boobs and in zero gravity, they move independently to our main frames." (y/n) sassed, despising the asshole who she thought was so brilliant when she was younger.
"Turn the gravity back on!" The astronaut snubbed her in favour of sorting out the leak with no hitches. Henry and (y/n) looked at each other in concern as the lever was flipped, meaning they had no time to prepare for the rough landing once their mass took effect again.
"Oxygen pressure dropping." The space station's computer reported and the astronauts started to frantically tap away at their controls, ignoring the heroes they had sworn to beat up.
"Hey, what's happening?" Henry gasped as he helped his friend to her feet and looked around at the red, flashing beacons. That shrill alarm didn't sound good.
"Sweet girl, can you let me outta here?" Ray called out to (y/n) as she shook her head to get used to gravity's effects again before sprinting over to the door. She twisted the lever and pushed it open, freeing him from the closet.
"Missed you, handsome." She smiled at him and pressed a kiss to his cheek as he stepped into the main room. The blaring siren made his ears ring and he had the same confused look on his face as Henry.
"What's going on?" He asked anyone who had an answer, but the haughty astronauts were gonna give him one that he wouldn't like.
"Your stupid girlfriend and her rack broke our space station!" Dickle snapped, causing Ray's temper to flare. Okay, no one calls his girlfriend stupid and no one, especially Dick-le gets to mention one of her best features in such a crude way. Only he was allowed to appreciate them, not this moron.
"Don't speak about her like that, Dickle." Ray stomped up to the man with fury laced in his voice, but Neil had finally seen sense (probably because his own ass was on the line) and stepped in to calm him down.
"We're losing oxygen!" The man reported, making Henry panic. The couple would be fine, they could survive in a barren vacuum forever, in extreme discomfort granted, but their bodies could compensate and hold out. Henry's though, not so much.
"Wha?... Dude, I need oxygen. Y'know, for, like, breathing! I can't survive without it like Miss Danger!" The boy reminded Ray that his superpower didn't grant him that kind of immunity and Ray realised that they need to skedaddle and fast.
"Right!" Ray nodded and clasped his girlfriend's hand in his, ready to pull her to safety.
"Then let's stop wasting precious oxygen and get out of here!" The young woman cried and they all made for the Love Shuttle, Ray allowing his sidekicks to leave first since he was always so protective.
"Hey! Wait, wait, wait! You guys can't leave us up here with no oxygen!" Jim exclaimed, not believing that the honourable Captain Man would leave two helpless astronauts to suffocate.
"Well, maybe you should've thought about that before you pushed me and Miss Danger!" Henry snapped, still feeling annoyed that the blame was being pinned on them.
"It was her fault!" Neil insisted, not realising that he was digging himself deeper into the hole.
"Leave her out of this!" Ray growled at them, pushing (y/n) behind his back so they couldn't accuse her of their mistakes, but the young woman and her kind nature didn't agree with leaving two men to die, even if they were jerks.
"Look, I know they're horrible and they deserve to choke to death after what they've said and done, but...I'll never be able to live with myself if I knowingly left them behind. We're superheroes, we save people." She whispered to Ray and gazed at him with sincere eyes, that made him sigh.
"All right, fine. Get on the Love Shuttle, go, go, go!" Ray agreed to take them back too, against his better judgement and the cowards rocketed past Henry, knocking the boy over and stepping on him as they stampeded.
"Hey, hey! Where's the respect? I'm a sidekick!" He groaned, hating how arrogant those two were. Ray offered him a hand to help him up, which the boy gratefully accepted.
"Go on, kid. Get in there." Ray ordered him and Henry nodded. Time to go.
"I'm taking this." He paused briefly to rip off a chunk of the space station. Hey, he'd been to space and nearly died, he wanted a souvenir. The couple rolled their eyes at him as he clambered through the hole.
"Have I ever told you that you're my favourite superhero?" (y/n) looked up at her boyfriend through her eyelashes, battering them softly.
"Maybe, but you can tell me again." He smirked, catching on to what she was doing; trying to seduce him even if they were on the brink of death.
"Captain Man is the bravest, kindest, sexiest superhero in the world and I can't wait to get him home..." She teased him by sliding the zipper of his tunic down slightly and letting her leg rise to his hip, where a large hand grasped the flesh at the back of her knee to make sure it didn't move.
"Why's that then?" Ray muttered, feeling his heartbeat quicken when she grabbed his chin to stop his lips from chasing hers. This was her teasing him and she wanted to watch him coil up in frustration.
"Because he will find me on his bed, wearing nothing but one of his t-shirts, just how he likes me." She smiled deviously, watching the way his pupils dilated and he fought to stop himself from pinning her against the wall. Her lips barely brushed his, their noses nudging as the alarm got louder and Henry realised that they couldn't be trusted on their own.
"Come on! Put her down!" He shouted, not even needing to look through the hole to know that they were probably getting all gross again. Geez, was it the mortal peril that they liked? Or the thinning air getting to them?
"Like I said, Captain Man has to get everyone home before he gets to fuck me." She breathed out and wiggled out of his grasp so she could crawl through the hatch. He definitely stared at her ass as she slithered through, but she didn't mind. They just needed to launch before the bunnies, kids and assholes died, but there was a small problem, there was no room for such a large man to follow after her.
"This isn't going to work! I'm Captain Man, let me in! Get your own Love Shuttle! Kid?" Ray shouted as he tried to force his way through the hole and past Jim and Neil, but he couldn't. Henry was sat in a chair, (y/n) in the other with Kelsey on her knee and the two astronauts awkwardly stood in front of the exit and each of them was cradling a bunny.
"Uh, there's no more room," Henry told his boss quietly, noting that all available space in the cramped shuttle had been taken.
"Sweet girl, you can't just leave me here in space! Colin needs a father!" Ray whined at his girlfriend, who was balancing her new bunny in one arm whilst the other stopped Kelsey from wobbling off her knee. She agreed, she couldn't leave him here, they had made an arrangement, so there was only one thing for it.
"Well, I noticed earlier that there's a handle on the outside of the shuttle." She cringed, hating what she was asking of him. If he went through with it, she make sure he got his reward, but it was still risky.
"A handle?" He frowned, wondering what the hell that had to do with anything.
"Uh-huh. A good, strong handle." Henry confirmed and Kelsey nodded in agreement. Captain Man was the only one who could do it and if he didn't want to stay in space, then he had no choice.
"What are you saying?" Ray asked his sidekicks sternly, wanting to hear the truth, plain and simple. He could take it, probably.
"Earlier I said that there was no way we'd all fit on the inside, but with most room-like things, there's also an outside and you could maybe...ride there...holding onto the...handle...strong handle." (y/n) explained nervously, thinking that the idea of letting her boyfriend endure the reentering into the Earth's atmosphere sounded brutal and dangerous.
"But--but, how will I breathe? I'll suffocate." Ray tried to give them an excuse, but it wouldn't work. He'd spent years bragging about how Captain Man was always okay and now was his chance to prove it.
"No, you're indestructible." Henry reminded him whilst fawning over his bunny. Ray was making a big fuss over nothing.
"But, when we reenter the Earth's atmosphere, I'll burn up!" He whimpered and pouted at (y/n), but she couldn't say anything. He'd never let her take his place and no one else would survive, so they were at a stalemate.
"Sweetie, you're indestructible. Unless you want me to do it, I'm sure my super-regeneration would keep me safe." She offered her service, but Ray quickly shook his head.
"No!" He disagreed, hating the thought of making his girl burn when he could take her place. Her butt was staying in that chair, no exceptions.
"Hurry up! I got dance class tonight!" Kelsey snapped at the superhero, who stuttered in apprehension at the thought of trying to survive space. Why was he always the scapegoat?
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"I...HATE...THIS!" Ray screamed and thumped his hand against the heart-shaped window of the Love Shuttle and he glared at the group that was safely inside the ship. Well, he glared at everyone but (y/n), who had her eyes screwed shut as she tried to stop her heart from aching at his pain. He was doing all right so far and by that, he wasn't dead.
"He sure screams loud. He's upsetting the nice lady." Kelsey mentioned as she relaxed against the young woman's tense body and stroked her brown bunny. Even Colin couldn't bring (y/n) much comfort, although she took regular intervals where she petted his soft fur.
"Yeah, but wait, I thought we weren't supposed to hear sounds in space." Henry questioned and looked to the astro-nerds for some answers.
"We're not."
"And also, in space, his hair shouldn't be blowing like that." Neil and Jim shrugged, just as they breached the Earth's atmosphere and the Love Shuttle's exterior superheated.
"Oooh, fire!" Kelsey pointed at the flames with wonder, not caring about Ray or his tortured screams. This was the most agonising thing he'd ever endured, but it had to be worth it if he got his reward when he returned home.
"Sweet Cheese, I can't look..." (y/n) muttered and dropped her head down so all she could see was the fabric of the girl's shirt. Ray didn't have to worry, she was going to give him what he desvered and she swore that it would be the night of his life.
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Daredevil season 2, episode 10 thoughts:
The people being drained of blood (and like...turned into some kind of zombies, it looks like at the end) is seriously creepy. This was not on my Daredevil bingo card, and I like the horror aesthetic of it all, but...yikes!
Was also not expecting the DA to get killed! Sheesh, the stakes just keep ramping up. I really liked that whole scene, though. It all just felt really well written, with at least a hint of the way things used to be between Matt, Foggy, and Karen. You know, until everything fell to pieces again :'(
Oh maaaaaan, another showdown between Matt and Fisk! That was such a tense scene, and I was especially nervous because I could tell Matt was not in a good head space going into such a confrontation (I mean, how could he be, considering all that's happened?). But it was really cool watching him playing up his blindness and pretending to be much weaker and less skilled with fighting than he really is, to deflect suspicion. (Though...now it looks like Fisk might be getting suspicious anyway, eek!)
Wow, Karen gets shot at, thrown to the floor, and someone shields her with his own body twice in one day. That's gotta be a record :/
This whole episode, my heart just ached for Matt. You know, I've talked before about how a lot of the problems he's facing in his life are of his own making, and I still think that, but that doesn't mean he's not caught in a really crappy catch-22. He can't just sit back and do nothing, he has to protect the people he cares about, but when he does that the only way he knows how, the people he cares about get hurt anyway, and so the only path forward he can see is being alone, but how miserable is that! Claire made some really good points, particularly about how he's going to lose touch with the world he wants to protect if he stops interacting with it, and I wish he'd listen to her. But I understand why he simply can't hear her right now. Ugh, I'm really scared for where this is going.
Lol, is Bach's Cello Suite No. 1 the only music Fisk even knows? XD
I'm also chortling over the similarity between Fisk beginning to suspect Matt's secret identity when he feels his torn lip, and how MJ begins to suspect Peter's secret identity in the first Tobey MacGuire Spider-Man movie when she kisses him and realizes she's kissed him before XD
Aw, man, we were almost rid of Elektra, but now she's going to stick around! Why'd you have to try to kill her, Stick? :/
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Chibi watches V3D 01
Heyo, lovelies!
Been a while since my last "Chibi watches", huh? Well, I'm back. And we'll see how long I can do this because I've got Voltron: The Third Dimension to get through. And. Well. It may be an episode at a time thing.
Now, as a preface to this, here's a couple things. I have seen an episode for certain courtesy of @lion-time suggesting one to me. And it's possible that I may have seen an episode or so as a kid with my little brother; but I've been hit in the head way too many times over the years, I can't be sure. There were a handful of CGI shows we would catch on weekends visiting Grammy.
Anyway, without further ado, let's see if I remember how to do these watches.
Anyway. Episode 1. Something about Bastille-12.
I don't have much to say about the intro and battle. Sorry 'bout that.
And by not having much, I mean I have absolutely nothing.
And. Seeing Zarkon? I just don't trust him being good. Something feels off. And if I'm right or wrong, please do not spoil it.
And watching him move and sway. Like, dude? You acting like you're all that and a bag of chips with swagger. What the hell, man? Well, whatever. You do you. But it is nice seeing him move around instead of just sitting on his throne for the most part in DotU. Good on you for finally getting up. It's good for you.
And Lotor. Didn't miss you, man. "But he's not gonna win any beauty contests." Damn, Zarkon, I knew you were a jerk to your son, but still.
"If you don't wanna talk to me, I brought someone who is a lot prettier." Ooh, self burn? But he's not wrong. Though, I gotta admit, I'm not too used to/big on this CGI style, but I do like how he looks in it.
Allura speaking and offering friendship and peace. Feels forced.
Honey, I like to think there's good in folks, but... this is Lotor. A toxic bastard. There's no helping him.
And hearing Lotor speak. I'm just... Look. Don't get me wrong, I love the actor. But I for the life of me cannot hear Lotor. I only hear Tim Curry.
With the team retired, it feels nice seeing Lance doing stunt shows. And his piloting through the course, it reminds me of my childhood of playing Star Fox on the Super Nintendo (yeah, I'm getting old, I know). Except he's good at it. I always crashed.
Of course, I spoke too soon with that one when he got ballsy and crashed. I'm actually not surprised.
And I appreciate his sass. Gotta love that attitude a bit.
Poor Pidge feeling old. Buddy, wait until VF, then you can feel a little old. Not that you being 24 there is old.
"Will you sign my jpeg?" Gods, that comment. I was gonna ask, "What is this, the 90s?" because that felt like a 90s comment and... uh... this came out late 90s, didn't it?
But, overall? I did enjoy seeing Hunk and Pidge. But poor Hunk didn't have his headband. C'mon, creators! Why'd you take his headband!?
Ah, Keith on his little solo mission. And I love Lance sneaking on. Also, watching Lance, does he have a tiny ponytail? Awww!
And Keith giving in and letting Lance join.
“Alright Lance, I’ll take you along. I don’t know what I’m gonna tell the high command.”
“Tell them I’m your little brother. Mom said you have to take me along.”
This dialogue made me giggle. I love it.
And seeing the portal open, my first thought is a wormhole. Okay, that may be my VLD coming in.
“What?! You brought me out here on a ship with no blasters?”
“I didn’t bring you out here; you snuck onto my ship.”
Ah, more sassy dialogue. I love it.
And Keith calling it a "vector jump", I just wanna call it a hyper jump.
What is with Coran's appearance? Go figure.
And it's almost amusing at how ready he is to shoot the others down. Not that I blame him. He just wants to protect the castle.
"It's changing course! As if some power is guiding it." Ah, welcome to the 90s, with cheesy yet oddly amusing dialogue.
"Still crashing into everything. "You really ought to let me give you a flying lesson." Damn, Allura. But perfect.
"Cut the trip down memory lane, Pidge." Awww! C'mon, Lance! Let Pidge have his memories! He deserves to have memories and be happy about them. Or maybe that's just the part of me who loves stories and memories.
I love Hunk just yeeting the equipment to the side. "We'd go to the end of the universe for you, Princess." Hunk, you're adorable.
"You always were kind of a bucket head, Lotor." Okay, look, I'm a Pidge supporter. But. That tone and comment. He's a bit of a little shit, isn't he? And his actions and teasing to get a reaction out of Lotor. I mean... Hmm. Well, in time I'll get more about this Pidge.
And seeing Lotor escaped? That doesn't surprise me.
"Ah gee, we'd love to stay and help you panic, but we better go catch up with our friends. See ya!" Hunk wasting no time. I love it.
Lance calling that robot dude a glorified calculator made me grin. That's the sort of thing I'd say, too. I love it.
And I support him going off. Yeah, man! Screw the orders! You do you, man!
His team better go and help him. They're a team. They shouldn't listen to orders telling them to stand down. They're the defenders of the universe for a reason.
Well, how about that. Going through the episode.
Twice.
I turned it on for my initial watch and for notes, and turned it on again while writing this. Go figure how I survived watching the episode twice in a row. But, here I am.
Anyway, that is the first Chibi Watches for this series. Hopefully I can get myself to watch more episodes over time. It'll be slow going, but I've got this.
Hopefully.
Wish me luck.
Until next time!
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heartstopper s2e3 live episode reaction
I'm so on edge after last episode ngl
Isaac that's YOUR dream date not elle's jakfjslfjdlfjskfjdkf
I KNOW YOU AND CHARLIE ARE REALLY GOOD MATES
🩷GOOD MATES🩷
the LOOK sai and otis gave christian oh my fucking GOD that was SCATHING
WHY'D YOU SAY THAT FOR!!!!!!
oh my god I'm so fucking tickled at the fact that literally everyone knows and they're just waiting for nick to tell him fjgkfjgkgjgkgjfkgkfk
otis is a king oh my god
okay oh my god that is literally the sweetest thing I've ever seen
NOT MISS SINGHJFJFHFJFJFKFJFKD HER /FACE/
zahra vibes ngl
lots of lesbians in women's rugby 🥹
oh that was so nice I'm so obsessed I love you miss singh
[whispers] ionic compounds
charlie is frustrating me so much and not bc i don't get it, it's because I DO!!! I once almost failed a class bc i had done my homework but I got so anxious about handing it in bc it didn't have a case that I just...... didn't hand it in
but my god charlie
TAO LFJFKGJDKFJDKFJDK
oh. okay. james.
these idiots are hugging at school and they genuinely think no one knows oh my god
I mean that as a casual I love you JSLFJSKFJ TARA
darcy's "yeah...... yeah" me too darce
"it'll be a laugh won't it" when has mr farouk ever laughed about anything
nick and charlie's faces ajfjskfjdlfj darcy's "oh dear! oh no!"
oh
oh no
oh no
oh my god tao no
oh I'm going to fucking die of second hand embarrassment
"OH, DUH!!!" "DARCY"
oh my god thank god
man, more than the great teenage romance, heartstopper just makes me long for that teenage friend group
ISAAC AND TORI INTERACTING LET'S GOOOOOOOOOO ACES LETS GO
look after him or you die
you know what. if I don't get a solitaire adaptation I will be passing away.
nick looks so cute in that outfit I know it's not the point but he looks so cute
oh my fucking god that bucket is gigantic
I don't like what's going on w darcy idk
"it's my duty as a boyfriend" okay you giant golden retriever
oh my god tao and elle are killing me I can't deal with this much second hand embarrassment
my only experience w bonfires are from how to get away with murder which I think means heartstopper is about to become very different very quickly
"I'm fundamentally unlikeable" oh tao honey no
my god naomi just lights up that screen doesn't she
tori I love you so much
"you don't look well" same
well
that was definitely not fun and slightly triggering ngl
I get it nick I also feel kinda ill lmao
CHARLIE AND SARAH YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
LET'S GOOOOOOOOOO CHARLIE AND SARAH TRUTHERS LETS GOOOOOOOO
"nick's so lucky to have you, charlie" honestly y'all
"char? you told harry to piss off. I enjoyed that"
he's so cuddly I want to rip my tits off look at that precious baby boy look at BOTH precious baby boys
okay that was the cuddliest thing I've ever seen I'll die
oh my god I love them so much lmao
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I might seriously do a nostalgia rewatch of the anime just because you keep posting about them , . anyway i would absolutely not mind getting little blerbs on every member of Sabertooth you've listed :3
My god!!! These fucking guys!!!!! They came so far out of left field for me and I still do not have a good read on them they really came barreling it in the last two seasons huh!! Okay!!!
This is gonna get kinda long so all of it under the cut!! Thankyou very much for asking!!!
We'll start with Minerva and man. Why'd she stop wearing make-up when she got redeemed?? Why her eyes so big??? Girl what happened you lost all your original character design huh???
I really didn't like Minvera at first, and I guess you're really not supposed to but she really didn't. Get??? Better?? She got worse and then we just kept going anyway. I really feel like we could have had more with her character arc, sense she was affected by the Regression Spell Doriate used, which we see clearly drag Grey's childhood trauma right back up in his face, I just think it'd be cool if it'd done the same to her? Give us a little hint at the abuse that caused her to be this way and the healing from that that inevitably turns her back around, you know?
Also just what??? Happened??? To her demon form??? I was unaware loosing an eye and going full incubus with several tattoos was so instantly reversible in the world of Fairy Tail. I feel like there should have been more there. But also instead of narrative plot we got a chill comedic break with her, Erza, Franmalth, and the Exceeds midway through about three episodes, and in one of those moments we get Lily commenting that she'd make an excellent wife so. I can't be too disappointed.
I don't think I have a sexuality headcanon for her, and I don't think she knows either. Romance is weakness so she never really had time to explore that part of herself growing up. In the New and Improved Sabertooth she'll have much more space to finder herself, I think.
Oh also she's recovering from a really bad eating disorder! She fell into it after her father left her in the woods, what and when and how much she ate became her only control. It took her a long time to really face and talk about it because admitting to something like that is another weakness and we all know how she is about facing those. That's why Sabertooth started having eating contests every year! Sting thinks giving her a big event to eat as much as she can at as a competition will encourage her to get more comfortable with eating. She'll never be discouraged from another meal when you win by eating, right?? Perfect idea Sting!
Sting next okay Sting's really funny to me actually and I can't pinpoint why but he's just. He really gets a laugh out of me.
He's the only Dragon Slayer who Thinks with their Head I think he's technically Wendy's age but they locked all the main characters away on an island just so he and his brother could be Natsu's age because what kind of boy dragon slayer is a child he's gotta hit people he can't hit people with a 12 year old's fist He's for some reason The master of the new Sabertooth because he killed the last guy I guess he fucking killed a man can we talk about that he killed a guy on screen was he a shitty guy yeah sure but he was still a guy with a name and a face one of the Good Guys of this anime hard murdered and I feel like that's kind of a big deal we don't Do That a lot.
I really like Sting and Lector, they feel like Happy and Natsu but on more even ground. Happy just feels like a baby sometimes even if Natsu doesn't out right treat him like one the narrative sure does, but Lector? Lector's not a baby he's Sting's best friend they grew up Together they have the energy of childhood friends who are actually The Same Age they've known each other for life they're basically brothers you feel me? It's what Wendy and Carla should have been honestly.
Sting, like Natsu, gives me a lot of Aro vibes, but at the same time I do like the idea of him being romantically with Lector they're just so close and the times they hug get me every time. I'm fine with giving character's paraphilias but I'd need one specific to Exceeds. Demiromantic Asexual I guess? That'll hold for now till I come up with something else. He's also transgender He/They probably.
He also has ADHD like Natsu but medicated.
Rouge time fuckin!!! Guy dude buddy guy!! I feel like this would another Meow meow if this fandom wasn't attached to Natsu by the hip all the time.
I don't know why but Rouge's Wiki doesn't have any pictures of him as a kid which is unfortunate considering his whole thing is every major stage in his life he grows his hair a little longer.
Baby Rouge had a buzz cut, Grand Magic Games Rouge had the It's Not a Phase Edgey anime boy hair, Tartaros Arc Rouge got the pretty boy ponytail, and Future Evil Gonna Destroy the World with Grief Rouge had a white string bean of a ponytail for some reason.
On the flip side of Sting and Lector we have Rouge and Frosch which is just. Absolutely wild. They don't feel like friends at all Rouge is a mother hen over this Cat Frog all the time. I can't tell if he's infantilizing Frosch or trying to be supportive but either way something about it feels weird and unbalanced compared to the other Exceed/Slayer relationships, especially sense Frosch is canonically 12 to Happy's 6. Another reason I really hate the 7 year time skip.
Rouge is the same Exceed Paraphillia as Sting, and is also probably a shotacon on top of that, to play with the infantilization of Frosch. I could also just see him identifying as Gay, Genderfluid He/She/They
Finally we reach!!! Yukino!!! QUEEN!!!!
I remember seeing her and getting so confused because she looked so much like Sorano but no one was calling it out which this show LOVES to do when characters are related they really gotta tell no show those kinds of bonds so I was lost on her for a while.
Truth be told I think about Sorano a lot she is my most thought about girl in the series so most of my Yukino thoughts kind of just stem off of her sister, which I feel bad about because Yukino is just. So cute.
There's something about a character who expects things to go bad because they always do and then is still hurt by it and lays all the blame on themselves. Use enough to expect it, not yet given up hope of getting better.
I also just! Love celestial wizards! I wish we'd gotten more on her dynamic with Libra because really. Compared to the other spirits Libra seems so god damn normal. The spirits are weird let Libra be WEIRD we had a whole episode where we got to see the spirits one at a time and Libra was so NORMAL let her be WEIRD!!!
Also the fact that Lucy has more than half the Zodiac makes Yukino look super under powered, and that bothers me. The way the keys work bother me.
Yukino is Pan and Transgender She/Her for sure, also full of Autism and a little OCD.
#Fairy Tail#Main tag is a dangerous game to play there me but guess what we doing it#Thankyou for asking#I have three asks and I am spacing them out because who knows when I'll get more#when you're stressing yourself into deleting your discord server and running to hide away in a cave#sometimes you just gotta put it down and ramble about anime guys (gender neutral) instead#It's always the mentally stable choice#Sipping choccy milk and thinking about Rouge and Frosch#Despite the Exceeds being part of Sabertooth I did not talk about them on their own in this post#Because it's already long and I'm already being very annoying and getting blocked by people for sure#Also while I don't have much to say on Orga I do appreciate him as Just Another Big Dumb Guy in Fairy Tail#No one himbo's quite like Fairy Tail
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Tokyo Soul summary ep 1 bc i cant rn
@paranoidpug frick you but there's a third series just called "Yandere" and the thumbnail is grian sam and taurtis as children so do with that what you will
anyway lads so to those of you who don't know my good friend Pug sacrificed her sanity for a good smarru of samgladiator's infamous yhs series. And her sanity, despite rumors of grian angst in the sequel series Tokyo Soul, could not handle anymore. So she requested for someone else to take up the mantle.
So i volunteered.
Anyway here we go
Parts 2/3/4/5
Tokyo Soul e1: New beginnings
"you are now sitting"
okay
Taurtis: *snoring and clearly sleeping*
Sam: I think he has a serious problem *slaps him awake*
Taurtis: hwhheugwauhway?
Same: you had like, a sleeping condition
Why did Taurtis think they were going to disney land nooo ;w;
Sam: I know big cities kinda scare you so that's why i didn't tell you we were going to tokyo
Taurtis: is there going to be lots of people?
Sam: yes
what the shit sam stop scaring Taurtis with the concept of big cities
Taurtis: *wants to go home*
Sam: we can't go home because were in witness protection YA GOOF
sam stop making fun of taurtis' chin
lads i need to slow down we're not even two minutes in
SUHSIWUSHI
SAM WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU CNA'T READ JAPANESE YOU'VE LIVED THERE YOUR WHOLE LIFE MAYBE
Sam: I'm not japanese!
Tautris: you live in japan!
See? taurtis gets it
sam what the fuck is that accent i'm sobbing
me, who didn't watch yhs: *tearing up the room* WHERE'S GRIAN
Dom is so far the best character and he's had like three lines
please their fake accents are making me so uncomfortable ;w;w;w;w;
"<Old_Kurokuma> mm fresh meat..."
WHAT
oh
oh my god dom stop flirting with the old guy ;w;
IS DOM GETTING SEXUALLY HARRASED WHAT
also sorry Pug i know you want Grian angst but Dom is my new favorite character
also I haven't seen Grian yet sadly
oh so Taurtis can't read japanese but he can speak it? got it
IgbarVonSquid is mvp he knows where the sushiwushi is
Sam, based off of what i know from Yhs, please, leave the dumpsters alone. no matter how great they look
Sam nobody wants to go into your dark alley just go follow IgbarVonSquid to your sushiwushi
istg the old man is literally an scp
Sam, who was the one who coerced Taurtis to go back into the alley despite Taurtis just wanting sushiwushi: "why'd you make me come back here Taurtis?"
why are they burning money this is some real anticapitalist shit right here
OH MY GOD THEY'RE BEING OFFERED SUGAR
OH MY GOD THEY'RE ON FIRE
Dom, when on fire: stop drop and rick roll
sam don't steal the fucking bike
Igbar is biggest brain
dom is top ten road crosser
Sam and Taurtis: Is the car parked or is it moving really slow?
IgbarVonSquid: what the fuck is even happenign
halfway through the episode and finally they are at sushiwushi
Sam: Here's a moneys
Taurtis: you didn't have to pay him
Sam: you gonna sit in it?
Taurtis: I FORGOT HOW TO SIT SAM
why for fucks sake did taurtis bring a mountain dew and sam bring snacks to a fnacy resturaunt ;w;
when will they stop antagonizing the waitress it never ends
Taurtis: no don't order the pufferfish they might be pete's children!
Sam: i would like all the pufferfish please :)
OH NO THE WAITRESS SAID FOR PETE TO GET BACK IN THE KITCHEN I STG
Taurtis: I kinda have a trigger when i see girls with knives (write that down write that down)
Sam: *laughs* oh yeah
oh my god the old guy is back i hope this doesn't become a running joke
Sam: should we go complain about our food nto being ready?
Me: i'ts been five minutes ;w;
Taurtis has raised dead fish? alright then
Sam don't eat a stranger's sushi wtfff
Okami gave sam a phone and did not give taurtis one
remember this is coming from sam do not trust it
KIYU ARRIVES
DONT PRANK SOCILA WOKRERS (i think she's a social worker? might just be a student idk) SAM WTFF
oh my god now they're re doing it bc taurtis didn't record ;w;
it wasn't even that funny
yeah probably someone with the witness protection program at least
oh my god sam why aren't you paying you have 31 dollar wtf AND THE WIATRESS HAS A KNIFE WHY ARE YOU TORMENTING KIYU LIKE THIS
god bless kiyu
Sam: my phone
Taurtis: our phone
Russian anthem: *begins*
okay wtf was that ending? no sign, no end card, no nothing, just Kiyu ending her scentence and then the video restarting???
Pug you should know that Taurtis is treating Sam like they are good chummy old buddy pals once more, and i don't know if that was occuring at the end of last series because i did not watch it, so keep that in mind. Also, Grian dissapeared. He may have gone back to britain, I do not know.
Also, lads, if you haven't noticed, my way of doing reviews is a sort of live reaction per episode, but this whole thing is new, so i don't really know how to do this, and there are 85 episodes, so things are subject to change.
anyway, seeya maybe in an hour depending on Carl's decision of what i do next lol
#Sketchy's unhinged yhs summaries#but it's tokyo soul#my sanity was gone the moment i opened a new tab
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this is baseless speculation as ive done the bare minimum deep thinking on potd but you mentioned the master’s bitterness because of ttc when talking about the forced regen and that has me thinking a little bit like. i haven’t made real sense of what happened but maybe him becoming her stems directly from that bitterness and the knowledge that there is a piece of the doctor in every time lord. if the master is the doctor then he’s the special one, not her. in s12 he says something like ‘you went around acting like you were special and now i know you really are’ and so mayhaps the forced regen can maybe be seen as him wanting to level the playing field? take her down from the pedestal he’s put her on bc of ttc or allow him to get up there too. the doctor made the time lords but now the master is the doctor and he’s making his own bigger army of special cybermen (? is that what he was doing? i maybe didnt pay enough attention) it’s the whole ‘we’re not so different, you and i’ thing. he’s just trying to make them equals again and it’s such a big deal for him that if he has to kill her to achieve his goals then so be it. maybe. they still coulda fleshed it out a bit more (that’s an understatement)
unrelated but man it’s so frustrating to have to come up with all these what ifs for intention like if it had been written well then we’d know! it feels like an attempt at making up for how much things were spelled out in s11 like a 180° turn from infodumping to not even having the time or care to rationalize the stuff that happens. it’s hilarious that ive seen so much more speculation about the things that happened and were supposedly resolved IN the episode than about the (literal) cliffhanger. good riddance.
him becoming her stems directly from that bitterness and the knowledge that there is a piece of the doctor in every time lord. if the master is the doctor then he’s the special one, not her.
yeah thats how i'm reading it atm. there's also this deep self hatred w Dhawan master so i think part of it is supposed to be that too, especially with the emphasis of the "i erased you doctor. don't let me go back to being me" line as it's being reversed (+ dhawan emphasised this self hatred in his interviews)
"it feels like an attempt at making up for how much things were spelled out in s11 like a 180° turn from infodumping to not even having the time or care to rationalize the stuff that happens."
this has been on my mind a lot actually. i dont think it HAS been a 180 but i think its symptoms of the eps/place in the era.
we still get mountains and mountains of unnecessary exposition, but it's all about just. what's happening in the plot. we dont get much insight into whats motivating the characters (or if we do, it's heavy handed exposition like dan's "oh i almost died so i want to leave" which is simple and understandable) but say 13, the master, yaz i'm left just like.... why'd any of them do any of that??? unless you sit there compiling notes about one off lines the characters had in the past + what the cast and crew have said they were TRYING to do.
compared to s11 i think it's just become more noticable because back in the beginning they were still building the characters (lol) + there was less going on plot wise for them to react to in ways that felt in or out of character. but at this point the END of the era we should KNOW these characters well enough to understand why they're doing xyz. but say like, yaz's reason for leaving the tardis is so difficult to understand because it just sort of. happens. i think a lot of that can be built on the back of weak characterisation before, but as i've argued already in the case of yaz i feel her exit goes completely AGAINST her defining characteristics and "Doctorification" arc as i understand them.
i feel the same with 13. her defining character has always been about her being "socially awkward" and closed off, an arc which like. in any other situation the logical satisfying growth and resolution is "the doctor opens up to her friends". but no instead it's like. don't bother making an effort actually. it's fine to be an ass and just pass it off half heartedly as social awkwardness.
they all jsut feel so static and one note, but equally this characterisation is sometimes just ignored when its convenient for the plot or another piece of characterisation (e.g., i'd say one of yaz's defining characteristics in the beginning is she's quite stubborn... but not really to the doctor, because she's been so beaten down after being snapped at/told off every time she dares ask the doctor something (which then i guess is supposed to tie into her... loving the dr ???))
again like the logical conclusion to yaz's arc mirrors something like Clara or Martha's. either she needs to realise the Doctor not returning her feelings (or, if you think she DOES return them like, at least not being willing to act on them) hurts too much and leaves for her own adventures, or they have a tragic thing where yaz strives too hard to show herself like. worthy or whatever and crashes and burns. instead she just... sort of walks off? for no apparent reason??
of course, that's not to say that those arcs HAD to finish in those ways, but DO SOMETHING with them. why bring them up as character flaws/traits if they're not going to go on a journey alongside the plot and character??? everyone just feels so static. i could watch TWWFTE and TPOTD back to back and i'd be like "oh that Doctor had a short run"
off from character, but i also think the "over exposition" in s11 vs say flux and that in s11 the plots were simpler, and so the exposition was just repeating things you already knew/had seen so it was like beating a dead horse with The Point, whereas in this and flux, there's so much going on that it's like a new point every second. "paintings are stolen. the master is rasputin. oh cyberman planet. oh there's daleks in volcanoes. the master is doing something funky with regeneration and the doctor. ... wait the doctor is regenerating.... now they're dhawan?? ... wait no but it's just the master. but then why does the tardis let him in ?? so it's the doctor?? then why are they acting like that it must be they've merged. why is tegan climbing down a shaft. oh they solve it by... making all volcanoes on earth metal now??? that seems a very very bad idea. that kid from the beginning i forgot about, the master can apparently control it and kills the doctor w it." it's just wham wham wham new point about something completely different that if you're just trying to watch it you blink and miss like 3 different plot points. (or maybe thats my undiagnosed potential adhd unable to keep up lmao)
it’s hilarious that ive seen so much more speculation about the things that happened and were supposedly resolved IN the episode than about the (literal) cliffhanger.
LMAO literally i've spent (checks calendar) 3 days just trying to make sense of the plot and character choices chibnall era has been EXHAUSTING
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HSMTMTS SEASON 3 EPISODE 5 REACTION
this is a good episode.
oo Kourtney's hair is pretty but how did she straiten all that so perfectly im- IN ONE NIGHT. jealousy jealousy.
i hate this show.
deep lake camp I'm crying
I hate the trope(?) of one side of a couple being clueless that the other is mad at them and is just so lost when they randomly, publicly, call them out in a passive aggressive way. please stop and communicate.
theres the bleep of the season! hsmtmts did it again
Maddox's face when Carlos swears though, I think I love her.
Carlos my beloved. this episode is gonna be a trash fire and I'm here👏 for👏 it👏
I LOVE THIS SHOW.
Gina why are you going after Val??? what??? it makes no sense and it's embarrassing please just open your mouth for EJ. (ignore how that sounds please)
EJ AND RICKY SLAPPING EACH OTHER. NO FURTHER COMMENTS.
"EJ you've stolen the woman Ricky loves" well. Carlos is either diabolical or a lot more oblivious than we think.
why does Carlos keep assuming everyone is straight 🤨🤨🤨🤨
this is my favourite episode idc that we're only 8 minutes in.
I love Kourtney fr. never gonna stop saying that.
I'm sorry I forgot to type for like 5 minutes cuz I got so caught up laughing. Kourtney and Carlos' slap scene has me rolling
sorry guys I will now be deleting my blogs because I can never be funnier than EJ walking out in THAT costume.
throwback when I had to do what Gina's doing with Ricky in what do you know about love for a skit except I don't have a boyfriend and the guy I did it with was uh.... I'm gonna stop there. point of the story, DOING THAT IS SO FUN
80% of their song was done backstage though so like, no one saw....
my eyes rolled BACK in my head.
the timing Gina omg.
sorry but Maddox is 15? I mean- hm.
no Jet what the heck why would you out her.
"I need to sit down"
"I need to lie down"
thanks ricky
ELTON JOHN CASWELL OMG THE FANFICS WERE RIGHT. (fun fact: I got so surprised at this line I flew backwards and whacked my head on the corner of the bed and saw spots for a second. so uh, anyone wanna buy me a helmet to wear for the next episode?)
I love the bro followed by Ricky blabbing about his problems. iconic duo.
the way I understand where everyone is coming from but I'm still upset by it all.
like Gina, he just explained that he's fighting not to leave, and he doesn't wanna stress you out as much as he is stressed. also, Gina can be upset, yes, but the going on about EJ's name too like, no one knew?? so why'd she storm off at that part...
um. I thought Channing left...
omgomgimgim jet solo song???
love how the piano is always prepared for a sad introspective ballad at any given time.
wow
is the young Maddox like the actress's little sister or something???? because the resemblance is incredible
EJ. you better be calling a delivery man to bring something for Gina, or her mom to bring her for some reason (I think that would be weird, actually, but it seems like something Elton John 'bought a plane ticket for Gina in s1 just for the show' Caswell would do) because if you're leaving or doing something equally stupid I will lose all respect for you. (lies, I am in fact an EJ apologist)
#hsmtmts#hsmtmts s3#hsmtmts season 3#ej caswell#ricky bowen#gina porter#carlos rodriguez#kourtney greene#ashlyn caswell#jet hsmtmts#maddox hsmtmts#val hsmtmts
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ds9 time, s2e14 and e15
welcome to, what, the second of three obrien eps? in a row? my guys having the time of his life (negative)
now based on premise i will specifically have a bad time but lets see how we go.
why'd the camera start so fucking close to his face. why you gotta be like that. 'set the record state about the last 52 hours' OH IN MEDIAS RES???? OH IN MEDIAS RES????? well shit. fuck. hell yeah? hell yeah. this is gonna be an interesting one then.
now the thing is. it sucks that it has to start with keiko. bc as i keep hammering. the two of them get so few opportunities to just, be a couple? without a plot problem? even if it makes sense that keiko acting weird would be obrien's first 'wait. what?' moment
i like that, at this early stage, keiko is the only one being EXTREMELY suspicious, while everyone else seems to be like. plausibly off. the engineering crews early, but they're on siskos orders, and sisko seems as genial as ever. the only bit that sounded off was when he said he was talking to keiko about jake's grades, but obrien buys it completely, and even then it doesnt sound that far off.
"its not doctors i have a problem with [in unison] its you julian" i love you two so much
ohp there we go, there's the sign sisko's lying.
oh he keeps being sneaky babyyyyy i love that for him
keiko really is an awful liar and thats kind of sweet, in its own way
the fact that bashir going 'hows the sex life' is setup is absolute fucking chaos to me. i dont even know if bashir knows shit. i have no idea what my boy knows. i know keiko, sisko, and kira know SOMETHING, i dont know if Bashir knows (i assume he does? or at least enough to not question an order to take as long as possible with the physical)
see im sitting here going Is That Shit Poisoned. Is That Shit Fucked. How Fucked Is This. How in danger am i, the nausea bitch, in this situation. okay obrien agrees with me, hell yeah bro
the CLOSE UPS. THE TEEEEENSIIIIIOOOOOOON. gah fuck.
the montage of him listening to the logs, i adore it
man just shows up, hits a button, walks off, because literally noone will question why the fuck hes in the bridge
oh hey odo IS in this episode. exceptional. was worried for a minute. but hes not in the framing sequence runabout so ? but he seems on side so.
quark's just like? bro i was trying to make friendly conversation. the fuck are you on about.
ohp odos not on side anymore ohohohooooOOOOOO AND THERES SISKO WITH THE STEEL CHAIRRRRR i mean uh
MY MANS GOT A STUN GRENADE AND A GUN YES
YES
THE TIGER IS FREE
ooh i like that, thats a cute trick. love my tech man.
everybody? like every everybody? then again i guess like, sisko pre-emptively coulda told rollman, just like obrien said he might do to odo.
they've specified this coffee type way too many times. whats up with that. should i be aware of something re: the coffee. i dont watch regularly enough to remember obriens coffee order.
man the compute-
WHY THE FUCK ARE THERE TWO OF THEM? WHY ARE THERE TWO OF THEM? OOOOOOOH so it was OBRIEN that was off, thats cute! thats so cute!
oh i really like that actually. thats a really cute twist. i love that. OOOHHH THAT RULES. THAT RULES. I LOVE THAT.
genuinely really good. i like that a lot. the coffee thing was definitely something though, right, like 100%.
s2e15 time, lets go, its obrien again. 3/3 on obriens.
this convos real sweet! i love learning about obrien.
oh hell yea. bow time.
tech mans about to learn a valuable lesson in 'there is tech thats isn't electric'
that actress, alixus? she looks extremely familiar. joseph also looks familiar but in a way i can chalk to being like, generic nice older man. im gonna check both of these though. nope, nevermind, dont know her. BUT JOSEPH IS THE VOICE OF PUFFIN FROM SWAN PRINCESS????? WHAT THE FUCK. WHAT THE FUVK? what the fuck.
i know its early days but this episode is not doing anything for me at this stage.
oh that one woman really wants to leave huh
okay so the plot is gonna be that this woman is gonna try and force them to stay, isn't it.
oh yea im bang on thats 100% what this plots gonna be. she's pulling some shit tm. either she's the reason the EM fails or she sabotaged the original ship. or maybe theres a twist here. who knows. the vibes arent great.
yeah cult vibes. cult vibes. like, im not strictly saying shes wrong. sometimes people do need to be off their phones (i say, blogging my entire experience of shows and books and movies). but like. ? somehow i dont think the SciFi Show is going to be coming down especially sympathetic.
'primitive' yikes
something about the fact alixus immediately went to calling them Miles and Ben feels significant
she's giving cult energy lads. like, she has a point, that in the absence of electrical technology reliance on herbal remedy is medicine, does save lives, but to prevent a tech guy from trying to do his tech shit? like you can do two things at once. you can have people scour the forest for fungi and you can let the bastard play with his computers for a bit. just get him to help you like, cook or smth. give him a basic chore so he still 'pulls his weight'. you can compromise to let him try until he's satisfied himself that he's done everything he can. you can hardly except obrien and sisko to snap to the pastoral lifestyle in 2 seconds when you've had 10 years and were also clearly on that Vibe long before.
'the ship is travelling at warp 2' at. warp 2? it was in synchronous orbit? synchronous orbit is impulse, is my usual understanding. and that certainly wouldn't send it hurtling off, it shouldn't fucking slingshot out. unless duonetic does shit? i feel like obrien would've said if it did. im gonna read full malice into alixus now, her or joseph, someones pulling shit.
obrien reminiscing about keiko is really sweet.
oh yeah normal behaviour chuck the cunt in a metal box small enough to give me grief, excellent fucking shit, for fucks sake. what the fuck. torture??? torture??? bro. bro.
for a woman in deep on political theory you think she'd know about deterrence theory and shit. about how like... harsh punishment for crime does not necessarily deter crime if the need is severe enough, which is why the correct method of combatting crime is to address the reasons why is it does (in this instance, more fairly apportion your limited supply of fucking candles)
fellas, im gonna say it, sisko is an attractive man. im just putting it out there.
its sort of neat that alixus only has the idea to do this, SPECIFICALLY to sisko, BECAUSE sisko had previously made a point of mentioning that obrien was married, not him. thats sort of a neat bit. cause she mightve tried it on obrien, who wouldve just gone haha no im married please leave, but no. sisko, because she knows he isnt married. if he'd answered about womens fashion that might've even dissuaded her from the idea altogether.
oh hey siskos making the same point as me. exceptional. so the episode is just being blunt, then.
'core identity' cult behaviour! cult behaviour!
'of course all you have to do is ask' gross
i love this kira and dax bit, this is cute
'they continue to reject us' it took yall years and youre pissy about a week. eat shit. fuck off. i hate you
hey man id really recommend not wearing those like 3 layers when you go into the cook box
this ep is so blunt man.
i do really like this conversation with Miles and Joseph where Joseph knows exactly what Miles is trying to do. i think its really neat. its such a cute little bit. 'i can do it so it wont hurt at all' giving Joseph an out. so good.
i cant believe i was right on BOTH counts, fuck me running.
i like that the guy who was previously in the box is the one who gets sisko water, cute.
and then just two kids stare at a box, okay??? i hated that. i did not like that at all.
i didnt like that. cannot explain it. i guess my bit is that the episode doesnt do enough to convince me that she DID build a community, and not just a cult or something (which, i guess definitionally that is a community, but, yknow??) like. i just. no? i feel like i mightve been kinder if one or more of the people had chosen to leave, to see the truth and to make an informed choice, but instead joseph just speaks for everybody and thats it. not enough done to establish to me that she was right. eugh.
thats me for the night but like. aya. land of contrasts
#ds9 blogging#i dont have any deep thoughts im a very surface level observer#theyre good and or fine. yeehaw
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Fic writer interview
Tagged by the boo @bellafarella
1. How many works do you have on AO3?
116.
I used to have close to 300 but I deleted or orphaned a lot of them (especially the 5 sentence prompts which were like 50 lmao) and some I was just not liking or felt I could've done better or felt like I could add it to another fic instead.
2. What’s your total AO3 word count?
340,713 --- damn i didn't even know this existed. I wonder how much it ws before I deleted lmaoo
3. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?
Actions Speak Louder Than Words - Ian/Mickey 753 kudos
I Don't Love You, But I Always Will - Ian/Mickey 723 kudos
Parent/Teacher Conference - Ian/Mickey 712 kudos
Frank Fucking Gallagher - Ian /Mickey 644 kudos
Never Have I Ever - Ian / Mickey 540 kudos
genuinely surprised by these lol
4. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?
Always! Or try my best to. I lovee getting comments. Half the time I write it's just to see people's comments or tags lol. Idk they make me happy (unless they're mean)
5. What’s the fic you’ve written with the angstiest ending?
Yikes lol well I have several death fics so those? lol
The Highwayman
Skype Calls
If You Loved Me, Why'd You Leave Me?
6. What’s the fic you’ve written with the happiest ending?
Happiest oof...hmm Soul Meets Body where Bucky and Steve get reunited after Bucky gets trapped in the soul stone and they retire? Or the gallavich one where Ian wakes up and Mickey never got arrested (post s5) and they're good.
I have a lot more but those are usually just fluff oneshots not a whole story
7. Do you write crossovers? If so, what is the craziest one you’ve written?
I think I've only technically done one. It was where Mickey gets attacked by a Djinn and basically ends up seeing the mickey version of what Dean saw in the Supernatural episode "What is and What Should Never Be". If I recall Sam and Dean saved him.
oh and the She's the Man Fic I don't remember if it had characters from the movie or not though lmaoo but maybe. I'll have to reread
8. Have you ever received hate on a fic?
Oh yes. Usually they didn't like where I went with it. (even though i'd make it obvious). Accuse me of not knowing the characters. And that one person that got mad me and @bellafarella made lip too "likeable" ?? weirdos. Always had issues with the shameless fandom with giving nasty comments tbh.
9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?
Not anymore tbh. I like putting them in turmoil instead.
10. Have you ever had a fic stolen?
Actually I think so?? Or they tried it. Def had someone write a fic about my fic which was interesting.
11. Have you ever had a fic translated?
OH yes! A lot of gallavich ones
12. Have you ever co-written a fic before?
Yes! So far just the Shameless/She’s the man crossover fic with @bellafarella
13. What’s your all-time favorite ship?
Stevebucky </3
14. What’s a WIP that you want to finish but don’t think you ever will?
All the one in my head but especially 1960's stevebucky, musician stevebucky, and deathfic but plot twist not a death fic stevebucky but like I said they're in my head and have been for yearss
15. What are your writing strengths?
angst lol I used to be really good at description but my brain has rotted through the years lmaoo
16. What are your writing weaknesses?
Grammar. Commas confuse me and dont get me started on ;. Passive voice or active voice (apparently) , repeating words too often. I need to get good at description again and better word choice.
17. What are your thoughts on writing dialogue in other languages in a fic?
It depends. As long as it's in character and the correct way for it to be typed. Otherwise I'd put "says in ___ " or what not
18. What was the first fandom you wrote for?
Shameless US or a long time ago when I started a fic for Crisis Core but i never got far at all
19. What’s a fandom/ship you haven’t written for yet but want to?
Currently none. Ask me a month ago I would've said Tarlos
20. What’s your favorite fic you’ve written?
I'm too lazy to look through my Ian/Mickey ones but i had a lot of faves there.
My Lakehouse Stevebucky fic is my favorite as of late Distant Lover, One Day I'll Hold You Like the Sun Holds the Moon
Tagging: idk who to tag in these anymore lol so anyone that wants to do it :D
#bellafarella#<3#fic questionaire#stevebucky#tarlos#gallavich#fic writing#slowly but surely getting back into it
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I just finished Trigun Stampede, and it's left me feeling so disappointed, because it could have been...so much more.
To be fair, I have to acknowledge that the storyline is distinctly different from both the first anime and the manga, and while it retains certain similarities to both storylines, it's kind of its own story--and not a bad story, either; it was engaging and interesting in its own right. I especially liked how it handled Vash and Knives's history, what it did with Wolfwood's backstory, and how it wrapped things up at the end.
But the point is that my disappointment with Trigun Stampede has nothing to do with which anime is a closer adaptation of the manga. (I'm due a reread of that anyway; there are a lot of details of the Trigun Maximum portion that I don't remember very well.) When I compare the two animes, I just...enjoy the first one so much more.
It's all very subjective, of course, but here are some of my thoughts:
Where's my girl Milly? :( Why'd they take her out? Did they really think Roberto was a good substitute for silly Milly, the giant girl with the huge gun and the innocent voice, who comes across as an airhead but is actually really sharp? I'm sorry, I'd much rather have her in the party than a jaded, world-weary alcoholic who honestly feels like a less-interesting Wolfwood most of the time. Also, having Milly around meant that Meryl could take the role of the straight man most of the time, whereas the Roberto-Meryl duo is like...two straight men. Just doesn't have the same spark as Meryl and Milly :/
Vash is so much less goofy in this one, he's practically a different person. I mean, yes, his heart is the same, and in a lot of ways the goofiness is a mask and something Vash uses to keep himself from despair (better to laugh than to cry and all that). But it's still a huge part of his personality, and a huge part of what I love so much about Trigun in the first place. I love how the first anime will switch back and forth between being utterly hilarious and dead serious. Trigun Stampede, on the other hand, is almost entirely serious. As a result, the serious moments don't have the same impact as they would have if they came at the tail end of a string of ridiculous hijinks. I probably wouldn't think of that if I hadn't seen the first anime and knew how the story would feel with that kind of tone, but there you are.
There's so much less time to get to know the characters. You can really tell that Trigun Stampede's primary target audience is people who are already fans of the story, because they don't let the story breathe in the beginning. I really got the sense that we're supposed to already know who these people are and why we love them, rather than getting introduced to lovable characters for the first time. I have to wonder whether I would care about any of them if I didn't have tons of episodes where I'd gotten used to them and their quirks and had the time to really learn what they're all about.
WHERE IS BRILLIANT DYNAMITES NEON?! HOW CAN YOU BRING IN THE BAD LADS GANG WITHOUT THEIR FABULOUS LEADER?!?!?
Okay, I'm going to say it: I hate the animation. Sometimes it looked really good (particularly everything with the plants), but other times--especially when it came to character animation, particularly facial animation--it was so...sluggish? It was like the mouth movements couldn't keep up with the voicework, and every movement a character would make would take twice as long as it should, like they were moving through water or something. I'm certainly not against CG animation in anime, but I've seen it done so much better than this. I didn't know such a stylized art style could veer into the uncanny valley, but that was the feeling I got over and over again while watching this anime. It was so distracting that sometimes I found myself staring at their faces without reading the subtitles, and had to back up.
Oh, that reminds me: I'm sure there's a whole host of reasons behind them changing Vash's voice actor, but...I'm sorry, Masaya Onosaka is Vash the Stampede to me. He did such a good job with both the serious and the goofy sides of the character. Yoshitsugu Matsuoka did a great job; I have no complaints with his performance. But...he's just not Masaya Onosaka. It's probably a good thing that this iteration of Vash wasn't as ridiculous and all over the place, because I'm not convinced Yoshitsugu Matsuoka could have pulled it off.
The new character designs were okay for the most part. Not my favorite, but generally not a problem (though I'm not a fan of Meryl's outfit; it makes her look like a kid somehow). The only real problem I have is that Vash's floppier, softer hairstyle makes Wolfwood's nickname "needle noggin" just...not work very well. It was clear why he would give him such a nickname when Vash's hair was sticking straight up like a shock of wheat, but this way? Doesn't look like needles at all. His hair isn't noticeably spikier than anyone else's.
There weren't really any surprises or suspense in the story, because everything was shown in a fairly straightforward way. Not necessarily a problem, I suppose, and it makes sense that they have to cut to the chase more quickly when they've only got 12 episodes to work with. But I missed the way the first anime would just drop hints, show a little bit of a flashback, then move on for another episode or two. Particularly when it came to the nature of what, exactly, Vash is. They basically tell you right away in the first episode what's going on, rather than letting you wonder and slowly piece it together over time. I don't like that.
All in all, Trigun Stampede just doesn't hold a candle to the first anime. Now I'm off to rewatch that one, and then probably reread the manga.
#trigun#trigun stampede#no spoilers#i'm sure plenty of other people have said all of this before#but i wanted to get my thoughts down
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