I think...it'd be in everyone's best interest if I-

TOOK YOUR MAMA TO THE DEMON REALM!

CAMILA SAVES THE DAY AGAIN! I LOVE HER SO MUCH OMG

BEST MOM EVER

Also Lupin won a contest to be drawn with the Justice League/Super Friends LMAO

(psst I drew a cursed style swap of this)

lupin iii is polyamorous tony

(reupload bc some of the pictures in the original were low-quality)

At the end of First Contact, after Lupin has finished telling the story, the dub changes Jigen's line from "I'd say the story was perfect for ensnaring a woman!" (referring to the reporter) to "Yeah? Well I like the story. Especially the part about the dame!" (referring to Fujiko).

This changes Jigen's sentiment from a third repetition of Hey Lupin, that shit was corny as hell, to a playful Don't listen to them, Lupin. The intricate cigarette rituals were compelling and your Fujiko characterization was spot on.

Between this and Jigen's "I could still put a hole in your chest." being dubbed as "You're liable to get a hole in your heart." I'm starting to feel like Epcar might have a little bit of an agenda.

Ranking Harry Potter books as I read them for the first time. This post took five weeks to write.

1. The Sorcerer’s/Philosopher’s Stone, 5/10 (12/24/22) - Good first book! Hermione is. The actual worst but that's okay she’s eleven. I binged it in two days and I was very satisfied. It wasn't great, it wasn't bad. It was just a pretty good book all around, so it’s get a middle ground rating to provide room for others. (post mortum (thoughts after reading all of the books): I think Sorcerer's Stone is deffo on the weaker side of the series, but it's VERY fun to think about what the fuck these kids were getting into at eleven years old with their fucking Wizard Chess, knowing all the trauma they're going to endure by the time they're seventeen. )

2. Chamber of Secrets, 2/10 (12/29/22) - LITERALLY TRASH. i had to force myself through this book. It was awful. It was so. I think the only part I liked was Fawkes. (post mortum: No yeah all of my thoughts on this book remain the same. I do like the call back to the basilisk corpse just vibing down there, and I like Myrtle a lot and wish she was more of a character in later books since she was (presumably??) Tom's first murder, even if accidental.)

3. Prisoner of Azkaban, 9/10 (1/05/23) - GOOD book. Dragged a bit at times, but was MUCH better than Chamber of Secrets. Obsessed with Sirius, obsessed with the map, obsessed with everyone. (post mortum: I THINK ABOUT THIS BOOK SO MUCH. SO VERY MUCH. i am haunted by the fact that Remus Lupin lived all those years thinking the only people to ever love him unconditionally and adapted to his illness and went out of their way to make his life better all either died or suffered fates worse than death at this point, and he fucking comes back to Hogwarts and elects to pretend he doesn't know Harry??? PROBABLY TO PROTECT HIM?? DEVASTATING dude. Devastating. And he probably thinks that it has something to do with HIM that all of his friends are dead and it's NOT, REMUS. IT'S NOT. and also just. the fact he became close with Harry anyway, and the way he hugs Sirius the second he sees him and the way, the way, the way. I think about the line "DIE! DIE RATHER THAN BETRAY YOUR FRIENDS!" Daily because that says so much about both Sirius and Remus, known outcasts and loathed, disowned children. The blood of the covenant, you guys. The blood of the fucking covenant.)

4. Goblet of Fire, 8/10 (1/11/23) - LOVED this. Best so far fr. I still. Dont understand the hype around Draco. Its deffo because of his actor, I’d put money at it. I laugh at his silly ass every time he enters the screen. I’m obsessed with Cedric and I’m obsessed with him and Harry’s dynamics. This is also the first point to make me SOB so extra points. I’m just leaving space for something to be better though I DOUBT IT. (post mortum: I spend everyday understanding why and loathing the fact Cedric died. "kill the spare." what haunting words. What a devastating blow. I think it would've been more devastating if he was one of the people Harry brought back with the stone in that brief period at the end of Deathly Hallows, but also the way he's just left, forgotten.) 5. Order of the Phoenix, 4/10 (1/18/23) - this book could have been my favorite, if it was like, four hundred pages shorter? I think a lot of the issues I have with this book is that is should have been split into two different books or something. I see why it couldn't have been and following the whole 'seven years of school' thing, but this book does have a lot going on all at once making it overly long. I do think it was good, though. (post mortum: WHY DID I NOT TALK ABOUT THE FIRST USAGE OF HARRY'S UNFORGIVABLE CURSES HERE??? No let's go back. I think I just couldn't get over how long it was, but Sirius' death did fully fuck me up really bad, and the fucking way. The way Harry chases down Bellatrix after that, the way his first Unforgivable Curse is in agony because his father figure was just killed right before him. The way Remus drags him away. The way it all goes down is soooooo much to unpack. ALSO THE IMPLICATIONS THIS HAS FOR REMUS. I think he and Tonks had something going on in this scene, but seeing Sirius die like this caused him to backtrack and then we get the whole little background arc with them we see in book six.)

6. The Half-Blood Prince, 7/10 (1/23/23) - This was really good!! i know in the fanbase it's a very disliked book?? Because a lot of my friends are hp fans and say the fandom hated this one, but i think it was really good !! I see where the Drarry popularity came from in this one (*cough* train car and bathroom scenes *cough*) and I do think that final scene with Dumbledore added SOME sympathy to Draco's character, so that's good. i still don't like him thought. I'm intensely in afeared of the Deathly Hallows, though. During that final fight I was SO scared my boy Remus was gonna bite the dust and I cannot have that. I can't. They already took Sirius they have to let me keep the wolfboy he's whats holding me together (post mortum: so, after reading this book I sent my friend a list off characters I didn't think I'd emotionallly handle very well dying in Deathly Hallows, which was, quote, in ranked order "Lupin, Tonks, Fred, George, Mad-Eye Moody, Neville, Luna." and y'all. But, back to the Half-Blood Prince. The scene at the end with Bill and Fleur and Tonks and Lupin.... Tonks using Fleur as a jumping off point to call Remus on his bullshit,,,, Remus trying to get Molly and Arthur to back him up and they both just 'no, dude, you're fucking in love and we all see it, you just have unsolved issues because you've never been loved like this before and anyone you have loved has died tragically.' Like SHIT MAN. I should talk about someone who is not Remus fucking Lupin but I really have no thoughts not about Remus Lupin, my favorite plush is literally named Moony and I have another named Prongs. Like. Unwell behavior.)

7. Deathly Hallows, 6/10 (1/30/23) I think this book is a fairly good conclusion the Harry Potter narrative, but it also suffers from the same issue every book in this series has of taking fucking forever to kick in with the drama and cramming it all in the last third of the book, so points off. Points off again for orphaning Teddy Lupin OFF SCREEN like that. Points back for Percy trying to protect Fred’s body like that what the FUCK. Points off for only killing one Weasley twin what a cruel and unusual punishment for George specifically. Points back for the entire existence of Molly Weasley Points off for Harry doing the MOST out of character thing and apparently not fulfilling his only promise to Lupin of raising Teddy if anything happened to him? Like yeah Harry was like, 17/18 but also this is HARRY “keep my promises to people I trust and admire even if it means burning bridges” POTTER. he would’ve fistfought anyone to keep that promise to Remus and when he realized he’s Bad at Babies™️ he would’ve employed the help of Molly and Arthur. I die on this hill. More points off for Harry not naming his daughter after Minerva McGonagall? Like. Sure his mom is important to him or whatever but Minerva was like, the female Dumbledore to Harry? Like, she constantly put her ass on the line for him and he always recognized this and he leaned on her MORE than Dumbledore. What. The fuck. Even like, Lily Minerva Potter would’ve been fine by me. Give this woman SOMETHING. Christ on a cracker. And that’s Harry Potter thoughts in summary. I don’t accept the epilogue, nor do I accept the Cursed Child in the first act I’ve read. Except Scorpius Malfoy, I fucking love this little dude he’s so wild. Good afternoon, good evening, and goodnight.

Oh also, James Potter infected my brain within the four scenes or whatever that he had and I'm apologizing in advance to my followers for the coming Marauders Era Lark Era we're about to enter. Sorry Mutuals, I'm subjecting you to Remus Lupin and James Potter thoughts.

So a lot of things just went on all at once.

Finn was a result of rape, and her mom’s boyfriend was killed by some lady?

Did I miss something?

"I'll join the stars and bath you in my radiance is such a raw romantic line

Shimin, eyes glistening with the spirit of romance: Do you love him?

Zetian: I do. He's the most amazing boy to ever walk this planet.

Shimin: And yet you chose enlistment over him?

Zetian: Yes, because love doesn't solve problems. Solving problems solves problems.

Shimin: Poor guy. Don't you ever let that boy go again.

Zetian: Too bad. You're the one I'm stuck with.

Shimin: I am going to have to date Yizhi so that these star-crossed lovers can be together.

back on my Lupin shitposting again

wow lupin and jigen are hella gay

why is jigen going to the same school as lupin in japan? Isn't he American? if fuji and goemon appear I'm gonna lose my shit

the part one instrumentation is neat

me on ep 2: this shit is boring (ends up turning it off)

i thought lupin I would be a top tier gent apparently not in his old age and my heart is crushed and my dreams are shattered. A world where lupin II isn't as bad as his father is a sad world indeed

even though this show has lupin II in it he is still a mystery to me

the background art is the best visually (the animation is kind of ass at the end, I noticed in particular though it could've been like that I guess)

jigen has a leather jacket?? ❤️❤️❤️❤️ (even if it's just his reg jacket the lighting is still 💋)

I predicted that yoko was gonna die by an unintended bullet but this works too (what happened was low-key hella dark)

I was holding out for a zeni tease and the most I got was a kind of look alike

TL;DR: canon-wise, this backstory kinda doesn't make sense so not sure if it's supposed to be canon but it was okay for what it was, which was lupin and jigen getting to know each other, doing shenanigans, and growing into their future selves pretty quickly. 4/10 for my disinterest in the beginning which picked up a bit after watching the third episode. Now I wanna watch the part 1 eng dub.

Bonus:

no one:

lupin: *declares himself the next thief of kin and steals jigen's heart*

Me: SO GAY OMG

I'm gonna borrow that book when you're done with it

THE BLUSH

Jigen deciding to kiss Zenigata instead of shake his hand in pt 2 lives in my head rent free.

for YEARS I’ve had this idea for a lupin iii episode where the crew goes undercover at an actual drag show for. reasons idk. the premise doesn’t matter the whole franchise is a backdrop for thief slapstick

I bet you anything that arsene “can create disguises that are indistinguishable from the real person being copied” lupin the third understands regular makeup as well as sfx stuff---like he must, if his work is that convincing, right? he’s got to put makeup on the masks to match people who wear it, not to mention the more specialized work that goes into changing someone’s appearance so convincingly. so anyway my idea is that he ropes the rest of the gang into creating personas to blend in with the performers (except fujiko who also knows makeup/disguise work and was totally down to do this herself) and makes sure they looks good, but like, everybody still has their own spin on it

MY TAKES ARE:

jigen should have a cowgirl shtick, ostensibly this would be because that way he could pass off his guns as props but really I just think it would be fun. I don’t have a solid pun name for him yet but I’m thinking something like kayla mitty (calamity). I think he’d start out looking nice but would get grungier and grungier over the course of the episode as he gets into more comedic fights and progressively fucks up his costume. I’m thinking a wig w/braids, (like a pippi longstocking situation), daisy dukes, lots of fringe, and of COURSE a cowboy hat and boots. 

goemon is big on samurai chivalry and canonically feels ashamed when he crossdresses, so I thought it would be funny if he only agrees to it after negotiating down to the tamest drag persona possible? like he’s basically just impersonating a real historical japanese noblewoman, (”if I have to be a lady, I am going to be a PROPER LADY”) and he sticks out like a sore thumb. I haven’t decided who specifically he should be impersonating, yet, but mr. chivalrous-hero, easily-flustered-by-women would absolutely be blindsided by the drag show atmosphere. he bombs the lipsync because he’s unwilling to commit to the bit until he gets a heroic second wind and ends up barely squeaking by. 

fujiko is an open-shirted bimboy drag king, like the male love interest in a shoujo manga, and she gets REALLY into playing a casanova. like weaponizing her sex appeal is her main things as a thief, but doing it in the boysuit just hits different. idk. if you get it you get it. 

alternatively, I was thinking of her playing a gruff, hypermasculine boor but like, in a funny camp way. like in a village people way. but I just don’t like that idea as much

and lupin just brings back miss marie but with a more straightforward marilyn monroe-esque femme fatale slant. the judges consider this the least creative persona (”marilyn? come on! everyone’s done that”) and pan her, and she lipsyncs a song that’s comedically full of hints about her identity as lupin. “material girl” by madonna, or “why don’t you do right?” from who framed roger rabbit would both be fun picks for this. 

and no matter what happens I NEED a gunfight to break out during one of the lipsync performances and the song that was being performed keeps going on as background music while people are being shot

hellO?? NOT Momoi bringing out the fkin TRAIN on MJ’s blue a$$

HELLO???

AND HE CONSECUTIVELY USES PATRANGER AND LUPINRANGER?????

Well fk why don’t you just have them say “I love you” to each other instead 💀💀💀

(ALSO – WHAT IS THIS TITLE??? “Miho, have a secret?!”) 

So like the throuple shxt is really REALLY happening next episode huh,,,,

Why does Inuzuka look like he’s popped out his eyeliner? 

Damn >:)))

WELL 

WHAT IS THIS????

MOMOI AND MJ??? BURNING BUILDING??? SAVING PPL??????

WHAT????

Note 9: I know there’s the angsty theory about Lupin knowing Harry’s name on the train because he was there when he was born and Harry looks exactly like James, but he also had his name screamed repeatedly at him by his friends when he passed out, so there is also that.

This is creepy. I don’t think I’ve ever heard Tony Oliver’s voice so monotone before and it’s really creepy.