#marketing is going to go crazy for the final season also
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I think what really puts into perspective the likelihood of ST5 premiering in 2025 (I’m gonna predict March 21st for fun), is that a year from now is just barely Summer 2024, and yet as of now, they have not even started filming.
Are fans really expecting them to have season 5 filmed, fully prepped with marketing and promo ready, with everything ready to be released within one year from now (roughly speaking, give or take a couple months)?
In all honesty it's very much the norm for Stranger Things' to have promo leading up to an upcoming season last for months. And I'm not talking like 3-5 months I'm talking a year+.
This isn't like s1 where they put out a trailer and a release date and some low budget marketing roll out on social media, which is something they do for every new Netflix show. This is a $35 million + budget per episode series and thats just to budget for the literal episodes... There are dozens of partnerships they have going on with merchandise and things like that which are discussed and planned for months/years. There are music rights negotiations which go on for months upon years. Shit, post-production has the capacity to take, at the very least half of the time it takes to film, and in some cases as much time or even more. This shit takes time!!!
The build up to a new season is so huge, that each month leading up to it, there are different things dropping, creating the hype that guarantees millions of fans engagement for a long time.
Like 1 year up to the 6 months before the release, promo starts heating up officially. The main accounts for the show will start posting stuff, initially it'll be cryptic using old footage to kind of recap the characters and get us refreshed on where we left off. This time could have some really awesome surprises, but it's mostly casual. If we're lucky we can count on Atlanta filming paparazzi bc those people are insufferable...
6 months up to the one month mark is when it starts to get more real. At this time we're likely to get an episode list announcement, along with sneak peeks and teasers that are quite short, being that they're still likely in the editing process when they are releasing these so it's very much in part them trying to tide us over and keep us interested.
The final 3 months leading up to it is when it gets REAL real. This is at the latest when we'll get a release date announcement, but that's a worst case scenario. I feel like it took so long for them to announce s4, and not until like Feb 2022 bc they wanted to be certain certain. And that could apply to s5 as well. The state of the world isn't like awesome I would say... Look what happened last time? Like it sucks to be the person to say that but I think also considering delays in general, for any reason are a possibility, is also what contributes to my open mindedness about an early 2025 release.
And so based on what we should be expecting for marketing, that means that assuming s5 would somehow premiere in summer 2024, means we are already close to the one year mark, which means promo should be ramping up right now, with literal content to share? And yet we have nothing filmed...?
A lot of people have this idea that s5 is going to take as much time to film as s1 took, which is just not the case. Not saying it will take as long as s4 took, however it's still going to take a while. One of the main factors for this is an in demand cast with conflicting schedules. In a perfect world, everyone would be available all the time throughout the entire production run. Instead what you have is certain actors not available at this time, and so you have to overlap those that need scenes together and schedule according to all of that. And so even if it wouldn't take more than 7 months to film literally, adding another 4+ months might be necessary to accommodate everyones schedules so that they can have these A/B list actors be able to film scenes together.
And then there’s editing and VFX to account for, happening during filming yes, but also with them needing months to focus on AFTER filming is complete. S5 is arguably going to have more VFX than any other season, as most of the season is expected to be surrounded by UD conditions and with the final battle being pretty epic with a 3 headed dragon potentially. Editing is more likely to be 7+ months post filming AT LEAST, vs. like the 4 or less, which is what I think everyone is imagining and telling themselves.
This is also the last season and so they obviously want to focus on the quality, not their ability to churn it out as fast as possible. Rushing for a quick release is just setting themselves up to flop.
The story is over forever after this (excluding spin-off prospects). It would make sense for them to give themselves the wiggle room to make it perfect (the stakes are so fucking high you guys), as opposed to rushing the entire time just to have it release as early as possible.
This also reminds me of what Noah said when asked about s5 premiering in 2024, where he basically just deflected and said that they want to focus on quality… essentially hinting at the fact that it’ll probably not be soon as we’re expecting, but we’re better off for it bc it gives them time to ensure it's the best that it can be and also is just realistic in terms of considering potential unplanned delays.
And then there are the strike implications. While I think the ST production is lucky in that they wouldn't be impacted as much as other productions, that doesn't mean the solidarity won't impact other parts of the production beyond just the writers. This is an industry where people are extremely overworked and underpaid, where a strike could be on the horizon at any moment. And we’re out here telling them hey i know the conditions are horse shit, but I'm gonna need you to step it up and experience even worse conditions bc I need s5 asap... which is just, it’s asking too much if I’m being honest.
Not trying to rain on anyone’s parade here. I know it sucks hearing that it could be another 1 year and 10 months. But lets be serious right now.
All the action that happens in the fandom, building up to the release is arguably just as exciting as the actual premiere and I think we overlook that. Again, once it premieres, it's over. So being so hellbent that it comes as soon as possible, is built on this idea that getting it is the only worthwhile part of this experience, which couldn't be further from the truth. Hiatus and all of the activity that happens during that time is what makes this experience so unique and without it, none of us would be here.
I think realistically, the timeline for s5 production is likely to look something like filming taking place from May 2023-Feb 2024 (giving them AT LEAST 10 months, but if you ask me srs i think it'll take 12...). We should get an announcement post from the official Netflix/ST social media accounts the very day filming starts.
As time passes and they're filming more and more, we will start to get teasers and sneak peaks from the little bit they have filmed from the earlier episodes in the season. Technically they can't spoil that later stuff too much in promotion, so it does work out for us in that sense.
But in all honesty, well planned out and detailed promo is likely to not start getting official until this fall when they’ll actually have at least (hopefully) over half of s5 filmed, and be planning ahead plenty in advance so all of the promo leading up to the release is well thought out.
I won’t rule out Fall 2024. But there are no Friday dates in fall 2024 that ring any bells to me as being the perfect day? Maybe Winter 2024? Or like January/Feb 2025?
The problem is Netflix loves ST for their summers... But summer 2024 is too soon and Summer 2025 is too late imo...
So what it will likely come down to is them trying to be realisitic about their options, and how to ideally get it to match with the setting of the show, which is something they have tried to do with s2-3, but couldn't in s4 (for obvious reasons), and so I definitely see them thinking ahead to try to bring back that approach for s5 if they are able to.
So filming, best case scenario, ends maybe Jan-Feb 2024. If we give them at least 7 months, which is still arguably rushing to me, that lands them in September 2024.
BUT if they were smart they would be realistic and just plan for late 2024/early 2025 so that they don't have to keep delaying... also why they haven't announced a date/year... if it was for certain going to be 2024, they would say it. But they aren't. That alone should tell us they are not willing to make that commitment bc it's not something that can be made when there are so many impromptu factors at play.
I imagine a scenario though honestly, where it takes them a year (12 months to film), so they won't be done until May 2024, which means that they would have until January 2025 to edit with 7 months for that strictly. And that just honestly feels realistic to me to look at instead of hoping that everything just is swift and fast as possible.
Not to mention ST5 2025 just fits.
However, I don't see anything wrong with hoping for late 2024, since as of now I think it is still possible.
But I also think, keeping all of the factors in mind, most notably a potential strike and also them ensuring quality over a speedy release, I think 2025 is something people should also be prepared for as a possibility.
The good news is that we'll know eventually as s5 starts filming and as time goes on.
If filming is complete in 2023 then we could definitely hope for a fall 2024 release. If filming isn't complete officially until early/mid 2024, then pack up your duffel bags bc we're going back to spring break...
#byler#stranger things#stranger things 5#st promo#st5 preditioncs#i had this in my drafts but bc that rumor from that source#i felt the need to post this#i always get passive aggressive asks when i try to explain why it would be valid for a 2025 release#and i get that people just want it#like i do too#but lets remember we want this shit to be epic crazy good#and we want them to be able to sleep and eat and live not on god awful conditions to succeed in that#marketing is going to go crazy for the final season also#it's going to be like every other season combined#and there there's the potential implications of a 2 vol release....#hell we could get vol 1 in 2024 and vol 2 and 2025#idk how they'd do it#but 2 vol seems like a major possiblity#and i personally enjoyed getting to theorize in between#i'm sure netflix enjoyed having hype for a show last over 5 months instead of 1-2 at most#it would make sense for them to what to apply that model for the last season of their most memorable series in history...#so that's another thing to consider in terms of release possibilities#AND THEN LETS NOT FORGET ABOUT THE MOVIE DNA BOARD LIKE COME ON WE WILL BE SWAMPED WHEN THAT DROPS#AND THAT COULD LITERALLY DROP WITH IN THE NEXT MONTH TO 5 MONTHS OR SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN?#or not at all...#we are not ready regardless of thinking we are#which is the best part honestly#we are not ready!!!
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Decorations
Natasha Romanoff x Female Reader
Natasha wants to decorate the house as a new fall tradition for your family
Note: Happy flufftober! Here’s my first fic. Enjoy it!
Flufftober 2023 Masterlist, Main Masterlist
During your relationship so far, Natasha hasn’t really wanted to do anything special for the fall. October was just another month to her. You got used to that, so you never expected it to change.
But today, Natasha wakes up with fall activities at the forefront of her mind.
“Detka, wake up,” she says into the morning light. “We have to go shopping.”
You grunt and roll over to look at her. She sounds like she is talking nonsense.
“What?” You ask her. “What time is it?”
“7:30,” Nat answers casually.
“Too early,” you mumble. You try to pull the covers over your head, but Natasha stops you.
“Our sweet girl will be up soon,” she says.
“So, we should sleep until then.” Your daughter is in an energetic phase. You love seeing her come out of her shell, but she has too much energy for early mornings.
“You need to wake up so we can get ready,” Nat says. “I have some things I want to do today.”
“Natasha, please,” you say.
She loves the way you pout at her. She kisses it away. Her plan to wake you up is successful as you can’t resist her kisses. Nat shifts so you’re pinned under her. The weight of her wakes you up further.
“You’re evil,” you say as she kisses your lips deeply.
She kisses you for a few minutes before you hear the sound of little feet running towards your room. You brush your knee between her legs and Natasha practically growls. She didn’t hear the little girl, so she tries to kiss you again, but you push her off you.
“No,” Natasha mumbles as she falls back on the bed.
You chuckle at her antics.
“Mama! Mommy! The sun is up!” Ali says as she comes to your side of the bed.
“Yes, it is, baby,” you reply. “Come on up.”
The little girl crawls onto the bed and Natasha wraps her in her arms. She kisses her temple and holds her close.
“So, I was thinking we could decorate for fall/Halloween today. What do you both think?” Natasha asks.
“Really?” Ali asks. Her face lights up at the idea, but soon falls. “Scary stuff?”
“No, malyshka. Nothing scary,” Nat assures her. “Just some pumpkins, haybales, maybe even a scarecrow.”
“Where’s this coming from?” You ask your wife.
“I don’t know,” Nat says. “I just realized I kind of want to be one of those tacky fall families that decorate for the season. I want that for our kids.”
You nod in understanding. Nat has slowly opened up about her opinions about how to raise your kids with the older Ali gets and the prospect of more kids soon.
“Well, then we have some shopping to do,” you say.
“Can I wear my pumpkin shirt Auntie Wanda got me?” Ali asks.
“Absolutely,” you agree. “Let’s go get ready.”
With that, your little family of three is out of bed and gets ready to go shopping. You go to Target for a few inflatables, the farmer’s market for haybales and pumpkins, and finally make a stop at the grocery store for fall themed snacks and drinks.
When you get back home, you turn on a fall playlist and help Natasha decorate the house. She mostly does the work while you wrangle Ali from running around crazy. Maybe a caramel apple with M&M’s on it was too much sugar for a three-year-old.
“What do you think?” Natasha asks, stepping back from the house.
There are pumpkins, haybales, and a scarecrow in the front yard with more pumpkins and a fake black widow spider you convinced her you needed on the porch. The yard also has a Charlie Brown great pumpkin that Ali wanted. It’s perfect.
“I love it,” you answer. “You did amazing, my love.”
“Thanks,” Nat says, a smile on her face. She lifts Ali into her arms. “What do you think, Ali baby?”
“The spider is my favorite,” Ali replies.
“Really? I thought it might be a little scary,” you say.
“No, because Mama is a black widow, and she isn’t scary,” Ali reasons.
You and Natasha both laugh. Nat can be a little scary, but you won’t tell Ali that. After all, the woman who wanted to wake up and decorate the house for fall couldn’t be that scary.
The house looks perfect, and you feel a new tradition has begun. You can’t wait for next fall with your perfect family.
#natasha romanoff x reader#natasha romanoff#soft natasha romanoff#natasha romanoff fluff#natasha romanoff comfort#togrowoldinv’s flufftober 2023
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It's honestly crazy how people have so many misconceptions about the behind the scenes drama with Invader Zim that's mostly just fabricated based on what we expect because of what we hear happens with other shows.
Like, the network censors did have some weird bones to pick with certain things the Zim crew wanted to do, but I think it should be obvious given the stuff that made it to air that they were actually quite lenient about what was allowed. I think somewhere there's even a quote from Jhonen saying he didn't actually have a lot of fights with them and that the only thing that would've changed if Zim were on something like Adult Swim where he could go totally hogwild is that people would just randomly explode sometimes. Like, Nick were the ones who asked Jhonen to make a show for them after reading his extremely violent and mature comic books. They knew what they were getting into and they knew what they were signing off on when they let episodes like Dark Harvest go to air.
Contrary to popular belief, Nick never "hated" Zim. It wasn't cancelled for being "dark" or getting complaints from Karens or inspiring serial killers or having low ratings, and they certainly didn't try to sabotage it on purpose with their wack-ass scheduling (how would that have benefited them?). Dark Harvest was in like, the third episode and they were mid-production on season 2 when the show was cancelled. It was Nick's most expensive show at the time and while it was getting good ratings it wasn't as profitable as they wanted it to be. So when Viacom's stock tanked and they needed to cut expenses they gave Jhonen a few different options to reduce the budget, and when they couldn't come to an agreement the show was cancelled. When deciding what episodes to finish Jhonen suggested changing the ending of 10 Minutes to Doom to have Zim die in order to give the show finality, but Nick wanted to leave the door open for the show to come back. Ultimately, it was decided that the Xmas episode should be the finale because it would make the most money.
Nick actually loved the show. They got exactly what they asked for and it did well despite the issues they had with scheduling it and their own ineptitude at marketing and merchandising it. When they ran a Zim marathon on Nicktoons Network in the late 2000s the ratings were something like the highest ever or second only to Avatar, and they did reopen negotiations with Jhonen to revive the show again. But they still couldn't agree on a budget so nothing came to fruition. Eventually though, we finally got the comics and ETF and I believe Jhonen said that there was supposed to be a revival series or some other continuation following ETF, but negotiations on that fell through because just when they were about to come to an agreement there was a change in leadership at Nick that caused negotiations to be scrapped.
It wasn't Jhonen and the network who had "creative differences". From what I understand, the only drama with "creative differences" on the show were with director Steve Ressel (and this was waaaaay before he got outed as a groomer in 2020). Apparently, there was enough bad blood between him and Jhonen and the rest of the crew that he said he wouldn't return to Zim if it ever got revived (and in fact he did not for ETF). I think it's actually quite telling that Steve recorded commentary tracks for the show by himself that didn't even make it onto the DVDs while Jhonen and all the writers and actors who were on the commentary tracks that actually got officially released sounded like they all got along really well and enjoyed working together. I think there was also even a conscious effort to avoid talking about Steve in the official commentaries.
Also, there's a whole blog post by Rikki Simons titled "Character Assassination Long Since Past Due" where he reams Steve Ressel for not only being a dick at work but for talking shit on his own platform and being the source of a lot of the misconceptions about Jhonen's attitude toward the show that persist to this day.
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Lately I’ve been really craving greens. Just absolutely slamming salads, putting them in wraps, on my morning egg toast, wilted into my pasta. Mixed greens everywhere. Spinach and arugula my beloveds. Also tried watercress for the first time and found that delightful. Loving my leafy greens. Figured there must be something in them, a vitamin or other nutrient, that my body really needs, because I’ve been going through them like crazy.
Relatedly, I recently paid an in person visit to the grocery store. I usually order for pickup to save on time, but this day I wasn’t able to for some reason. I was buying canned clams to make my late grandpa’s clam chowder. It’s a traditional Christmas/New Year’s season meal for me, I had to have it.
And when I picked up my can of clams, I became entranced by how many different canned fishes there were on the shelves. Sometimes I buy tuna, but I’d never touched most of them. And I know I was shopping hungry and when you shop hungry everything sounds good, but on that day the canned fish sounded really good. I thought “Idk, maybe I could be the kind of person who likes canned sardines.”
Then I snapped out of it and realized how hungry I was, and thought how insane it is for me to crave unfamiliar canned fish when I hardly eat the familiar variety I do buy, and reassured myself I’d get a meal when I got home, and I walked away without ransacking the shelf of canned fish.
But then I did it again at the fish counter at the Asian market a week later. I stood there for a full ten minutes, studying the dozens of whole fish they had that I’d never tried before, thinking maybe this would be the day I’d finally try filleting a fish for the first time, before deciding there weren’t any in my price range that looked fresh enough (I am in the only triple landlocked state of course), and walking away with no fish.
Then I saw that post here about someone who slammed three cans of fish and then learned they have lots of nutrients that help with seasonal depression. And I remembered how I’ve been slamming so many salads. And I thought huh, maybe my body is trying to tell me something about fish.
Then one of my favorite food YouTubers uploaded a video all about how people eat canned fish around the world and I said OKAY! CLEARLY I NEED TO BUY THE FISH!
So when I ordered groceries yesterday to prepare for the coming blizzard, I ordered canned fish. Specifically, I got one can of sardines, one can of anchovies, and one can of smoked oysters.
Today I cracked open the can of sardines for lunch. I taste tested a small piece and it was delicious! So I toasted an English muffin, spread it with some cream cheese, topped it with some thin sliced red onion and my beloved mixed greens, and added some sardines on top. Drizzled the top with some of the sardine oil and had an open faced sandwich. It was messy, because the minute I tried to bite into it all my toppings fell off, but it was delicious.
So anyway, I guess I am the kind of person who enjoys canned sardines now.
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2.1 Penacony thoughts [part5]
**BIG STORY SPOILERS** Chatting up until the end of the current story so if you haven’t finished it yet then I’d encourage you to do so before reading any further.
Before all the big reveals happen, I appreciate these few dialogue options we get right after the Aventurine fight. It sounds like they’re all asked in rapid succession and the last one is completely valid considering how often we actually switched viewpoints during this update.
Once Sam appeared, I knew it was finally going to be the moment where we learn who he truly is. As they list out the other hunter’s specialties and his own lack of one, he mentions “there is only one method that I use,” and I wanna say it’s deception..
..because lo and behold, everyone was completely right and the person beneath the armored suit is indeed Firefly herself. I’m not surprised, just interested in learning about her reasons. Was that death of hers planned and why? Has she always been Sam, even way back during the Jepella Rebellion trailer? Or does that device in her hand allow her to appear as Sam? Because didn’t we hear to talking to a “mecha” in that one dreamscape last patch? She just seems so out of place among the other Stellaron Hunters but I’m eager to learn more about her once we pick up here next update.
Also, I’m just gonna say it.. I wasn’t truly upset over her “death.” I feel like we were kinda forced to care for her after she gave us a tour of Penacony, but that alone wasn’t enough for me to get properly attached. That time was real brief and only took up a small section of the previous update. Not to mention the many weeks in between updates where I spent much time thinking about almost everyone else aside from her. Most other characters we’ve met on this planet received trailers, drip marketing and so much more to get me invested into learning about them while Firefly’s presence was short lived. I would genuinely be upset if anything bad happened to Black Swan, Acheron or Sparkle and I’m already emotional over Robin, Aventurine and maybe even Sunday. There’s stuff going on with Gallagher and Misha that I’m still curious about and we haven’t even properly met Boothill yet but I’m so excited to see him. Maybe my opinion on Firefly will change during the next update, but for now I really don’t have any strong feelings about her other than simple curiosity. I am pleased to see her still alive for the Trailblazer’s sake, but if she somehow survives this entire story and Aventurine doesn’t..hmpf.
All that aside, the scene with Gallagher and Sunday was.. a lot to take in, but once again we have someone else calling Sunday crazy. Perhaps he should go to therapy.
The framing of this scene is nice and sorta confirms those purple nightingales do in fact see everything happening on Penacony, acting as Sunday’s eyes and reporting back to him. At least that’s the vibe I’m getting.
This is quite unexpected? Honestly I feel like every time Sunday is involved there’s a new plot point that’s introduced into this giant story. Both sides definitely have it out for each other, that’s for sure.
What in the hell is this twist??
Sunday thinks Gallagher is in disguise, but after the hound tells him to take a closer look, Sunday starts to notices all these little details about him that seem reminiscent to 52 other members of the Family.
I wish I could say this idea is foreign to me, but it actually reminds me of Kamui from the second season of Psycho Pass and how his body is made up of 184 different people and 7 personalities. Kamui was also unable to be detected by any scanners and that also reminds me of Gallagher and how almost no other Bloodhound knows who he is.
And I haven’t the faintest idea on what Sunday means here but I noticed the voice over doesn’t even say “minion of the Enigmata” no matter how many times I tried to replay this line over.
It’s at this moment where I started to waiver with my distrust towards Sunday and actually start to feel bad for him a little bit solely because of the strong emotion in his voice when he questions why Robin had to be killed. It at least prevents me from thinking he had any part of it.
Then we head into a cutscene and dear god, things happen quick. This one shot of Gallagher reminds me of his light cone just because of the lighter.
This frame of Sunday looking down on him feels so intense and I kinda love it with both the intense shadows and harsh light.
And then..? Our angelic and handsome man gets killed?? Presumably by another memory zone meme I guess I dunno it happened in an instant and all I have to show for it is splatters of goo??
Oohhh my goodness.. this story took such a turn. Many of them actually. Seeing how Sunday is a puddle on the floor similar to what happened to Firefly, I wanna believe that he’s gonna be okay? If she could survive, surely he can too. Maybe? I’m still not to sure about Robin’s condition and I’m being so darn hopeful that Aventurine is alive somehow. That’s definitely the death that hurts most for me if true. Anyways, I’ll end it here and just say there’s many answers to look forward to with the next update. As always, I’m not trusting anyone! Astral Express family only!
(originally written on 3/30)
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I said I have no words but actually I have a lot of words, so many words
Hime's character arc is so well written and enjoyable for two main reasons (at least for me), which are that Hime growth both as Cure and as a person are parallel and something that you can clearly and slowly see develop on screen. the other factor is that Hima from the very first episode has a role to grow into, which while it's not visible to the characters themselves is clear to the viewer (especially to someone who's a magical girl liker)
Hime's role in the group is being the blue one, but when we meet her in episode she's anything BUT blue, she's whiny, selfish and the biggest coward around. from the moment you see her, you know that she's not the version she's supposed to be, but since the characters are not going to go out and break the 4th wall (+ though if they did they could use the argument that Hime is somehow actually related to Blue and that's why this is her color) we don't actually get the more typical storyline for growing into a role that's designed for you, with the character not really wanting to/not feeling good enough. Something about Hime's growth as a person being so ingrained into the meta of the series makes me so satisfied with its writing.
there's also how all of the characters around her influence Hime's perspective and behavior. I'm specifically talking about Megumi and Yuuko - mostly because they have the most different approach to helping Hime. Megumi gives Hime the push that she needs to get out of her comfort zone and feel much more confident, while Yuuko is the force that manages her momentum, helping Hime with self-reflection and understanding the perspective of others.
and the way it all crescendo's in the mid-season finale! when she actually applies all that she's learned, when she apologizes to Iona without actually having to be explained to do so. how she gives her all of her cards, literally forfeiting her chance at coming back home, because she can empathize with the pain Iona is going through, as well as understand that her actions do have consequences and, manipulated into it or not, she is the one who had opened Pandora's box
[this finale and interaction with Iona is also handled so well with Iona also being able to empathize with Hime, to understand that while, yeah, she's made mistakes, awful ones, she's been thrust into this position that she wasn't ready for in the same way Iona has.]
I actually love this season so much, especially the first part (I will admit... I'm not too crazy about the Blue/Mirage storyline); if not marketing, I'm sure Hime would be the actual main character of the series but Hime couldn't be any other color than blue.
she couldn't even go the Tsubomi route because Hime being built to grow into someone curageous, somebody that other people can lean on, somebody that can be strong for others, into her own kind of "cool" (bandori reference) is something that makes her character that much more enjoyable and satisfying
#kitxt#precure#yeah going into the tags fuck me why not#here you go my shirayuki hime rant#if you want somebody to write a long fucking post about some things in precure hit me up dude i love talking and never stoping
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tagged by @hauntedwoman to talk about 5 things i’m obsessed with <33333 thank you!!!
1. succession surprise, surprise. i’ve finally gotten around to starting a full succession rewatch and i’ve been taking notes. first and foremost, one of my missions for this rewatch was to really focus in on shiv as a character because the first time i watched it and then rewatched it, i was a huge tom and kendall girl and honestly really did not like shiv :( but i recognize now that my dislike for her was mostly a result of my own internalized misogyny and also because she is a woman written by men and they really do their best to make her one of the less sympathetic characters in the show. i also think that a big chunk of fans online (esp twitter) are quick to label her an evil woman and, when defending their pov, they tend to bring up her behavior towards tom and kendall while also ignoring how both tom and kendall have treated her. i’m really enjoying this rewatch and have really grown to love shivvy. her relationship with tom also reminds me a lot of macbeth and lady macbeth and i think that their relationships have a lot of parallels and i find it very very interesting!!! i’m hoping to compile enough evidence to write something comprehensible about it. also, ROMAN. i literally did not give a shit about roman until the last few episodes of season four which is crazy but something has come over me. i think it’s his issues with intimacy and refusal to let anyone like actually see him and love him that has really bonded me to him <3 additionally there is something about kieran culkin (and rory…) that has bewitched me this summer. i think it’s kieran’s little fangs. i’m obsessed
2. the enormity of my desire disgusting me <3 welcome to truelovewaitsmp3 on tumblr dot com. this summer, i don’t think i’ve opened my journal without writing about how bad i want someone to love me, to look at the mess of my insides and all of this gross desire and love me anyways. to quote something i said to katy alpacinolover in an email, “I DON’T WANT SOMETHING CASUAL. I WANT TO BE THE PREY IMPALED ON YOUR SHRIKE’S THORN.” there’s something to be said about shame here and probably a million other things but i’ve written it so many times already that i don’t care to repeat it here.
3. ??? (stone fruits) two weeks ago, i bought a carton of nine plums from a local produce market. i had been rotting on the couch all day and decided that if i didn’t get up and put on real clothes and go buy a plum i was going to die. the most erotic experience i’ve ever had was eating a plum over newly washed cream sheets, plum viscera under my nails and between my teeth, wine colored juice dripping down my chin and onto my sheets. when the plums were gone, i found two forgotten nectarines in the fridge. i have been assigned “the love song of j alfred prufrock” for three different classes over the last four years (high school english, western humanities and then british lit in college) and each time, the line “do i dare eat a peach” was said to refer to prufrock’s acid reflux. in my american lit class, my professor brought it up one day and told us that it referred to oral sex. anyways. a nectarine is not a peach but i find the experience just as enjoyable.
4. wasteland, baby (2019) for whatever reason, i’ve always gravitated more towards hozier’s first album. however, over the past two months, i have listened through wasteland, baby an insane amount of times. something about the world ending and having someone there to hold through it. this album is also so incredibly sexy and is home to the horniest and sweetest hozier songs (TALK, be, dinner & diatribes, movement, etc). at the end of the title track, hozier whispers “that’s it” and i lose my mind. nfwmb is an honorary wasteland baby track, to me, and also a song that makes me insane and that i have had on repeat lately. i’m scared and excited to see what unreal unearth is going to do to me.
5. a past that i cannot go back to !!!! my hometown is filled with too many ghosts. summer digs them back up. i drive past her mom’s house and have to see her stupid car. someone else comes into work and i have to be reminded of everything i’ve missed out on. i have written about the same thing so many times i’m afraid that my story is metamorphosing.
hiiii ok i’m tagging @alpacinolover (i know you’ve already been tagged by someone else but i really need you to do this) @motherofvinegar @kenromshiv and anyone else who wants to do it! im tagging u.
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Ayoo I discovered your blog not long ago and I find that what you write is really cool, so if you are interested can you make headcanons of the Madrigal grandchildren when they do summer activities with their S/O pls :))?
Ooo sounds fun
Summer Activities w/ the Madrigal grandkids
This is an interesting idea, I like it! Antonio isn’t on here tho bc he’s a wee babe. Sorry this took forever to answer I kinda forgot about it
warnings: none???
Isabela
I honestly think summer is Isa’s favorite season
Everything’s so bright and colorful and alive
So you guys would be all over the place
Lazy days at the beach
Wandering around the forest
Hell maybe even surfing
Oooo and food
Popsicles, ice cream, etc
There would rarely be a time you guys had a healthy meal
Idk if this counts as a summer activity but y’all would definitely do tie-dye projects as well
Luisa
I can’t really see Luisa doing anything super crazy or active
But she does really love hanging out at the beach with you
She would love making sand castles, burying each other in the sand, and collecting sea shells
She very much enjoys goofing off in the shallows with you
But Luisa is a more laidback person so her favorite is being sprawled out on a big ass blanket or towel under a big ass umbrella with you next to her
On said blanket or towel you guys would sit and watch the sunset
Your knees would be loosely tucked to your chest
She’d be leaning back on her hands with her legs spread out in front of her
You would sigh and rest your head on her shoulder
In return Luisa would rest her head on the top of yours
As the sun dips below the horizon your guys’ wide, lovesick grins would still be shining bright
God it would just be so wholesome, much like everything else with her
Mirabel
You would have to drag Mira out of the house
I mean she doesn’t like being cooped up and would love to go out with you but it’s just so friggin hot
So you’d have to bribe her with a “we can get fabric while we’re out?”
She’d be all dramatic and flop out of her chair and be like “fineeeee”
So y’all would get cold treats and roam about the market and Mira would insist that you were just here for fabrics but you’d lead her everywhere else
You guys would be sweaty as hell but you’d still hold hands
Idk it just seems like Mira would love holding your hand
You’d have so much fun shopping and ppl watching the heat would be forgotten
And by dinner you’d be so full of street food you’d have to skip the family meal
Dolores
Dolores would also not be doing anything super exciting
She’d go shopping and take walks around the town and spend days at the beach with you
I know, I know, I’ve said the beach for a lot of these but that’s the only summer activity I can think of
She seems like a pretty mature person but I could see her building sand castles and splashing around in the shallows
She’d love to walk along the shore as the sun sets, talking about nothing and everything, occasionally picking up a pretty seashell
She doesn’t seem like she’d be a fan of sweets either so probably not too many frozen treats but she’d enjoy an ice cream I think
Camilo
Oh boy
Summer activities with Camilo would be fun but chaotic as hell
I mean almost everything with him is but ya know
Like Isa, you and Milo would also be all over the place
You’d be dancing around town to street performers’ music
Handing ice cream and popsicles out to kids while stealing a few for yourselves
Exploring the forest, walking in streams, splashing in rivers
And if you’re going to the beach you’re gonna be there all day
You’ve got food, floaties, blankets, towels, more food, and one giant ass umbrella
Like it’s so big you’re pretty sure Camilo had to ask specifically for this size
You two are having a blast, building sand castles, finding critters in the sand, starting full blown splash wars in the water
You’d have to fight birds off your food but you were giggling about it after so it wasn’t all bad
You guys would be walking back to your blanket and umbrella as the sky starts to turn orange, finally settling down to watch the sunset
You’d plop down on your blanket and Camilo would wrap a big towel around you both, pulling you close and resting his chin on your shoulder
You’d probably take a deep, content breath and say “it’s beautiful, isn’t it?”
And I have no doubt he’d say “yeah” but not even be looking at the sky
Instead he’s looking at you
You’d scoff and laugh and shove him a little “god you’re so cheesy” but you can’t deny the blush
Camilo would laugh and pull you back into him and be like “ayy, you know you love it”
You’d probably miss the sunset bc of all your flirting and goofing around
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Not to get all conspiracy theory, but that reddit screenshot you reblogged got me thinking... It is really weird that a show as big as Succession had its final season announced so late and with almost no promotion. Alan Ruck said everyone knew it was the last season in June, but Sarah said she didn't know until January. HBO has been pretty chaotic recently, a lot of shows were axed, I don't think it's that crazy to suggest internal conflict might have something to do with it. Especially if future plans could alienate a large chunk of the viewership, like that post mentioned the idea of killing Kendall off, or I bet businessbros would be turned off if Tom and Greg actually kissed, people would probably be mad about it being 'bad representation' too. Maybe I'm just in denial, idk :(
lots to unpack here lmao.......
First of all. I have to say that I DO agree that there is something weird about how season 4 has rolled out and been promoted, and there's absolutely something weird about Alan Ruck saying everyone knew in June, and then Sarah Snook doubling down a couple of days later to say she found out at the table read. Best case scenario, I think HBO let Jesse Armstrong make the call, and he made the call very, very late, and then HBO had to try and do damage control because the late announcement botched some of the promo, and not everyone internally ended up finding out about it at the same time.
Worst case scenario? ...... I don't know. I really don't want to turn into a conspiracy theorist. But. I've seen discourse about hbo max. I've seen people talk about the writers strike. And I know that studio-creator conflict is pretty common in the industry. so do I think it's possible that there was internal conflict involved? Yes, absolutely. Do I think it's likely?..... I'm genuinely unsure. I don't know. I wouldn't place bets in either direction tbh.
And..... yeah, if internal conflict was at play, I would say it's pretty likely that there was some discussion of future plotlines and story beats. If hbo is scrambling for money, they might be more invested than usual in pumping out things that are commercially successful to increase their subscriber numbers. (It would also bias them in favour of creating new shows instead of renewing old ones). What does that mean for succession? Again, I'm not sure. I don't have HBO's market research, and I don't actually know what the widest cross-section of its viewership is interested in. I think killing Kendall off would definitely alienate a massive chunk of it.
And tomgreg going canon? .......Honestly, I'm not sure I want to comment too much for fear of accidentally starting the johnlock conspiracy II: succession edition. I don't think HBO is the Big Evil Homophobic Studio punching down on Little Gay Rights Creator Jesse Armstrong. I also think that if season 5 pitches were being discussed, a disagreement on just one plotline wouldn't be enough to get Jesse to call it quits. But I'm also aware of the Discourse around "woke HBO" in the wake of ofmd and tlou, and of the businessbro portion of the viewership (which is sizeable) vs the marketing to the tg fans. I don't know if I'd go as far as "HBO axed succession bc tomgreg canon", but yeah I could definitely see there being Discussion about tomgreg.
(That being said. I did write that post about the editing/soundtrack de-homoeroticifying (?) tomgreg scenes and it would be really REALLY funny to me if that turned out to be HBO interference lmao)
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finally sitting down and making a post to kinda introduce myself and explain any possible downsides to my internet vibe
SO….for starters, you guys can call me al, although i’m really in the market for a new nickname with a horrific backstory lmao. I use she/her pronouns, and I live in the US!
I’ve been OBSESSED with ESC since 2018! Eurovision has been the one thing that’s been consistently good throughout my life and i’m too far invested to give it up lmao.
Anywho, here’s some random little fun facts about me!
- I pretty much fit every description of my zodiac sign/personality types. I’m a Gemini, ENTP-T, and my enneagram is 8w7. Maybe it explains why i’m such a spiteful human being
- I’m starting my first year of uni in August and I could not be more excited !!!!!
- I LOVE history and will make it a point to visit as many historical sites and museums as possible on every trip I go on! I love going to historical reenactments and hope to do that as a side quest sometime in the future.
- Maybe 80% of my current playlist is Eurovision related, but I’ll listen to anything (although i’m VERY picky about country music). I have a playlist on Spotify called “intro to my shockingly basic music taste” that i’ve been using to introduce potential uni friends to what I listen to, feel free to check it out!
- I’ve only been to 4 concerts which surprisingly is NOTHING compared to everyone else I know irl. So far i’ve seen Three Doors Down, Coolio/Vanilla Ice, My Chemical Romance with 100 Gecs, and Måneskin (which was BY FAR the most fun i’ve ever had).
- Speaking of music, my top artist right now are Marco Mengoni and Joker Out. Can you tell I miss eurovision?!?! I was also in the top 10% of Doja Cat listeners last year..,…
- My best friend (who I met through Eurovision groups) recently wrote a book and it’s dedicated to me! It’s by far my biggest flex. (they also run the podcast for the esc news account we volunteer for and i was the first and probably most chaotic guest)
- I don’t watch a lot of tv…my favorite shows are literally Community and Antiques Roadshow….
- I do, however, watch a LOT of movies! I watched 74 movies last year and ranked them! I *mostly* love really boring historical dramas and war movies so you already KNOW i’m gonna go crazy for Oppenheimer when that comes out. Some of my faves (in no particular order) are All Quiet on the Western Front, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Airplane!, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, and Memphis Belle.
wow it’s actually really hard to write about myself now that I think about it…but i’m SO down to answer any questions and what not! (plz bc i don’t interact with anyone irl how crazy of me)
Other than running this account, I also started my first ESC season as a team member of a moderately-sized Eurovision news group on instagram, which has been INCREDIBLY fun! I highly suggest you guys get involved in something like that if you’re looking for friends in the ESC community (which i’m still on the hunt for, but i’ve got a good start). Along with that, I also make silly little eurovision related whisper posts and you can find a few of those here, but there’s plenty more on my little side account @escwhxpers! My DMs are open there pretty much all of the time!
yuck ig promotion is WEIRD
so yeah! hopefully everything was spelled right and that this was…informative?
also my pinterest is @allshaj if you wanna see all of the eurovision related things i’m printing out and hanging in my dorm room lmao
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Diary 2/26: life update cause it's been 6 months at least
Hi 👋🏼, It's been a long time, about 6 months about. I'm 23 now
I have a lot of up and downs and haven't felt like writing, and my main creative outlet has been TikTok because to be honest, I feel less alone when I can see that people saw my video, and maybe ever gave it a like or comment
I guess I'll talk a bit about the last 6 months, I work at a craft store now, quit my old horrible job that mistreated me constantly, got COVID soon after quitting the old job, went and saw a medium sized artist I like in concert, second ever concert, her name is Tessa Violet, dragged my bff with me cause we planned it for her to come down and visit me during Spring Break.
I also confessed to my crush, they said they like me too and have just as long as I have but she thought me flirting was pitty compliments cause ADHD runs through both of us lol, it's been moving really slowly cause things keep happening to her, the universe is just slapping her weekly bro.
I don't hate my job at the craft store, but I miss doing a version of my chosen career as a baker/cake decorator, really wish that place wasn't so toxic and that I had a car already.
I'm still trying to get a car, it took me 3 months to get a new job after quitting my old one, the COVID thing was a month of that but also just this job market sucks, origami current job was seasonal, but I have really good numbers on the register and I'm good at the other parts like stalking and sorting and fixing things on the shelfs so I got kept on. I make sure not to give a ADHD 100% anymore, it killed me at my old job and whenever I only had a normal person's 100% they acted like I was failing when I was just doing a normal amount instead of a crazy amount, so I learned not to grind myself to the bone.
I can't remember if I've mentioned this, probably not tho, I go to a weekly crochet club for months now, it's all older ladies and me but it's better than nothing with how I don't really have friends other than my best friend. They care about me and I care about them and it's nice to talk to others once a week.
I kinda ran outta steam for finding friends the last 2 months, I was trying and trying and I'm just tired after months and months or trying 🤷
I think about making a post all the time, but also feel like I'm writing into the void, which has been terrifying me lately, the void that is, long story short, I was stressed AF and couldn't sleep for days the day before Halloween and tried to smoke to fall asleep, but before I'd just taken a hit or two of my brothers sleep type vape, but actually smoked it that night for the first time and instead tripped horribly and it's still affecting me mentally, the memory of the horror that was that night.
Editing a note: I was basically trying to test for a bit if a sleep strain of weed would help with my at the time rampid insomnia since sleep meds either don't work on me or give me bad side effects, but after that night I'm probably never touching it again so ✌🏼
I also am just not feeling great medically, I just got my broken tooth pulled through and did my wisdoms at the same time and already feel better even with the jaw pain, so hopefully some of the not feeling well was because of my teeth, I've been working on trying to finally fix my teeth as well and I think it might actually happen now
Anyways, it's after 3:20am so I'm gonna go lay down even if I don't sleep till 4 cause laying down is better than nothing
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get to know me(me)
@deadgirlsupremacy tagged me in this a while ago, it's taken me this long to actually get on desktop tumblr where I can type like a human being lol. tag whoever you want to get to know better!
Three ships: Let's say Mulder/Scully because I'm watching their show now, Geralt/Yennefer because I love them, and still Amy/Rory even 10+ years later.
First Ship: I have a vivid memory of first seeing the scene where Arwen gives her Evenstar pendant to Aragorn playing on the tv in a video rental store when I was like, twelve, and SHIPPING IT.
Last song: Spotify says it was "Needlessly Wild" from the new Sleater-Kinney.
Last Film: The X-Files: Fight the Future, because I started season 6, realized I missed the movie, and had to go back. If it weren't for that dang bee Scully and Mulder would have kissed by now!
Currently Reading: Death Valley by Melissa Broder. I am also pulling a bunch of comics and am woefully behind on most of them. Mostly reading X-Men stuff, but also have been really into G. Willow Wilson's Poison Ivy ongoing.
Currently watching: The X Files season 6! I had seen a handful of episodes but never the whole show so I finally decided to put it on. I love Scully and I love Mulder and the 90s TV vibes are very soothing to me. Also speaking as a bisexual, Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny are both, like, exactly my type lol.
Currently consuming: Does this mean food? Other media? Let's say I have become obsessed with marzipan lately. It was everywhere for Christmas and I even got some marzipan flavored tea at the German Christmas market downtown.
Also have been playing crazy amounts of MTG: Arena, if you want to add me over there let me know.
Currently craving: Again, is this food? Something else? My great desire is for my brain to be in book reading mode (TM) as often as it is in book buying mode (also TM).
Tagging @bendingwind, @tardis-stowaway, @traincat, @aimlessglee, @karolinasdeans, @softbrah, @aleksrothis and anyone else who feels like it!
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This isn't exactly a ask but more of a thank you. I've been watching Supernatural live since season 8 but never really interacted with the fandom because it never felt very welcoming. I just felt like I kept being gaslit but then I would question it and it would just become a cycle. I probably just didn't know where to look but luckily I was scrolling through TW tag and found you. I guess a question I could ask is if you ever watched Merlin or do you just know about it because of the eruption on tumblr every Christmas eve? Also I really appreciate when you talk about your disabilities because I can relate. I've been gaslighted by doctor's all my life and I just recently found out my Kidneys aren't doing what there supposed to lol.
Anyways thank you
Sure thing! First things first, let me give you a warning that since you just expressed something to this tune, you may get some hateful spam in your inbox. It's vile, just block and delete. Maybe if I warn you in advance, they'll know better than to try.
But that said. Yeah. Like. It was always there. And in seasons 12-14 for example I was telling yall like. No, you're not crazy. Yes, there's market testing. No, I didn't know how to show the receipts at the time without fucking up my source. Yes, they all know. Yes, there's good faith groundwork and they're fighting and trying but we shouldn't hate on them, support their efforts. But people had vested efforts in convincing people there were no efforts, and went so far as to convince reactive hellers to attack me telling me I was telling the gays to settle, instead of support their fellow queer creatives in a literal battle.
Over time the authors got less and less accessible, Bobo was burned out after Wayward failed, which he had picked up as a repeated fan pitch from the Wayward Daughters movement. And why wouldn't they? EVERYONE was dogpiling them. But finally, people are realizing the truth. Others are getting more shrill as they realize the accountability they have if they admit it, and that goes for a few lanes to be honest. Because even hellers were often very cruel to the people fighting for them.
it was antagonized by the same accounts trying to stir the shit today, but people are still accountable for their actions, and that's something this fandom isn't used to.
I'm going to admit I don't know much about Merlin, it just wasn't my thing, it vaguely pops into my purview but I admit I stay pretty insular on tumblr, I rarely Venture Out if you will.
And glad me bitching about my bad hips and gas helps I guess lmao
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I finally watched AOT's last episode and frankly, I am not okay, I have been sobbing a river oh my fucking god.
Anyways, it was really good, as expected of MAPPA anyway, I was pretty much crying the whole episode actually.
I have complaints, mostly because of the not included anime, little things like not having the flashbacks of Armin of reading a book in the rain, the squirrels etc. etc. I would have love to see them in the market and the way to the boy who sought freedom, goodbye was not implemented, I WAS WAITING FOR THAT COME ON
The anime only scenes were good too, like Levi giving food to the refugees, falco and gabi, i wish we saw their outfits tho, they slayed with that one.
the way they played 13 no fuyu, im killing myself, ive been listening to that shit since 2022 which mind you was when i was active once more in aot, the fucking flashbacks my god, that was so tragic RAHHH
i also saw aot's op, EREN WITH A BOW? EREN WITH A BOW!!! MIND YOU I JUST FINISHED WATCHING THE HUNGER GAMES SO IMMEDIATELY IM LIKE YES YES IT'S GIVING KATNISS EVERDEEN, WITH WHAT HIM BEING HUMANITY'S HOPE, ESP WITH THE FIRE COMING OUT OF IT FORMING A BIRD
THE SAME BIRD WE SAW ON S4 ENDING 1, oh my god, the opening was really cool omg, it perfectly showcased eren's journey, what he went through, despite being absent in the final chapters, it still showed Eren was still the protagonist...Which isayama did not understand when he made 139
Yes, I am bitter still with the ending, no, I am not hearing anyone out and no, I am not going to pour my disappointments with it STILL, here because yeah.
It's such a shame that's the last and final time we'll ever see it, devastating tragedy omg.
ARMIN AND EREN'S FINAL INTERACTION, IM GLAD THEY MADE THEM HOLD HANDS, THANK YOU MAPPA, PLS THE WAY THEY'LL BE TOGETHER FOREVER AND WILL BE WAITING FOR EACH OTHER IN HELL, GAGGED, IM DEAD, MY ROMAN EMPIRE FOR REAL
Now that's out of the way.
It's been a long and fun ride, regardless, the final season has been going for what three years, i've been with this series for three years, it was fun really it was, this series took such a simplistic and cliched approach then twisted into something more complex and truly gutwrenching. 2020 was nothing without AOT, in my opinion, watching AOT broadened my media consumption, yanked me into the anime world and i already have so many fandoms i'm in.
2020 was a hard time too, i couldn't have done it without this bloody series, god, i remember aboarding the train hype, everything was everywhere, fics, art, videos, memes etc. All those I read influenced my writing style, all those theories made me think more critically, those memes and videos of it made me laugh. It's funny how a series like this one comforted me so much.
I remember being so traumatized by the first episode i'm like who the fuck would ever like this series with this much blood and that night i immediately searched for eren fics because i was like who is this boy i like him, i fucking dreamt of the beast titan, all those nights racing with my sister who could finish the series first, i literally woke up at 4 just to watch it before she could.
Fucking terrified which of my favorite characters were going to die next, literally sobbing over armin's death, god and the mindfuck with Marley and Eldians and Subjects of Ymir in the fray oh my god.
Can I just say, I wouldn't be who I was without AOT? Even with my cynical behavior, it's all because of it.
2021 who i never fail to reiterate and think fondly is good because of AOT as well, I figured wow, the final season is coming back, I should rewatch it again and so the hyperfixation began, i was sick too, almost dying too actually, dengue is dangerous and it was just a fond memory because i was watching aot and i acted like i never had watch these scenes in my life and despite feeling like dying i felt okay.
I was so batshit crazy when part 2 came out, that was the one that was actually peak AOT don't lie, I was literally screaming like i was giving birth OVER AN OPENING AND AN ENDING, i'll never forget any of it.
When I cried watching the whole episode, it really just occurred to me that this is really the end for AOT, i was only ever able to go through it because I have the anime and it what really kept the whole fandom alive, the anime's honestly the reason why it had this many fans as you can see.
And again the way it's heartwrenching for it to just be a simple series and then it's full blown war, jean and reiner holding out to each other, remembering how they used to be close and comrades then betrayals and war happened and it's all ruined.
The devastating realization of seeing the last few panels animated, watching the end flash through the screen, realizing there was nothing out of this now, no more next episodes, no more hype, it's gone and it's so devastating because how happy it made you, the way you'll never see these characters again, only in rewatches or art. But it's not the same.
I admit I don't feel as hyperfixated over it now, after getting burnt out of it last year, even good things go badly sadly and i was just here for eren now, but doesn't change the fact this series has nurtured my quarantine, i grew up with this series even if it was only recent, who changed the trajectory of my life and had me find my paths.
I'll never forget these characters who made my life, who brought life to the story, even if they were just moved by the plot now, i'll always have a soft spot for AOT, i will always love it, regardless how much i hate it, there will always be fondness within it.
It's kind of weird, really to see Levi who has done so much to the fandom just by existing and being drawn and animated now cease to exist? I suppose, looking at him feels weird like imagine comparing 2014 levi to 2023 levi now omg, that's where you really begin to realize how much time has passed and how much AOT has evolved AGAIN JKSDHJ
well, i'm still on eren's side, still hate what happened to him but i'll always love him, he is such an important character to me, i don't think i truly ever loved someone like him despite representing the total opposite of me, he just had that charm i suppose, his views are so hauntingly beautiful, idealistic, him representing hope, despite what he did, in the end he did what he could for himself and for his people IN MY HUMBLE ONION
eren yeager i'll always love you
i'm kinda scared what would happen to this fandom now, will it die now? Will it live? I doubt, I haven't even finished my eren fic and lol, either way i hope someone will still enjoy AOT, i hope still there will be new watchers.
This is long but this is just how I really feelt about AOT which I wholeheartedly do love and cherish with all the memories and the pain it gave.
Thank you Isayama for this world, for these characters, for these mindblowing revelations about war, life and freedom, for the heartaches and the joy.
Thank you WIT for raising AOT and truly breathing life to it, for garnering fans for it to be more appreciated.
Thank you MAPPA for continuing WIT's legacy, you are not the same but still delievered, thank you for carrying the final season and the fandom on your back, may you sleep well and have your deserved pay.
Thank you for the voice actors who breathed those memorable lines to be used in edits.
Thank you Linked Horizon for coming back, aot was iconic because of your openings.
Thank you AOT for everything.
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[This is really loooong, but since your questions in both posts tie into one another, I figured you'd rather have it in one go. It's also speculative and I encourage anyone reading to do their own critical thinking.]
Late last year, like @kryptoniancape suggests, seems to fit the timeline for the change of gear, but I don't think it has anything to do with Melissa and her supposed leave. AMC doesn't mention this clean and easy out, and their press release would have had to pass through Legal. They struck franchise wide deals with the actors and the only reason you 'exit' a project is if there's a paper trail to complete. MMB was locked into the first season of the spinoff.
Remember when the talk about the subpar feature scripts resurfaced? Whatever options deal Gimple had with AMC expired at that point. That's when the studio had to decide how to bring Rick back.
Melissa might have wanted to have the summer off, but do you believe she's naive enough to assume she'd still have a career if she takes a leave of absence? An actress woman her age retires if she takes an extended leave. (A vacation after a crazy long season isn't leave.) We only have this assertion from NR and JDM, and honestly? It sounds like publicist spin to make an actor more likable, "Look, he has his costar's best interest at heart. Isn't he a sweet guy? Watch his show!" Both of these guys have quite a lot riding on those spinoffs being successful.
What is Lauren Cohan saying? She also has a stake with AMC. Has she told anyone that her good friend Mel needs a break, so quit being so toxic and watch her show instead?
Take what I say with a grain of salt since most of this is conjecture, even if it's based on my experience in the industry, but always pay attention to what isn't said. Most often, there's a wealth of information in silence because like MT has said before, TV operates on personal connections and you need to keep at least a glossy veneer with people. Circles are small. You don't want to make enemies if you can avoid it and we all love plausible deniability.
This whole mess is managed by studio executives and the legal department, and to a degree, NR and his management team. There's a host of people making a tidy sum off their earnings, so an actor's opinion in these types of situations is very rarely their homegrown output. There will have been meetings discussing what their opinion should be, with outcome probabilities for those options.
I don't think there needs to be crazy editing for the finale. Whatever we end up with is what AMC intended all along.
Remember how AK said there were discussions of how to end Leah and what we got was because "Norman wanted to just shoot her"? Take a moment to think about that and its implications. Good showrunners keep an open door to their actors, but they don't have an invite to the writers room to break the season arc. AK also isn't telling us who was part of that talk and most people probably infer it was an informal chat between her and NR. What's her point in sharing? Do we think that's a funny anecdote of how approachable she is and what a cool dude NR is?
The fact that Daryl has hoarded over a decade's worth of Clairol should also tell the viewer things. NR's team is trying to sell the image of a virile man in his prime, a panty dropper. That's why he hasn't wanted any romance for Daryl, claiming there's already enough of that on the show to go around. His brand is alluring bad boy and tying his character to an age appropriate woman who hasn't dipped into Daryl's secret stash of hair color?
His team is looking at the bottom line and trying to ensure their livelihood. Why do you think he's diversifying his income, with whiskey and novels?
I wouldn't be at all surprised if 'Daryl is the most popular character' is pure marketing. He's the only character original to the show (without a comic book template) so AMC owns the rights outright. I think viewers like Daryl a lot, but he's a reactive character, not an instigator and he needs Rick and Carol to come into his own. Obviously, I don't have access to AMC's market research, but I suspect that those two characters are the ones who are drawing an audience.
Think about TV shows in general (and a decade back in time), why would a show that keeps killing off its cast, keep Carol alive for the duration of its run? Whether you love her or love to hate her, the network has people talking about their show and Rick is a conventional hero, so you have another segment of the audience right there.
AMC will want to keep the Caryl viewership because it's not an insignificant number, so they'll dangle that possibility as long as they can. I have a few theories on what might happen and they're depressing enough that I'll just keep them to myself.
The only thing I can claim to know for sure is that the Daryl solo spinoff isn't a recent development. Pre-production takes too long for a shoot to happen this summer if you didn't start planning before April. That's the only thing I can say to be objectively true. Everything else I've said is subjective to varying degree and I hope I'm wrong.
Thank you for taking the time to explain. Like I said, I find your insight very helpful even if it is just speculation. You are always welcome to share your theories even if you think they're depressing. Honestly everything is just depressing now anyway.
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Hello everyone! It’s been a really long time since I posted anything on this account but I would like to share this with all of you.
So, as you all know, (and if you don’t, that’s okay!) I started a Tmnt TLOU alternate universe to see if the 2012 Turtles and their allies can survive the Cordyceps fungus. So, this AU takes place at the end of season 4, after the craziness that happened with the Super Shredder. The Turtles defeated their arch enemy and they just want some time to relax and celebrate their victory. Soon, Raphael’s girlfriend, Mona Lisa, comes to Earth for a visit while at the same time, a strange virus slowly takes over the city. The Turtles and their allies are caught up in this new virus mess and Mona Lisa is killed in the chaos, completely shattering Raphael. 10 years pass and Raphael is now a 28 year old black market smuggler, slowly losing his memory and living in a post-apocalyptic world where humans are getting infected or becoming mutants that are also infected. With Casey Jones and Chompy (who’s now the size of a medium sized dog) by his side, they all live in the Boston Quarantine Zone until one day, they cross paths with Marlene, the leader of a militia group called the Fireflies. She asks the boys to smuggle something out of the city in exchange for their guns back but when Marlene shows what the boys are smuggling, it’s a 29 year old girl whose been immune to the Cordyceps fungus for 8 years, my oc, Daphne Prince (Diana Prince’s daughter). When Casey gets bitten by an infected and sacrifices himself, Raphael, Chompy and my oc embark on an adventure across the country in hopes of a cure for the fungus that’s taken so many lives. But of course, hanging out with this girl is making Raph remember Mona Lisa, his old girlfriend. And of course, when you go halfway across the country with someone who has the same personality as you, it’s kinda hard not to get attached to them. After everything they went through together and after such a long trip, the trio finally make it to Salt Lake City. When the Fireflies tell Raph that my oc would have to die for the doctors to successfully extract the sample in her brain, a “demon” from my oc’s past controls him and makes him go a little cray cray, kills everyone at the base (which will have consequences later), and Raphael saves the girl he barely even knows.
#tmnt 2012#tmnt fanart#tmnt raphael#tmnt#tmnt au#oc stuff#my ocs#oc x canon#oc#the last of us#tlou#tlou2#tlou fanfiction#tmnt fanfiction
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