The new synopsis for 7x04. They uno reversed us with the jealousy 😭

all i see is buddie ship sailing (literally and figuratively)

BIRDDAUGHTER

Anyways time to analyze this screencap

This was originally a split second clip from the Bardel projects' reel, although it's since been omitted... and interacted with online by some of the team / cat's out of the bag, so uh - here's the meta!

The first aim is to try to establish when this is taking place timeline wise (aka in which season and when). The second will be who I think this scene involves (which is Rayllum and I'm gonna explain why). Spoilers for 6x01 thanks to previous Cons and proceed with caution if you don't want any spoilers!

So 6x01, "Startouched," has Rayla and Callum embark to the Starscraper by the end of the episode alongside Stella. This means they will presumably not be reuniting with anyone else from the Main Cast until at least the season's midpoint (6x05) if not later (6x07-6x08), by which point the plot will likely be in full swing, even if Aaravos was not released by the season's midpoint. That means there may not be as much time for something that seems like a cute little filler moment as this seems to be.

Not impossible, but I think it's unlikely that this shot/scene is from S6 from a plot / time standpoint.

Another reason in this column is that we know Hat at least, but presumably the other Baitlings too, are with Soren and Zym when they go to Lux Aurea to meet up with Corvus again.

So there's no way, realistically, it could be in early season six. If it is in later season six, it means that Callum and Rayla succeed at the Starscraper / escape relatively unscathed enough with a small window between reuniting with the boys / Ezran and shit hitting the fan. It is a window, narrow, but not impossible

My early estimate could also be early S7 as, again, the latter half of the final season will be particularly intense, and I could see the characters trying to have some down time / make the best of a bad situation earlier on in the season when there's a bit more time, well, to let them try

As for the boat itself...

The first thing is that the boat is decorated quite prettily and prominently with roses, which just feels romantic. Stella is juggling and the Baitlings (who seem to be singing) seem to be putting on some small, endearingly silly sort of performance. possibly added by the two (Star arcanum?) birds we see. There's also a warm yellow-ish light source coming from the bottom of the picture and subsequently probably the upper middle of the boat, which makes me think of candles.

I'm willing to bet that this is a Rayllum moment since it just screams Callum being very sweet and romantic, and setting up this (maybe they have to take a boat and he wants it to be better, maybe it's just for fun) boat to try and distract Rayla because she doesn't really like them. I can't see Janai or Amaya being interested in a little animal circus performance, so that rules them out to me, and we hardly ever see Stella be separated from Rayla, even temporarily. So I think this being a Rayllum scene makes the most sense because of Stella's inclusion, and maybe it is Callum wanting to do something special for her, whether it's them officially getting back together, or just spending some time together even while the world is ending cause y'know, they missed out on two years of dates they could've gone on, and want to use some of the time they have left for that.

Stella is also juggling Adoraburrs, which have a tendency (presumably) to be primarily close to the Moonshadow forests, since we don't see the tiny ones anywhere else in Xadia, so it could even be a pit stop on the way back to the Silvergrove to get her and her family unghosted, perhaps (and all the more reason to try and take her mind off things).

My other consideration for a pair is Sorvus, since I could see Soren being silly and setting up the Bailting choir (he seems close to Hat in particular) and I think Corvus would be endeared by it, ultimately. That doesn't account for Stella though, and while Soren and Corvus are clearly friends/co-workers on the crownguard, they haven't had a lot of even teasingly romantic development, so I don't feel like the story is really gonna prioritize them heavily as a romance (especially because we have Karim/Miyana, Callum/Rayla, possibly Aaravos and someone in his past, Claudia/Terry breaking up and presumably getting back together, we're gonna get Runaan/Ethari back in these coming seasons in addition to Lain/Tiadrin, and there's always Janai/Amaya, of course). TDP already has a lot of romantic relationships in it, so I feel like Sorvus, if/when they do get together, would probably be a smaller moment later in the final two seasons, and they probably wouldn't get as big a focus as a scene like this seems to imply just from a pacing/character standpoint

Plus, Rayllum kinda has a thing with boats and important moments for them happening on said boats, but that is a meta for another day

Finally watched S7 Ep1!!

It feels completely different to last series even one episode in...

I am living for Eddie and his Jelly talk 😅

I love him

Late observation on my part but he has all these photos of his life in chicken island

When you remember in the very first episode he was lamenting not having any proof of his memories or an identity while watching a montage of this couple's memories

Once again i think. Good for him

Our Blue and Green World Spoilers

I'm still bummed that we'll never see a Donita/Paisley team up BUT I'd also be down for a Donita/Paisley showdown/1v1 since Zach is most definitely gonna snitch to the other villains about her.

Also, hero x villain Daisy, just hest me out

What's Your Order?

☕ 9-1-1 (TV)

☕ Kinley (Evan 'Buck' Buckley / Tommy Kinard)

☕ 5+1, Teen+, expected 10k

☕ Set post 7x05

5 Times Buck Guessed Tommy’s Coffee Order + 1 Time He Didn’t Have To

(Read on AO3) / preview under the cut

Buck got to the coffee shop later than intended, after rifling through every single outfit in his wardrobe before he could decide on something suitable. Was there a dress code for a coffee shop not-a-date-but-an-apology-for-ruining-the-first-date date? Buck didn’t think so. But he’d finally settled on a white shirt with soft stripes that made his biceps look particularly striking, if he did say so himself. He’d run some gel through his hair, less than normal so that his curls were still a little visible, but enough to tame them into something presentable. Then he’d grabbed his phone and keys and hurried out of the door whilst trying not to overthink everything.

Without Eddie’s nudge, Buck wouldn’t have had the courage to call Tommy and ask for a second chance. He hardly thought he deserved one after making a fool of himself in the restaurant—and the basketball game. Even during the cruise ship rescue, Buck had hardly been on top form. Really, he couldn’t understand what Tommy saw in him, but Tommy had promised to meet for a chat and Buck was determined not to act like an idiot this time.

Except, of course, that plan went out of the window the moment Buck arrived and he realised he had no idea what Tommy’s coffee order would be. He could text and ask, he supposed—but he didn’t want to bother Tommy, who was probably driving, and whilst Eddie might know, he was busy helping Marisol move back out of his house. Plus, asking Eddie felt like cheating. Buck ought to be able to figure it out, right? He’d guessed Eddie’s coffee order correctly on their drive home after their second shift, and he had plenty of experience getting the 118’s coffee. He could figure it out.

Musing on the cruise explosion

Call me insane but I really want Bobby to be the one that causes the explosion. Accidentally, of course. Just, Bathena on the case to thwart the evil pirates and save the innocents. Bobby saying he'll create a distraction and running off, not seeing the side eye Athena sends his way. He's a firefighter, after all. They shut engines and motors down all the time so they can rescue people. So he shuts down the big ships engine, but he misses something vital. Letting pressure release or something, and it causes the explosion. And Bobby's like... "Oops. My bad" (as the ship is slowly rolling onto its side).

Chaos Bobby is the captain of the 118 after all. Who do you think taught them all their ways? Then after it's all over we get some delicious guilt and angst on his part for sinking a god-damned cruise ship and causing yet more deaths and maybe some lingering trauma / throwback to his first big loss... please. Give us the throwbacks for all of them! Those who've read my fic know that I adore lil nuggets of humour amidst my angst and whump and dammit I want that in this emergency too! Reblog if you agree!

Of course Tommy and Eddie are the ones bonding; Tommy likes Love Actually, monster trucks, and craft beer (all very Eddie coded)

911 + Text Posts pt247/?

been passively watching the latest rick and morty season just to see what they do after s6 being a big cloud of nothing. overall s7 feels a lot more tightly paced and written overall, the meta commentary on story writing and production issues are majorly toned down so far, and the new voice actors are doing an admirable job.

but, like the past few seasons i cant really say im digging much of anything they're doing. and i think the latest evil morty prime rick episode highlighted why. i dont mind the evil morty backstory stuff or the prime rick stuff at the end but...

why a machine that kills all versions of a person across all realities? i can see its theoretical value as a means of adding "le stakes" to whatever comes next but at the same time i feel like it actually does more to devalue whats happened and will happen. ricks search for diane despite its self admitted cliched nature did have some poignant value because it was a man who had access to a theoretical infinite thread of replacement dianes to chose from refusing to do so because he valued his diane, irrationally, more.

throwing in a machine that killed all variations of diane across all the multiverses takes the wind out of that and somehow makes it more cliched, because then its not a case of ricks irrational attachment to a specific version of a specific person instead becoming a case of literally being incapable of accessing any variation of that person because they're all dead.

and in that same vein it ironically, considering how the episode ends, it adds more importance to his search for prime rick because the dude erased someone from all realities. it no longer remains a personal vendetta with disastrous collateral damage, prime rick is just another super villain thanos asshole in terms of the scale of his ambitions.

and its a bad habit of the show where it keeps wanting to have dramatic stakes and in order to get those stakes it keeps kneecapping its characters to get those stakes. meaning i find myself caring less and less for those stakes because its completely hobbled its characters!!

"I'm sorry you lost a finger, but that's the price of surprise butt-play."

Still cracking up at Rick's line.

Favorite war criminal spotted

actually the worst part of the shuttle leak storyline is that Toby gets the red carpet treatment from Babish but CJ doesn't even get an apology for the witch hunt (Toby gets two).

Grabbing dynamic pose references of seven in his assassin attire but also

He's a frickin dork