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Spoilers for Ep 69 COZ OF COURSE I'M SCREAMING (as well as Ep 70 and beyond coz I apparently hate myself and spoiled myself on Naver Webtoon. Again.)
It's a SUPREMELY interesting choice of translation in that scene where Theo has to pretend he knows how to behave like a normal loving husband. The English line the translator chose is "Isn't that right, Pereshati?"
Which is fine, coz 1) he doesn't call her anything different, and 2) this is a far more subtle shift - Theo only says her name in highlighted moments (e.g. when he fell off the bed, when he noticed her a little unsettled by his ferocity in the last chapter). Otherwise, his dialogue doesn't use her name at all. So this is him trying to emphasise their closeness... by using her full name (Lord love you Therdeo Lapileon, you hopeless dork)
However. In the original hangul, he outright calls her 부인 (buin) - 'wife'. Just to hammer in the awkwardness of "HI YES HELLO WE ARE EXTREMELY MARRIED, YES THIS IS MY TRUE, LEGIT WIFE, NOTHING ELSE GOING ON HERE" (the Webtoon comment that called him "an underrated comedy king" should be one of the top comments of the YEAR coz it's truer than we could've ever hoped)
Anyway, in modern usage(?) apparently its considered impolite to refer to your own wife as "buin" (someone better versed in Korean, please enlighten me)? It's more appropriately used to refer to another person's wife. But technically speaking, MILAOWM is set in some... 18th-19th century world so I would argue it could be okay to use...?
It's possible that it could be an equivalent to the way "madam" was used in the Regency era when men would and did call their own wives "madam". It was considered a proper term of address back then so I can only suppose "부인" in this regard can act the same way. But, I also recognise it would be a pain in the ass to translate it as "isn't that right, madam?" and then have the entire fanbase go berserk over why he's calling her something we mostly recognise as a formal term for strangers these days.
The... unofficial, let's say, translation went with "isn't that right honey?" which, while it would have achieved the same effect as 부인on the readership, also isn't quite the most accurate read on the line.
Literally speaking, the translation would have been: "Right, wife?"
...which would have been hilarious, but also WAY too close to Borat and just... undermines his dignity as a ML, possibly to irreparable extents (maybe? I don't think I would have minded coz there is really no fooling us at this point: Theo can do cool things if he puts his mind to it, but his default is Socially Awkward)
But because I'm biased: just you wait, Perry. We're all waiting with you for the time he smiles at you with his whole heart and you MELT - JUST WAIT.
Anyway, I thought that was just interesting and just makes me determined to keep Google Translating my way through the Naver versions. Also reading it on Naver is how I found the April Fool's 4koma and let's not go there coz I'm already thoroughly distracted.
The hand holding is just icing on the cake. Theo shattered me into pieces for a variety of reasons, but the hand holding is just *chef's kiss*. At this point, this is all progress on Theo's part ("if it's Pereshati, it's okay also I'm in love but no one say anything about that yet") it'll be another long wait until she figures out that she's fallen for him (so we hope) We are all Vicountess Otiz at this point.
We are also all Gloria Lapileon. MADAM. YOUR GRACE, WHAT ARE YOU THINKING.
That determined LOOK on her face in Episode 70 after she sort of denies Daniel a chance to play Cupid since Theo clearly hasn't made any progress in wooing Perry. That is the expression of a Grandmother with A Plan to Help Her Awkward Grandson Win the Hand of the Fair Lady who Saved Her Great Grandson/Family. I know she's been given the idiot ball to hold this whole time with regards to her own family and their household, but I love this matriarch and I wish her every success.
Meanwhile, the other current love of my life, Pereshati - is so tired of shenanigans and having to worry about so many people. I'm crying. She literally mutters to herself, "Why am I surrounded by weak* men?" and the bodyguard nearby, in utter shock, thinks to himself 'd-does she mean even the Grand Duke?'
[*the 'weak' here can refer to physically weak in hangul]
Just to preempt the "PERESHATI DON'T BE MEAN" comments, look at this from her perspective:
Count Jahardt: been sickly most of her adult life
Theo Lapileon: has just recovered from seizures, severe blood loss and a 3 day coma, and is honestly more fragile than he lets on
Adeus Potson: has been hurt twice, looks like a puff of air could blow him over
Celphius Lapileon: probably not included in her list, but he's still a wee babby, also full of toxic blood, and must be protected at all times
She's just so tired, guys. Exhausted by everything. Men, essentially (the women are also exhausting but they're not as fragile).
Also she doesn't have the full picture of the kind of demons Theo has been fighting/Adeus' true motives (though that is about to come SHOOTING OUT THE LEFT GATE) so we'll see how this shakes out eventually if/when she finds everything out.
I am not ready for Ep 75 being the season 1 finale. Truly I am Not Ready, but it must be done of course. I don't know how seungu is doing but I hope they're able to rest and recuperate and take care of themselves so this series can continue fucking me up being lovely and the target of my current obsession.
Shout out to Islette and Phineas - please let this father-daughter side relationship be given a spin-off/side stories coz poor Islette has been subjected, undoubtedly, to Phineas' unceasing tutoring coz he's a well-meaning worrywart and probably wants her to get up to the level of literacy she should have at her age (regardless of the trauma) and I just want to see how Phineas learns and grows to become the most whipped papa in the world
Honestly: who run this world? Girls.
(Okay, girls AND Marvin and Celphi, coz that map foreshadowing is heavy; why is Schwartz not considered a vassal state of Castor, despite having been defeated recently? HMMM.)
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I swing up and down on my excitement for The Batman (2022) from like moderately interested to severely disappointed. The reason being that I am kinda fucking sick to death of Edgelord Supreme Batman and the specific brand comic nerds that swarm around the release of edgy batman movies.
--You know the types. The very white very misogynistic ones who think "I've never met a girl who was into comics before" is a high quality pick up line--
But like if we are gonna have another dark edgy I Am Vengeance Batman then start-of-his-career-first-time-unleashing-his-trauma-in-the-form-of-fursuit-vigilantism-Batman is absolutely the way to go. Enough with the jaded I've-been-doing-this-for-years-and-Gotham-still-sucks-and-I'm-still-sad-and-lonely-Batman. Dude kinda sucks in that form.
Baby Batsy just figuring out where his lines actually are in practice and how fucked up of a ride he's signing himself up for is at least interesting and so there in lies my excitement, when I can feel it.
However remember that mention of being severely disappointed? Yeah, let's get back to that, because I've just figured out a big part of why I'm disappointed by this movie that isn't even out yet.
Initially I thought it was just because once again we are getting a Batman without ANY of the Robins. Batman is a brilliantly nuanced character who can stand on his own in general but you lose SO much of what makes him interesting and fundamentally Batman if you don't give him someone lighter/younger to play off of. So having him on his own consistently just gets bland.
He's like rice. A fucking great staple. Can really hit the spot on its own sometimes. Sometimes. However generally it should almost be eaten alongside or mixed with something else if you're gonna be eating consistently.
Give us a Batman and Robin and let us witness Bruce slip into his adoption addiction.
And while this remains a pretty big portion of why I am disappointed there is something more.
When I saw Robert Pattinson was gonna be Batsy I was unsure--Twilight and Cedric Diggory weighed heavy in my mind--but then I realised, with the discovery of there being no Robin, that it'd be fine.
This many times around with the signature no direct light sources style of filming fucking anyone can do batman so long as they can do a halfway decent glare and a kinda growly voice. Between the shadows, stuntmen, near monosyllabic dialogue for 80% of the time, and costuming you could seamlessly make a Batman movie with a different Batman actor in every scene and if you didn't credit every actor then most people probably would only pick out like 5 max and it'd be a massive conspiracy. Honestly, it'd be fun to see.
But anyways!
I realised tonight that the other reason I so quickly came to accept the idea of Robert Pattinson as Batman and why I'm so god damn disappointed by the concept of this movie isn't just that it wouldn't make sense for him to have a Robin, it's that it wouldn't make sense for us to see Brucie Wayne.
And Robert Pattinson would do a phenomenal Brucie Wayne!
Think about it for a second.
Robert "Kissed Taylor Lautner so Kristen Stewart wouldn't have to at an awards show" Pattinson.
Robert "crashed the Order of the Phoenix premiere after eating pizza and beer all summer just coz" Pattinson.
Robert "spent a GQ interview microwaving pasta while trying to make a new hand held pasta dish" Pattinson.
That mother fucker could be put on a red carpet set and given exactly 2 directions.
He's popular bumbling billionaire Bruce Wayne
He can't be moody, grimdark, or angry
And then just let loose using his own general knowledge of how red carpet events are meant to go to just fucking ad lib it while everyone else read from actual scripted lines.
You can't convince me they wouldn't get some quality Brucie Wayne shenanigans out of that scenario. The only reason they'd need multiple takes is to ensure the full info needed for the scene got across and that people weren't laughing too much.
Dude could absolutely make the "do the butts match" joke feel natural on screen.
And the movie is gonna be too dark and gritty to give us anything even remotely in the fucking vicinity of Brucie Wayne and that is one of the major reasons I am pre-emptively disappointed by The Batman (2022).
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RANKING HAISUTE (or the ones i’ve seen so far)
not that anyone has asked me, but i’ve literally been so hyperfixated on these shows for MONTHS and although i’ve gotten my bestie into them now, it’s not like i can bombard them with all these deep-ish dives into these things and how much and why i love them, so i thought HEY why not just put it out into the ether coz DAMN i really wanna talk about them.
under the cut for length (HELLA LENGTH) and spoilers.
let me preface this first by saying i havent seen ALL the shows yet. i havent ever watched the first run of Itadaki No Keshiki, and i havent seen any of the new Karasuno cast shows yet, as by the time i had gotten hooked on these shows, the time to watch Strongest Challengers and Battle At The Garbage Dump on DMM.com had passed, and with my limited budget (i havent been able to work properly since literally mid-July last year), it’ll be a while before i can afford their twin pack DVD when it comes out next month. ALTHOUGH i am hoping to be able to download Fly High on DMM.com before the availability runs out in the middle of March, if i’ll actually have enough money for that.
additionally, i rank these from my least favorite to most favorite, but that does not mean that i hate or dislike any of them. in fact, i have little to zero negative things to say about any of these shows. i just happen to love some more than the others, and i think you’ll be able to tell by how long i go on about each show. i’ll TRY to keep things concise but im telling you now, i’ve already tried this once until an accidental button press erased everything i had written, and this will not be short. at all.
i’ll start first with the things i love about Haisute in general:
quite obviously, the projections. before i finally saw Haisute this year, i had only ever seen BNHA, KNY and Kuroshitsuji musicals, and while they have awesome set pieces, i had never seen video projections utilized the way Haisute does, and i think it’s so wonderful and creative, and so technically sound on everyone’s part. like, it has to be so precise with cast performance and blocking and sound and lights...like. dudes. shout-out to the tech staff of Haisute, y’all are amazing.
the acting performances in general. i dont think there’s a bad actor at all in any of these. some stiff-ish performances (Noah Ishikura as Lev, but mostly in SoE, which was his first time acting ever, so understandable), maybe, but even those actors do great when they’re having a pivotal moment, scene or dialogue. it’s hard to pick faves but somehow i do have them, lol - Kenta Suga as Hinata (obviously), Kentaro as Daichi, Hiroki Ino as Suga, Kousuke Asuma as Oikawa, literally ALL THREE BOKUTOS, literally BOTH AKAASHIS, Ami Saito as Yachi, Tatsunari Kimura as Kageyama, and my top two faves, Shori Kondo and Takato Nagata as KuroKen. for obvious reasons (see: my numerous gifsets that i still have so much to add to alkdjf).
the music is WONDERFUL. the varieties across shows, teams and characters while still maintaining the main themes are just so good. it’s easier for them to be highlighted to since there isnt any singing, and so many moments are told through the music rather than the music accompanying the moment imo.
the choreography is gold af. im sad we lose HIDALI after Tokyo Battle, but im sure the rest of the shows still keep that amazing spark. but i juST. HIDALI’s choreography is iconic. i’ll talk abt it a bit more in some of the entries in the list.
OKAY, now on to the rankings.
7. View from the Top (2nd Run)
so again, I DONT HATE ANY OF THESE SHOWS. the reason this is at the bottom of my list is mostly because of what it doesnt have through no fault of its own, rather than anything that it does. i personally love watching character growth and evolution, so for the most part, the first story in anything that has multiple follow-ups tend to be my least favorite part, and i come to enjoy them more as a “look how far we’ve come” thing. that being said, i do think this was such an awesome show to kick-off what has become an iconic 2.5D franchise. so much of it feels like the transition from potential to kinetic energy. a little show that could, and then did. i do think i enjoy this more with a nostalgic sort of fondness than i do with a “look how cool this thing is!” feeling, but again, that’s coz i enjoy watching things changing rather than at the start. what definitely stands out to me here is that i came to it this as only my fourth 2.5D franchise, and the ones i’d watched before this were so different in staging and execution, and that really had me hooked. also, this franchise honestly is one of the best casting in any show i’ve ever seen in my life, like wtf, i havent seen a badly cast actor at all, even for the side characters i dont really pay that much attention to otherwise. you cant help but be sucked into the bright light that is Kenta Suga, and Kousuke Asuma has to be the most Oikawa Oikawa to ever Oikawa anything Oikawa. Tatsunari, Ryotaro and Justin absolutely jumped right out of the manga and anime and onto the stage as Kags, Tsukki and Asahi. and GAWD do i love me some Kentaro and Hiroki as DaiSuga. i went in a big fan and simp of Hiroki Ino and Sugawara, so for the first couple of watches, i was heavily focused on Ino!Suga, but by the third rewatch, Ken-chan came around a corner and smacked me in the face with a 2x4 wrapped in barbed wire. when that man smiles, i just get murdered.
6. Start of the Giant
i honestly had a hard time picking between this and InK for the bottom spot, not because i hate this (AGAIN, I DONT HATE ANY OF THESE SHOWS), but because of how this show feels to me. ultimately, i picked this one to win over InK because of how much character progression is shown between these two shows. stating the obvious, KAZUMA KAWAHARA. HOO BOY. and big, BIG shout-outs to Kouhei Shiota for portraying Tanaka’s emotional roller-coaster so excellently to stride alongside Ennoshita’s big journey and Kazuma’s powerhouse performance. i also wanna spotlight how much more comfortable Tatsuya Kageyama was in his second go-around as Kags, and how well Keita Tanaka and Naoki Tanaka came in as new(old)!Daichi and new!Suga. it took me a while to get to this show because i was so sad to lose Ken-chan and Hiroki after SoE, and i thought i just would not be able to love DaiSuga the same way. turns out that that’s a good thing, because they do play similar but different DaiSugas to Kentaro and Hiroki. it possibly also helped to know that KT wasn’t entirely new, and to have known of Naoki from BNHA (with Hiroki!), although i hadnt known it was him until i started the show up at last, lol. Kentaro got to play a captain who was warm and very much one of the boys, someone who was growing into the role of a captain of a team that had a very real chance of going farther than it had in a while, while KT got to play a Daichi who, fittingly, was more established as a pillar of the group (and im sure the storytelling of this show helped with that), more of that Dadchi that we know and love. Hiroki got to play a gentle but mischeivous Suga who was all about watching over and taking care of the team, watching and waiting for his turn while understanding that Kags was their best chance, while Naoki got to play a more active, more athletic Suga who was becoming more active the closer the team got to Nationals. their performances stood out not just coz they were new, but because of the theme of this story in particular, about captains and leading, so i thought it was quite a nice way to welcome them into the fold. i also of course enjoyed Johzenji and Wakunan, maybe Johzenji more than Wakunan. i saw someone say they’re a bit like Fukurodani and Nekoma lite, and i can totally see and agree with that. this show also feels a bit like Revival lite, in that it’s got a fun first half and then a more action-packed second match with an emotional gutpunch at the end. but ultimately, this is lower on my list because, through no major fault of its own, it felt like a filler show, considering what was coming after this. it felt a bit like “lets’ get on with this story so we can get on to the last hurrah that everyone is looking forward to.” of all the side teams to have been portrayed in the Engeki story, i feel like i remember johzenji and wakunan less. again, that’s not really anyone’s fault, it’s just where this show was positioned in the timeline and what it was ultimately representing. as a parting thought tho, i just wanna shout-out the new lighting scheme they did for this show, especially coming from SoE where there was a lot of darkness or back-lighting. this show is brighter lit in general than most of the shows that came before it, and idky exactly but i do appreciate that a lot.
5. Winners And Losers
objectively, this is probably one of the top 3 shows in all of Haisute’s history. but it’s lower on my list because it is the most taxing to watch and rewatch, not because it’s too slow or anything like that, but because it really just is such a tiring story, and i think that’s deliberate on the part of the writers and directors. this was Karasuno’s first major loss, and it was against an opponent they thought they knew, so of course the lead-up had to be a big deal. it’s also a story that revolves quite a bit around kageyama reaching a turning point and learning a few lessons that would ultimately change him, so the story had to also execute that change happening not just in Kageyama but around him. add to that the fact that this was Tatsunari’s goodbye performance (as well as Shohei’s as Noya, but then he doesn’t really get a big emotional moment here) and it’s just heavy on the emotions all around. the comedic distraction of ShoriTaka as Tetsuko and Kenko was honestly quite welcome, lmao. quick little shout-out to Kousuke Asuma and Allen Kohatsu as IwaOi, since they got to really show off the different sides to both those characters in this, and they just are stellar in general. that bit at the end of one of their flashbacks where Iwa-chan tells Oikawa that he’s not the only one fighting, there’s six people in that team, and Oikawa breaks into laughter as Kousuke strips off the flashback jacket, and Iwa’s like “uuuhhh did i hit you too hard, or?” UGH, i love that bit, that almost creepy laugh from Kousuke and the way he comes out of it to say “suddenly im not so upset” is just SO good. im also so happy to see Hiroki get his due as Suga when he finally gets to step up to the plate - or net, as it were - and basically pinch-hit for Kags. he plays senpai!Suga so sweetly, like you really can’t help but love him coz he’s so caring. i also did not expect to be hit right in the feels with the switch back from him to Kageyama, but that bit where he says “it’s frustrating, but hinata’s expression when he’s hitting my sets is different from when it’s yours” really got me. and then when he had to leave the court, asahi and daichi send a fist bump his way, and he gives just this tiny fist bump wave that’s both tired and disappointed and sad, and it’s juST! it hurts me everytime. and before this gets long, im gonna just spotlight the last 10-15 minutes of the show, right after Karasuno loses. Kenta absolutely nails Hinata’s expression in the manga, that wide-eyed disbelief and shock. and then when Daichi tells him not to apologize because he didn’t miss, when Daichi just walks over and hugs him, good gawd. (sidebar, but i’m so glad i got to see that bit with both Ken-chan here and KT in Strongest Team.) and the way Hinata couldn’t move after thanking the audience, not even after Ukai called him back, so Daichi had to actually go get him? my heart was in PIECES. and then the fuggin dinner scene. LORD ABOVE. like, if you dont love Kenta Suga as Hinata, this is the scene that should convince you you’re wrong.
4. The Strongest Team
this is right smack dab in the middle of the list because it’s probably the best staged show of all the seven that i’ve seen, but it also hurts me so much for all the obvious reasons. this is the one i’ve rewatched the least, and everytime i rewatch it, i cry as if it’s the first time im watching it. the whole show absolutely feels like a tribute to the Karasuno cast and all the growth they’ve had and contributed to Haisute over their three years with the show, and the entire thing feels so fond, if that makes any sense. everyone on the team gets a big emotional moment, and it’s so sweet to see them each paid tribute. aside from them, i gotta AGAIN shout-out kousuke as oikawa. i like aoba josai enough, i like oikawa enough as a character, but that moment when kousuke absolutely broke down in the locker room after losing to karasuno broke my heart, even more so knowing that he absolutely felt all that gratitude because he wasnt sure he’d be able to come back to the show coz of his hip injury. i think one little moment that doesnt get as talked about as it should is just after he and Iwaizumi have that short convo of always being each other’s partners even after they’ve moved on to different schools. they do their fist bump, and then Iwa walks away, but Kousuke/Oikawa is still absolutely in tears, and as Iwa walks off, he just kind of reaches out and lets out a pained “Iwa-chan!” that’s just barely audible, and that jUST. GETS ME EVERYTIME. hell, im feeling a little heartstring pull right now just thinking about it. i also wanna shout-out Shiratorizawa because Engeki made me actually care about them. like, okay - i dont hate Shiratorizawa, at all. but watching the anime, despite having an entire season be around them, i just never really latched onto them. i like Ushiwaka enough, and i just...dont like Tendou (sue me). but Engeki Haikyuu has a habit of spotlighting other teams and characters enough to make you actually think about them and care about them, and Shiratorizawa was the biggest example of that for me. their theme is awesome, it’s this big, deep, heavy thing that feels as big and broad as the players look. and i could feel their almost militaristic teamwork when the coach is on them, and it’s so good. speaking of Coach Washijo, shout-out to that flashback scene to his younger days. Kenta looked absolutely risible in the wig and giant eyebrows, but i think it was an important touch to have the person playing Hinata be the person playing younger Washijo, because their inner conflicts are basically the same, and Washijo comes to appreciate Hinata’s efforts because of it, so i thought that was a nice touch. (still dont like Tendou tho, sue me.) i gotta end this entry coz it’s getting long, so im just gonna quickly list my favorite scenes/moments:
Yamaguchi’s pinch serve, and bringing out the spear. Kairi Miura wields that spear like he’s been doing it all his life.
Tsukki’s big “GODDAMMIT I THINK I LOVE VOLLEYBALL NOW” moment. the expression on ryotaro’s face right at the end of that scene, where he’s basically saying “it’s just a club, AND YET!” uuuggggghhhh, please i love it. also, shout-out to when Hinata pointed at him and just said “...nice.” like...that always feels like only half Hinata and Tsukki, and more half-Kenta and his best friend Ryotaro, just like the “Tsukki! that one was worth a 100 points!” line that absolutely gets Ryotaro so that on the live cam he had to turn his head away before he meant to for the next bit.
that moment in the last-ish set of the match where everyone is just DESPERATE to win, so it becomes this frantic rally and volley where everyone just starts to grunt and yell louder and louder, and people are running back and forth and jumping and diving, and it’s just this cacophony of sound and blur of movement that just seems to stretch on and on, until finally Shiratorizawa just yells “SHUT UP! WE’RE STRONGER!” and knocks all of Karasuno down. WHEW. that bit is just. WHEW. i almost always forget to breathe at that point. and then the waterworks get turned on as Ukai tearfully tells them to get back up, because volleyball is a sport where you HAVE to look up. LORDDDDD.
the bit towards the end of the match, after tsukki returns from his injury, where they absolutely acted out Ushiwaka pushing Hinata and Tsukki to the floor and holding their heads down. when i first watched it, i gasped because that is straight out of the anime and manga, and then when the rest of Karasuno came in to pull Ushi off, i just turned into a giant sobbing mess.
the graduation curtain call, obviously, but in particular, the bit that will ALWAYS, WITHOUT FAIL, destroy me is when Kenta says “this show was so tiring and tough sometimes, but when i look back, all i can remember are the good times, the best times.” GODDAMMIT IM TEARING UP BADLY RN JUST THINKING ABOUT THAT BIT.
3. Summer Of Evolution
this is where the lines between the rankings get a little bit blurred, because i love these top three equally for the most part, but i had to choose a number two (i absolutely know what my number one is), and when i really think about it, SoE just gets edged out by my number two, but barely. i think what i love the most about this show is that this, more than any of the other shows, really portrays these characters as high school kids. and that’s not just because part of the story is set in the school and it’s actually showing the school sometimes, but coz they’re going through and portraying teenage experiences and emotions. most of the other shows portray the team in matches, so we’re seeing them more as volleyball players than teenagers or students, but we get to finally see that here, and it’s really refreshing. other than that, im gonna try to just list some of my highlights and favorites again coz i dont wanna keep going too long:
im so glad to finally have girls on the show, and not just in a “YAY FEMINISM! GIRL POWER! WHOO!” kind of way. kiyoko has always felt like an inextricable part of the team for me, so it was bittersweet to have such a great Karasuno cast but without a Kiyoko, so i was REALLY happy to finally get her here! and for a first time actor ever, Shizune was so awesome! she absolutely has that gentle strength that Kiyoko has, and the way she’s been written in absolutely does feel like she’s always been there. i do wish she got more to do with the third year boys, but all in all, it’s SO good to have an actual Kiyoko who absolutely looks like she came out of the manga.
im also just so DAMN happy about Yachi and her portrayal here. i think ami saito is so dang perfect, and yachi is such a fun addition that fits right in with the chaotic fun of Karasuno. one thing that i REALLY love, though, is how she gets to just act. before Haisute, my only experience of female characters and actors on a 2.5D stage is with Uraraka (and two or three other female students) in BNHA and Elizabeth in Kuroshitsuji, and those characters are your typical cutesy girls, and their movements and body language are so typically girly, you know what i mean, those softer arms and smaller movements, looser fingers, these little “Kyaa~” things, those things. but Kiyoko, Yachi and Saeko arent like that, so that’s not how they’re portrayed here. Ami as Yachi is just as loud and expressive and active as the Karasuno boys, bar actually playing in a match. also, her chemistry with Kenta is SO GOOD. i dont really ship YachiHina, i think they’re cute friends, but BOY DID THESE TWO MAKE ME RETHINK THAT. ami’s Yachi with Kenta’s Hinata made me think “YOU KNOW WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THESE TWO GO ON A CHAPERONED DATE.” they’re adorable. a particular fave of mine is when hinata climbs a tree to help a baby bird back into its nest and he asks Yachi if she wants to climb up too, and also after Yachi finishes making the Hinata poster, she jumps onto the back of Hinata’s bike and they ride off-stage together. PLEASE IT’S SO CUTE.
also: SAEKO NEE-SAN PLEASE STEP ON ME.
OH HI FUKURODANI. they are such good chaos boys, i love them. i dont have much to say about them here just yet, but WOW im so glad to have them onstage at last.
NEKOMA IS BACK THANK GAWD I LOVE NEKOMA. of all the teams portrayed, i think nekoma is the one that feels the most connected together (AHA!). like, even when they have a new character and/or cast member, the new ones never really stand out as new, they feel like they’ve always been there. this play really showcases the teams at their most casual so we dont get to see as much of their excellent teamwork and connection as we do in past and future shows, but you really get a sense of their family dynamic and just GOD I LOVE THEM SO MUCH, and honestly dont get me started on ShoriTaka, i will literally never stop
shout-out to Tatsuya Kageyama, he had big shoes to fill not just in terms of character but also as an actor, since this is his first show ever. much like with KT and Naoki as DaiSuga, it does feel like he plays a similar enough Kageyama without just mimicing Tacchu. this is also the right Kags arc to introduce a new Kageyama actor with as well, since there’s a big change after that loss to Aoba Josai and Oikawa, so i think the writing of the show also absolutely helped Kage-chan ease into his role, and helped the audience ease into this new Kageyama. overall, i think he did an awesome job, and we’re really fortunate to have had two awesome Kageyamas before gen 1/1.5 changed to gen 2.
i also just noticed/realized that the backstage video for SoE starts with the introduction of Kage-chan and Fucchi as new cast members, and ends with the farewell to Ken-chan and Hiroki as graduating members, and i know that’s just natural coz the first time the Karasuno cast met the two new members was at the photoshoot for visuals, but also what a nice little circle of life there.
COMING INTO THE HOMESTRETCH NOW, if you’ve made it this far, thank you SO MUCH, im sorry, i really just have a tendency to ramble, and like i said, i dont really have anyone or an opportunity to talk this deep about these shows to, so thanks so much for your time.
2. Karasuno, Revival!
WHEW okay, so idk if this is Unpopular Opinion or controversial coz objectively it is the best show so far, and i’ve put it only at number 2. BUT LISTEN: before i saw Tokyo Battle, this was absolutely my number 1 favorite. the Dateko match is so good and so fun to watch, and honestly, that rap battle gives me so much life im almost immortal now. i LOVE that they also got to show ikejiri (THANK YOU KENTA SUGA) and ken-chan as daichi got his moments because of it, and it gave us “katou tou shinakya, katenai!” as an iconic quote and theme for the show, we got a fantastic moment for Asahi that was paid off from the previous show, also honestly “otchita kyougo, tobenai garasu” is just gonna be stuck in your head forever for a while. we also got Kousuke and Allen’s excellent IwaOi back, bringing with them their “Iwa-chan, are you my mom” dynamic (and gawd the cackle i let out when Iwa yeets a volleyball at Oikawa, or that turn and yell that makes Oikawa yelp as he exits off stage lkasdjf), which is always a plus. but! BUT!! best thING FOR ME???? NEKOMA, BABY!! like im sorry, im biased, but i fuggin LOVE nekoma, kuroo is my favorite character in the entire series, and Haisute really gave them a fantastic story and dynamic, because again, there’s so much you can do on stage that you sometimes cant do in anime or manga, so they were really able to highlight Nekoma’s famous teamwork, especially when centered around Kenma. more on that later, but like. it was just such a JOY to watch Karasuno, still kind of scattered puzzle pieces at this point trying to figure out how to best go together to create one big picture, go up against the smooth teamwork of Nekoma, and learn and grow from it. also they honestly have the best team theme music and team dance, fite me. also thank you Haisute for making KuroDai so painfully real lakdsfj
1. Tokyo Battle
okay okaY OKAY OKAY OKAY. i think there are some people who actually like this the least coz it’s just too different from the rest of the shows that came before it - no Karasuno, less projections, different music style, aesthetically different stage, etc. B U T. aside from me just being biased because Nekoma are my favorite team, i actually think many of those differences are what makes this show my favorite one. first of all, the music is LIT AF. the themes for each team are so distinct, they really help play up the animal motifs that are played up the most in this show than in any of the others. secondly, THAT CHOREOGRAPHY THO. good gawd. HIDALI said “it’s our last Haisute, let’s go out with a bang” and they really fuggin did. Fukurodani absolutely is TOKYO PARTY TIME, they got to really play up their party birds schtick and i love it. Nohebi i cannot HELP but love because i love snakes, but also, with Nohebi’s cast, you can tell the choreographers were so happy to finally have an actual technical dancer. they had yuu fukuzawa doing the most and then some in playing up the snake theme, and it’s literally so hypnotic to watch his pops, locks and isolations. he’s also just such an AWESOME daisho, and it helps that nohebi are written to be cunning and sneaky. i also love that he and Kuroo seem to actually have a lot of untold history, and i kind of wish we could get a bit more elaboration on that, coz Yuu’s and Shori’s chemistry as frenemy team captains is SO GOOD. and then of course. NEKOMA, BABY!! so okay. kenma absolutely should be the lead of this show, and he is, BUT he’s also, to a certain extent, inextricable from Kuroo and the rest of the team, so that you dont always get that feeling of Kenma being in the spotlight the same way Hinata is (for understandable reasons since Nekoma arent even really the main characters of the story as a whole), and i think that’s important because, again, Nekoma is all about that teamwork and connection. like, Kenma is the lead because he thinks for Nekoma, and Nekoma acts accordingly, instead of how it is usually where the story is showing Hinata’s perspective alone. it also feels like that in terms of the actors. like, technically Takato is zachou, and he is, but also several times in the curtain call speeches, the cast members refer to or mention both Takato and Shori together. even Takato says that when he had spoken to Kenta about how nervous he was about taking up the zachou mantle from him, Kenta had said “if it’s you and shori, you’ll be fine.” they are a unit, and it really comes across in their portrayals of Kuroo and Kenma as well, and even if you love nothing else about this show, you literally cannot help but love that about them. i think the show does a great job revolving the Nekoma team dynamic around that too without making it the ONLY thing that keeps Nekoma together. the star of the show is absolutely the theme of “connection” (more than the other theme of promises), and if you’ve seen the show and you dont cry at the “Tsunage” section as Nekoma wins the match against Nohebi, then are you really watching the show lmao.
OKAY OKAY I’VE REALLY RAMBLED ON, and if you made it all the way here, THANK YOU AND IM SORRY. but also, there’s still a lot of things i wanna talk about that i didnt talk about here coz im mostly a scatterbrain and live half my life radiating BDE - Bokuto Dumbass Energy. so if you’re also ridiculously obsessed with these shows and wanna talk about it, my inbox is open. someone come hyperfixate with me while i make SO MANY MORE GIFSETS OHMYGOD ALL THE GIFSETS geezas crust when i get to Tokyo Battle i will be insufferable.
#engeki haikyuu#haikyuu#haisute#hyper projection engeki haikyuu#haikyuu stage play#long post#REALLY LONG POST IM SO SORRY#Mango Goes To Jail#NO REALLY IT'S LONG
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immj2 20.11.20
new title card! everyone looking hottttttttttttttttt af!
no for real though, this chick needs to fucking insure her feet or something. itne disaster-prone pair maine zindagi mein nahi dekhe.
this idiot. honestly, he needs to know to pick his battles. he used to be soooooooo smart and shaatir. now he’s just dumb as fuckkkkkkk, the way he’s playing the game. i really don’t understand. i just don’t.
“riddhima tumhe pata hai tumhari problem kya hai? tum khud aage badhke apne bure waqt ki ghadi set karti ho.” lmaooooooo that’s a brilliant line and exactly what she does!
standard DON’T YOU DARE LOOK AT MY FAMILY WRONG blah blah from riddhima.
trollolololololololololol i honestly just put up with this character just to see vishal play himmmmmmm
blah blah tell dadi that i should get the business, then the property, then the family, and then this room of his....... ew, gross implication of that room thing aside, bro slow your rolllllllllllll. also why are you tellling her all this??? why the fuckkkkk would you give her a heads-up?!?!!?!?
sweetheart bhi bola. ugh. i hate when any man calls any woman that. it sounds patronizing and condescending as fuckkkk. also i just don’t get why he wants to be like vansh so muchhhhhhhhh when HIS PERSONALITY IS OBJECTIVELY BETTER THAN VANSH’S WAS?!!?!?!!?
ok i’m bored with this scene now and fwding.
pls sis, don’t say wohiiiiiiiii shakal and all. new shakal is >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> old shakal. like, i have no words to describe the improvement.
here aryan be making some stupid shady deals and he’s like mwahahahahaha now that vansh is gone, there’s no one to stop me!!!!!! dude, he literally used to do that to prevent you from going to fucking jail, lmao. you are so fuckingggggggg dumb istg.
“sivaaye mere!” snort. this i’m gonna enjoyyyyyyyyyyy.
aryan like TU KAUN MAIN KHAMAAKHAAAAN?!!!?!? and quite rightly so.
this is their new thing in the show. they show this angle of kabir jab uski kuch zyaaaada hi khisakkkkk jaati hai.
AKLSJALKFJSLKDJFLSDKJFLKDSJLFKJDSLKFJDSLKJFLSKJD OMFG HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA
“seedhe mooh baat kii thi. tameez se jawaab dena chahiye tha.”
lmaooooooooooooooo i can’tttttttttt with this fuckerrrrrrr. why is he so fuckingggggg hilarious?????
meanwhile bhaabiji is back at mandir place asking around about vihaan. she’s describing him as “bodybuilder type” which, lol......... ok.
chaiwaala is i know who he is and can give you deets.
she’s like yehiiii haina???? and he’s like yeah kinda, but hotter. way hotter. ok he didn’t say it. i’m saying it. BUT IT’S THE TRUTH, COME ON!!!!!!!!!!!
holy shit she just had to give him 2x my wholeass monthly rentttttttt to get the deets. what the fuckkkkkkkkkkkkk????? ALSO MY GOD WHO JUST CARRIES AROUND THIS MUCH CASH IN THEIR LIL DINKY GOING-TO-THE-MANDIR PURSE???????????
bhaiyyaji very very happy with his loot of the day butttttttttttt.........
lmao this one like I WORKED REALLY HARD AS AN ACCOUNTANT TO EARN THAT WAD OF CASH THAT SHE JUST HANDED TO YOU OK??????? YOU THINK SHE MAKES THIS MUCH AS NO-NAME PHYSIOTHERAPIST WITH A GRAND TOTAL OF ONE CLIENT????? AND NOW I’VE HAD TO SWITCH CAREERS. IN THE MIDDLE OF A PANDEMIC. I HAD TO LEARN A WHOLEEEEEEEE NEW SKILLSET. YOU KNOW HOW MANY HOURS I SPENT ON COURSERA AND UDEMY AND GITHUB RIGHT AFTER FALLING OFF A CLIFF?????????? DO YA???????????
sorry shaktimaan.
“virus hoon main. ek baar laga gaya na toh zindagi ka file corrupt kar doonga.” lmaoooooooooo lord the dumbass tech related metaphorsssss.
ok that’s a bit much but mmmmmm baby i love to watch you work. esp. this outfit, unf. it’s really getting me so damn hot for you.
khud ki hi biwi ka phone number score karke itnaaaaaa khush kisi ko hote hue pehli baar dekha hai.
lmaooooooooooooooooooooooooo.
aryan, who is literally tied to a chair is growling at kabir about how this won’t end well for him and kabir’s like..............
snorttttttttt i love this psychopathhhhhh.
kabir is like just use your ickle brain cell lil one. i’m a cop. i have alllll the details of every single shady thing you’ve done. first i’ll show it to the family, then to the authorities. and then there miiiiiiiiiiight be an encounter later.......... lmao yessssssssss, i love it.
“woh kya haina, samajhdaar ko ishaara kaafi hota hai. lekin tum itne samajhdaar nahi ho na, iss liye itne detail mein samjhaana pada!” i really cannot stop laughing at this scene. truly the evil bros dynamic i have been craving for from this show.
aaaaaaaaaaaaaand that is enough for aryan to maarofy palti.
but ooooooooooops. he called him kabir. which we know is this one’s sore spot these days.
“kabir.................... sir?” lmfaooooooooooooo
hahahahahahahahahahahahahhaha
bitch wht you callllllll vansh?????
“kabir...... bhai.”
OMFG THE STRAIGHT UP ORGASM FACE HE MADE AT THAT?!?!!??!?! JESUS KABIR I THINK YOU NEED THERAPY FOR THIS. EVEN FREUD DIDN’T COME UP WITH A THEORY FOR WHATEVER FREAKY “BHAIYYA ISSUES” YOU HAVE GROWN ALL OF A SUDDEN OUTTA NOWHERE.
aryan is literally like...............................
“ab BHAIYYA ki do baat dhyaaaaan sunna, ok????”
ok deal done. do shady fuckers have allied. kaisi ram milaaye usa-uk type jodi hai paapiyon ki.
aryan like but everything belongs to dadi now, and dadi is forsho gonna hand it all over to her laadli riddhima, who hates your guts.
“tum jitna smart mujhe samajhte ho, usse kahinnnnnn zyaada smart hoon main.”
aryan like ok but fr how exactly are you gonna achieve this??????/
“bhagwaan ne pehle hi tumhe dimaag kam diya hai. issi umar mein sab use karloge toh aage kya karoge??? jitna bola gaya hai, utna karo.” LMAO PLS MAN CAN WHOEVER IS WRITING KABIR’S LINES WRITE THEM FOR VIHAAN TOOOOOOOO. COZ THESE ARE GENUINELY SO FUNNY AND HIS ARE SOOOOOOO FUCKING LAME.
riddhima walks in to aryan having already gotten dadi’s ear and having kabir involved in the business. he’s already signing papers and shit! idhar mereko debit card use karte waqt 4 baar sign karna hota hai to prove i’m the actual owner and didn’t just steal it from somewhere, and this guy just got signing authority to a wholeass empire in half an hour.
aryan talking soooooooooooo nicely about kabir and riddhima is like OK FOR SURE THIS FUCKER HAS BEEN THREATENED AND/OR BRIBED.
lmaooooooooo aryan again referred to him as “kabir” and K just cleared his throat all ominously. and promptlyyyyyyy aryan’s like “KABIR BHAI!!!! KABIR BHAI!!!!!!!!!”
uska jhattttt jawaaab bhi mil gaya universe se, hahahahahaha.
kaunsa bhai, kahaan ka bhai, haaaaan??????
oh boy. this angle again.
“isse vansh bhai ki jagah dena, business mein involve karna; kya deal hui hai tumhari, kitne mein becha hai tumne apne aap ko; bolo?!?!?!? ki tumhe yeh achanak se apna bhai lagne laga hai????” DAMN. I LOVE ISHANI. SHE’S SHARP AS A TACK. WHY THE FUCK WON’T DADI JUST GIVE HER THE EMPIRE?????????
dadi talking blah blah anupriya ka beta hai, yeh bhi tumhare bhai haina. god shut upppppppppp dadi.
“jeete-jee toh nahi, dadi. mere liye bhai ka sirf ek matlab tha, vansh bhai.” aw mannnnnnnnnnnn. i really hope we get more ishani/vansh-vihaan when he enters the house. i really wanna see more of their bond. he always was so soft for siya, but it’s so obvious that ishani loves him beyond belief. what a shame to not show us more of that.
“respect earn kii jaati hai, zabardasti lee nahi jaati.” DAMN RIGHT SIS. YOU TELL EMMMMMMMMMMMMM.
ab iss angle mein atke issko yeh kaun samjhaaye???
you know that realllllllllly dumbass cringeworthy song called psycho saiyyaan? they should remake it for this show and call it “aaya mora BHAIYYA psycho!!!”
so apt!
dadi apologizing some more for ishani and giving kabir khulaaaaaaaa rein to handle business. riddhima not happy about this and decides kuchhhhh toh karna hogaaaaaa.
she finally remembers of angre’s existence and that he is the only one who’ll really help her.
ISS GHAR KE SAARE MARD EK SE BADHKAR EK PAAGAL HAIN.
riddhima saying the saaaaaaame thing.
angre se bro ka judaai sahaa nahi jaa raha. brotp ho toh aisa.not that vansh articularly deserves this much love and loyalty, seeing the way he treated angre, but angre’s saying he was my boss, bhai, dost, everythingggggg to meeeee. awwww.
BUT ALSO THIS FUCKER FULLLLLY DOING THIS DRAMA HAVING HELPED VANSH SURVIVE AND CHANGE IDENTITIES, LIKH KE LELO MERE SE.
ishani coming in and is like at least he’s grieving bhai’s death. you toh let some other fucker into the house on bhai’s terhvi itself.
“sab apni life mein aage badh gaye hain. aise behave karr rahe hain jaise kuch hua hi nahi hai! kisi ko koi parvaah hi nahi hai ki vansh bhai humaare beech nahi hain.” aw mannn, i honestly love her the mosttttttttttttttt.
she’s like angre’s trying to take his pain out, usse toh chain paane do.
riddhima got a message from chaiwaala (no, not the one at 7, race course road) and bounces.
meanwhile angre is telling ishani to give the belt back and stop pretending she gives a fuck about him. she’s like i don’t, but i know you loved bhai as much as i do. so i won’t let you do this to yourself.
she’s like if you really want to honour him and give him peace, then we need to make a plan so that the fucker who’s ghusofied into his house can’t take his place. OMG YOU GUYS THEY’RE TEAMING UPPPPPPP?!?!?!??!!? A GENTLE BREAKTHROUGH!!!!!!!! HONESTLY, VANSH’S DEATH HAS BROUGHT NOTHING BUT GOOD THINGS TO THIS SHOW.
cutiepie is waiting for wifey to show up. has some stupidass tech dialogue to maarofy about it but the less said about that, the better.
“message padha bhi nahi??? kaise pata karoon????” lmao itna bada hacker hai, and he’s at the mercy of whatsapp ka blue tick feature like the rest of us.
not to worry boo. she’s on her waaaaaay.
WHY THE FUCK DOES HE STILLLLLLLL HAVE ALL THE PICS OF THE FAM LYING OUT IF HE KNOWS SHE’S GONNA SHOW UP?!?!!?!?!?!
“intezaar bhi tab tak cute lagta hai jab tak frustrate na kar de; miss..... pretty raisinghania!” dude, whether he’s vansh or not, he’s simping so hard for her. i fucking love it.
oh shit she walks in as he’s heartttttteyeing over her piccccccc.
oh nope. he’s the flash flying jatt. already disappeared behind his desk.
yeah girl. i know. I KNOW!!!!!!!
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Quick Thoughts on The Royal Fast-Track Pregnancy, Book 1 Chapter 15
• A friend of mine just called me Cassandra recently coz when I predict things, not a lot of people take what I say seriously, and by the time they find out I'm right it's too late.
• I have just one thing to say there:
• If you don't want to see these posts on your dash, here are the tags to block: #trh quick thoughts, #trh qts, #trh qt reblogs, #long post.
• Title: Apple in the Oven
Alternative Title: ...Will Be Burned to A Crisp From The Speed At Which You're Trying to Bake It!
• Screenshots:
Hana: The Abhirio YouTube channel and the Universal Studio 77 YouTube channel.
Maxwell: @itsbrindleybinch and the rash rec YouTube channel
Drake: @thefirstcourtesan and the HIMEME YouTube channel.
• I liked parts of this chapter - the MC definitely seems to show a bit of the concern and caring towards her certain LIs that has been missing for a while now. I liked that she could try to talk to Liam about how he's feeling as his wife + friend, and that as Hana's wife she could encourage Hana to take a step back and bask in the attention for once. But I'm wary too. Like, is this just a small carrot they're dangling in front of us, before returning to the status quo and continuing to perpetuate the same problems in their writing?? It certainly wouldn't be the first time I've seen tiny glimpses of progress before the team took 50 steps backwards in their storytelling for some of these characters.
• How the heck did Edenbrook get a branch in Cordonia? 🤭
• Also...it's plausible that Brad/Thad/Chad may have reached there and settled in before we made it to the hospital...but still, Olivia didn't notice anything suspicious? Nothing at all? Why is it that the moment competent individuals (like Mara) become security detail, they become as stupid as the people they're protecting?
• So within our own playthroughs we have 3 people to choose from: our LIs, ourselves, or Olivia:
I like how this incorporates all their ways of thinking into how they fight.
Liam has the ability to fight a man but also the wisdom to know when delegating will make things more effective.
Hana's is reminiscient of her fight at the boutique (if she was part of your bridal party), where she had the forethought and flexibility to use anything that was at hand as a weapon (and here, she uses a potted plant).
Maxwell is someone who enjoys sliding down the stairs via the bannister (his last scene in Book 1 features him and the MC do this together), and he uses that to gain leverage over his opponent.
Drake opts for speed and aggression, since raw power is what he is most known for.
Olivia is a master of fighting skill and agility, which is obvious from her tackling of the man.
Of course...the "opponent" is really a dudebro reporter who was easy to catch so I doubt any of them saw him as that big of a challenge 🤣
• The MC then gets to choose how to tackle him - two of the options involve coming down heavily on him for invading their privacy, and one offers to provide him a picture that's taken with the consent of the MC and LI.
• Why do none of them even bother to grill this guy over where he came from? Who sent him? Who he was reporting to? Why is NO ONE asking these questions oh gosh why are you all so stupid.
• DIAMOND SCENE TIME. In some ways it could be a throwback to Liam giving you a massage in Book 1 Chapter 16 at Beaumont estate, but like all LI scenes, it plays out differently depending on who you're married to.
Liam: The MC is surprised that Liam managed to secretly set this (the arrangements for the massage) up, and Liam confesses to taking a course from a professional masseuse (wasn't he already very skilled in massage? I recall the MC saying so in TRR Book 1 Chapter 16. I mean it's likely he wanted to sharpen his skills etc but why no acknowledgement from the MCs who did the scene back at Beaumont House?). You get to choose between letting him focus on your upper body or lower body, and you can either flirt with or help Liam to set up.
The variations for the sex scene involve the MC telling him what she wants in terms of speed and tempo (slow, or "right now"), as well as positioning (under her, or on top of her). The couple then relax and speak of how moments like these will be few and far between once the child is born, and how they will make time for their children and each other regardless. If you're a Henney fan, you'll love this scene coz at some point the MC calls Liam "Mr Perfect".
Cmon PB tell me that wasn't done on purpose! 🤣🤣🤣
Hana: There's plenty of Hana's thoroughness in action here. The skill is something Hana has already learned and picked up from before, and it's something she is excellent at (for instance, there is a point where she tells the MC that she almost put her course instructor to sleep with her rendition of a Swedish massage). Hana's version of the scene is detailed in terms of the oils she uses and the names of the massage therapies she employs.
We get a choice between two oils - elderberry and rose, or sage and sandalwood - and two massage therapies: Swedish and Shiatsu. The first therapy is meant to soothe and relax, the second is meant to invigorate and awaken. The MC can either respond by talking about how much she needed this, or jokingly offer to be "Hana's personal genie".
The MC also gets to set the pace for sex - either hard and fast or slow and tender - and the scene shortly after involves the women engaging in playful banter about how there will be less time for private moments like these after they have children, but how it will all be worth it for the joy those very children bring.
(Also the one time I went to France I saw the sun set at 9 PM or something to my utter surprise 😲)
Maxwell: The tone of this - including the MC's as well as Maxwell's dialogues - sound a lot like the fun couple they're expected to be, and have a different vibe. I liked this scene particularly because the MC gets to show her mood swings here, and Maxwell has a story similar as Liam's about taking a course on massage ("with a complimentary chakra kit"). Additionally he also provides his own recorded music.
The MC gets to choose how they'll do foreplay ("my mouth on you" or "your mouth on me"), and how they'll have sex (behind or under). Once that is done, they speak about their wishes and dreams for the child. Maxwell mentions needing to lock the door so the kids won't hear them during moments like these, and contemplating on their growing years (he mentions "preschool" then jumps straight to "first car"). They do, however, agree to relax and take each moment as it comes. Which is a theme with Maxwell even in the buildup of the scene where he talks about living in the here and now.
Drake: More attempts to make Drake more flexible and open, and less "manly man" stuff. He gives the MC the opportunity to choose who should "order around" even though he isn't used to it (at least they acknowledged that). He doesn't say a lot about his massaging skill - and he shouldn't considering the writers already write enough about it in their Chapter 13 scene where he talks about his dad playing masseuse for his mother.
The MC gets to decide whether Drake can watch or touch, and positions (on top, or under). Afterwards, Drake gets to talk about how far they have come as a couple - how the MC didn't imagine how her life in NY led her to this charmed one, and how Drake could hardly imagine until she chose him that he was the one she wanted. While all the others speak about the changes that having children will bring into their lives, Drake gets to also talk about how unbelievably good their present life is.
• The next few weeks pass in a blur. Another couple of days pass in a blur. A whole six months is reduced to a montage wowwww. Amazing. What was the premise of this book again?? Family, right? And surprisingly, we spent AGES on only one LI's family, so much so that the rest of us have to be satisfied with just 5 chapters of the theme for our own LIs!
• Your free dress is basically a peach monstrosity (sorry guys I can't stand the colour peach 😅😅), and the diamond option is a floral blue short dress, which is fitting considering our next diamond option involves an actual flower garden. It would go with the theme.
• Our second trimester montage includes the following:
- Maxwell googling pregnancy-friendly yoga poses and learning them so he can practice them with us. For solidarity awww (which could be either as a friend, or as the father. Both are adorable). He teaches us the downward dog pose (we call it adho mukha svanasana I think. It's supposed to have many benefits, though I hear that earlier, pregnant people used to be advised against doing this asana during late term).
- Drake making something that was supposed to be a rocking horse but that looks either like a footstool or abstract art, further reiterating that if he has so few skills maybe he shouldn't be yapping about how nobles swan around doing nothing of importance.
- Liam doing the rounds of our estate with us, and proposing the lakeside be converted into a garden with a gazebo...kiiinda similar to Applewood's? The narrative promises that paying for this background art will unlock scenes not only in this book but in other books in the series as well.
- Hana suggesting names for our kid - either Oswald, Valentina or as our namesake. Valentina is the popular option, obviously, because Hana then gets to give us a callback to TCaTF where she can speak of the "great warrior" who was close to Cordonia's greatest warrior queen. This comes MUCH later in the scheme of these scenes, and if you're a Hana fan who doesn't romance Hana...it'll definitely feel like you spent a huge chunk of the chapter not even catching a glimpse of her.
- In addition, you get two scenes exclusively with our LIs - one where we're dancing with our partners and experience the baby's kick together for the first time (it's cute because the sprite wiggle and shake a couple times from surprise and joy in this scene 🤭), and this adorable af dream section:
Now this scene takes place while the MC worries over the number of kicks in two hours that her character should be doing, and the LI is in the middle of a dream when she wakes them up. It's followed by the LIs calming her down and attempting to communicate with the child before they eventually kick. The dreams are cute, but I couldn't help but notice how all of them are in some way connected to themes of family (and perhaps responsibility? IDK this is just a wild guess):
* King Liam and the Baklava Arm: Liam's dream involves him and Leo (they remember Liam's brother exists! Hallelujah!) eating baklava, before Liam turns into this sweet and gets eaten by his older brother. Which I take to mean that sometimes, it really does feel like the responsibilities Leo - and why just Leo! I would include Liam's father in this as well - has left behind for him may swallow Liam whole. After all, Liam is in many ways, spending his time as king constantly fixing his family's messes.
* Hana Lee and the Tea Party: Hana's dream focuses on enjoying a tea party with the MC and her future child, to the point where she is reluctant to shake herself out of the dream. As a child Hana was deprived of this experience - forever keeping a place for her mother that her mother never bothered to fill - that she now views the same thing as an opportunity to NOT be that person towards her own child. In a lot of ways she may view this as "I will not make the mistakes my mother made, and make my child suffer believing I don't care for them". Why is why, when the MC wakes her up she shows such a reluctance to leave. In a lot of ways her view of parenting rn is largely coloured by her desire to be the exact opposite of her mother.
* Maxwell Beaumont and The Shrimp Buffet: Maxwell's recurring dream involves him being in a shrimp buffet, being fed shrimp till he wants no more. This is a little tougher to decipher, but I'm guessing that since their house sigil is nautical and shrimps are a delicacy of the waters, the shrimp buffet mayyyybe represents his House and family, and the responsibilities and complications that will eventually pile up from them. Remember, he enjoys his father's respect and regard now, but perhaps there may come a time where being a Beaumont will feel like being in a carousel that refuses to stop.
* Drake Walker and the Giant Marshmallow: Drake's dream involves being smushed by a giant marshmallow that he seems to be fighting. Now most of us usually associate the marshmallow with Drake only, but in a lot of ways the treat has its roots in his memories of his father. In fact, that's the earliest actual memory we get of Jackson. So the dream could either mean he fears he may not live up to Jackson's example, or foreshadowing that Jackson's secret may blindside and engulf him.
• One thing I really don't get about the TRR/H team re: Hana is...why do they sometimes spend chapters and chapters repeating the same things like a broken tape recorder? In the early chapters she wound up making constant mentions of embroidery, even when it wasn't needed. When it was pointed out that they forgot she was skilled at horseriding then they kept beating that reference to death. Now it's tea parties. Hana is a layered character, PB! Start treating her like one!!
• It's nice that the MC has that rare moment of checking in on Liam and asking him how he's taking the news that his mother was pregnant when she died. That doesn't happen much in the books - she can ask a ten-second question about how Liam is holding up after his father died but somehow never tries to check up on how he's down again, even when she's his wife. It would be nice to see more of that...but I don't have any hope left of that happening.
• Hallelujah! The members of the Council speak about something other than balls and parties!! There's a brief mention about "transportation reforms" which gets knocked over by the press in favour of more pregnancy speculations. Which is on par for pregnant celebs - in that once you're pregnant, everything else seems frustratingly unimportant in comparison in the eyes of other people. You begin to feel less like a person and more like a vessel (and if you don't have the right support, those feelings will keep gnawing at you even after childbirth).
• I wanted to hear more about those transportation reforms! Dammit PB!!
• The MC and LI eventually celebrate the point where her morning sickness is out of the way in a short scene.
• Man I miss seeing the palace. It felt almost like the team had forgotten that some of our MCs might actually live there.
• Callback to Book 1! We get a scene where the friends are having dinner, but the MC now has a craving for cronuts so they go to the same bakery they visited when she was still new to Cordonia.
- Jumping out the window was Liam's thing in Book 1 (and he almost fell on the rose bushes), but this time it's the MC who is doing it
- Maxwell speaks about how fun rule breaking is, leading to an interesting observation from Hana (the last time they went to a cronut shop she sidestepped this question and merely commented on how much more fun it was that their destination was "something delicious"). This time around, Hana actually focuses on the "rule breaking part", where she speaks about what it feels like to break a rule for her:
I've mentioned in my QT for Chapter 9 how Hana often speaks of her parents "as if they are still there, still controlling her choices, as if she cannot remove herself from her fears concerning them even if they're physically away from her. In her head, she still has a lot of difficult getting out of the obedience mindset (particularly towards her parents) built in her.
I can connect to this personally. As a teenager and a young adult, I wasn't allowed to go out too often, and the few times I did go out to meet friends I was given deadlines that left me with very little time to actually have much fun. (yknow, like 6 pm, or 7.30 if I was lucky...even if I'd gone out at 4 or 5). My college days were mostly spent in convent-run hostels with strict curfews (like 6 pm), and you had to repeatedly hit at a locked gate if you were even a minute late.
Now I'm married, to a man who understands if I run late...and even now I think in terms of timing and curfews. I still get a tiny chill down my spine when it's 10 pm and I'm not home yet - for no other reason than "I'm late". It's just the way my brain's been wired from years of that routine and it will probably take a lot of unlearning to grow out of it.
Hana's guilt about rule-breaking is kind of like that. She knows it's unreasonable, she knows theoretically that she is safe from harm, she knows logically that she's free to do what she wants, but her brain has been wired to certain routines that will take her maybe years to grow out of.
...and this fandom acts as if she's just a weak, passive, one-dimensional character who is nothing next to the Almighty Olivia Nevrakis. LMAO.
- A lot of the callbacks are in the shop scene, such as the way Maxwell shouts for the cronuts as soon as they enter, the way Maxwell finishes his cronut before the other LIs finish their countdowns, and the compliments they deliver for the treat hold a few similarities too.
- There is also a tiny callback when Maxwell recalls Liam and Drake "stealing a boat" - something Liam talked to us about at the Regatta.
- If there is anything different, it's the messages the LIs now deliver to the child:
The friendly version includes all their plans for this child they have already begun to love and consider as their family, and involves what is important to all of them. Hana simply lets the child know there is an amazing support system that will shower them with love, Maxwell playfully asks the child about what flavour of cronuts they would prefer, Drake promises them fishing and trekking trips just like the ones he had as a child, and Liam assures them that even though their future lies in the throne, they are not entirely bound by it (why couldn't the writers have made the heir an "heir presumptive" then? Rather than make this a permanent arrangement! Oh, I know. Coz the MC has to be the front and center of everything).
• Slight variations if the LI is married to you:
Le Moi:
• It's now time for our baby shower, which means we're now in our third trimester. So much for a book about having a child 🙄
• One of my favourite variations in this chapter happens around here. If she is your friend, Hana is organizing the baby shower along with the other women in court, and the MC tells her she should enjoy it with her and she doesn't need to fuss so much, and Hana responds that the MC is her best friend so it's important for her to be involved.
Fortunately, in Hana's playthrough, the MC ensures (and insists, actually) Hana enjoys the function alongside her, rather than playing second-fiddle:
It's a lovely scene. It's all I could want. The MC shows that she cares about Hana, follows up on the "I won't let you play second fiddle when you're my wife" promise from last chapter, and generally includes rather than excludes Hana. It's heartwarming and shows some effort from the side of the writers.
But...at this point it's been FOUR BOOKS. Four books of seeing the MC simply use Hana when convenient and discard her when convenient. Four books of seeing the MC not bother to even ask Hana how she is when she is affected by terrible things, while showering attention and advice on people like Olivia and Penelope and Madeleine. Just a book ago, the MC marrying her was treating Hana like a bridesmaid on what should have been a memorable wedding day for Hana.
It's great that this mistake is not repeated now, but this is one tiny spark in a long, long line of lackadaisical writing. It shouldn't take you four fucking books to come to the conclusion that, hey, maybe we're treating our lone female LI like garbage and we should do better.
So...yeah, I love this scene. But I have no idea whether PB will continue doing better in terms of their treatment of Hana, or whether this and the previous scene are just brief flashes in a pan. I probably never will trust them on this, but honestly the team has only themselves to blame for that 🤷🏽♀
• I'm tempted to say "too little too late", but (foolishly) I'm still holding on to a sliver of hope.
• Hallelujah! The writers also remember that Kiara exists outside of being Penelope's bestie! And she comes to us and the LI, delivering the news that Auvernese and Monterisso royalty have decided to come to the baby shower to find out who Cordonia will make an alliance with. Jesus Christ. Stop.
• In my playthrough, Kiara interacts with Liam and Esther (but more to Esther than Liam - and I saw similar interactions on the plane trip back to Cordonia) which felt...different because up until now the narrative never allowed the two to even speak to each other (she's the only suitor in Book 1 who never gets to even talk to Liam, and in Book 3, they went as far as to replace her with Hakim in the armoury scene at Lythikos). To me it simply goes to show how deep the rot goes with regards to Kiara's treatment in this series (as well as the fact that they make Kiara interact just as normally with Drake in his playthrough, yknow, that asshole who treated her like shit last series. Oh what I wouldn't give for Kiara to rake that man through the coals for his treatment of her, if only just once).
• We're also told that our in-laws will be in attendance, which means we will have different playthroughs featuring different characters visiting or gaining additional dialogue. Regina and Leo for Liam's playthrough, Leona, Bianca and BertVannah for Drake's, Barthelemy and BertVannah for Maxwell's, and Xinghai and Lorelai for Hana. I think Hana's family is the only one so far who have NOT made an appearance...and will for the first since Book 3 this week. They'd better treat her well this time around!
• I'm wondering - with the arrival of the other royals - whether another flashback scene will be shown. Or perhaps it will be reserved for Chapter 17 since we'll be traveling to Lythikos.
• I wonder if one of the gifts will include something for the nursery. I think it might.
• Another visit to Lythikos. This has to be the third time I'm seeing this place. It was the only duchy besides Beaumont Estate we were allowed to see in Book 1 and one of the major turning points in the plot in Book 3. We haven't seen any duchy (besides our own) as extensively as we have seen this one, and I know it will involve more opportunities for Olivia to gobble up space.
• Like at this point why the hell am I being regarded as an honorary Beaumont when the only time I bothered to visit Ramsford was in Book 1, and I have never, ever visited Hana's Cordonian side of the family even once - not even aware of anything besides their sigil being flowers and her great-grandmother teaching her a Cordonian tradition featuring three coins in a fountain (and don't even get me started on Shanghai!!!)
• In an ideal version of this story, where the writers made a damn effort on all the LIs...I'd be really happy about the writing for Olivia. I'd be fine with it. But now I'm sick and tired. Sick and tired of her concerns, her issues, her pain getting more attention than Hana's ever has, or ever will. Sick and tired of how often I see both the writing and people in the fandom (yes Olivia stans who downplay Hana just to make your fave look good, I'm looking at you) act like Hana's story has zero value, every time the narrative gives Olivia attention. At this point the narrative is giving a secondary character the space and attention that they should have been giving the female LI. And not because Hana's story is not equally compelling - but because the writers didn't want to put in the effort. Why the hell do I have to wait four goddamn books to see even a tenth of this much effort put into Hana, huh?
I'm fed up at this point. I like Olivia but can't even enjoy her scenes nowadays without thinking of how much the same amount of space could have benefited Hana, or wondering how and when the fandom will use this opportunity to shit on Hana just because she's not their preferred female LI or BFF.
• Chapter 16 has always been the kind of chapter where the nobility have an excuse to go wild and party a lot (except in Book 2, where Chapter 16 was set aside for Liam's proposal and the MC finally choosing her endgame). In Book 1 it was the Beaumont Bash. In Book 3, it was the MC's bachelorette in Vegas. Now in Book 4, it's the baby shower (maybe less wild...but still partylike). It's kind of a pattern at this point.
• Liam's suggestion of a flower garden + gazebo at Valtoria brought me back to that Book 1 Chapter 4 scene, where he spoke about the palace gardens and hedge maze being his mother's vision. But it also reminds me of that gazebo with cherry blossoms, and that flower conservatory, in Applewood.
There is a statue of a woman with a crown on her head and a specter in her hands, at the back of the garden, and I wonder who that is supposed to represent.
• That's it for this week! Until Chapter 16, guys! (gosh how did I survive 15 chapters worth of meta with this).
#long post#trh quick thoughts#trh qts#the royal heir#king liam#hana lee#maxwell beaumont#drake walker
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I rewatched Eternal Diva and this time I took notes as I went through
Dive under the cut if you dare to experience my mad in-the-moment ramblings (warning for spoilers for pretty much the entire prequel trilogy)
- Don Paolo’s voice sounds like what Papyrus’s voice probably should
- Winter Layton is precious in that giant coat
- Janice is so pretty omg an angel
- Layton geeking out over the Detrogan is goddamn adorable
- I love how everything is greyed out in Janice’s flashback
- Suuuuuuuuper subtle indication that maybe “Janice” seeing how young this little girl was is what prompted her to find a way to put an end to this whole thing
- Whether it’s a moped or the Laytonmobile, Emmy drives like crazy XD
- Bitch you ain’t on Top Gear
- God her big sister relationship with Luke is adorable tho
- Aaaaaaaaaaaah Layton smiling at their banter dad’s so happy for his son
- They did such a good job reusing the game’s music for this movie
- The opera house looks so cool but so precarious – my first thought upon seeing it was “when is this thing going to sink”
- I MEAN IT’S ON A CLIFF
- Janice’s voice is so pretty TToTT
- I like that they kept the Japanese vocals for her singing
- SONG OF THE SEA-SHADOWING
- I hate that Layton and Luke were the ONLY people to honestly applaud the performance. Everyone else is a DICK
- First time I saw this dude, I thought “that’s a puppet, no ordinary person moves like that even in animation”
- Once again, Layton putting a polite and gentlemanly spin on “fucked if I know, my dude”
- Lol I love that even the people who didn’t applaud and thus apparently knew what they were in for weren’t down for dying
- Fuking cowards
- Layton is always DTF (down to fight)
- GROSKY OF THE YARD
- FUCK YES
- This dude’s manliness is infectious
- “Gee, I wonder who’s behind this-“ *Descole’s theme starts playing* “-oh well never mind”
- Honestly who else but Descole would be this fucking extra tho
- Gotta admit I love the twist of the opera house being a ship, I was totally expecting it to just go plunging into the ocean at a moment’s notice
- Aaaaah the CG in this movie is really well done
- Layton’s angry face is kinda ridiculous but I love it
- I love that it’s pointed out like “where tf did all these sharks come from”
- I prefer Cartoon Saloon’s Song of the Sea, but this one’s pretty too
- Lol as if a MAN-EATING SHARK could keep down GROSKY OF THE YARD
- I’m surprised he can see over the top of his chest hair
- God, the detrogan is such a cool instrument and I really wish something like it existed irl
- Ah, it’s only like fifteen sharks, Grosky will be fine
- I love the air of mystery surrounding Oswald Whistler
- Layton’s hat is made of 100% pure uncut husband material
- AAAAAAAAAAAAAH I LOVE HOW PUZZLES ARE USED IN THIS MOVIE IT’S SO GOOOOOOOD
- I’m so glad they didn’t scrap it entirely coz I mean they’re so integral not only to the Layton games, but Layton himself
- This music box tune kinda gives me Gravity Falls vibes tbh
- I think the backing melody sounds pretty identical to the tune’s intro
- I love that this movie actually lets us see inside Layton’s head and his thought process, it’s so much better than just having him put everything together seemingly offscreen
- Tbh any puzzle where “the night sky” is the solution is bound to be a good puzzle
- I just fucking love the implied MASSACRES in this movie
- God Luke is so goddamn precious
- Pffft pumpkin dude is so subtly duplicitous
- Okay I have ot pause for a bit to rant about layton’s design because it’s SO GOOD. Warm colours make him seem welcoming and kinda comfy and the simple facial features, while a bit Ditto-esque, do combine nicely with his overall shape to scream “friend”. Professor Layton is friend shaped. And of course there’s the popped collar to show that he’s cool, the high collared shirt gives a scholarly vibe, his shoes which I stg are plimsolls show a practical side and of course the quintessential top hat shows that he’s a Gentleman first and foremost. Add the amazing voice to that and BOI I DIE
- Although I can’t help imagining that gif with the teddy bear slapping eyebrows onto its face to look angry whenever he gets mad
- Luke is not friend shaped. Luke is son shaped.
- Precious bab shaped
- Wpw a sea captain I would never have guessed other than the “sailor” accent and the fact that you’re wearing a sailor’s uniform
- Ugh I love these quiet moments where things can sink in and characters can just talk to each other, I really wish more movieswould do this
- I love that even if you don’t have a literal look at his thought processes, you can still see Layton THINKINg
- Agh Amelia is SO CUTe this series is so good at designing beautiful women and cute girls while also making them look DISTINCT
- I like that they hinted at her intelligence by having her solve the puzzles by herself
- One advantage a film has over the games is that the visual novel format kinda limits the dialogue, coz it’s hard to convey one charafter talking over another
- I really like the side characters. They’re simple, yes, but they don’t really need to be complex
- I will admit that the limits of Layton’s simple facial features means it can be hard to tell who/what he’s looking at sometimes…
- “that man” asked me to write an opera, huh
- WHY DOES NOBODY ASK WHO
- Fuck descole’s theme is SO GOOD
- WHERE DOES HE GET THE FUNDING FOR ALL OF THIS THOUGH
- And Grosky boards the ship just in time for it to blow up XD I love this dude
- I can only imagine his gigantic pecs act as a flotation device
- Layton preventing Luke from looking at the exploding ship THIS MAN IS SUCH A DAD HE’S SO GOOD
- I love this scene with Emmy investigating because these parent’s appearances are just enough to make it ambiguous whether they’re Nina or Amelia’s parents
- Seeing them all wrapped up in blankets is kinda cute tbh
- LET. THEM. SLEEP.
- I wonder what Layton uses to keep his hat on?
- Lol Emmy pushing a fossil aside to look at the map
- I can only assume, given that they set off from the White Cliffs of Dover, that this island is SOMEWHERE off the coast of mainland Europe in about the same region as Spain
- Ugh I LOVE Emmy’s uppercrust accent, the fact that she sounds like such a refined lady is such a fun contrast to her literal arse-kicking
- Also this is totally BBC news lol
- I love the detail of the historian’s scrapbook being kinda hodgepodge with bits falling out
- And I love the Ambrosia Seal being super detailed but the subtle incorporation of a sheet music design
- Gotta admit I totally thought this little banquet was poisoned on my first watch
- Lol I love that pumpkin guy just KEEPS POURING THE WINE
- Ugh that beach looks SO PRETTY, I want to go there
- Janice is totally crushing on Layton, pass it on
- D’awwwwww luke trying to befriend ‘melina’ is SO CUTE this boy must be protected at all costs
- Layton how did you hear what she was humming from all the way over there
- Why do so many anime characters have inexplicable super senses
- Those wolves’ eyeliner is on point lol
- “I’m not built for running” lol mood
- FUCKING HELL DESCOLE WHO IS FUNDING ALL YOUR SHIT
- HOW MUCH DISPOSABLE INCOME DO YOU FUCKING HAVE
- Admittedly on my first watch I wasn’t as familiar with descole’s theme, but I saw that castle and I just thought “it’s descole, only he can be that extra”
- The twist of using the cages for personal protection rather than to trap the walls is simple, but so clever
- I love that Mr Whistler was one of those accidentally trapped outside. Keeps suspicion off
- And I love Layton saying “well that solved PART of our problem”
- YOU SHUT UP LADY THE PROFESSOR IS AMAZING
- And then he trips and falls lol that’s what you get for wearing old man shoes
- “Even a good gentleman needs to get some exercise!” pfft
- Oh hey, they found the starter house that Descole was using while he was building that castle. I wonder what texture pack he’s using?
- And here Layton puts MacGuyver to shame in the most Ghibli way possible
- I’d love to see someone try to build this thing XD someone call the Mythbusters
- Bjut I adore how even LAYTON isn’t sure how this fucking thing works
- Fucking NERD
- Yeah, these filmmakers were TOTALLY influenced by Ghibli
- This is so Castle In The Sky, it hurts
- “Hang on tight! NOT TO THE PILOT!” – best line in the movie
- You can’t escape it, Layton. You is a dad
- DID YOU GUYS NOT SEE LAYTON LAPUTA-ING HIS WAY IN
- It’s great how all those puzzles seem like they could be ripped straight out of the Layton games, complete with outside-the-box bizarre thinking required to solve em
- I’m so proud of Luke for solving it!!!!! Such a good boy
- RUDE
- Yeah, just stand in the middle of the suspiciously empty room, I’m sure nothing will go wrong
- That’s what you get for shoving Layton aside, bitches
- Lol I guess luke could just step through the bars if his head was a bit smaller
- DESCOLE HOLY FUCK YOU ARE THE KING OF EXTRA
- “humble scientist” GOOD GRIEF WHAT A LOAD OF SHIT YOU DRAMA QUEEN
- I love that Emmy can FLY A PLANE
- Holy shit grosky there are better ways to signal for help
- And LESS GROSS WAYS TO DRY YOURSELF OFF IN A PLANE
- Yeah, see, you lost your knickers
- Ugh, god. I adore this scene with Layton in Melina’s room. It’s so quiet, the soft evening lighting… aaaaaaaaaaah so peaceful, but you can still feel the tension in the air, especially after Melina comes in
- Oh my god, Layton plays like an angel *swoon*
- The lack of background music in this scene is what makes it so perfect, the tension is so REAL
- Lol I love the historian just standing there like ‘welp there they go’
- NOOOOOOOOO LUKE DON’T CRY
- BIG SIS IS HERE
- Oh fuck yes
- EMMY I LOVE YOU
- God she and grosky are so fantastic XD
- WHERE DID YOU LEARN TO FIGHT LIKE THAT EMMY
- Somehow emmy gives me Michelle of the Resistance vibes
- God, I kinda love it when you can tell Layton’s already put it all together and is just biding his time
- AAAAAAAAAAH I love the subtle resemblance between Layton and what you can see of Descole’s face
- In hindsight, that… stole? Is that what it is? The fur thing isprobably to hide his face shape because it most likely ups his resemblance to Layton
- But he’s totally wearing black converse like the extra hipster nerd he is
- God, I can’t even imagine the nightmare of having your memories overridden and personality suppressed
- Aaaaaaaaaaaand here’s the summation. I love this part in pretty much every Layton thing
- “Assisting you was the scientist, Jean Descole!” Descole: lol hi
- LAYTON YOU ARE SUCH A DAD I LOVE YOU
- Him being gentle with kids is so sweet
- Also damn this backstory is a lot. I can’t imagine the pain of losing a loved one, but I’m not surprised a father would do anything he could to keep his daughter alive
- “When did you realise I was involved” “ur an extra bitch who lives for drama, who else could it be”
- That brief bit of Luke without his hat just makes him look even more BABY BOI MUST PROTECC
- Okay real talk when did Janice get hold of the key
- I’m guessing it was in the commotion when Mr Whistler grabbed Luke
- SUCH A GOOD TWIST I LOVE IT
- My heeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaart goddammit
- In hindsight, the hint of Janice wearing Melina’s pendant was really subtle and clever
- GODDAMMIT DESCOLE CAN YOU STOP BEING EXTRA FOR LIKE TEN SECONDS
- It’s kinda cool that he’s an archaeologist too though. It really does run in the family.
- The way Descole and Whistler’s schemes intertwined was really cool
- Yeah, it just wouldn’t be Descole if there wasn’t some over-the-top machinery
- YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSS MAGIC MUSIC THIS IS MY SHIT
- When escaping from a crumbling castle, do be sure to grab your boy.
- AAAAAAAAAGH THE SCENERY IN THIS MOVIE IS SO FUCKING GOOD
- Good lord, there it is. Descole just can’t function unless he has some ridiculous Humongous Mecha at his command
- This thing looks especially monstrous and I love it
- I don’t think I’ve seen ANY faults in this movie’s animation, jesus Christ
- Descole, did you learn nothing from the attempted excavation of Troy? It’s very possible that your efforts to unearth Ambrosia will be what destroys it!
- Aaaaaaaagh this flying scene is intense as FUCK
- Layton and Luke are SUCH A GOOD TEAM
- WHAT IS THIS MUSIC I LOVE IT
- Luke you are SUCH A GOOD BOY
- Sorry but you’ll never be mob tho
- Mob is perfection
- JESUS CHRIST DESCOLE ARE YOU TRYING TO KILL A CHILD
- I was about to ask where that explosion came from but then I realised it was probably a petrol-powered chainsaw
- Layton who told you that you could look this goddamn epic
- But I love that he’s taking on the sword-armed Descole with a PIPE
- That footwork tho
- Layton must be an amazing dancer
- So cool that he’s patiently explaining why Descole was wrong
- Sun, stars and sea. I feel like that’s a Dothraki term of endearment meant for oceanfairing
- MORE MAGIC MUSIC I AM BLESSED
- AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH I LOVE THIS SO MUCH THIS IS THE FUCKING COOLEST
- I’M SUCH A SLUT FOR MAGIC MUSIC GODDAMMIT AND THIS IS DOUBLE TEAMING ME WITH SINGING AND PIANO
- I do enjoy that despite its emergence, Ambrosia is still partially submerged. Some movies would’ve had it rise from the sea completely
- Lol at Descole losing his shit because SOMEONE ELSE found the answer
- Yeah, bad idea attacking someone right on top of your humongous mecha’s control panel
- “DESCOLE!” dude he’s fine you really think he’d die
- I was going to ask why Emmy didn’t use her plane but she probably couldn’t get to it in time
- Yeah, this is SO Ghibli. The gigantic industrialised machine self-destructing on the ruins of an ancient civilisation lost to nature
- Noooooooooo don’t do this to me movie, nothing kills me like sad flashbacks
- Ow my heart
- This hurts
- “I’m sorry, Father. I’ve only ever brought you grief and sadness, haven’t I” as someone who’s struggled with depression this is a whole-ass mood
- NO THIS HURTS STOP IT
- Also the lil detail of Whistler’s waistcoat being the same shade of purple as Melina/Janice’s dress
- NOOO DON’T MAKE LUKE SAD
- “I’m so glad all of you were my very last memory.” Damn that line hits hard
- GIVE THE GIRL A HUG, LAYTON
- I said a hug, not a hand on the shoulder, she needs a HUG
- Seeing the destroyed detrogan really hammers it home, huh
- It’s very kind of Grosky to let Whistler play one last time in memory of his daughter
- When I got into the Layton series, I was no expecting to be hit so hard with the FEELS
- “Do you know that a man is not dead while his name is still spoken?”
- GNU Ambrosia, I guess
- Ugh it’s so PRETTY tho
- Fucking sparkles and shit
- D’awwwww, I love the image of Luke patching up the wolves, he’s so sweet
- Knowing the truth about Emmy and seeing her being so happy with Layton and Luke makes it really painful :’(
- The world needs more of Layton with a big, happy smile
- Awww, Author Lady and Pumpkin Dude kept in touch
- GROSKY GOT HIS UNDIES BACK
- Ugh seeing Layton and Luke peacefully listening to that music is SO CUTE and SOFT
#professor layton and the eternal diva#professor layton#hershel layton#luke triton#pl#The Amazing Adventures of Rainy Meadows#this movie is so good holy shit#delicious finally some good fucking video game movie
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What a year its been...
This is my one and only chance to say it but 2nd Feb marks the day I decided to fully join the Choices fandom on tumblr. My little blog is one year old! Brace yourself, this is the story of how I came to be... like an X-Men origin story but weirder, not as cool, way more tacky and severely lacking Hugh Jackman
I actually downloaded the app in January and started by playing HSS, unknowingly buying diamonds with the few that PB gives us to start with. When I quickly realised I had to BUY diamonds to keep playing I was like HELL NAH! At this point I’d never spent any real money on an app before and I wasn’t about to start now.
That is until I started playing TRR....
I started playing what would become by favourite book just as a way to get diamonds for HSS because I was determined to finish that one to the end. I stuck to my guns, tapping half heartedly through the chapters, not really reading the dialogue until we got to the scene in the Beaumont mansion where we had the option to follow Drake to see what the Beaumonts were up to and I was like huh there’s more to this plot than meets the eye. So much more shit that went down behind the scenes and immediately resolved to pay closer attention to the book.
Still wasn’t buying diamonds though. I thought Max was a hoot, Hana was a delicate flower, and Liam was sweet - the tag line for book 1 was something like ‘Will you win the prince’s hand or will you fall for another?’ and I was like Of course imma snag that prince coz he’s MUTHAEFFING THE PRINCE WEREN”T YOU PAYING ATTENTION!’
Still not keen on Drake though. And I was missing so much of the main storyline (and his) by not paying I was like OK FINE I’LL BUY INTO IT JUST THIS ONCE
Still living on that poor uni student life so I only bought the scenes I REALLY REALLY thought were worth it. And that was not many. It didn’t take me until the scene at the Lythikos when I realised hmm it weird we didn’t get to kiss that Drake guy, I’ve kissed Liam but not him like????
Anyways the Liam playthrough was getting kinda boring like mm kay you’re never around but for some reason you’re obsessed with MC (and I didn’t know it was called MC, I just called her Althea which was Liz’s OG name which never really suited her IMO) so I tried to focus more on the other parts of the story was kinda non-plussed, like well that was fun i guess...? LIke he’s cute but he doesn’t really set me on fire.. Mkay lets try this Drake dude and see whats up with him.
K cool so I wzs playing the game (or rather the game was playing me) focusing more on Drakey boi THEN IT HIT ME I was like damn wow theres a lot to this dude I don’t notice right away when mindlessly tapping through, like his sarcastic humour and guarded nature - I’ve always loved characters like that (I’d just finished my obsession with Cassandra Clare’s Infernal Devices series and he reminded me of Will for some odd reason) then we got to the Beaumont scene AGAIN and I was like GODDAMN THE ANGST IS GOOD HERE (didn’t buy the study scene so my dumbass missed out on kissing DW... AGAIN)
I made it all the way to the finale with out that scene and when I realised I hadn’t had that first kiss, I was mad and restarted the book (we’re on restart 2 btw) and obsessively bought all the Drake diamond scenes. My fam was out of the country so I binged the whole thing in like a day or two after which I was overwhelmed with a lot of feelings and emotions that I didn’t know what to do with and I just sat there trying to process them and failing like
THEN I WENT ON TO TUMBLR...
And I binged all of @mrswalkerwrites and @angstymarshmallow‘s drake fics but I just couldn’t take it. I STILL HAD THE FEELS AND IF I DIDN”T DO SOMETHING SOON I WAS GONNA SPONTANEOUSLY COMBUST
Then I came across a theory by @chantelle-x0x who wondered like what IF Drake secretly knew how to waltz but didn’t wanna teach MC coz he was in love with her and THAT DID IT
IT WAS LIKE I WAS POSSESSED I COULD SEE THE WHOLE SCENE PLAYING OUT IN MY HEAD PERFECTLY AND I NEEDED NEEDED TO GET THIS ONTO PAPER. It was a blur writing that first piece and a race against time before the insporation ran out, I hadn’t had a strike of creativity like this since my Hobbit fanfic days and I was determined to see this through.
After I was done, it was 2am and I didn’t know what the fuck I was doing so I unknowingly posted it up on tumblr under the name Waltz Time and peaced tf out and passed tf out only to wake up to almost a hundred notes overnight like
People actually LIKE my ramblings..? They are saying nice things about my brain fart.. what..? I don’t know how to process these emotions and now I have MORE emotions????
Then I reblogged a couple of things, made a playlist that I’m sure nobody cared about, started a mini series that I didn’t intend to get so long. But the more content I saw the more I needed, it was like a new drug, a new obsession like no other and when I saw people like @choicessa and @boneandfur writing such amazing fics I was just like WOW I wanna try to do that too
And on 2nd Feb, I posted No Turning Back and finally converted this to a choices blog and the rest is history.
Along the way I’ve made so many wonderful friends including @chantelle-x0x who reached out to me first and was my first offical internet friend, @meeraaverywalker @walkerismychoice @tmarie82 @boneandfur @littleblossom-18 @srawesleyghuewrites @heartoffire-ice @simplyaiden-blog @likethetailofacomet @sleepwalkingelite @bobasheebaby @topsyturvy-dream (whom I got to meet in person this year!) @abbiebishops @mfackenthal @debramcg1106 @theroyalweisme @writtenbycandy @blackcatkita @angstymarshmallow @enmchoices @client-327 @lizeboredom @trr-fangirl @callmetippytumbles @speedyoperarascalparty @zaffrenotes and I’m sure I’m missing so many of you.
I was humbled and stoked to learn that I had a fangirl when @quartzandarrow sent me a message about my The Revelation Series (which I still intend to finish... eventually) and that I had a mysterious stalker in @ooo-barff-ooo who had been silently following me since the early days when Waltz Time was all that was on my masterlist and TRUly knows my blog better than I do.
Especially my Team Thirsty gals @quartzandarrow @drakewalkerwhipped @choicessa whom I consider internet sisters and talk to every day - I don’t know what I’d do without them.
I’ve learned so much and grown so much as a writer and I just want to thank you all for supporting me and being my friend despite how inconsistent I am. I’ve got lots of things planned for the next year so hopefully you’ll consider checking them out ahah
If you’ve made it to the end, I’ve wasted enough time but just
THANK YOU
love elle x
#personal#long post#it just kinda happened by accident.#thank you beautiful people#its been a great year
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Pierced
I was speaking to @hoodoo12 and she posed the question; would Ice Cream Rick consider getting his nipple(s) pierced for his girlfriend? And the question set my brain off with a whole new headcanon for him. He's an absolute drama queen when it comes to pain, so... This fic was born ;3
You might have noticed in my latest NSFW art that he had his nipple pierced, and this is the story behind it. This fic is SFW, just a little playful... Groping? Hmm. Anyway, it's 2.7k words and heavily dialogue based. Enjoy! :)
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Rick's palm was sweaty as he held my hand, his grip way tighter than usual. I glanced over at him and watched as he gnawed at his bottom lip.
“You okay?” I asked, squeezing his hand once. It seemed to startle him and he quickly looked at me.
“Y-yeah. I'm just- I'm about to have a needle shoved into me.” He reminded me, as if I'd forgotten the reason we'd come here.
“You don't have to do this. I know I said I liked them but I didn't mean I thought you should get them.” I said softly.
“N-no! I want them. Originally I wanted to do this to please you, b-but the more I think about it the more I like the idea.” He told me, and he seemed honest enough.
“We'll match.” I grinned at him. A smile appeared on his face and he seemed to visibly relax just a little.
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It'd come up in conversation a few nights ago. We'd been laying in bed together, I was the big spoon and I'd been idly playing with his nipples, rolling them between my fingers, flicking them from side to side, generally just fiddling with him like he so often let me do. He didn't seem to mind, and if he did he didn't mention it. Honestly I'd thought at the time that he was asleep, but the low chuckle in his throat that came when his nipples grew hard informed me that he was not.
“Did I wake you?” I asked him.
“No baby, I've been awake just enjoying being your toy. You like playing with me?” He murmured, breaking out of my grip so he could roll over to face me.
“You know I do.” I laughed, bringing my hands to his chest, feeling his hard nipples against my palms.
“Can I play with yours like that?” He questioned, quirking a brow mischievously.
“Of course.” I grinned. He looked down at my breasts, both of us were nude under the sheets.
“I wouldn't wanna hurt you.” He whispered, remembering the piercings in my nipples.
“I don't think you would. I know you're gentle.” I purred, closing the gap between us and wrapping my arms around his neck so our chests pressed together.
“They don't get sore?” He asked. I shrugged as best I could in my position.
“Not really. Like I said, you're gentle.” I kissed his forehead once. “I've never thought to ask what you think of them.”
“Your nipple piercings? I like them. I think they're sexy.” He told me, tightening his hold on me and smirking.
“Yeah? Good. I think they are too.” I grinned. He chuckled, looking down at my lips.
“Wh-what about on guys, you like them on dudes?” He asked me, looking back up to my eyes curiously.
“Hell yeah.” I giggled.
“You want me to get mine done?” He asked, catching me off guard. My lips parted and I struggled to respond for a while.
“Woah. I mean, if you want them, I'm certainly not opposed. I think you'd look hot.” I smirked, kissing his temple, then his cheek.
“Yeah? I've often wondered about it…” He mused, just letting me shower his face with kisses.
“Rick, are you being serious? Do you wanna get your nips done?” I asked him, pulling back to get a good look at his face. He looked serious.
“Yeah, fuck it. Why not?” He laughed.
“It hurts.” I warned and he shrugged his shoulders.
“I've had piercings before.” He told me. I glanced at his ear.
“Yeah, a lobe.” I snorted.
“What, that not a real piercing?” He smirked in amusement.
“Oh, it's a real piercing. I'm just saying, the pain is way worse.” I told him truthfully and glanced off to the side and thought about it.
“I'm sure I can handle it.” He shrugged.
“Okay.” I laughed. “If you're sure.”
“I'm dead sure.” He told me, stroking my spine up and down. “You'll come with me, right? Hold my hand?” He teased, leaning forwards so our noses touched.
“Yeah, sure baby.” I told him with a laugh.
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Honestly I'd thought it was just talk and he'd have forgotten about it by sunrise, but I was wrong. And so we were sat in the reception area of a local piercing studio, waiting to be called in. Rick had signed all the appropriate forms and we had paid, and now all we had to do was get it done!
“Okay, I'm ready for you. Come on in.” The piercer, a woman covered in tattoos with bleached blond hair and a piercing across the bridge of her nose (among others), popped her head out of the door and called for us. Rick took a breath before rising to his feet, tugging me along with him. The room was small but looked neat, organised and clean, and the piercer shut the door behind us.
Rick only let go of my hand when he was asked to take his shirt off. I held onto it for him, and the piercer came around to his front wearing a pair of gloves and holding a cotton ball soaked in some sort of antibacterial cleanser.
“So we're going for both nipples, right? Anything funky with them? Some folks like 'em done on an angle.” She said as she leaned in and wiped the area around his nipples thoroughly.
“Uhh, just normal- like, straight across.” He told her before going right back to gnawing on his lip. Poor guy looked terrified!
“Awesome. That makes my life a lot easier.” The piercer laughed, discarding the cotton in the bin before turning to the counter behind her. When she turned back, she had a cocktail stick dipped in ink in her hand. “I'm just gonna mark you up, we'll do it standing coz sitting down can change the angle and they'll come out wonky.” She explained.
She stared intently at his chest as she carefully lined up the cocktail stick, pressing a little dot onto each side of each nipple. She looked at him from different angles, like analysing a piece of artwork or something. Well, I was often inclined to do the same…
“Okay. They look good to me, you wanna check in the mirror, see if you're happy?” She smiled, straightening up and gesturing to the wall mounted mirror next to him. Rick turned and had a look, then showed me.
“What do we reckon?” He asked. I studied his nipples more closely than I ever had before, and came to my conclusion.
“They look even.” I nodded with a smile. Rick continued to stare at me for a while, gnawing on his lip. His cheeks were a little pink and his breath was coming quick. Despite all this, he turned back to the piercer.
“Ok, we're good.” Rick nodded, then he was told to take a seat on the reclined lounger in the center of the room. He settled into it, clearing his throat and fidgeting for a while. I wanted to approach him, give him my hand to hold, but at the same time I didn't want to get in the way. It was as if the piercer could read my mind though.
“If he needs some moral support, I'll be starting with the right one, so you can come and stand over here.” She said.
“Hah, moral support.” Rick chuckled, but he couldn't hide the nerves in his voice. I came over and offered him my hand. Despite the bravado, he took it.
“We're going to use barbells, not rings. It'll help with the healing process since there isn't as much pressure on it, but if you're desperate for rings I can do that too. But like I said, I recommend bars.” The piercer said as she prepared everything she needed.
“B-bars are fine.” Rick nodded. I stroked my thumb over the back of his hand and gave him a quick kiss to the temple while the piercer's back was turned.
“Alright then. We're ready when you are.” She said turning around and dragging over a portable station, needles and jewelry were all laid out. Rick made a weird, involuntary noise.
“Fuck it, l-let's get on with it.” He said, taking another breath to steady himself.
“Alright. Just relax for me, I'm just gonna use the clamp so I know I'm piercing straight through. Bear with me while I line this up.” She said, trapping his nipple in this clamp thing that looked like a cross between a pair of scissors and some tweezers. It was interesting to see it all happen, I hadn't dared look when I had mine done.
“Ahh fuck!” Rick cried out, gripping onto my hand. It stunned me, and the piercer and I simultaneously looked up at him.
“I'm sorry, this can pinch.” She told him.
“Oh shit, that was just the- I thought you'd-” Rick stammered, staring down at his un-pierced nipple. His face went bright red immediately.
“I'm afraid we aren't done yet.” The piercer chuckled. “Don't worry, I'll tell you when I'm going to do it.”
“Oh fuck, fuck.” Rick said under his breath.
“Don't worry, it's all over in a couple of seconds.” I assured him.
“That's right. The worst part is just waiting for it to happen. But we're ready now. Okay. I'm going to pierce you on your third exhale, okay? Try to stay as still as possible, don't move.”
“Fuck, okay, fuck.” Rick nodded, closing his eyes. Holy shit, he was bricking it. “I'm sorry, I don't mean to swear so much.” He hastily added.
“I've heard it all before. Okay, breathe in for me, nice and slow. That's it, and out.” I watched as she lined up the needle with a steady hand. “In again, aaaand out. This last one I'm going to do it. In…”
My heart was pounding just watching.
“And out.” She said, immediately pushing the needle through. Rick's exhale turned into a cry of agony pretty damn quick, and my hand was crushed in his grip. He thrashed his legs as he groaned, breathing heavily through bared teeth.
“Fuuuuck!” He growled.
“Stay still, we're almost done with the first one.”
“Almost?! Fuck! It's not over?” He all but yelled.
“Stay still.” She repeated. “I'm putting the jewelry in now.”
I winced. From experience this was about as painful as the initial piercing. Rick must've agreed cause there was more yelling and growling.
“Oh fuck! Oh God, please, s-stop. Fuck!” Rick shouted, his nails digging into my hand.
“Ow!” I hissed.
“It's done!” The piercer sighed in relief, straightening up.
“Ohh my God. Oh my God. That was fucking awful.” Rick was whining, panting like he'd done a marathon.
“It looks fucking awesome though, look!” I grinned, prying my hand out of his grip.
“Does it? I do-don't- I don't wanna look.” He whimpered, opening his eyes only to look at me.
“Do you want a little break before I do the other one or shall I get it over and done with?” The piercer asked.
“No! N-no, that's enough, I'm not- I don't want-” Rick shook his head and sighed heavily. I petted his arm.
“Baby, you paid for both, the worst part's over. You know what to expect now!” I assured him.
“I don't want it! I ca- I can't. Fuck! It hurts. It's throbbing. Is that normal?”
“Yeah it's very normal, it should wear off in a few hours.”
“A few hours!?” Rick balked, practically sobbing, his hand moved towards his chest but I caught it.
“Don't touch it.” I warned him. “Just look at it, you'll feel better once you see how cool it looks!” I said.
“Ohh god.” He whined, taking a tentative glance down. “Oh shit, that's- wow- is- is it bleeding?” His voice was all wobbly.
“A little. That's normal too.” The piercer assured him. “Are we doing the other one?” She questioned, beginning to look a little vexed.
“Oh, shit… fuck… I guess so? I don't know.”
“Okay, same process, three breaths, I go on the third. Ready? Let's do it now, then it's all over.” She said, picking up the clamp again. She leaned in.
“Wait! N-no. I can't- I feel light headed.”
“Are you okay baby? Do you need some water?”
“I'll get some water.”
“Baby? Look at me.”
“Is he still with us?”
…
Rick looked completely dumbstruck when he came around. The piercer had prepared a glass of water and had brought a chocolate bar for him before leaving to give us a minute while he recovered fully. I'd been stroking his arm and trying not to panic the entire – what? – minute? That he'd been out.
“Shit. D-did I pass out?” He mumbled as he came to, sitting up. I placed my hand on his shoulder to keep him down.
“Take it slow, okay? Drink some water.” I handed him the plastic cup and he took a few tentative sips.
“Oh God, how fucking embarrassing.” Was his reaction to it all. I handed him the chocolate bar.
“It's okay. They see it every day. You should eat that.” I told him, continuously stroking his arm in a way I hoped was soothing him. My poor baby...
“Did she do the other one?” He asked, looking down.
“Of course not.” I shook my head. “I don't know if it's a good idea to-”
“No. Me neither.” He interrupted.
“Anyway, I kinda like just the one. Two would be too much.” I offered him a little smile.
“Lucky thing I made a scene, then.” He snorted, handing me the cup so he could open the chocolate bar.
“You're fine. I'm sure they've had worse.”
“I don't know, it's all flooding back to me now and I th-think I may have made a dick of myself.” He shook his head, laughing in self deprecation. He sighed and ate the chocolate bar.
“Well, no, not-” he was giving me a look that told me I shouldn't bother denying it. “Like I said. They've probably seen worse.” I repeated instead.
I let him eat, relieved that he seemed a lot calmer than before. The colour was returning to his face too; he'd looked scarily pale when he'd passed out. The piercer returned to the room after a moment to check on us.
“Feeling better?” She asked.
“Yeah.” He said, avoiding eye contact. “I'm good, I uh, I think I'm just gonna stick with the one piercing.”
“No worries. Would you like to reschedule for the other one?”
“No.” He was quick to respond.
“Alright. We'll get you a refund for the second one before you leave, but feel free to come back another time.” She told him.
“Yeah I doubt you'll be seeing me again.” He chuckled, stuffing the last of the snack into his mouth. “I think I'm good to go. Can I stand up yet?”
“Of course, but take it slow and sit down if you feel any dizziness.”
Rick nodded and shifted to sit on the edge of the seat. He took a second to look at himself in the mirror.
“Wow, it does look pretty good, don't it?” He grinned.
“I told you! Worth the pain?” I asked, smiling at him through the mirror. He laughed in uncertainty.
“I don't know yet. W-we'll see how it heals.”
“Let me get you your aftercare kit. I'll explain to you how to take care of it.” The piercer told him, disappearing off again.
“God, you look so badass!” I exclaimed, unable to take my eyes off his reflection. “I love it. Do you love it?”
“I do. It looks better than I thought it would.” He admitted, rising to his feet slowly.
“You good?” I asked him.
“I'm good.”
“Good. I'm driving us home, though.” I told him sternly. He nodded a little sheepishly at me. I came around the seat so I could take his hands. “I'm proud of you, baby!” I grinned, looking down at his new piercing.
“Jesus, don't be.” He rolled his eyes.
“I know how much it hurts, and you did it!” I cheered, squeezing his hands and going onto my tip-toes so I could peck his lips.
“Did uh, did you faint? Wh-when you had yours done?” He asked me. I was hesitant to answer, not wanting to make him feel worse.
“It doesn't matter, everyone's different!”
“You didn't, did you?” He deadpanned.
“No.” I whispered, averting my eyes as I heard him sigh. I couldn't tell what was hurting him more; his nipple or his pride.
#rick and morty#rick sanchez#rick sanchez x reader#My oc#ice cream rick#OC Rick#body modification#fanfiction
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The Nurse Part 20 (Negan/BlakeAU)
Masterlist...
So this is it the last chapter of The Nurse! Thank you each and every one of you lovely people that read/commented/liked/reblogged this story it honestly means the world to me. And I’m so glad people have enjoyed and loved this story as much as I’ve enjoyed writing it. It started as a single oneshot and took on life of it’s own and I can’t believe how far it’s come.
A huge massive incredible thank you to @neganandblake for your help/advice/ideas and endless support! Girl you are a saint and a beautiful genuinely lovely person inside and out! Thank you for being so awesome and a friend. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
I had thought about the possibility of continuing this story passed this chapter but in all honestly I really like where we leave Negan and Blake here so I don’t think it’ll be something I’ll take on. But that gives me the time to focus on my other fics.
I also borrowed some dialogue for Negan from the comics because his speech about Lucille melts my heart 😭😭
So here’s the last chapter...I hope it doesn’t disappoint ❤️
The days had slowly dragged by, the months gradually blurring together as the winter's chill had once again begun to appear. The deal had been done, the terms decided. Negan and Blake would leave Alexandria and never set foot in any settlement again. In return; Rick would return to the Hilltop with Michonne and staying true to their words; as far as anyone was concerned outside the four of them; Negan and Blake were dead.
Killed in the car crash by the outskirts of the woods, bodies destroyed to prevent them from turning. They could live as they wanted now. No more fighting. No more running. They’d decided to settle in the abandoned farmhouse they’d hidden out in months earlier, as it hadn’t taken much work to fix up.
They’d taken on the rebuilding together, Negan fixing up the barn while Blake cleared the house in order to make the place livable again. Between them they’d even constructed a wall surrounding their new found property and in a few short months the ex-savior and young nurse had created themselves their own little settlement to reside in. With a barn sheltering a small group of animals for food, a garden filled with fresh growing crops and vegetables just as Blake had wanted. Negan had even included his idea from the Sanctuary of chaining walkers to the fence a few meters outside for protection. It had worked for a time before, not just to keep away the dead but also to ward off trespassers.
In the end the couple had been exceptionally proud of what they’d built in so short atime it really was something and more importantly, it was theirs.
They’d agreed to stay away from the other communities providing Rick agreed to do the same with their land. Never hunting or foraging in the same places to lower the risk of ever crossing paths, for Rick had just as much to lose as they did if anyone found out he’d lied about their deaths.
And as they settled into their new home, the ex-savior found there was really only one thing left he had to do…
As the darkness closed in, Negan felt suffocated. The storm clouds looming over his head, water pouring endlessly from the gray sky. Lightening illuminated the day followed by the deep roar of thunder. The grass seemed to drown in the low flood of the storm. He stood before the small and neatly laid grave. The wooden cross tied together with rope stood tall in the freshly unearthed soil. It wasn’t ideal to what Negan would’ve wanted for her but it was better than nothing. He hadn’t been able to find any lilies to lay by the grave, but he had picked some white wild flowers he knew she would’ve loved.
It was foolish really the more he thought about it. It wasn’t the real Lucille he’d laid to rest underneath that soil, it was just a damn bat. But Blake had suggested that this might be a good way to finally say goodbye to her. To finally let her rest in peace by the willow tree not far from their settlement.
Standing with sweated brows and muddy shaking hands; his breath caught in his throat. The guilt now rising again, the heart ache he’d repressed for so long in his attempt to appear as cold as possible, was now allowed to consume him for the first time in years.
He was so sorry for everything.
Sorry that he never got to bury her before. But he hoped this was the next best thing, after all it was the closest he would ever get. He hoped she was at peace. That she was in heaven with someone who treated her better than he ever did. If anyone deserved an afterlife in paradise it was Lucille.
She’d always been so good to him, put up with all the shit he’d pulled. Thinking back to the man he once was, made him sick.
To treat such a kindhearted, sweet loving woman with such selfish disdain for her feelings.
He felt the tears well in his eyes as the guilt weighted heavily on his chest. The silence that met him cutting deeper than he had originally thought it would.
“Lucille…I don’t know if you’re here, hell I don’t even know if you can hear me. You know I never believed in any of that shit. But I fucking hope you can hear this; I’m sorry. Sorry I wasn’t there when you needed me, both before and after you got sick.”
He paused taking a step back as he sighed. He was just so damn tired. Drained. Looking back, his knees went weak threatening to give way. Wiping a trembling hand over his stubbled chin before he continued.
“I know I tried but we both knew it would never make up for everything I did. I want you to know that I’m trying…I’m trying to be better. To be the man you always saw in me. That day when you told me to move on and fall in love with someone else…I didn’t think it was possible, I didn’t want to. But Blake…”
His voice faded in his throat, a small broken smile coming to life as his tired brown eyes drifted to the nearby truck parked not too far away. Blake waited patiently in the passenger seat, a book in one hand while the other traced lazily across the swell of her pregnant belly. A small smile of content played on her lips. The caramel-blonde had understood that he needed time and had respected Negan’s decision to go alone. So she had waited for him, assuring him that when he was done; she’d be there and they would go home together.
“My Peaches… she’s means everything and I promise you Lucille, I’m sure as shit not screwing this up again. I’ll always miss you Lucille…I’m sorry I named a fucking bat after you. There’s not much I can do to honor you and let you know I’m thinking about you…other than this.”
He shaking hands gestured at the grave as he kneels down; eyes never leaving the cross wrapped with white wild flowers as they sway gently in the wind; the cold rain dripping from the delicate petals.
“I’m always thinking about you Lucille. I want you to know that. You’re not a fucking baseball bat. I’m talking to you like a crazy person, but you’re my dead wife Lucille. Not the baseball bat I named after you. That was just a fucking bat. I didn’t love it, not really. I could always replace the bat…that’s not replacing you. It’s not. And I’m not replacing you now. I’m doing what I should have done a long time ago. I’m letting you go…letting you move on to wherever you need to be. I’ll always love you Lucille. Thank you for sticking with my ass for much longer than I fucking deserved it.”
As Negan walked away he saw his future smiling back at him. A warm bright grin; a golden glow of long locks and green shimmering eyes of possibilities looking back at him.
And though he’d always return to the small grave under the willow tree from time to time, he never went back on his word. He never went back to man he was once was and he truly appreciated what he had.
As the years flittered away, like the leaves on that same willow tree from summer to fall, he was grateful for every single damn day he had lived now.
His truck driving up the dusty road through the heavy metal gates. To the long stone path leading up to the house. His face beaming at the sight of his girls walking out to greet him.
“Daddy!”
His grin widened at the sound of his three year old daughter Mia running towards him. Her little legs moving as quickly as they could carry her before her little arms caught ahold of her father in a tight embrace. Negan was quick to scoop her up as the little toddler squealed in delight.
“Hey how’s my little Beansprout huh? What’d you get up to with mommy today?”
“We maded tweats, mama showed me haw to make pie. We maded one with peeshes coz mama sed yoo lyke doez da best.”
Negan couldn’t help the chuckle that erupted from his chest. He’d eventually told Blake the real reason behind his ‘Peaches’ nickname and it had quickly become an inside joke between the ex-savior and his wife. Keeping a tight hold of the little lady in his arms, he leaned forward capturing Blake’s lips in a deep kiss before his attention was once again grabbed by a very demanding toddler that insisted on pulling at his growing stubble.
“So is my little lady gonna grow up to be a chef then hmm?”
“Noh daddy…I gunna be a cowgurl lyke ma bookz…wide horsies!”
Blake and Negan both shared a smile at Mia’s excitement. She’d always loved growing up in the farmhouse with the animals. And after Negan had found some old western kid comics, the young infant had become obsessed with them. The three year old always making sure that her daddy knew to look out for new comic she could read. Though as young as she was it was more likely she just enjoyed the colorful pictures.
She’d become so obsessed that she’d taken a particular liking to Negan’s horse; a dapple grey mustang named Bailey he sometimes took out on supply runs. Kneeling down he popped Mia back onto her feet; his large callous hand ruffling her unruly blonde locks that mirrored her mother’s.
“Well then beansprout, what do you say we head out on a little ride on Bailey before supper huh? That sound good?”
The little girl squealed in delight, her little arms waving around as she flashed him a partly toothy smile.
“Yay! Baiwee! Go wide Baiwee!”
“Well hop to it then little lady, go get your boots and we’ll get going.”
Mia clearly didn’t need any more encouragement than that as she raced back towards the direction of the house, her little arms swinging by her sides. And damn it; if it didn’t warm Negan’s heart to see his little princess so happy. It was hard to believe any of it would’ve been possible; to raise a family after the world went to hell and actually have a pretty decent shot of doing a good job at it and giving the kid a good childhood. But somehow; Negan and Blake were doing just that.
Turning back to his wife, Blake hummed a smile as she snaked her arms around Negan’s neck, pulling him forward for another kiss. Hands tangling into her golden mane as he pulled her closer; tongues brushing against one another; hearts racing as the kiss deepened. Even after being together for years the mere sight of this goddess before him; still took his breath away. And at times he’d wondered by she’d settled for someone like him. Had stuck around long enough to be husband and wife and eventually bringing their beautiful Mia into the world. It was sometimes a mystery to him. That was of course until she had given him that smile melted his heart before moving things to the bedroom to show him just how much he meant to her and how wrong he ever was to doubt himself.
Looking down at his wife, he shared her smile. Her bright green orbs lighting up as she met his gaze.
“So I take it, the run went well?”
“I managed to siphon some gas from a couple’ old cars for the generator. Found some canned food that seems to be in good shape. Fraid’ that’s all Peaches. Still couldn’t find anything for Beansprout either.”
Blake’s features fell at Negan’s words. She knew she’d have to tell him, she just hoped he wouldn’t get mad. Wringing her hands; her gaze dropped from her husband’s as she carefully thought over her words.
“About that…baby there’s something you should know. Mia and I had a visitor this morning not long after you left. Rick actually stopped by to leave some supplies for Mia…old clothes and toys that Judith grew out of and I think that-“
“Send them back.”
“Negan…”
Negan’s features darkened with a deep scowl as his blood began to boil. Who the fuck did Rick think he was?! He didn’t need the prick’s charity. He was perfectly capable of providing for his own daughter. And what’s more, he didn’t want that prick anywhere near his home or his family. There was a deal in place and he expected Rick to damn well honor it! The last thing he wanted was someone catching wind of Rick’s little errand and find out that he and Blake were alive. He couldn’t risk losing his girls. He wouldn’t.
And while Blake had expected this reaction from her husband, she still had hope that maybe she could talk him around.
“I said send it back Peaches…we don’t need that shit. We can find clothes for our own fucking daughter ourselves.”
“I never said we couldn’t Negan. I’m just suggesting that maybe we should accept help sometimes…Maybe we could start trading with other settlements, it doesn’t have to have anything to do with Rick. And I have all this medical knowledge; maybe I could open a clinic and help people on the road who pass us by. Or we could find and trade medical supplies. It would be so much easier than one of us having to leave Mia every other day.”
It made sense. Of course it made sense. Most of what Blake suggested during their time together always made sense. But the thought of word getting out. Of reaching Rick’s people…honestly scared the living shit out of him. So taking a hold of Blake’s hands, her slender fingers perfectly sliding into his large paws; he pressed a soft kiss to her forehead before pulling her towards him.
“I know baby. I know. But we’ve been doing alright on our own so far. I don’t wanna screw this shit up. I’ll find another way before the winter sets in. No more leaving Beansprout. No more leaving you. I promise I’ll find another way. Just not that, okay? Not now.”
Blake smiled despite herself at Negan’s stubbornness. It was one of the things she both loved and hated about him. But he wouldn’t be her Negan if wasn’t this way and that meant so much more to her than deflating his male pride. Her attention was drawn back by the squealing voice of her daughter running back from the house with her little leather boots on, ready to set out on her little adventure.
“I wedy daddy! We go foor Baiwee naw?”
“We sure are Beansprout!”
Breaking apart from his wife, Negan rushed to his daughter. His outstretched arms lifting her up onto his shoulders as the toddler let out screams of giggles. Her chubby little paws grabbing fistfuls of Negan’s dark hair to keep steady. Blake bit her lower lip at the slightly pained look on Negan’s face as Mia continued tugging on his hair, sending her mischievous grin back before turned towards the barn.
“Be careful Negan! And don’t be out too late!”
“We’re always careful, aren’t we Beansprout?”
Mia simply giggled in reply, Negan continuing to bounce her on his shoulders as he walked away, turning back briefly to flash Blake his winning smile that even now make her heart race.
“We’ll be back soon. Love you darlin’.”
“Love you too.”
Blake watched the two disappear into the barn, only being gone a few moments before riding back out on the dapple grey horse. Negan keeping a tight grip of the reins while holding Mia in-between his legs as the toddler grinned widely; her little fingers playing with the wisps of the gelding’s mane.
The horse trotting slowly passed and through the gates, heading down the lane that led towards the trails of the woods. Negan had given her a smile and a wink as he passed, her heart soaring at the pure happiness that seemed to glow around her.
Thinking back to where it had all started. Made her realize that she had truly done the right thing, saving Negan because in return he had saved her. In a world where she had been alone and unwanted. He had loved her. Protected her at all costs. He had proved that he was never the monster they had made him out to be at the Hilltop. That he was worth more than being branded a killer destined to die alone in that cell in the basement. He was the love of her life. The savior of her heart. The father of her child.
And as she looked down at the small growing bump hidden underneath her jumper she couldn’t help but grin at the thought of another new beginning for the three of them.
She couldn’t wait to tell Negan the good news when he got back.
But for now she would wait. She would feet the chickens and tend to the garden. Because in the end, life was really just beginning for Negan and Blake.
And it was the second chance they both rightfully deserved.
End.
I hope this ending was fitting for this story and I hope ya’ll enjoyed it and agree with how I ended things. Again big thank you to everyone that’s read this story means the world to me!
Until next time lovelies, have an awesome day!! XXX
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just some random lotura thoughts...
This will be incoherent as usual... but I really need to put it into writing or my brain and heart will explode from all this tension... this freakin’ show had me on a limbo since sunday! T_T
Ever since post-S5 I was already expecting Lotor’s betrayal... but have no idea how the show would go about it... but I know it will eventually happen soon... could be in seasons 6 and 7... and tbh, I kinda wanted it to be a revelation that will literally shooketh everyone... I want it to be such a big deal and a significant turning point in the show... it will be a great opportunity for character development...
On the other hand, my fangirl self tells me to hope for a happy, although too-good-to-be-true outcome...my thought is that Lotor will betray BUT will realize his mistakes and change his mind after. It will be such a catharsis after all the romantic and political tension... it will be glorious esp. to lotura shippers... and exciting at the same time, how the writers will propel the plot from this point onward...
But I’m more partial to my first idea. Lotor was set up as a villain since the beginning. My practical mind tells me that it was all in his master plan the moment he rescued Keith in season 4. I was sure he did it for self-preservation. He had no place to go, no more allies, so he had to improvise. He was a meticulous, cunning and intelligent villain and I know he would go to lengths to achieve his goal, whatever that goal is.
And like the clever gent that he is, he charmed his way into my love-starved heart in season 5. He truly knows how to treat a lady, make her feel significant to him and to the universe. It must be nice to have someone take interest in your OWN interests, who can relate, who appreciates, who supports, who has the same way of thinking as you. Esp. he was a man with a supposedly just purpose of changing the Galra empire for good. In my mind, it’s like Allura found her soulmate, her missing half, after all, It was only her and Coran for a very long time. It must have felt like finding her long lost family. It was very romantic.
Of course my mind was easily triggered as I was watching season 5, with regards to my first idea, Lotor’s actions tell me that this was all a ploy. Judging from the previous episodes, betrayal is easy for him. But that didn’t stop me from enjoying the lotura moments. In fact I savored it, coz the sweeter their connection is, the more bitter the betrayal will be later. (I love romance, but I LIVE for great entertainment) Of course, the second option that Lotor will be redeemed also invaded my mind. THAT would be a hundred times better, but like I said before... highly unlikely. But one can dream right? So far the show has been anything but predictable.
Season 6 aired. I avoided tumblr for spoilers and anything VLD. Finally I got to sat down and watch last weekend. Thankfully Lotor was still in the coalition haha. Anyways, the first thing that bugged me was that he kept praising Allura for her work and abilities. It was okay the first time he told her. But he kept on repeating the same kind of sentences after that and more than once, like a broken tape recorder. Whenever he starts speaking I can’t help but roll my eyes, expecting the same compliment, and yes, I can finally see where this is going. This is it. Lotor’s up to no good and he’s definitely using Allura, but I wonder how this will be revealed. For the meantime, I simply won’t have an almost-kiss. Give them to me, show! Even if it will hurt later!!!!
It didn’t take that long for the hidden colony revelation, the Legit Lotura Kiss ™ and the heartbreak that followed shortly. I was devastated by the sinking of my ship, but I was MORE devastated that the show kinda rushed through it. Everything happened too fast. I was expecting more dialogue between Lotura, but I guess Allura was blinded by rage and realization that she was fooled that she didn’t even try to reason with him . What surprised me was that Lotor tried to talk it out. He tried to justify himself to her without force. I expected Lotor to laugh like the evil guy that he is and say something in the lines “I got every single one of you fooled didn’t I? It was fun while it lasted.” But... he didn’t! I dunno, it was like he definitely believed that Allura would understand him. He legit believed that she would side with him. I think he really did believe they had a connection, more than an Altean connection. I think that he planned to seduce her, but didn’t expect to fall in love in the process.
I dunno, maybe he’s just a smooth talker. Maybe he just prefer to talk than fight. Maybe he planned to brainwash her into his ideals and have her rule the universe at his side. Maybe his feelings are genuine, and can’t let go of her because he truly loved her. Maybe he didn’t love her, and can’t let go of her because of her powers. The reasons are endless, and the show fell short on expounding on it. I was thinking they should have allotted at least one episode for Lotura to process their feelings. I know Lotor is wrong, I will never condone what he has done to the Alteans. I know they are star-crossed lovers, that they never were meant to be. But, I just want them... to talk. My romantic fangirl self overrides my practical rational self and was waiting for Lotor to be redeemed, even at the last tick. I was waiting for him to say in his last moments “I may have deceived you about everything, except my feelings for you, Princess.” Or Allura would say “Did you ever plan to tell me about it, Lotor? Or you planned to keep me in the dark until you got everything you want from me?” I dunno how he would reply to that... maybe “I wanted to, but I can’t. Maybe in time, but I know if I told you now, you will see me as a monster, and you will never forgive me.”
At least a little exposition like these would have saved me from confusion. I can’t help thinking of a million ways their breakup could have played out haha, and that’s what drives me insane. Allura was clearly, reluctant to leave Lotor alone in the rift which speaks something... she cared for him, maybe she thought she still could save him... and for a sec I thought the creators would pull a deus ex machina, or have Allura unleash some hidden powerful Altean powers she got from Oriande and save the universe AND Lotor.
Gosh, I can’t have closure!
Anyways, what’s done is done. Overall it was a strong season, could be the best so far. It was still great entertainment, my ship has crashed and burn like I expected it would even though it wasn’t how I would have preferred it to play out. This was meant to be a Lotura rant but I’m not discounting the other cast, almost everyone had their epic moments, not just Lotura. They weren’t the only ship that sank I’m grieving for! (farewell Castle of Lions T_T)
But hey... no one can take that Legit Lotura Kiss ™ away from me. No one. Once upon a time, in the farthest reaches of the galaxy... they were canon. Thank you, show!
Yep, thanks for coming to my TED talk.
#lotura#lotor#allura#vld#voltron legendary defender#my thoughts#i'm in no way a vld expert#i may have gotten some facts wrong#just trying to make sense of my thoughts after watching season 6#my ship has sailed and sunk#not over them
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yeah for real when you’ve got a Scene in your head that would make more sense as a comic, you do get the whole advantages of using that format....like the dialogue of course & being able to show the changes between one panel & another to show movement & actions & things & time passage in general. and getting creative w panels is another tool you have to affect pacing and even tone, & unlike stuff like tv/movies, you get to change the shape & size of panels, which is useful imo for not only mood/pacing but also u can zoom in on exactly what u want viewers to look at. like having a lil panel just of some Detail like a hand or piece of paper or whatever. comix can jump around different shots without adding tension the way it might w film...idk i personally find it pretty fun to work with & it comes somewhat naturally to me to picture something as a comic in my head, though i’ll picture things like A Film just as much lol umm anyways yeah i think its great just to mess around w ideas in comic format & it can be rly good for making a scene with feeling, even in a short one... and i like to show emotion in movement and expressions and all, so that works out. like you can show a bunch of different facial expressions & show the slight changes & all....& show how ppl react to someone else in the space & move around each other.....its neat b/c imo emoting is generally a lot more in the subtleties of things. like you could show someone’s feelings exclusively through direct shots of their face but, realistically, ppls feelings are in things beyond their expression at any one point in time—its like, if the expression is subdued or exaggerated vs the essential content of the expression alone, their posture and how they move, what they look at, what they say, subtle shifts in their face or body as they react to something new—all these little sorts of behaviors ykno? not to downplay facial expression coz thats p much always key, and like i said its my fave...but when it comes to trying to portray stuff w emotional impact, i like to think of a lot of other details that imo can lend a lot of visual and emotional information alike....plus just the more stuff you’re drawing the more you’re giving a scene to work with... bgs and everything can set the mood & also just give context to a scene & even i’m getting better about like, making even simple bgs sometimes. anyways not like im an expert in anything at all related to anything but i have been Drawing W Feelings In Mind for a while i guess lol and yeah about characters who are usually carrying some form of tension (symbolic like displayed persona vs their actual internal, &/or more actually feeling tense like irritable and all lol) still having tension be relatable even when they’re happier or more relaxed, & thinking about that in a drawing—for me anyways i just think of that as part of trying to show their personality in every drawing. like i was saying w the example of when i nobly set out to give ppl another pic of kip fucking, even if he’s totally chill w the situation, it’s relevant to me when drawing it to think of the fact that he’s usually Not getting to be chill with Any situation, and have that affect how i portray the state of finally getting to purely enjoy himself in a major way. like i suppose thinking abt this just now, i always make a point of drawing him actually physically tensed in at least some small way, i think as part of imagining how the like usual constant presence of internal conflict plays into the reaction to its absence. like how it’s not an on/off switch where a person who has to live w that all the time has some version of themself that gets to Be Normal and suddenly not have to think abt how that feels. like even tho he’s presumably getting a break & a good distraction from that stuff, i think of how he wouldn’t suddenly have a new set of behaviors to access & isnt like, suddenly a completely different person, & how there could actually be a pressure in enjoying urself b/c of the knowledge of just how special that is & how much u should savor the moment. like, even in relief there’s a tension. sidenote especially if you think you might not get such a great experience again—feeling fantastic can have a painful edge in that case & can even be really heartbreaking if you don’t know when you’ll next get to feel that way again. anyways Back To Fucking lol like i said i think in that relief i’m drawing in a little bit of desperation in the knowledge that his moments of relief from feeling all hyperaware and self conscious and conflicted and what have you etc are rare, that i show by giving him a little edge of intensity in some way or another. me drawing kip as sexually desperate lmao owned... but truly that’s just a little piece of always trying to show a chars personality no matter the emotion or action or situation or whatever!! like back in the day i said something about how two people will show the same emotion differently in their facial expressions even if most ppl have the same “basic format” to it...the difference in how ppl emote & react to things shows their personality (so does other stuff obv but relevant to emotion specifically...) & so say if i draw the same expression for one character as i did another at one point, it would have a different meaning for each of them in the context of their differences in personality...one person’s smile has a different meaning from another person smiling the same way, and all. obv thats most relevant in characters who r dramatically contrasted in their outward behavior. like i talk about all this like its a science or i plot a whole chart before ever making a drawing but mostly i come up w some image or scene in my head that seems good to me & then sometimes barely even plan how to put it down. or other times i do think abt it a lot, but even then i’ll usually do last minute tweaks. it’s really mostly instinct imo, i don’t know if it’s true that i’m a bit overly tuned in to other ppls emotions & good at reading even really subtle shifts, that might be part of it, but even if it wasnt true, emotions are usually a p instinctive thing. but ppl can communicate the same feeling in totally different ways, including ways that AREN’T instinctive to you, so imo its also good to like, also treat it like something to consciously think about. and like also just yeah in media you already like that already seems emotionally impactful, its cool to pay attention to that & keep it in mind & try to imitate & stuff. and like i said about it not being a science, i talk abt putting emotion & a characters personality into everything, but its not like i think of anything i do as being overly complex & i expect anyone to look at any random drawing of mine & be able to fully reverse-engineer a characters entire personality from one pic lmao....i don’t pretend anything i make is some work of genius that contains Everything. but it at least contains something. & maybe if u had a few pix to compare, it wouldnt be hard to deduce personality from it. like, even when someone’s acting different from their usual personality, it’s still the same person, & how they usually are changes how their behavior reads. like for lars to be relaxed and casual around other ppl suggests a higher level of comfort & trust than average, specifically because of the fact that u know his usual behavior is to be more stressed & in one way or another defensive around others. also i like to try to draw personality in e v e r y t h i n g b/c all of this is propaganda of “my fave & if you don’t like it get out” lol......like each pic is its own lil love letter what with how if i didnt have a certain level of fondness for a character, then i couldnt be effed to draw them in the first place. so i want to be like, look at the way this character is, which is why i love & cherish them.....and like you said, with a basic ability to draw a recognizable form & an interest in making fanart with that ability, you’ve got everything you need to make the content you wish somebody else had already made for you to look at. and with choosing a lot of suffering characters to be fond of you have plenty of motivation to want to draw them having a nice time. or at least feel loved and appreciated or something. all that stuff hmm i can’t remember if i had anything else i meant to get at but yeah lol....Feelings
#took me a minute to finally get around to this just coz its been times of having words in my mind but not as good at putting them down#plus the usual terrible focus + distractions + naps
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Viewers feedback on Kunal Karan Kapoor’s character as Angad Yadav.
Played very well indeed....! i love him mean .....lol whereas if u've seen angad's previous shows...u wld never in ur faintest dream think of him in this role...i am bowled over.. rochella_22
i love to Hate Angad thats why .. enjoyed his and krishna's act a lot !!! these two share a marvellous chemistry together .... all of their encounters are superb .. ImmaculateDream
I dont think that everyone is bashing the actor or character...they just expressing their feelings abt this character...which i must say that the actor is playing very well to get this kind of negativity...which is remarkable...the guy is doing his job well....and how !!!! rochella_22
I loved it wen Angad said tum toh dhare ke dhare reh gaye aur sara mazaa woh kutte ka bachcha leh gaya.... (scene with Pragya and dog) Auditi
What added spice in the end was Angad's dialogue when he asked his mate "Tumare bhaiya soh gaye ka?" (scene with Pragya and dog) Unnati
Superb mindblowing acting by arhaan n kunal karan kapoor WOW (restaurant scene) ArhainAshiah
Today angad wa d way he came to nitin langur LOL aaaker jaise aankh maaareyit was a cutee n sweett scenee..angad wa is very funnnyy yet a goon n he was standing leaning langur nitin's car n his boyss r beating langur nitinkaa styleee hai bayyy ArhainAshiah
wonderful acting by Kunal, and yes that wink made an impact! Kunal is such a brilliant actor dkmystery
yaaaaa, even i loved his wink ;) .... and that wink means beta buhat parne wali hain tumhain yasmeeneee
angad is vry funny...drata b hai or wink b krta hai...
bt he is cute yaar.... Shivani_4u
Kunal's character changed a lot...last time I saw him was in Remix....n there he was totally a innocent n in this he is a goon.....wow....he changed a lot....but still he got some gud acting skills.... frndship_trust
eally .....thats cute i like him in lrl...n cant believe that he is the same guy. kunal is a gr8 actor Sweet_sona
i also lik him in LRL...bt nw he is totally changed Yudi se Mr. Yadav bann gya hai. Superb actor... Shivani_4u
I enjoy watching him on screen.. He's so convincing as a ghunda.. Mahabhootini
oh god! poor boy! par he plays his character vry well ... though da guy is pretty gud lukin ... he manages to play da character of villain vry well n forces all of us to HATE HIM! lol LuvKriya
angad is super bad ! love to hate him..... rochella_22
The guy who plays Angad...he is a brilliant actor. Anjalg
totally agree that he is just too bad and creepy, but he actually makes this show more exciting, Limits
he is quiet gud looking and is doing a great job playing a gunda cloud123
me too......his character is horrible but kunal is 😍 i love u kunal!!!! serialmaniac
hez cute. i lovd him in LEft right left.... Almas
Spin_off show with Angad
Ok i love how everyone is so involved with getting a lady love for Angad, maybe there should be a spin off show with Angad as the lead.........I've already thought of the story.........so we all know that Angad has a sick mother in gawo (village)...maa maati nahi aur jeeti nahi hai
so the story is that the sick mum asks Angad to marry and chooses a bride for him and he marries her even though we know he has no interest in that and that's where the story starts??????????Now it won't be like the story of Pratigya where she fights for the rights of women in the Singh household......but i guess the story depends on who he would marryso which lucky girl should it be and what kind of life would they have??????
Rolli......she is strong and brave and will try to change him....make him more like Adarsh, get a job, stop hanging around with Lucky and Jugnu (poor guys) and maybe quit paan
Komal..........this sherni will try to be the male dominant in the relationship would be hilarious to watch, consant nonsense arguments, and threats that Krishna will beat him up
Arushi...........maybe she's too cute and sweet personality for him, she'll be too scared????
That's all the female characters.....maybe someone else???
Anyway what do you guys think?????????
Angad Wah Wah And Angad is back he made me laugh when he was talking about his sick mother Amma na jeeti hai na marti hai Xxxjrae
Since Rohli now looks set to be parted from Adarsh, I'd REALLY like her to be paired with Angad They'd work so well! She's civlized and gentle but she still speaks up for herself so she'd be perfect for Angad. Kunal's a real asset to the show since he's one of the best actors on it so they shouldn't just let him go on being the obstacle in the Kriya relationship and then just leave him by the roadside.... shi_no_tenshi
pehle b kaha tha aur abhi b keh rahi hun .... ANGAD N KOMAL .... will wrk wonders .... un logon ki khatti meethi kahani will be a treat to watch wd loads of masti + masala +khoob saara daraana dhamkaana - romance .... LuvKriya
kunal is so handsome and cute and arushi is cute too....they perfectly matched....but damn he is a gunda....all my dreams shattered in pieces. i hope they make angad good and arushi-angad track.....i am tired of his schemeing....he is a hot schemer Mages
oh u brought back long lost memories. i was an ardent fan of lrl. after a gap of 4 yrs i am now hooked on to pratigya. i remember him dressed as a girl in lrl. angad aka kunal kapoor played the role of an army cadet. he does not get a date so goes to the army ball dressed as madonna the hot girl along with his roommate. kunal acts damn well . even his tragic scenes make the audience cry. his role was just the opposite of angadwa. he was cadet yadhuvansh but the cool dude hated his name so cut it to yudi. i loved his role and i love his new desi look in pratigya too. he is an extremely versatile actor and can give any lead pair a run for their money. he may appear only at times in pratigya but angadwa ki wajah se hi pratigya aage badh rahi hain
hats off to kunal for his choice of roles. ofcourse madonna ko toh mein kabhi nahin bhool sakthi. i still watch those epis in my computer anujkpjk
kunal karan is undoubtedly very very shweeettt as a person hes a really nyc n shweet guy hes rockin as angadwa n i lubbb anagdwa n krishu wen dere aamney saaamney tooo hotttt n dey sizzle d screen tgdr..i actually miss angadwa wen hes not in d drama:( ArhainAshish
i mean the way he speaks and acts. what did you think? LOL seriosly if it weren't for him this SHOW would anther sas bhu shit! LOVE_DMG
yaa angad is the villan of the show and he is a very good actor too so i also don't want him to die CHHAYA007
i like kunal but angad iam not a huge fun of his khusboo16
I love kunal's acting... i mean he has to be a good actor to make us all want to collectively bash him up. kudos to his acting. he does not need to scream or overact. just those eyes slant and u want to throw something at him. Ek.Romantique
ohm y goddddddddddddd!!!! terrible yaar!! i personally HATE angad but i wud never wnt him to die coz he's da only one whcih helps maintain balance happiness n sorrow in pratigya's life , i LOVE kunalll nd wud never wnt this to happennn luv_kriya
i will miss kunal karan kapoor,no doubt.... i just LUBBED his acting....and i just LUBBED to hate angad.... today a trmendously good actor took farewell frm the serial..... now whu is gonna add to the mirchi masala of the serial? i will truly miss paanwala..... i like kunal immensely.....he is my "purana pyaar” kasturika_kashu
He was a wonderful actor Binny
I'm sure that either Kunal has taken up a new show or again going for a vacation... but he has to come back! I'll also miss him dkmystery
Im soo goin 2 miss kunal & angad
he's my fave actor/character in pratigya
hope he has a gud vacation DEENCH
yeah i thought he was a good actr aswell, he was very funny in some scenes and evn though he was bad, i diddnt hate him, mayb jst a bt annoyng at tmes! i wsh he cums in a show and hes a positive character, tht would be very good Mazzy101
Honestly, this show not just belong to kriya, but also to angad. Prabhkallu
yeah, n I'm not happy... I'll miss him yar paan khaye angadwa hamar dkmystery
i just hate thttttttttttttt.. i want angad back........he always put masala in the show n i just love tht.................Neha_angel
no no no ANOTHER ANGAD.....i want THIS angad back...........he is the best villain....and without villain u have no masqala....take two three mnths watevr possible bt bring angu back.... kasturika_kashu
3-4 months without my kunal ..............i cant live serialmaniac
ahahaha hmmm...kunal is a shweet guyy..hes a total gal wen it cums to shoppin awww ahaha cuteee..n awww he spends n dosent really cares abt investing..guddd hes young he shud travel n do shopping n enjoyy lyfff...awww he worked at a call centre hmm..kunal is reallly shweett anagdwa ko pataa nai kia hai lol..y is he after my krishu n his happiness:((but i dunno y i miss angadwa wen hes not in d drama m lukin forward lets c wht krishu does with him this tym;)ahahahahan kunal is a gr8 photographer as well..he has put on reallly beautiful pics on fb..d scenry n d places where he goes r beautiful..travel kertey kertey bhul jataa hai k anagdwa ki shootin b kerney hai:(i lyk him with krishu dey rockk tgdr although dey're fighting most of d tym ahaha:p ArhainAshish
angad's scenes was much better den dis curent boring track! Shashi2011
A veritable Iago as some people described him. The actor definitely played the role to the hilt. He was really quite outstanding I thought and entertaining as well. Nayak29
the actor is great... TonsOfWishes
pls add me too , he is a brilliant actor Binny
hey i am also a big fan of kunal i really like his acting from the serial left right and he also do great work in pratigya serial he is a very gud actor chhaya007
I miss Angad and his typical bihari dialgoues...I simply love the way..he used to say...aiyee professor. I loved his dialogues..made me laugh..typical bihari style..he pulled off his role very well,I must say...his chamches ran away..lol chits1
he is a superb actor. whenever his scenes come up there is no boriyat, he makes u sit up and watch. u are always waiting and wondering "ab kaa karega be".
jitni galiyan angad khata hai ees forum pe usi say pata chalta hai what a superb actor he is. no screaming, no special ticks, nothing... just his "tirchi" aankh ka slanted look and u r worried what he is going to do now.
Keep it up Kunal.!! Ek.Romantique
Just now..i am chatting with Kunal bhaiya and he says that Angad and his friends will be back in August...for TRP....jisse khush hona hain hoo..jisse dhukhi hona ho.....thanks to him...aur kuch pataa chala toh likhoongi........ Anaya_kgp
He says Krishna will die next week....OMG.... Anaya_kgp
arey....abhi woh keh rahe hain..it was a joke...mazak tha..my heart came out..yeh kaisa mazak tha?? Anaya_kgp
Meri pyaari behen...vo aapke jiju hai bhaiyya nahi!!! Aur meri izzazat ke bina himmat kese hui unse chat karne kii (i'm very possesive like krishna about my kunal serialmaniac
he is laughing...main sunke paglaa gayi... Anaya_kgp
Good second lead roles.
Now a days show writers are giving equal importance to other lead roles to make an impact amongst the audiences by their acting, though it may be a cameo but still their role is remembered. We take a look at few such roles.
Kunal Karan Kapoor in Pratigya
He popularly known as Yudi of Left Right Left show, but now is more famous as Angad, the bad guy of Pratigya show. Whenever he is in the scene he takes all the credit by his acting style especially his style of having betel leaves.
LINK: http://www.indya.com/gallery/indyagallery.aspx?p=Good-second-lead-roles&aid=1518
I'm so proud of Angad, i really miss him on the show, i really like his character and his acting!!!Glad he's getting credit and recognition. Xxxjrae
yes mima beta!!!!!! Kunal is a superb actor. I lik hiz acting....bt where is he?? Ye Instalment me kyu aata hai.. Shivani_4u
tht tatto he has on his arm..my cousin has the same tatttoo must have hurt him like hell..my cousin was hurt like hell..n i love angad's (kunal's) hair..nice..wht shampoo does he use. daisyluv
aw...he is looking so cute...he deserve better character yaar... shumi
i miss angad/kunal soo much hope he cames back. DEEENCH
But must say both Kunal & Arhaan are doing a good job ..their characters add spice to the show. Unnati
Angad...our new competition (NBT airing same time slot as Pratigya)
y competition Poojie????since he was also part of MKAP and was a deserving artist,who actually got acting skills he surely deserves good wishes.All the best 2 him. KP Marina
and he is a brilliant actor as well.. Poojamenon
Good luck to him as he is a talented actor..:) Sheena
angad used to rock in MKAP! that time MKAP was the BEST!! bugsbunny
All d best 2 Kunal coz he's a fab actor Eden_luvskriya
I dont know how many of u are aware but our 'new guy' is called SUKHI in the show...his real name is KUNAL KARAN KAPOOR....he is a nice actor and i loved him in LEFT RIGHT LEFT as YUDI...he was there in REMIX too as karan wahi's best friend(dont remember his name)...I LOVE HIS STYLE and its a treat to watch him in maayka...i think he brings freshness to the show...there is this great scene of his from left right left where he is tryin to commit suicide...i tried to post it here but apparently i cant...its there under yudi suicide attempt...do watch it if u guys can...its awesome! rochella_22
i love SUKHI...very captivating... u gotta see the scene where SUKHI gets in the tempo lookin at tina had me all..."awww....he's lookin so cuteeeeeeeee".... i still cant take my eyes off the screen....and u r rite....both of them do look really cute...i dare say...the sub-plot is better than the main track...lol rochella_22
their chemistry really adds 2 whats going on around them it makes it so interesting and sweet ILUVPREM
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this fucking episode my dudes. i just went through it like...
business maharani is doing some more bitchification of bhaabi, ki dekho phir nikal gayi aapke peeche. even used the same lameass mandir excuse, the idiot, instead of coming up with something new.
hubs like riddhima is a major pain in the ass, but she's MY PAIN IN THE ASS, where isss sheeee, why isn't she back yet???????? is she ok????????????
ishani getting a call about someone in the hospital and......
bitch, it's her friend who's in the hospital. why the fuck would anyone call ISHANI of all people if riddhima was in the hospital????
lo aa gayi.
gujarat registration gaadi waale bhaiyya was a careful driver. unlike literally everyone else on tellywood. good for him.
concern!maxxxxxxxxxxx about her haalat.
asks about her bleeding hand and she's like i'll tell you if you tell me about how YOUR hand got hurt. noice.
again, rrahul's not putting on the vansh voice in this scene and it's 300% more watchable. for the love of god stop directing him in a way that impedes his performance!!!!!!! LET THE MAN MOVE HIS FACE AND TALK IN HIS NORMAL VOICE!!!!!!!!!!!
cliche dialogue about “shareer ke ghaav jaldi bhar jaate hain par dil ke ghaav..........”
this asshole is like yeah who would know that better than me???? BITCH WHAT IS THIS, THE TRAUMA OLYMPICS???
she's thinking ki yeah, i'm not gonna fall for your fakeass parwaah anymore. good. i like. she needed this stupidass illusion of her's broken longggggggggg back.
ohohohohoho ib waala mangalsutra breaking and slipping off trope idhar bhi hai.
“tooti hui cheezein kabhi kabhi dobara nahi judti.”
dialogue maarke chali gayi, lol.
but notice she's the one who caught it anyway. which makes me think she's gonna choose him/this relationship YET AGAIN. *deeeeeeeepest sigh in the world that sucks up all the oxygen in the atmosphere*
“jaise mera dil.”
OHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOH.
“lekin ab waqt aa gaya hai bohut se cheezon ko sahi karne ka.”
again, he looks menacing and all, but is probably just talking about making sure all the paperwork is up to date for upcoming end of year audits. he's a very rich accountant, remember???
ragini's medical reports have come.
lol being married to ishani is taking yearssssssss off angre's lifespan. roz naya tension, naya drama.
also, angre refers to vansh as "vansh bhai" when talking about him to ishani, but calls him "boss" when referring directly. interesting. veryyyyyyyyyyyyyyy interesting. you guys need to sort out that relationship, my dudes. it's the only stable, healthy one in this whole damn show.
ishani is like you're his right hand, what the hell are you doing about riddhima spying on him and getting all up in his business???????? dang, this might be the first conversation they're having about their only common interest: vansh's well being.
also i notice ki shivaay ke saare shirts angre ko diye gaye hain. huh, the shirts must have a kanji eyed wearer clause in their contract.
“mujhe shakti dijiye ke main apne emotions se upar uthke sahi ke saath khadi rahoon.”
damn, first time i've had a lil respect for riddhima. i mean, i know ultimately it's all gonna go to shit, but she's trying.
lmao a dhaarmik aarti version of the title track is playing. a version for every situation!
“main ragini ko bacha ke rahoongi. yeh mera aapse, ragini se, aur apne aap se vaada hai.”
YESSSSSSSSSSS BITCH, SISTERS OVER MURDEROUS MISTERS!!!!!!!!!!!
OMG WHY WON'T Y'ALL JUST DRESS HIM LIKE THIS, LIKE ARNAV, WITH THE SHIRT AND SWEATER COMBOOOOOOOOOOOOO. PLS GODDDDDDDDDDDD STOP DRESSING HIM WITH THAT STUPID SCARF WAALA BLAZERRRRRRRRRRRRR I BEG OF YOUUUUUUUUUU
he's talking to some shadow (def a woman) about how they're his humraaz about the whole ragini issue and nothing is hidden from them and how everything is going as they planned and the story will end soon.
it might be siya but omg i hope to goddddddddddddd it's ishani. i really really reallly want it to be ishani and see the hot demon siblings do some scheming and planning together. the sibs that conspire together, stay together!!!!!!!!!
menacing growling about riddhima and how he needs shadow chick's help in "handling" her, so that she doesn’t leave the house.
“chaahe VR mansion uske liye jail bann jaaye, i don't care.” cool, real healthy. also copied from this week's naagin 5. i'm telling you, these two shows be copying their homework off each other.
vansh leaning real hard on how he trusting shadow chick. hmmmm. reallyyyy hope it's ishani. though can’t say i wouldn’t be delighted if siya also turns out to be just as fucking twisted as him.
ofc ms. snoopy here has come to snoop. SIS TUM THAK NAHI JAATI KYA ISS SAB SE. MUJHE TOH DEKHTE HI THAKAAN HO GAYI HAI AND I NEEDS ME SOME GLUCON D.
“ragini riddhima se jeete-jee milna toh door, usse dekh bhi na sake.”
uh a little too late for that my man, lol. your girls already had a catchup session this afternoon. they're going for brunch and manis next weekend!
oh ho, she knows that angre's gone out. so this is def someone else in the house. DAMN, I'M REALLY INVESTED IN THIS SHADOW NOW.
yaaar, kya haalat bana rakhi hai shivaay ke room ki. best room hota tha iss set ka, aur isko bas ek random space banaa rakha hai.
ASLKFJSLDKJFLSDKJFLDKSF
this fucker crazyyyyy. like fulllll on flipping cray cray!!!!!!!!!!!!!
wow ok he's shaking from rage. more unhinged than i've ever seen him. which is really something. something scary as fuckkkkkkkk.
kudos to riddhima for just being like same old, same old, instead of being scared. i'm really liking i-give-no-fucks-riddhima.
DUDE. THIS FUCKER HAS COMPLETELY LOST IT.
also knife play copied from shivaay. this dude like a much much worse version of shivaay. never thought that would be possible, but never say never with ITV and the year 2020.
ok i don't like this angry version of him that's outta control, all shaking and growling and panting. not only is it really bad acting, it's hard to take seriously as menacing. ppl are always scarier when they're ice fucking cool with their anger.
blah blah blah some more growled warnings and riddhima and i are just here like............. “ok and????”
she's not even allowed to leave the room.
oooooh brave sis questioning him back and provokingggggggggg himmmmmmmmmm. got a death wish, this one, but i like her like this. i was sick of her just collapsing all over the place weeping. thaaaaaank god she found her longlost backbone.
“tum jaise haiwaan ki baat kabhi nahi maanungi.”
sarcastic slow clapping and slightly turned on by this show of dheentness.
“chalo aaj tumhari bahaaduri ko celebrate karte hain.”
uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.
“piyo, zeher nahi milaaya hai ismein.”
OK NOW THAT YOU SAID THAT I'M DEFINITELY THINKING THAT YOU HAVE.
omg ridhhimaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa you idiottttttt.
ok he's def put something in it. his face almost looking pitying as he takes the glass back.
“jaao. jahaan jaana hai jaao. nahi rokunga tumhe.”
ohhhhhhhhhh boy.
dslkfjsdlfkjdslkfjdslkjflkd her legs don't work no moreeeeeeeee.
THIS FUCKERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR. JESUS CHRIST THIS CRAZY ASS FUCKING D;SLFKJ;SLDKFJ;LDSKJF;LDKJ
EVEN THE CHANNEL PUTTING BIG BOLD DISCLAIMER OVER THE SCENE LIKE THIS SHIT IS SERIOUSLY UNHINGED AND FICTIONAL THE CHANNEL ABSOLUTELY DOES NOT CONDONE THIS FUCKING MADNESSSSSSSSS
I CANNOT STOP SCREAMING THIS FUCKERRRRRRR IS OH MY FUCKING GOD WHAT THE EVER LOVING FUCK IS THIS THIS SHIT IS MAKING 4 LIONS MEN LOOK LIKE SOFT CUDDLY LIL SOFTBOIS I AM LITERALLY GOING OUTTA MY MIND WITH RAGE AND ANGUISH WHAT THE FUCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK
i need a break. i seriously need a break to go cuddle my cat coz my god this deranged fucking showwwwwwwwwww.
ok cuddle break done. i’m not feeling any better but at least the tears of blood have stopped flowing from my eyes?
all i gots to say at this point is that CHEELANSHU SINGHANIA FROM NAAGIN 5 WOULD NEVER DO THIS. ONCE AGAIN SANKIIII CHEEL BOY >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> HUMAN MEN.
“haiwaan hoon main. rakshas hoon. aur rakshas kuch bhi kar sakta hai.”
electric chair for you, dude. ELECTRIC FUCKING CHAIR, GREEN MILE STYLE.
he literally gave her a paralytic.
“isse ek luxury relaxing spa treatment ki tarah enjoy karna.”
OMG I WISH I HAD SOMEONE MAKE ME SLIP INTO A PARALYTIC COMAAAAAAAAAA WHAT ELSE COULD A GIRL WANT FROM PRINCE CHARMING UWU TRUE WUVVVVVVVVV
omg inn paplu taplu ka chip waala naatak abhi bhi chal raha hai BIGGER THINGS HAVE HAPPENED IN THE HOUSE YOU IDIOTS KEEP THE FUCK UP LITERALLY NO ONE CARES ABOUT YOUR SADAA HUA MEMORY CARD ANYMOREEEEEEEEEE
anyway they decide to put it in the bank locker. omg why though, under the mattress was suchhhhhhh a safe and secure spot!!! badal kyun rahe ho tum log?!?!?!!?!?
“good morning.”
sis, lower half is paralysed. haath abhi bhi kaam kar rahein haina??? PICK UP WHATEVER THE FUCK YOU CAN GET YOUR HANDS ON AND HURL IT AT HIS FUCKING HEADDDDDDDDDDD
“don't worry, bas kuch der ki baat hai. uske baad tum apne pairon pe khadi ho sakti ho. main tumhari help kar deta hoon.”
TELLL HIM SIS. TELL HIM TO STAY THE FUCK AWAY AND NEVER EVER COME WITHIN A 3 DISTRICT RADIUS OF YOU.
“phir se zidd. tumhara naam riddhima nahi, ziddhima hona chahiye tha.”
ok can't deny i lol'd at that.
OK NO BACK TO HATING HIM. PUNS WILL GET YOU NOWHERE WITH ME, YOU BLOODY PSYCHOPATH.
“abhi toh bas ek chota dose diya hai jiska asar sirf 10 ghante rehta hai.”
oh how sweet. such a considerate husband. Star Parivaar Pati of The Year you are. haan behen, aur rakho aise pati ke liye karwachauth.
“agar baat nahi maaani, toh agla dose double hoga.”
seriously though, where can i get one of these? all i want is to be put in a coma so that i don't have to be conscious anymore. esp with the USA election today............ give me a 5x dose, daddy.
YEAH RIGHT LIKE SHE'S EVER GONNA CONSUME ANYTHING YOU OFFER HER EVER AGAIN LOL
“tum chaahe kitni bhi koshish karlo vansh, main tumhe ragini ko nuksaan pohunchaane nahi dungi.”
determination toh behen ka top classssssssssssss hai. where do ppl get such mental will from? i face the slightest inconvenience and i need a 6 hour nap to cope.
LMAO VANSH YOU DUMBASS YOU LEFT HER WITH HER PHONEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE. YOU KNOW SHE'S A SPY AND HAS SOMEONE ON THE OUTSIDE. YOU WANTED HER NOT TO GET TO RAGINI BUT NOW SHE CAN JUST CALL WHOEVER SHE’S WORKING WITH TO GET RAGINI THE HELP. GOD, BEWAKOOFON KI TOLI HAI YEH SHOWWWWWWWW.
ab yaad aayi kabir ki. my god, he seems like such a mellow weirdo now compared to vansh, just into some casual costume-changing and quasi fratricide. almost a tolerable level of deranged compared to this other fucking madman.
sent a voice note to him.
SHE HEARD SOMEONE COMING AND FLUNG THE PHONE ACROSS THE ROOM INTO A PILE OF CLOTHES. OH HO WHYYYYYYYYYYYY, YOU COULD HAVE LITERALLY JUST HID IT BACK UNDER THE PILLOWS WHERE YOU FOUND IT!?!?!??!?!?!?
“hi riddhima! tumhe iss haal mein dekh kar, dil ko bohut sukoon mil raha hai.”
asldkfsjflkjdslfkjdl i honestly love her the most. she's so fucking petty and hilarious.
ishani is like thank god bhai has seen fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinally seen your real face.
“sirf vansh ne hi nahi, inn sab mein maine bhi vansh ka asli chehra dekh liya hai.”
“kya matlab hai tumhara?!?!!”
ok, i'm thinking ishani is shadow girl. from day 1, she’s wanted riddhima to see vansh in a certain way; as someone dangerous, the way he projects himself. (as opposed to dadi and siya who want her to see his soft side.) this statement from riddhima makes her wary that did she get close to the actual truth. INTERESTING. VERYYYYYYYYY INTERESTINGGGGG.
she's now grumbling about how vansh treats her much better than she actually deserves. I REALLY WANT MORE INSIGHT INTO THIS BROTHER SISTER RELATIONSHIP THEY HAVE IT'S SO INTRIGUINGGGGGGGG
le, kapde chale gaye laundry. phone ke saath.
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precap: kabir listened to the voice note and now him and mummy are in panic about ragini disclosing the truth about 3 years ago. RE DEVAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA. OFC THESE TWO WERE INVOLVED IN THAT KAAND TOO. LITERALLY EVERY ONE IN THIS SHOW IS A DERANGED MENACE TO SOCIETY.
kabir coming to meet riddhima.
but ofc.
ugh she turned back saying “K.........” and he's like there's literally no one in this house whose name starts with K.
*facepalms for allllll eternity till my godforsaken face itself falls off.*
i think i’ll go watch s2 of mirzapur now. i need something ~~~light and fluffffffffffy~~~ to take my mind off whatever the FUCK this was.
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behen abhi bhi dagmagaaati hui ek taang pe
and of course, gangsters ka usain bolt is back in action. isko koi aur cardio karna nahi hota hoga na? achchi khaasi workout mil jaati hai every 30 - 45 mins or so.
THIS ONE IS STILL STANDING HERE PLAYING LANGDI TAANG. FFS. ITNAAAAAAAAA BHI KYA AAGE PEECHE JHULNA??? JUST HOLD THE DIYA WITH BOTH HANDS AND MOVE A STEP BACK.
she's legit been just swaying for 50+ seconds in real time now.
maata rani be like there really is only ONE semi-competent insaan in this house, huh?
pffffffffffffffft. aur karo aisi wahiyaat planning.
lmaooooooooooooooooooooo out comes the secret that vansh is ambidextrous. there goes madamji's ghamaasaaan theorizing ki murderer could simply not be him, since he's right handed.
“haan, main dono haathon se kaam kar sakta hoon.” bitch kya faayda if they're doing useless things like signing papers and holding diyas instead of............ other ~~~interesting~~ things. 👀👀👀
back to square one for this missy.
vansh be like St. George where are you COZ THIS HOUSE REALLY BE FULL OF FUCKING SNAKESSSSSSSSSSSSSS
AND OF COURSE IN ALL THAT AAGE PEECHE DOLNA MADE THE LOCKET AND MEMORY CARD FALL DOWN.
chalo ji aaj ka strength training bhi ho gaya. how handy to have an utterly disaster-prone wife like riddhima, who ensures you get all the exercise you need in a day!
sis be trying to escape to go get the card and man is like SIT YOUR ASS DOWNNNNNNNNNNNN SO HELP ME GODDDDDDDDD
“jo bhi hai, mere liye tumse zyaada important nahi hai.”
pft yeah ok, i give this sentiment .......... 5 min. tops. coz knowing her, she's sure to piss him off with her bs before this conversation is over.
husband man vows vengeance. sweet.
chanchal is worst shadiyantra rach-er of all times. why do this shit if you don't have the fortitude to see it through???
mummy be like could you stop freaking the fuck outtttttt
meanwhile someone is spying on them, coz of course. it's this house. kisi ko aur kaam hi kya hai? not since the K shows of the early 2000s have i seen this much room ke baahar khade hoke doosron ki baatein sunna.
ah yes, this is the perfect time to question him on being ambidexterous. even though he did nothing greatttttttt with his left hand to get so inquisitive about. he literally just took the diya from her and held it. not like he was shooting machli ki aankh or anything.
oh???? he's opening up about something that happened 3 years ago that made him stop using his left hand?!?!!
uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.
bro, you're rich. you can afford laser removal of tattoos.
also ragini be a real dumbass. instead of just blowing the candle out, she's standing there pleading with him not to burn his hand. looks like vansh really has a type: STONE COLD STOOOOPID.
gentle enquiry begets gentle response full of affection.
.................. and the dumbass had to ruin it by bringing up the R word. (R word in this show = Ragini.)
the fact that you get sooooooo fucking hyper over this matter is exactly why she wants to know, you idiot.
lmaooooooooooo she just asked him if he trusts her. this should go great.
yup, we're shoulder grabbing and growling into the face of the woman we absolutely do trust.
he's like if i didn’t trust you, i wouldn’t have ignored my bitchass sister's chugli about the memory card you put in my laptop and then hid. man i've been outta the relationship game for too long, i didn't know that you gotta disclose digital memory device usage and all to our partners these days.
blah blah no matter how much i tell you you'll never believe me and stop investigating this shit, so what's the point in me telling you anyway. which is a realllllllllllllll smooth way to get outta saying anything in the first place, and then convincing you that you’re being intrusive. classic manipulative bs. don't fall for it girls.
riddhima deployed best weapon: aansoon.
bhai pighal raha, but is in no mood to share stories anymore so..........
what's the point of crying now? shoulda just kept your damn mouth shut and let him talk.
“samajh nahi aata ki aisi harkat kaun kar sakta hai.”
LMAO REALLLLLLLLLY????? THERE'S LITERALLY JUST 4 PEOPLE IN THIS WHOLEASS SHOW WHO DON'T WANT YOU DEAD. 3, depending on vansh's mood of the hour.
these two still discussing. ouff. bas bhi karooooooooooo. the first rule of bitch club is not to discuss your bitchidity.
bitch club has a new member who is delighted at this plotting and planning.
mummy and chachi like welcomeeeeeeeee welcomeeeeeee, tumne bhi toh kam kaand nahi kiye hain.
LMAO WHERE THE BOARD COME FROM IF HE'S STILL COMING AROUND THE CORNER. HE HAS BOARD BENDING SKILLS LIKE ANGELINA JOLIE IN WANTED OR WHAT?
he's being more calm than i would be while reading them to filth.
ishani be like whut, no, us, never!!!!!
bhaiiiiiiiiiii se hoshiyaari????????? he's in sole possession of the single raisinghania brain cell, and he knows how to use it!
calling out everything from the killer dandiya sticks to maim angre, to the nails that chachi was using to put up the decorations.
ofc this dumbass is hunting around for the memory card.
aryan's like oh good, i was bored, what are we looking for?
“chot tumhare pair pe lagi hai aur asar tumhare dimaag par dikhne laga hai.”
OMG MAYBE THAT'S WHY SHE'S SO DUMB!?!?!?!!? COZ SHE HAS MULTIPLE FOOT INJURIES EVERY WEEK. IT'S LIKE HER EQUIVALENT OF REPEATED CONCUSSIONS!!!!! ARYAN, YOU MEDICAL GENIUS!
i know what you did last 3 summers ago.
now that she's scared aryan away, she vows ki VANSH KE AAGE JO BHI MUSIBAT AAYE USSE PEHLE MUJHSE TAKRAANA HOGA. behen tujhse badi kaunsi musibat hai uske life mein jo roz roz usse takraati hai.
idhar patidev bhi exact same dialogue maarte hue.
ishani's like ugh what wife, that bitch a spyyyyyyyyyyy.
for literally the first time someone in this marriage is acting right and telling people to fuck right off from sticking their nose in their marriage.
plus some very serious warnings ki i know how to handle y'all if you act up like this again. dang, i'm a little hot for him rn. (y'all know i have a raging boner for righteously angry men.)
dadi fussing over ms. hot stepper for not bothering to rest her feet. plus some blah blah on the akhand jyot and the going to maata ka mandir and taalofying saari buri balaayein. mataji aap sab se pehle apne do bahuon ko dafa karein, automatically saari balaayein hatt jayengi.
oh thank god. dadi found the card and brought it straight to her. now watch riddhima set it in the flowers in her hair or some shit, so that it can fall down YET AGAIN.
YET AGAIN SHE'S DECIDED NOT TO SHOW VANSH THE FOOTAGE AND IS PUTTING IT OFF. I JUST.......
these shady fucks being shady as usual.
what DID you do 3 years ago to ragini, you asshole???
and of course this aunty is eavesdropping.
hein???? she's genuinely interested in the ragini thing???? it's not just one ainvayi ka excuse that you ppl fed riddhima to get her into the house???? also, she just heard aryan copping up to it and that riddhima has proof of it. how the hell they gonna pin it on vansh now???????
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subah subah hi iski bakchodi shuru. bitch you're gonna regret being such an asshole to her.
"ishani, tumhe toh dard de raha hoon, par usse kaiiiii zyaada dard mujhe ho raha hai. lekin yeh sab main sirf tumhare liye hi kar raha hoon."
to which we say:
"itni pooja karoge toh hanuman ji khud aa jayenge, sanjivani lekar!"
lmao iss hospital in SABNEEEEE snark mein MD kar rakhi hai.
oh daaaaang.
lmao behold the power of an orgasm, folks.
fuck she's too hot. just too fucking hot. how is this even possible?!?!? or allowed?!?!?! there need to be some kinda maximum permissible amounts of hotness for us as a society to function!!!!!!!!
ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.
"aapki beti ne aankhon mein kajal nahi, aapki izzat pe kaala daag lagaya hai."
OMFG WHO THE FUCK IS WRITING THE DIALOGUE FOR THIS SHOW THESE DAYS, IT'S FUCKING RIDICUUUUULOUSSSSSSSS.
oh god anjali please stop romanticizing it. it was one fuck, that's it. it doesn't have to mean anything more. don't go all gooey on me rn. not over that horrible bastard.
yikes, dad walking in while she's replaying the highlights of last night.
"kaisi lag rahi hoon main? naye kapde, naya attitude, a new me. ab pasand aa rahi hoon aapko?"
MAN THIS GIRL'S DADDY ISSUES ARE BORDERING ON ELEKTRA COMPLEX. AND IT'S GIVING ME HELLA MICHMICHIIIIIIII.
shashank, your daughter is 30+, stop hounding her like she's a teen breaking curfew.
"kaha tha na dad, baahar thi; bas itna keh sakti hoon ki.... akeli nahi thi."
OH LORD. OHHHHHHHHH LORD. WHYYYYYY ARE Y'ALL LIKE THIS, JFC.
shashank, i get where you're coming from, but like beyond a point, parents aren't (/shouldn’t be) the ones kids are confiding everything in. things become on a strictly need-to-know basis.
sass sass sasssssssss.
thank god she got called away before she spilled more inappropriate details to her DAD.
sid telling a patient ki he doesn't need surgery and this guy's like “arre achche se check kar ke clean kar do aap!” abbe gaadi ka engine hai kya tu, jo khol ke cleaning karwaana chahta hai? munchausen syndrome??????????
"yeh koi birthday cake nahi hai ki.... kaat diya! body hai!" lololololol sid.
SID I SWEAR SCREEN MEIN GHUS KE MAAROONGI TUMHE, STOP YELLING AT MY GIRL FOR NOTHING
oh ho patient has a crush on ishani.
woh toh iss doctor ko bhi hai. and he is notttttttt liking this sweet, kind smile she's giving him.
lmao patient called her ishuuuu and set sid off.
sid jealousy isn't a cute look on you. at all.
"itni si baat pe itni jalan ho rahi hai, toh doosron ko itna kyun jalaate ho?"
ask him sisssssssssssss. ask himmmmmmmmmm.
oh that just set him off more. sid tumhe therapy ki zaroorat hai. also maybe a meeting with HR on how to behave with subordinates that you’re in love with.
the purest love story of this show.
MAN, NOW THEY'RE PLAYING JUDAAI FROM BADLAPUR. HAR EPISODE MEIN MUJHE RULAANE WAALA GAANA DAAL RAHEIN HAIN YEH KAMEENE.
yaaar, when he cries mera dil tooooooot jaata hai.
OH SHIT. THE BRIDE DIDN'T LEAVE HIM. SHE FUCKING DIED. ON THE WAY TO THE WEDDING. JFC THAT'S FUCKING ROUGH OH GOD MY POOR BOYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY.
NO WONDER THE MEHENDI TRIGGERED HIM. MERA BACHCHAAAAAA.
fyi - idhar ki raima ka naam "malvika" hai.
god, he still has the blood stained sherwani. to remind him to never let a girl get close to him ever again. son, that's not..... healthy. at all.
"humaare beech love ho gaya hai, lekin koi love story nahi hogi."
oh siddhu.
oh nooooooo rahil ko shave kara diya and now he looks 15!
the first official meeting of the sidisha fanclub is now in session!
rahil is almost too well adjusted to be working in this hospital.
why these two getting all awkward and running off just when they realized that they’re on the same page? SAATH MILKE PLAN BANAO KUCH!!!!!!!
literally no one cares about you and your supervillain monologue here, asshole. chal bhakkkk!
woop!
and this time the palpitations and breathlessness are allllllllllll sid's. raat hai, toh titli so gayi hogi, nahi toh woh bhi dikhaayi deti.
"jab tak mujhe mere sawaal ka jawaab nahi mil jaata, main yahaan se jaaongi nahi."
ofc. we couldn't expect anything else from your tellywood heroine ass anyway. hope your phone battery is charged to full, and there’s strong network connectivity here, coz..... you gonna be here a while, sis.
RUDE.
"yehi tumhara jawaab hai."
"yeh sanjivani nahi hai, aur naahi main yahaan aapki junior; ki jo aap bolenge main sunoongi. jab tak aap mujhse baat nahi kar lete, main yahaan se nahi jaoongi."
siiiiiiiiigh. idiot babies.
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i knew it'd be something ~~life-threatening that'd happen to ishani that'd make him snap outta this dumbassery. like not completely, he's still gonna try and stay away, but he's not gonna succeed at it.
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Heyy! I really loved your analysis on The Great Indian Dysfunctional Family! Could you give your honest review on it? I mean how did you find it's plot, the story, acting, directing all in all the show and what would you rate it? Thank You! Have a nice day! :)
Hello anon!
I’ve got to thank you for sending in this question, coz I did mean to do an overall review for the show beyond the lbs, and was just dragging my feet and being a lazy POS about it. You’re keeping me honest. :)
Tbh, I’m not sure how exactly to rank or rate this show. Until Ep 6. (the one with the big reveal) I really liked it. I really really liked it. But then the show just took a bizarre turn after the reveal. The plot went kinda off the rails, most of the characters were acting very strangely, and I was just left wondering why they built all this up and made me care about these characters just to bring it all crashing down like this.
The story
Nothing new, it was basically a Kapoor & Sons ripoff; right down to the whole vibe; everything from the setting at this hillstation-esque area, to the house parties, to the interpersonal dynamics (the feuding brothers, one of whom is oblivious as to why the other one is so resentful of him; the chill idgaf elder with the shenanigans; husband-wife tension; one of the characters is gay…) to how it all played out (reveal at a fun party right after a troubled marriage got a second wind, sudden untoward death of a parent, brothers making peace after…) all seemed straight up taken from that movie. They adjusted it a little here and there to accommodate the characters and make it seem different, but overall, it was just Kapoor & Sons, the TV version.
The plot
Like I said above, I really liked the way the show was written till Ep. 6. They built up the world really nicely; the family dynamics were uneasy yet stable in a manufactured way, and it all goes to hell with the entry of the ‘outsiders’ Samar and Sonali. I liked their relationship; they seemed like a couple who not only loved each other romantically, but also genuinely liked each other as who they are as a person. They’re still in their honeymoon phase, unaware/blind of each other’s more icky personality traits. Their coupling is so perfect, that even his own mother feels vindicated when they have a minor tiff, claiming no husband and wife are ever THAT happy. On the other hand we have Vikram and Geeta, who are barely holding on to their marriage; their tension is out in the open, even as much as Geeta tried to play it down. I liked how they paralleled the two couples. They also built up the suspense well; it was pretty obvious that there had been infidelity on Geeta’s part and Mridul’s paternity was in question, but the way they ramped it up was good. All this playing around Addu’s coming out, and the social ramifications of such an act in small town India, was well done. It’s after Ep. 6 that everything goes downhill. Samar and Geeta’s characters get reallllllllly unlikable. Their only regret seems to be that everyone found out, rather than the actual deed. And neither of them seem to be really apologetic? Samar kinda brushes it off after making two, three guilty faces/dialogues, Geeta picks fights with Vikram who’s trying to make peace with her despite the fact that she slept with his brother? Ek toh chori, upar se seena jori. Just distasteful. The pace of the show also suffers post ep. 6; everything just unfolds so quickly, yet nothing is really happening, and I was just confused as to what the point of all this was, and how the characters would eventually resolve this emotional quandary. But also, with the insufferable way most of them were acting, I didn’t really care either. I was just like eh, whatever, you’ve made your beds, now lie in it. The writing for all the characters just made me apathetic to their fates. The convenient killing off of PL was just dumb and contrived. Also confusing, because they had this story-telling device of starting every episode a little bit in the future and then flashing back to the point that led to this. Idk why in just that one episode (#9) they start with that scene of her at home, high on pain meds, signing to Begum Akhtar in her sleep and then suddenly it was cut to her dying in a hospital? Just weird, and it really bothered me. But again, I was just so done with these dumbasses that I didn’t actually care.
But I do have some questions about stuff that was faulty/left unresolved:
Why was Geeta talking to Kashyap on the phone saying she “needs” him and asking him to take her away from all this? Just a random red herring to throw us off? That’s pretty bullshit.
The “clues” that Sonali used to put together the secret were pretty shaky at best. He apparently lied about landslides in the area (which… is a weird lie to keep telling over and over about a place? But also the policeman who stopped the vehicle in the earlier ep. clearly stated that it was because of a landslide. So he wasn’t even lying…) and about when/why he learned sign language? How does that lead you to ‘OMG Samar’s the father of Mridul’??
The whole Mridul is premature thing and was conceived when Vikram wasn’t in Kannuri thing. Geeta/Samar clearly slept together when Vikram was there. So……… That whole plot point is just null and void. He could be either brother’s kid.
Did Addu get to go to Delhi afterall? I hope she did. She deserved to get outta this close-minded small town and go live her life in a place where she could exist on her own terms.
What were we supposed to make of the ending for Samar/Sonali? I mean, the show seemed to imply they stayed together; but from what we’d seen of Sonali as a character, she didn’t seem like the type who could make peace with disingenuity like that… Even if Samar and Sonali did stay together, it was highly unlikely she would be able to hang around with Geeta/Mridul ever again. Idk, they just left that hanging up in the air, and it was unsatisfying.
The cast
Kay Kay as Vikram: It’s completely his show. His character is the best written, and the most satisfying one to follow from start to finish. And he plays all the different facts of Vikram well: the angry, bitter man who’s lost himself as well all emotional connection with his family, the exasperated dad trying to come to terms with Addu being gay/Mridul’s effeminate tendencies, the more charming husband/loving big brother he was in the past before all of it went to shit… He plays all of it really well. You start off disliking the character, but the more you see of him, you gradually come over to his side. It’s not that he hasn’t made/isn’t currently making mistakes of his own, but you grow to sympathize with him. I also loved his brief bits of comedy. I’d like to see Kay Kay in lighter roles like these more often.
One qualm though; idk why they had him wear those tacky light-coloured lenses (reminding me of that 2006 -2010ish time in tellywood, when everyone wore those damn lenses. The entire cast of DMG used to wear the same colour and it just looked bizarre.)
Swaroop Sampat as PremLata: She was the actor is was most excited for in this show, and they just fucked me over so bad. She’s hardly in the damn show. I don’t understand why they would underutilize her talents like that. Also I’m not sure of how to feel about PL as a character; she did seem to love her family a lot, but was also very hands-off and just a witness in the bg to everything? She just seemed very uninvolved in whatever was going on, to the point of apathy, just caring about her daily chais and nothing else. But whatever few scenes Swaroop did get, she was radiant and lovely in, as expected.
Barun Sobti as Samar: I always enjoy watching Sobti. Especially in the role of a straight-man to all the madness around him. He’s so enjoyable with his genuine reactions of perplexed and exasperated and amused. But I feel like… Other than in IPK, he isn’t really ACTING. Both in Tu Hai Mera Sunday and here, he plays this chill dude, which is just who he is IRL. It’s just toooooo easy breezy, and I can see that he’s not really putting any major effort into it; compared to Arnav, whom he played in a very measured manner. Also Samar as a character stops being likable after the reveal. His reason for sleeping with Geeta is hardly compelling enough, and so is his demeanour towards Sonali after the reveal. He just doesn’t seem to understand the gravity of what he’s done. The character didn’t deserve to get the easy resolution that he did, especially because he didn’t do any work for it. Bas sabne aise hi maaf kar diya.
Eisha Chopra as Sonali: She’s a revelation. I think I’ve seen her here and there in some web sketches, but this is the first time I’m REALLY seeing her. She’s very charming and confident and a delight to watch. I’ll surely be watching her web series What The Folks in the coming days. Sonali as a character is kind of a mixed bag though. She seemed like a strong, intelligent woman coming into the show, but her bizarre turn into becoming an obsessive snoop who just wants to uncover the family secrets gets pretty annoying. There’s also a brief bit where she’s being a whiny brat for no real good reason? Other than that, I really liked Sonali as a character.
Shriswara as Geeta: A good measured performance. Her character wasn’t clearly defined in the promo, and I thought she’d be a long-suffering wife, but I’m glad she wasn’t. She did keep mum a lot to keep the peace with Vikram (because of her guilt?) but did counter him when required. Her bond with Mridul was the purest, but it was strange how she had no connection with Addu at all? Most of Addu’s parental interaction is with Vikram, despite their tension. She seems to have zero relationship with her mom. I also disliked the turn Geeta’s character took after the reveal. Like I said before, there was no real good reason for her to sleep with Samar. It was just such a flimsyyyyyyyyyyyy plot point. Upar se, she didn’t even seem contrite about it. Like, idk where she got off having that tone with Sonali asking her what her problem is, for wanting to leave after the reveal. It was just jarring. Overall I liked how Sriswara played all the different bits of Geeta; the patient wife just on the brink of losing it, the indulgent mother to Mridul, the woman in a million different clubs because she’s just trying to fill the void in her. As an actor she was very likable, it’s just that the writing for her character was shaky af.
Sanaya Pithawala as Aditi (Addu): I don’t really relate to teenage angst anymore and get annoyed by it, so I can’t really say I connected with her character, but I did feel for her and her heartbreak when Nandu crushes her brutally. I also liked her cool ‘deal with it’ attitude post the incident and the confidence with which she navigated her coming out. The plot with that boy Shashi though, it was confusing… There seemed a legit moment where she was into him. I guess she’s still really figuring out who she is as a person. Her best scenes have to be with Vikram, whether they’re clashing, she’s purposely taking the mick outta him, or trying to make up with him. She was fine, watchable, but I was very distracted by her bad wig.
Prithviraj Sarnaik as Mridul: The purest. The face of an angel. The only character worth rooting for in the show. (I mean Addu too, I guess, but I found her kinda obnoxious at times.) I normally do not like child actors, but this kid was very adorable. He really seemed to have a maturity to him; silently observing and taking in everything. Other than PL, he’s the only one who really gets everything that’s going on here in this shitshow of a family. I felt really bad about how all these badly behaved adults probably traumatised the kid for life. But overall, it was a charming little performance and I wish they’d made him the overarching narrator of the show, coz I loved his little voiceovers every now and then.
Overall
Overall, I’d say this is okay for a one-time watch. It will disappoint you towards the end; because you just stop caring for these characters, which is a mark of crappy writing. But it does have an able star cast that does the best they can with the material on hand, so if you have some time to kill, and like these actors from other stuff, it’s worth a dekko (esp. since each ep is only about 15 - 18 minutes long; you can be done with the whole show in about 3 hours…)
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