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milesasinmorales · 2 years

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Klaus is autistic. I will have no further questions your honor.

#actually autistic #the umbrella academy review #the umbrella academy #klaus hargreeves #autistic headcanon

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feralnumberfive · 6 months

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TUA didn't even make it into the top 100 TV shows for Tumblr's 2023 Year in Review 💀

#I'm genuinely surprised. I didn't know the fandom had died off THAT much or maybe even the impact of the mediocre quality of S3 #I think maybe even the lack of advertising could have played into it? Oh well S3 was intense and I enjoy when the fandom comes alive #here's to S4 and the last time the fandom will come alive 🍻 (idk how many people will stay and create a buzz about vol. 4 of the comic)#tua #the umbrella academy #umbrella academy #tua s3 #tumblr year in review

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mygenderenvyromance · 5 months

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so killjoys comics right? i’ve had California for about a year. it’s wonderful. amazing images and story telling and everything. i got National Anthem this past year for Christmas. read it yesterday in one go. it’s wonderful. amazing images and story telling and everything.

i’ve seen that majority of people far prefer California, and have to read National Anthem several times to somewhat understand it. idk why, it’s probably autism-related, but i understood it perfectly on my first read. i probably prefer it to California.

i don’t really get how it’s hard to understand? i mean i sort of do with the way it’s layed out and each chapter being sort of different perspectives but also not? but i loved the story and the concept behind it.

i really admired the character backstory and development behind Mike Milligram and the way BL/I wiped them so they had little to no memory of being killjoys.

also trans Kara makes me so unbelievably happy. the fact that they all catch on instantly. they don’t give a shit that she’s trans, they just want her to come back to them. to keep rebelling. that’s what i adore about Gerard’s writing.

i don’t know if it classifies as a ‘coming out scene’ but i found quite a few correlations with that and Viktor’s coming out in season 3 of Netflix’s ‘The Umbrella Academy’.

it made me really interested to see that possibly that scene was based of Gerard’s previous writing in National Anthem. i know Gerard isn’t too involved in the actual producing of the show, but they obviously have some input since they wrote the comics the show, primarily the first season, are based on.

this may be far-fetched but i love the thought that Steve Blackman or anyone else working behind scenes in the show possibly had a look at, or had already read, Gerard’s previous works, and incorporated a part of that into the show.

also, rehashing the Viktor transition thing. as a transgender person myself, i absolutely love and admire the way the transition and coming out was represented in the show. and i know that some people were a little shocked to see how quickly the producers worked it in to the season.

but really?

nothing written by, or based off something written by Gerard Way would ever do a transition scene wrongly.

that is all, thank you.

[also, credits to the other creators of The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys and The Umbrella Academy comics:

Gerard Way, Shaun Simon, Becky Cloonan, Nate Piekos, Dan Jackson, Sierra Hahn - Leonardo Romero, Jordie Bellaire - Gabriel Bá, Dave Stewart - Nick Filardi - Ian Culbard]

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bisexuallilapitts · 2 years

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Some quotes from The Umbrella Academy S3

#The Umbrella Academy #Umbrella Academy #TUA #TUA S3 #I have a feeling they're all from the first ep or at least regfie and luthers are #Also Luther forgetting how lila kicked his ass not even a few days prior i-#These are from a reviewer so I'm 99% sure they're actual quotes

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thejakeformerlyknownasprince · 1 year

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Could you review The Revelation? I want to hear your thoughts on this whole dramatic development

Short answer: This one is proof that there are plenty of good ghost-written Animorphs books.

Long answer: You know what stands out to me every time I reread #45? How well it balances the different moods of the series. It isn't easy to include humor in a story that is first and foremost about a kid sacrificing his entire life as he knows it in order to save his parents from being enslaved by invading aliens... and yet, there's a pretty good balance of humor in here.

We open on a light sequence, where Marco is bragging about his unsurpassed culinary talents as he pulls a freezer pizza out of the oven. We get a hard left turn from silly family talk into horror, when Marco realizes the family talk is about z-space. We get the tense sequence that ends with Peter quietly telling his son "I get it. You've been through hell", even as Marco plots his stepmother's end. We get a hilarious sequence with Ax failing at piloting a broken Bug fighter, with a few heartwarming notes about Marco's affection for his friends. We go straight back to horror when Marco has to contemplate sacrificing his team to save his mom, and realizes that the mom he's getting back is more damaged — and way more bloodthirsty — than the one he lost.

This isn't mood whiplash between humor and horror (see: Justice League). It's not the characters randomly forgetting the stakes of the story long enough to get out a snappy one-liner (see: Umbrella Academy). It's actually quite balanced.

But, like, it's all one story. Because the light-and-funny sequence over dinner starts with:

The front door opened. Dad's... cheeks were flushed. He looked like he'd just struck oil. "Hello, family!" Okay, that was more enthusiasm than I wanted to see. And the word family, when applied to anyone but me, Dad, and my real mom, would always sound very weird. To worsen the nausea, Dad pulled a bouquet of flowers from behind his back. They were not for me.

This is sweet, it's funny. Flowers in the U.S. are overwhelmingly a romantic gesture, so Marco's unnecessary exposition about "they were not for me" reads like a sarcastic aside. Marco's also getting a positive response to having cooked, and is basking in the appreciation of his efforts. But. There's the "weird" feeling. There's the "nausea." Because Marco also knows that his dad's second marriage is built on a lie, one told by yeerks to forward their own planet-destroying goal. This isn't Justice League putting the "What's your superpower?"/ "I'm rich" exchange 30 seconds after we watched hundreds of Amazons sacrifice their lives trying to contain an unstoppable threat. It's ambivalence: a mixture of positive and negative emotion, not even bittersweet so much as some bitter, some sweet.

Later on, when they're stealing the Bug fighter, again there's that shift to the silly. Ax is trying to claim it's going so badly because "I think the cockpit was modified for a mutant taxxon... with twice the normal number of appendages" (suuure, kid). Rachel is grumbling about how he has "the makings of a great heating-and-cooling engineer" because he can only seem to get the climate control working. Finally Ax resorts to flying as wildly as possible in the hope autopilot will kick in and stop him, putting the ship in freefall straight toward the water, and Marco thinks:

Great. Killed by autopilot. Totally humiliating death. Then — the image of my mother popped into my head, as I'd seen her in the Yeerk pool, at the trial, bones broken... She'd begged me to let Visser One continue to control her. Because she knew it might give Earth a better chance for survival. If she could take that... I could deal with being at the mercy of autopilot. I glanced out one of the windows. Ocean and forest and city lights were dropping away, like a high-speed pan-out from a satellite camera. For just an instant, I could make out the dots of lights that were the city. The stadium, the business district, the 'burbs, and the boonies... It was like we'd reached the end of some massive, invisible rubber band. I'd shot off too many rubber bands during math class not to know what would come next. Was I distressed? Yes. Oh yes, I was.

There are a lot of moods in that half-a-page. Marco's hysterical and almost giddy over the ridiculousness of them all being tossed around inside the Bug fighter by a yeerk program's shitty cruise control. And then he remembers the stakes of this mission, and that his mom is awaiting execution alongside Visser One because she chose to go back right now. The shift to determination and anxiety leads into the almost magical moment of weightlessness at the top of the Bug fighter's trajectory, when they're up so high they can see the whole California coast stretched out below them. And then it's straight back into giddy-hysterical-terrified, as gravity inevitably reverses now they're out of momentum.

This is a lot of emotion to get into about half a page. Marco's giddy with fear and sarcastic about it, when suddenly he remembers why he has no right to complain. That moment of shifting from terror to resolve as he remembers his mom leads into another moment of unexpected calm, as the kids travel high enough to see the whole California coast below them. And then the pause stops as the ship runs out of momentum, and the inevitable swing back into terror takes over.

This isn't Umbrella Academy, where machine gunfire is meant to be sweet/silly when it's the Handler firing at Liliah and horrifying/violent when she's firing at the Hargreeveses the following episode. The stakes remain the same throughout this sequence; it's just that Marco's focus goes from the immediate to the broad and then back to the immediate.

And the shift from one mood to another is logical. It makes sense, and we can follow Marco's thoughts. He's afraid for good reason, he shifts from fear to determination for good reason, he shifts from determination to melancholy, and then he goes back into fear. And his mental journey is paralleled by the physical motion of the Bug fighter rocketing up to the edge of the atmosphere, hanging there for a second able to see the streetlights and the stars, and then plummeting toward the Earth. Anyone who's ever ridden a roller coaster can relate.

So, like, this one isn't perfect. The writing is rough in a handful of places. But I think it has a lot of what makes Animorphs good going on as well.

#animorphs #animorphs reviews #the revelation #45 #marco animorphs #the one and only #animorphs spoilers #if you squint #honestly i do actually like both umbrella academy and the dc movies #but i have to take both in small doses because either one can drive me up the wall at times

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filmmarvel · 1 year

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Ranking The Umbrella Academy Seasons

1. Season 2- The plot was well executed, they nailed the tone, and everything great about this show from the beginning was improved upon. Namely, all of the characters were fantastic with great plotlines (several of whom were improvements from Season 1), the family dynamic was better, the romance was better, and they nailed the quirkiness of the show. Overall it was just peak Umbrella Academy.

2. Season 1- If you ask me, this was a great introduction to the series! I think the characters became a lot more enjoyable after this season (and their family dynamic became a little more both sweet and entertaining). The plot was also a little slow. That being said, there are several elements to Season 1 that I love and that aren’t present in the other two (namely Hazel and Cha-Cha, a few of the plotlines, and a slightly darker feel compared to the following Seasons). In the end it will always hold a special place in my heart.

3. Season 3- Honestly, I really enjoyed this season, it just wasn’t nearly as good as the other two. The plot was overstuffed, the pacing was a bit weird (filler episodes), some of the storylines weren’t as well thought out or fully realized and often quickly abandoned after being ‘solved’ or fixed or whatever. However, the family dynamic and the heart of the show remained from Season Two, ensuring that it was still a whole lot of fun (good not great). I also feel like I should add that a few of the special effects were noticeably subpar, and some of the dialogue was cornier than the first two seasons (although i appreciate the addition of heightened swearing). Overall it just didn’t flow as naturally.

Ultimately I still love this show, and I really hope Season 4 can regain it’s footing following some of the disappointments of Season 3!

#the umbrella academy #tua #tua season 3 #tua netflix #the umbrella academy ranking #tv review #the hargreeves #luther hargreeves #diego hargreeves #allison hargreeves #klaus hargreeves #five hargreeves #ben hargreeves #vanya hargreeves #reginald hargreeves #hazel and cha cha #umbrella academy #tua thoughts

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taiturner · 2 years

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Oh, yeah, super glad to be here! JAYME HARGREEVES in her season 3 teaser

#jayme hargreeves #jaymehargreevesedit #cazzie david #tuaedit #the umbrella academy #tua #theumbrellacademyedit #*#tuas3 #tua spoilers #tua s3 spoilers #she's just in a silly goofy mood #reviews are saying she's hilarious and good for her #forgot how much i hate coloring scenes inside that house oh my god

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christopher-the-cube · 2 years

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HI THESE ARE SPOILERS FOR THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY S3 I AM BEGGING YOU TO STOP READING IF DONT WANT TO BE SPOILED 🚨🚨🚨🚨

LOVE how critics are told they can post spoiler free reviews but they just post whatever ❤️

#i feel like i could dig up more but i’m dizzy i’ve been reading reviews for hours #also :((( most reviewers didn’t like this season as much as the others ???#apparently it’s darker and less wacky #tua s3 #tua spoilers #the umbrella academy #tua

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zucchinibread777books · 3 months

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Pageboy Book Review

Pageboy by Elliot Page Book Review

Summary:

This memoir takes us through Elliot Page’s struggles, thoughts, and career as he finds who he was meant to be. He tells us about his past and family situation, along with the different stages of his career and movies he has done. Throughout all of it, he tells us about his relationships and coming out. As with most memoirs by actors, there is mention of a lot of really difficult experiences, and Page recalls them in vivid detail. Please look up trigger warnings before picking up this memoir because it is a lot.

As always, SPOILERS AHEAD!!!

The Good:

This memoir is a hard read. Because of that, I think it’s really important. Every memoir I have read by celebrities has reminded me just how hard it is to live such a public life. They also reinforce my belief that paparazzi and digging into celebrities’ public lives should be illegal. And that there aren’t nearly enough laws to help children who enter these spaces from a young age. These are topics that deserve more focus.

I really connected with the way Elliot Page spoke about his journey into finding himself. The ways that he was constantly pushing those feelings down, assuming everyone felt that way or was hiding some part of themselves. It is so hard for us to accept who we are in a society that constantly wants us to play at something else, especially when there is no room to even explore without criticism. His journey is one that most, if not all, queer people experience at some point. He is only highlighting just how important it is to pay attention to yourself and do what you need to without worrying about how others will react. If you don’t, you’ll always feel some level of discomfort like he did.

I also really appreciated the way Page talked about his relationship with his parents. It is a good reminder that parents don’t have to be physical to be abusive, and that it’s okay to step away from them when they make no effort to change. After the way he was treated as a child and the intentional ignorance even after he became an adult, the healthiest option was for Page to cut his father’s family out of his life. Some people prevent growth rather than foster it. These are feelings that I have been facing lately as well, so it was nice to know there are others who have acted similarly.

The Bad:

I know it was intentional, but this memoir was all over the place. It was hard to keep track of what stage of Page’s life was being discussed, and sometimes he would include flashbacks within flashbacks without acknowledging when we return. He spoke at the beginning about how it was purposeful that he leapt between memories so often, but it would’ve been helpful to be able to place those stories on a more clear timeline compared to one another. One moment he would go from talking about his marriage to talking about an ex to talking about his first relationship, and it was hard to follow.

At the beginning of this memoir, Page mentions a lot of history of the places he talked about. They weren’t fully connected to his story, but they felt important. Then suddenly he stops and doesn’t bring up anything like it again. A lot of the focus was pulled away from the places he want to and lived, and I was left wondering why he brought up those topics in the first place?

In addition to that, the history that he focused on was all very heavy. The first half of the book was the same. Every bad and traumatic story felt like it was condensed into the beginning in horrifying detail. I had opened this book at work and had to close it very soon after due to the language used. While I don’t mind NSFW content, it was a lot. Children need queer role models, but I really hope they don’t pick up this book until they’re at an age where they can properly process such traumatic stories. It lightened up towards the end, but I was still left feeling there was no hope.

That brings me to my main point. Why do people write memoirs? Is it just to tell their story, or is it to teach the audience something? Memoirs like this one tend to end with signs of hope, proof that things do get better if you don’t give up. I didn’t feel that way with this one. It was close, with the end of the second-to-last chapter, but there wasn’t a lot about Elliot Page as he is now. Now that he is out to himself and the world, he says he is excited and content, but the only stories he tells are of “friends” and their microaggressions after his surgery. Personally, I wanted him to at least mention the changes that The Umbrella Academy made for him during this time.

Overall:

It’s hard to judge memoirs because this was the author’s life, not just some story they made up. I love that he publicly talked about his experiences, especially as a queer person, because we need more media discussing everything that comes along with finding yourself. That being said, it was a really difficult read both because of the style and the extreme detail. I think it’s important to read stories like this and remember that the people on the other side of the screen go through more than we can ever imagine, but this is not a memoir I would want to read again. Please remember that my personal rating does not reflect everyone’s feelings, and it is good to form your own opinions as well!

3 Stars

#pageboy #elliot page #book review #books #reading #books & libraries #book club #booklover #memoir #nonfiction #transgender #queer #queer stories #lgbtqia #lgbtq community #lgbtq #lgbt pride #the umbrella academy #umbrella academy

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milesasinmorales · 2 years

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Okay, but why did Allison expect Victor to just get over Harlan’s death? Like wasn’t she also grieving?

#the umbrella academy review #the umbrella academy #victor hargreeves #allison hargreeves #Harlan

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buildoblivionthenwewilltalk · 2 years

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less than 24 hours kids how we feeling

#some of these are popular theories #some are comic references #some are batshit #i only want to be right about maybe four of them #i also steered clear of hints in early reviews and interviews because that doesn’t seem fair #i am being normal about hit netflix original the umbrella academy based on the comic by gerard way and gabriel ba #I’d also like that clairvoyant klaus and floaty klaus thing to be true #most of these are klaus centric tbf so ya know #tua #the umbrella academy #season 3 #bingo card #hype hYPE HYPE #bingo

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thehargreevesfam · 2 years

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I am genuinely so excited for Allison’s arc this season. This is her moment to shine

#am I going to project on her anger a little? maybe #the umbrella academy #tua s3 spoilers #kinda..?#allison hargreeves #after the lack of five in the reviews letting me down I guess Allison will have to fill the gaping hole in my heart <333

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conchshell · 2 years

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I'm worried about the show, it is such a weird decision to drop it on a Wednesday like they never drop their big shows on any other day on Friday like are they trying to bury the show so they can cancel it. We need a s4 especially since S3 apparently ends on a huge cliffhanger I would like to say this is one of their biggest shows and they wouldn't disrespect it so much by just cancelling it but the truth is they don't respect anything and they're gonna do whatever the hell they want.

I mean obviously the show is for everyone of any age, but the majority of their target demographic are teens who will be in the midst of exam season when it drops. And don't get me started on why they are dropping it wedged between Volume 1 and Volume 2 of Stranger Things. I love both shows but Stranger Things definitely has a higher viewer count than Umbrella Academy, and while I do wonder if Netflix is thinking that the Stranger Things fans will watch Umbrella Academy while waiting for Volume 2, part of me is worried that it will just get overshadowed anyway.

It's just such a weird time to drop a new season, especially with the lack of promotion. I mean we have been getting some promotional content for S3, but personally it feels rather rushed, like it's an afterthought. I swear with S1 and S2 they did more to promote the show and the promotional content was spread over a longer period to really get interest piqued.

And Wednesday? Why Wednesday??? The only thing I can think of is that the day of release has significance in the show? Does anyone have any theories because I would love to know!

#I swear I remember reading that the show creators wanted to do six seasons #and I remember reading a recent review that said that S4 had been confirmed #but of course that isn't 100%#The Umbrella Academy #tua #asks

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chaosandstardust · 2 years

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The Umbrella Academy season 3 was really fun! I enjoyed it. Thoughts under the cut. Very slight spoilers, but nothing too big. Kept things vague.

Still had a lot of issues with Victor's character, just different ways. In the first two seasons I really disliked him, and this season I felt he was called out for some of the stuff that happened before, but I'm coming out feeling very 'whatever' towards him now.

As a cis person I can't speak much on the trans storyline and how authentic it feels, but I liked how casual it was. I like how the rest of the family just rolled with it; it was just 'this is how it is, Victor is Victor' and that's that. I'm glad the writers chose to do that rather than hire someone else to play the character, and that Elliot Page chose to stay. I don't know if this was intentional, but the fact that Elliot kept the voice the same rather than deepening it? I found that to be a really cool detail of someone who's clearly in the beginning stages of their transition. I wonder if next season his voice will be deeper?

Diego and Klaus are still my faves, but while Diego actually feels like he's progressing in his character arc, Klaus, at least character wise, is starting to feel stagnant. His powers being explored was fun and interesting, but I hope we can see him actually start to deal with his inner demons in the next season. There's a risk he could potentially become just a characteracture rather than an actual character if they keep just doing what they're doing.

I can't stop imagining the season with Umbrella Ben and Sparrows Ben in the same room and Umbrella Ben just getting annoyed at this dick. 😂

Lila and Diego are the best. I will elaborate no further. Their entire storyline had me screaming into my pillow. I would watch an entire show just about them bickering. Lila remains my favourite character. I just want to hug her, but she'd probably stab me (I'd let her).

Luther, I actually enjoyed his storyline this season. He deserves the whole world. And his scenes with Sloane were very sweet, if not a bit cheesy. But sweet.

Five, don't have a lot to say about him. Other than he needs to get his siblings into an group chat so he can communicate with them. 😭

Allison, I've never liked her more. I've always liked her, but I liked her so much more this season. I know what she did was fucked, but it was also so interesting. Watching her get pushed further and further until she broke, and for good reason too. Her grief and rage over what she's lost. I definitely don't think she was a good person this season (that scene with her and Luther was a very low point, and there's no defending that 😬) but you still understand where she's coming from (mostly, again, that scene with her and Luther).

The Sparrows weren't that interesting. I'll admit I was a little worried with how they were going to handle it, but I think they did the right thing. A lot of shows make a mistake of putting in too many characters because they don't know what to do with the ones they still have, and I'm glad that TUA didn't do that. Fei's powers were so cool, though.

Finally, Reginald Hargreaves is insane. 😭

I can't wait for next season.

#the umbrella academy season 3 #the umbrella academy #tua #lila x diego #diego hargreeves #victor hargreeves #lila pitts #luther hargreeves #allison hargreeves #klaus hargreeves #five hargreeves #ben hargreeves #the sparrows #tv #media analysis #media review #luther x sloane

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turbourbo · 2 years

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THIS REVIEW!

Thought this was a not-so-slick hint that Klaus was finally getting telekinesis and levitation! Until I read it again. He “CONTINUES to druggily float.” As in, whatever “druggily floating” means, Klaus was doing it in previous seasons and continues to do it in the third season. My hype went from 100 to zero so fast I got a concussion.

#the umbrella academy #tua #tua s3 #tua s3 spoilers #klaus hargreeves #tua s3 reviews

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fiveisthedaddyhere · 2 years

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After finish season 3 of this lovely show called The Umbrella Academy, I can assure you one thing:

Everyone is a bitch.

Thanks for read my review <3

#the umbrella academy #tua #tua review #tua season 3 #umbrella academy #tua s3 #the umbrella academy s3 #no exceptions

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