#BUT E4 AND 5

[acianoh]

He is.

#ofmd #our flag means death #stede bonnet #izzy hands #lucius spriggs #stede bartholomewl bonnet XV of barbados #obsessed with his name akskskf #ofmd s2 #HAPPY E4&5 RELEASE DAY

[loveydive]

hOLY SHIT MOB PSYCHO IS SOO GOOD

#cin.txt #finally catching up so i can watch the new season #im on s2e6 rn #BUT E4 AND 5 #UM #GOATED #BC WTF #IT WAS SO GOOOOOD #my jaw was dropped the whole time #i TEARED UP #the power of love and friendship frfr 🥺🥺🥺🥺

[becausedragonsarecool7]

The Dragon Prince really out here avoiding the bury your gays/POC trope by making it look like they'll bury them and then locking them inside a book drop instead

#the dragon prince #tdp #tdp season 5 spoilers #tdp season 5 #tdp s5 #tdp s5 spoilers #tdp spoilers #the dragon prince: mystery of aaravos #mystery of aaravos #tdp the great bookery #the great bookery #tdp s5e4 #tdp s5 e4 #tdp season 5 episode 4 #the dragon prince s5 #the dragon prince season 5 #tdp amaya #tdp corvus #book 5 ocean #tdp 5x04

[redrocketpanda]

From the person who brought you unhinged JJK S2 fish discourse, please accept my humble new offering: me holding up images whilst screaming ferally at you: did ya see?! did ya see what they did with the colour symbolism in episode 4 and what it Means?! Well dw cause I'm here to serve you a heinously long meta-analysis regardless. This episode has completely undone me and I need to give you a blow by blow account of why

I want to go in depth about the final scene of e4 bc that's really what set the cogs whirring in my mind, but let's start with the following image bc it exemplifies everything, not just in terms of the colour symbolism but of the heartbreaking changing relationship of stsg

Throughout the previous episodes and opening/credits of S2 we have been made to associate the colour blue + lightness with Gojo and the colour red + darkness with Geto. The sparkling blue eyes and stark white hair of Gojo, his Limitless: Blue technique, the white fish, the way he is often shown standing/walking in the light, turned to face Geto versus the black hair + dark eyes of Geto, the black fish, shown standing/walking in the shadows, turned away from Gojo (etc etc)

Yet the final scene of e4 flips this on its head and what this Means is, quite frankly, soul destroying

We join Geto as he walks along a dark, narrow corridor flooded with red light until he reaches heavy doors. He's confronted with his own image, reflecting back at him, before using both hands to prise open the door. When he steps into the bright white light of a high-ceilinged room, his face falls as Gojo emerges like a messianic figure from the applauding crowd, carrying the shrouded corpse of Riko (side note: god I have a lot of thoughts on Gojo as a messianic figure but I'll save that for another time)

Gojo approaches Geto with his head bowed (whereas usually he is always looking up at Geto) and the moment Geto lays eyes on Gojo he knows something is wrong (similarly to Toji earlier in the episode). He barely seems to recognise Gojo and though Gojo's eyes still sparkle with their bright blue infinity, his expression is dull and lifeless. Geto asks disbelievingly in a way that stabs me right through the heart: "Satoru. Is that you?"

At the start of the conversation, the camera pans from Gojo on the left to Geto on the right and is shot from below in a way that emphasises the growing cavernous expanse between them

But it's what happens in the following moments that's really the killer

Gojo states that he fucked up and that everything that has happened is therefore his fault. Geto tells Gojo "let's head back" (I read this both as: let's head back home and as an indication that Geto wants things to go back to how they were). The camera then cuts to Gojo's mouth as he asks flatly - "Suguru, should we kill these guys?" - and then zooms out as he continues - "The way I feel right now, I doubt I'd feel anything about it." The camera zooms out, showing Gojo standing in front of the applauding crowd, holding Riko's body and continues to draw back, making Gojo seem as if he's getting further and further away from Geto, as well as from us, whilst his eyes glow ethereally

I want to do a separate post about what happens with Geto, Gojo + their relationship in episode 5 but I do also want to point out here: this is the scene that Geto experiences invasive flashbacks of in the following ep. It's the moment that he realizes that he's lost Gojo, that Gojo is now fundamentally different in a way that Geto doesn't recognise or understand, that Gojo is far beyond his reach

As Gojo walks past a motionless Geto, away from the light and into the darkness, we cut to Geto's downcast eyes, pupils dilating wildly as though he's in shock/about to cry (this harkens back to the fish, the way that Geto can no longer bear to look at the white fish as it swims past). We are then left with Geto standing in the bright blue-white light telling Gojo that there's "no point" in killing them, whilst Gojo replies in the darkened, red corridor "does there really need to be any point to it?"

Gojo is a broken man, a complete shell of who he once was and this scene demonstrates Gojo's transition as he turns away from Geto. The colour symbolism, though, is present throughout the earlier parts of the episode and beautifully illustrates how we arrive at this exact moment (as well lays the foundations for what comes next)

Let's return to our blue/red colour theory bc there's a lot going on here during this episode!

E4 starts on a banger: we're cruelly given a recap of Toji telling Geto that he killed Gojo and then within the space of about 7 minutes, Geto too has been killed. It's tragic and sad and none of us want to be reminded of it but I'm going to (srysrysry) because hey, check out what's going on. Notice the cool blue tint of Geto's "death" versus the vivid red of Gojo's? (a horrible eg I know but you should've heard my scream when I caught onto it)

And here's another cool example that had me ajdjsksjdk bc ofc I clocked Gojo using his red technique, but look at the blue glow around Geto's hand?! I don't recall seeing it being used for Geto before (correct me if I'm wrong) so it's interesting to see it being used here, plus us seeing Gojo using Red properly for the first time

Let's just pause here for a moment bc this is a hugely important moment for Gojo's character arc and the fight with Toji gives us an incredible colour theory moment

In the previous episodes, we've seen Gojo being able to easily use his Limitless Blue technique but remember how, in E2 Gojo tried to use Red and hilariously fucks it up announcing "I failed" and resorts to punching the bad guy instead? It isn't until this episode, after Gojo has used reverse cursed technique whilst on the verge of death to heal himself (idk if heal is the right word) that he is able to learn to use Cursed Technique Reversal: Red

We have this really beautiful animation sequence during Gojo's fight with Toji. A blue and a red droplet swirl around each other and then splash together to reveal a swirling rotation of blue and red rippling water. The colours converge, red droplet slipping into blue water, blue droplet into red. The droplets come together to form the shining purple infinity plucked between Gojo's fingers, granting him the "Hollow Purple" technique that allows him to blow a hole through Toji.

Gojo explains:

"Reverse cursed technique uses negative energy. While it can enhance the body, it can't regenerate it. Multiply that negative energy against itself to create positive energy... Take the amplified and the reversal, then smash together those two different expressions of infinity to create and push out imaginary mass."

Gojo + Geto, amplified + reversal = two different expressions of infinity -> create / push out

Toji "killing" Gojo was the moment that set Gojo on a different path, which allowed him to evolve beyond belief and causes him to ascend to, what he believes is, divinity. He takes the basics of Blue and Red (primary colours; Gojo and Geto) and mixes them together to create something new, something transcendent, something that surpasses who he (and Geto) were before. He becomes an unstoppable power that far surpasses everyone else, and this is what Geto recognizes: that Gojo has evolved without him (which we know from E5 has huge consequences for Geto's thinking)

And so now, finally, let us return to Geto at the end of E4

After Gojo asks Geto "does there really need to be any point to it?" (killing), the camera flashes quickly between the applauding audience and Geto's empty hand, which he then clenches into a tight fist. He raises his downcast eyes to look forwards (resolutely, looking into the future) and responds: "it's very important there is..."

We're left with the image of Gojo standing on a blue floor, surrounded by the clapping crowd. The floor wavers as an all consuming darkness pulses beneath him, locating Geto as it's central point as it surges out towards the crowd "...especially for a jujutsu sorcerer."

We're reminded of the conversation where Geto and Gojo almost come to blows whilst playing basketball in E1. Geto's argument that jujutsu sorcerers exist to protect non-jujutsu sorcerers whilst Gojo complains about having to protect "the weak" + patronisingly tells Geto to get off of his moral high horse.

Now we witness the extent of Gojo's apathy in action, as he pulls away from everything and everyone, and the swinging of Geto's moral compass from protection to genocide as he's left behind in the ruins of all that once was, of everything and everyone that he loved

#goddddd this gave me brain rot for about 6 hours?! #idk if people will appreciate it as much as fish discourse but FUCK I needed to just get it out of my system bc it's driving me insane???? #these two are making me + a good chunk of the internet unwell but i'm glad we can all be unwell together #also I have A LOT more to say about gojo geto + stsg more generally so I might continue to inflict long-winded meta analysis onto tumblr #like BOY do I have a bunch of shit I need to say about e5 so I guess that'll be another 5-6 hours of my life spent on that #rrp analysis #stsg #satosugu #gojo #gojo satoru #geto suguru #jjk colour theory #jjk fish discourse #geto #jjk #jjk season 2 #jjk s2 #jjk s2 e4 #jujutsu kaisen season 2 spoilers #jujutsu kaisen season 2 #jujutsu kaisen

[novstie]

I loved this sleazy pose, I had to get a screenshot of it :-)

additional poses from this scene under the cut

#aggretsuko #aggretsuko screenshot #haida aggretsuko #haida hyena #haida #aggretsuko season 5 #aggretsuko s5 #s5 e4 #episode 4 #ask to tag #i don't know if one would consider this spoilers but i can tag it as such -! just lmk #mine #screenshot #brainrot

[livelydiver]

"I actually love this"

Me: *indistinctly crying about Lucius and Izzy's trauma and gestures of growth*

My partner: "WAIT put this on your blog: 'This show has been so good... aren't you worried they'll start... jumping the shark??'" 🦈😂

#ofmd #ofmd season 2 #ofmd s2 #ofmd spoilers #ofmd season 2 spoilers #ofmd s2 spoilers #lucius spriggs #izzy hands #if you had told me Izzy Hands would be the character in E4-5 making me cry #I probably would have believed it but still #what a fucking glow up #long live our unicorn

[gaykhonshu]

season 3 episode 4: the casino

season 5 episode 3: pride parade

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is this a parallel or am i just going insane??

#wwdits #wwdits s5 #wwdits spoilers #nandor wwdits #wwdits nandor #wwdits pride parade #wwdits s3 e4 #wwdits s5 e3 #what we do in the shadows #what we do in the shadows season 5 #what we do in the shadows spoilers #nandermo

[squidthoughts]

obsessed with Ava constantly running from the narrative and SUCCEEDING. episode two. three. five. like. most characters can only attempt such a thing. Ava bobs and weaves for almost 70% of her own show

#i love her i love her #i mean around e4/5 i was getting a little annoyed #but then i realized thats the POINT #we want her there and the ocs wants her there but she doesn't want to be there!! #good for her!!!! #warrior nun

[lollitree]

I DID IT I HAVE THEM ALL NOW!!

#I just got holiday Siebold I was VERY lucky #I'm so happy I've been looking forward to when he'd be pullable again for a few months now #wooooo #I mean it's not THAT impressive since Kalos has the least amount of sync pairs of any region tied with Galar #and a good portion of the kalos pairs are in the gen pool or came free with the story #all of the galar pairs are 5 star save for the free lodge pairs #pokemon masters #pokemon #I expect they'll put the kalos friend group into the game for the villain arc #and the other E4 characters like they did with the sinnoh one

[precure-screencaps]

"if you believe in yourself and try hard, I'm sure that one day your dream will come true!" —Yumehara Nozomi

yes! precure 5 - ep. 4

#precure screencaps #precure quotes #yes precure 5 #yes precure e4 #e4 #nozomi yumehara #komachi akimoto #dreams

[i-have-no-braincells]

i think it's really telling how, despite the unova e4 only using four pokemon each, a lot of us still had trouble fighting them.

#imo i remember them as one of the most memorable group of e4 based on their strength character designs and theme #tbf a lot of us first played gen 5 as children but i still had some difficulty fighting them when i replayed white a year or two ago #so i think my point still stands #robin rants #unova elite four

[bitchybylershipper]

im watching the haunting of bly manor this shit is fucking devastating

#DONT WATCH IT ITS MAKING ME SAD :(((((((((( #the haunting of bly manor #i think im on episode 5? im pretty sure i just finished e4

[rewritingcanon]

typing next gen characters (pdb & 16p SUCKS)

delphi: FeNi (enfj), 4w3 sx/so, 486, VFEL

teddy: FeNi (enfj), 9w8 sx/so, 927, FEVL

victoire: SiFe (isfj), 1w2 sp/so, 162, FLVE

dominique: SeFi (esfp), 4w3 sx/sp, 478, EFVL

james: NeTi (entp), 3w2 sp/so, 351, LFVE

alice (bonus): FeSi (esfj), 2w1 sx/so, 296, EFLV

albus: FiSe (isfp), 6w7 sx/sp, 649, ELVF

scorpius: SiFe (isfj), 9w1 sx/sp, 964, LEF-V

rose: TeSi (estj), 3w2 so/sp, 316, V-LEF

lily: SeFi (esfp), 7w6 sp/sx, 792, EVFL

polly: TeSi (estj), 6w7 sx/so, 682, LFVE

yann: FiNe (infp), 6w5 sp/so, 694, EFLV

karl: SeTi (estp), 8w7 sx/so, 873, FVEL

craig: SiTe (istj), 6w5 so/sp, 612, VLFE

lorcan: SeFi (esfp), 7w6 sx/sp, 794, FELV

lysander: NiTe (intj), 5w4 sp/sx, 541, VLEF

#not set on polly or delphi’s typing though… #and people can argue that albus is an e4 and scorp is an e6. but i like the personification of then as al an e6 + scorp an e9 more LOL #i gave them 4 and 6 in their tritype so im not totally dismissing it though ☠️ #(​debated giving scorp 5 instead of 6 for his tritype tho) #to most sane people this is just going to look like a bunch of bullshit. gibberish. the typology language is a freak of nature and im rusty #(had a phase for this during lockdown bc i was bored. pls dont ask) #harry potter #hp #hpcc #cursed child #scorpius malfoy #albus severus potter #albus potter #rose granger weasley #polly chapman #yann fredericks #karl jenkins #alice longbottom ii #lysander scamander #lorcan scamander #james sirius potter #dominique weasley #victoire weasley #teddy lupin #delphini riddle #lily luna potter #craig bowker jr #hp next gen #hp nextgen #rewriting

[woodcries]

i've been pretty active on hs.r lately so feel free to add me

#ooc. #got e6 march and my tingyun is e4 or 5

[soulerflaire]

We are the Bug. You will be assimilated. Resistance is futile.

#watching Babylon 5 #S1 E4 Infection

[goldensunset]

You wanna know something weird? You just did in a few weeks what 12 yr old me could never do.

My first Pokémon game ever was Black. Unfortunately I was also an idiot that relied on my starter, the Sawk that I caught for the second gym, and the Excadrill that I leveled up for vanity’s sake. So once Ghetsis took out my beloved Splash, there was little else I could do.

being 12 years old is a solid excuse for pretty much everything man. i don't blame you you know how hard i struggled on some of these fights? how stressful it was? even with greater skill and preparation i had a rough time of it. i say major props to you for having even three solid pokémon bc a lot of the stories you hear about this kind of thing are people who literally only have one pokémon, their overlevelled starter

#interesting that this took me just shy of two weeks #...how exactly did platinum take me a month? #maybe bc y'all had me so stressed and scared about cynthia i took my sweet time getting ready #to the point where i defeated her with only 5 pokémon #i had plenty of materials and stuff #also i knew what i was getting into i made sure to look up exactly what was gonna be thrown at me #whereas here i'm like ehhhhhh low to mid forties is enough for the e4 right? even having been told they were high forties #and also being dirt poor with a limited stock of potions #i only had two revives left after the e4... #i was zip zooming through the game bc the plot had a chokehold on me i guess #consumed my life for about 12 days. final hour count was 58 #i had like 90 on platinum lol #asks #mister-e-muss