#"i didn't summarize the panel because there was a lot stuff said and i didn't want to have a large block of text in the post

[striveattemptfail]

so i finished red hood/arsenal, and while i have Many Opinions (derogatory), it's late at night, i got stuff to do, and i'd rather make this quick

(no cut we meta in long posts to work out our thumbs LOL)

so these panels here:

red hood/arsenal (2015) #8

while i don't enjoy the way that it implies jason only learned how to care for others at the all-caste bc of ducra, as if

jason wasn't already very sympathetic and kind as robin (it was what led him to sheila and his ultimate death ffs)

bruce wasn't also teaching him that their vigilante work didn't just mean beating people up

(i'm too tired to find Receipts of robin!jason—or even red hood!jason—being kind towards others. panels and pages exist on this website and elsewhere—go find em lol)

THAT SAID!!

there is still something very valuable in the fact that despite his skill and anger and reluctancy, he does have sympathy towards those he has to use violence against. he remembers and values the teachings imparted to him by a spiritual elder. that despite how ~gross or ~dumb he thinks it is or whatever, he wants to show even some kindness towards the people he has to stop

and it extends to people who might not deserve it, even if it's at a compromise

red hood/arsenal (2015) #9

while it's implied (and even outright theorized by jason a few times) throughout the rest of the arc that jason's kindness towards duela is bc she reminds him a lot about himself, i argue that the compassion extends past being empathetic towards her. i can relate to people and their trauma too, but that doesn't automatically mean i'm willing to go through the lengths jason did to get duela some help

but he does help her, a messed up kid like duela, bc deep down jason todd truly is a kind person

of course, that doesn't mean he's not just as firm with his other values. by the last issue it's very clear jason still holds fast to the belief that people who cannot change must be stopped at all costs

roy summarized it best:

red hood/arsenal (2015) #13

jason acts violently—perhaps even cruelly—towards the iron rule and duela (sidebar: i also strongly dislike the way it's implied that roy cares about jason's actions mainly for the money, but that's a whole other can of worms i'm not getting into here lol)

i wanna point out something else though

red hood/arsenal (2015) #13

jason

does not harm an unconscious person, even if they're a villain/criminal

compromises that everyone goes to prison

does not shoot duela again, despite threatening to kill her

while, yes, this is in large part due to roy stopping him and attempting to compromise, jason still could have very easily ignored roy and killed everyone anyway

and yet, no one dies, and it's because of jason's kindness

whether that compassion actually extends to duela and the iron rule, or if it's only towards roy, is debatable of course, but i argue for the former

jason isn't needlessly cruel. he is steadfast in his beliefs on justice and retribution, but i think more than that it comes from a place of caring for others

#thanks for coming to my ted talk lets see if this post takes off lol #red hood #dc robin #robin #jason todd #dc arsenal #arsenal #roy harper #duela dent #red hood and the outlaws #rhato #red hood and arsenal #red arse #jercy speaks #regular blogging #meta

[mlobsters]

supernatural s13e2 the rising son (w. eugenie ross-leming, brad buckner)

kind of pissy and upset that crowley is actually dead-dead and it was such a weird anticlimactic sendoff that i didn't even realize it while watching. so seeing his dumb little topside throne room i'm getting all weird and protective over it being his space.

sure felt like a problem behind the scenes and i was avoiding looking it up and well, this is wholly unsurprising

via screenrant

Not long after the Supernatural Crowley death, there was a moment on X (formerly known as Twitter) in which executive producer Jim Michaels hinted that Crowley and Mark A. Sheppard might not be done with the series for good. However, Sheppard responded by accusing Michaels of intentionally misleading fans and stated bluntly there were no plans for him to come back at any juncture.

oof, and the nycc comments summarized by looper

"Once they decided they needed to do something different [with the direction of the show], they tried to get rid of me without telling me that they were going to get rid of me," Sheppard revealed during a solo panel at 2018's New York Comic Con. Never one to mince words, Sheppard expressed his disappointment with his demise on the show, continuing, "I'd gone from being the smartest character on the show to being the dumbest character on the show in two seasons. They ran out of what to do." Needless to say, he did not leave the show on the best of terms.

oof x2

asmodeus, great, sure ok. now he said it the way i thought it was pronounced originally (asmo-DAYus). and then on the magicians, they pronounced it asMO-deeus. i believe they're all accepted pronunciations?

the magicians s1e10 homecoming

the white suit and the thick accent and the speechifying, it's giving confederate general slash colonel sanders vibes. the foghorn leghorn knives out treatment. also feels like he's doing an impression of someone. i keep thinking mcconnaughey but i don't know why, different accent

eyes rolling into the back of my head

i didn't think the show could get bad enough that i wouldn't be able to finish watching, because i have such a strong attachment to sam and dean... but i feel like that they might be proving me wrong

DEAN You can slow down, you know. That’s stuff’s not gonna disappear. SAM Ever seen you eat, Dean?

seriously. one of my least favorite character traits

that interaction was cute, mainly because jackles seemed way more... i dunno. relaxed? and that little small expression to sam where he widens his eyes to jack getting what teleport is, just feels really natural. also his voice seems slightly different? more like jensen's actual voice dropped a little instead of putting on the voice for dean. less raspy, more resonant and rounded sounding but still deep. well and likely that's been happening and i just didn't notice or they're doing the audio differently

wheezing over the perspective of this making sam look like gandalf with the hobbits on the couch

speaking of resonant voices, donatello the new prophet that i 90% forgot about

JACK Is that why Dean hates me? SAM Dean doesn’t hate you. It… Look, sometimes the wires in Dean’s head get crossed and—and he gets frustrated, and then he mixes frustration with anger, and—and fear. JACK Why would he be afraid? SAM Because Dean feels like it’s his job to protect everyone. And right now, we need to protect you. But we may also need to protect people from you. JACK Maybe I’m not worth all this. SAM Your mom thought you were. So did Cas. So do I.

i'll take sam talking about dean every day of the week but eh. grating on me a bit this thing with sam being calm and reasonable and dean being stubborn, either it has happened a lot in the past couple seasons or i'm being grumpy because i'm unhappy with the show in general

BARTENDER I hated my old man. I ran away myself. See, my mom would never stick up for me. But… (sighs) you know kids. No matter what, they still want the old man’s approval. Well, that’s how it was with me, just… DEAN You know, that’s, uh, that’s how it was with me, too.

frustratingly in-character that dean will dump out his emotional issues to randos. and oh no it was actually the latest bad guy demon

so whatever fic i read that i thought was about purgatory i'm wondering if it was in this hell-au/apocalypse world because this is more like what i was expecting from purgatory. gray and dirt

sitting down to talk through their disagreement in obnoxious slatted light

SAM Point is… if you and I are gonna do this, keep Jack on the right side of things, then—then we have to be on the same page. DEAN Okay. Well, that’s the problem, though, Sam, ‘cause we’re not on the same page. Like, at all. SAM All right. You know what? I know what’s going on here. DEAN Oh. Okay. Well, please, tell me, what’s going on here? SAM You thinking Mom is gone and Cas is gone, and that Jack can’t be saved. Dean, after everything we’ve gone through… We just lost people we love, people who have been in our lives for a long time. Everything’s upside-down. I get it. But we’ve been down before. I mean, rock bottom. And we find a way. We fix it because that’s what we do. And Jack w—wants to do the right thing. Jack’s scared to death of who he is, and he’s scared of you.

very rousing speech, sammy. i'm not feeling it but sure

listen. this is the most ridiculous plot choice. 1) we need to protect jack and take him to the bunker because angels/demons/etc all want him, tried to get him warded via tattoo 2) not-hunter donatello shows up so hey, jack can stay with him because things got tense yesterday. he doesn't need that close of protection that we should tolerate unnecessary tension. 3) oh no. general colonel sanders has found him and now he's gone ;( big sad face

who choreographed this fight scene??? laughing and distressed. stunt person getting some up close and personal time with jackles's (or his stunt double's) crotch/ass

often wondered why they never throw the angel blades, since they're dime a dozen these days. can't have anything too op though right, why they had to melt down the colt. also sam's hair seems to be sort of reverting more to that... s10? styled-ish bob thing

foley of the outside sounds is very nice and interesting location at least

the monsters crawling out of the pit very slowly was so so cheesy, good grief

every time we check in with mary and lucifer i'm wondering how she's not going to die from dehydration. and michael and lucifer are gonna have a little throwdown punchout, sure

SAM These yellow-eyed things just keep on comin’, huh? DEAN Mm—hmm.

how it feels as a viewer too 🥴

this episode had some new angles and lighting and getting a little more creative in shot selection, so that's nice at least. also less music? there's still some score but i think like this sequence not having music is really effective. and hey this guy directed 11x04 baby too

JACK Exactly. What the hell am I? I can’t control… whatever this is. I will hurt someone. DEAN You know, my brother thinks you can be saved. JACK You don’t believe that. DEAN No, I don’t. JACK So… if you’re right? DEAN If I’m right… and it comes to killing you… I’ll be the one to do it.

i'm all for them having a kid, because why not. you know i eat up that domestic bullshit with a spoon. but this very clear setup of a character arc for dean and jack and whatever, just feels very set up.

i keep thinking about how like, if xyz that happened in this episode happened in s4 or something, i think i'd genuinely appreciate it then. but like.. we have been down the same path so many times now, i can't really appreciate the things anymore. i don't want to hate everything, and i'm really trying to come into each episode with limited baggage and appreciate when i can because otherwise i will just give up. this is the only thing i do in the evening after the kids are in bed. if i hate everything about it every day, i'll have to find something else to do sooner rather than later. but i'm also invested in completing it. if i've made it this far.. buh. anyway.

#supernatural #spnwatch #spn 13x02 #spn asmodeus #spnwhinge #the magicians #spn clip #eugenie ross leming #brad buckner #spn crowley #mark sheppard

[whyissupernaturaltrending]

September 4-5, 2021 - After the CW sniper decides to focus on Jake Abel for a change, Misha takes advantage of the situation and Says Some Stuff during a con.

In the morning, Supernatural was still trending because of Jake Abel's video [x]. Fans were also discussing Misha's new PBS show [x] [x] [x]. And when things started to quiet down and Supernatural was no longer trending, Misha's panel happened. These weeks of quiet had truly been the quiet before the storm.

Several panels took place today during the Momento Con in Pittsburgh, PA - the schedule below [x]. However, it was Misha's panel that got the most attention [x].

There were about 14 questions asked. A summary can be found here (screenshots of this Twitter thread available on Tumblr here and here) and on Clare Kramer's profile.

The part of Misha's panel that is being the most widely discussed right now is the one in which Misha discussed Cas' identity and said that Dean hadn't rejected Cas after the confession - that Cas saw love in Dean's eyes. The clip and transcript available here.

Misha is currently trending on Twitter.

Today is also Richard Speight Jr's birthday. Happy birthday! 🎂

#"i didn't summarize the panel because there was a lot stuff said and i didn't want to have a large block of text in the post #and i couldn't watch the entire panel so i didn't want to give some wrong info #the links included have good summaries though + the yt video #hope that's all right #why is supernatural trending #misha collins #spn #supernatural #destiel #momento con 2021 #spn cast

[littleeyesofpallas]

So a(nother) weird thing I noticed with Hachi...

ここの周りに施した「八爻双崖」はワタシが仮面化してから独自に創り出した術...

The "Hachigyou Sougai*" that was applieds around here is a technique that I created independently after I became a Visored

死神の鬼道で解くことは不可能デス...

It's impossible to solve with Shinigami's Kidou

I was going over some of Hacchi's kidou stuff and I noticed this weird phrase that wasn't translated properly:

「八爻双崖」(はちぎょうそうがい)

Most of this isn't anything special. The Sougai[双崖]: "Twin Cliff(s)" this is super simple to translate, and is consistently handled across the board.

But you'll notice that that means the real focus here is the kanji gyou[爻]... You can see on the right most panel there, that Viz's translator just didn't bother with the Hachigyou bit at all. But in the fan scanlation they went with "joined" which does seem to have some precedent...

...Except that I couldn't actually find any corroborating information on that. Jisho is the one you see above, but Google translate, Wiktionary, and Weblio all fail to list those readings, apart from the mention of "radical no.89" which is less a translation and more a description of how it fits into the organizational structure of the Japanese kanji system;

that is to say, it is itself a "radical" which is a series of strokes used as the basis for a whole subset of related words. And i think... think... this discrepancy is that it etymologically lends the meaning of "mixing/joining/twining" to the kanji that use it, but it can't actually be used in a sentence, as its own word, to mean "mixing/joining/twining."

I don't really know how to explain that in a less technical way... It's almost like how -ton as a suffix is just a contracted form of "town" and we all just kind of understand that, but you'd never refer to "a ton" or "the next ton over" or "my hometon" as if it were its own word. Right? It's not quite the same, but that's the best I can think of...

Anyway, the point is I had to keep digging, and the alternative reading I found was this...

and against all odds... despite this being kind of an obscure term, I actually know exactly what this means! To start, I'm sure you're actually all familiar in one way or another with some variation of this image/motif,

Bagua is often translated into English as something like "8 trigrams" and it's a part of taoist philosophy/cosmology. Taoism, I think I've mentioned on this blog before, is the broad system of Chinese philosophy and lore and mysticism revolving around the concept of yin and yang; in Japan the adopted form of taoism was called onmyoudou[陰陽道], meaning literally "yin yang way." It's a very broad set of ideas ranging from cosmology and geomancy and divination to the basis of a lot of traditional Chinese medicines and a kind of proto-psychology and spiritualism, etc.... It's also where the concept of chi in Chinese(ki in Japanese) comes from. But getting back to the point...

"8 Trigrams" is actually kind of a vague way to translate it, even if it's pretty literal. The "trigrams" in question are each of the sets of three bars, either broken or unbroken. Each unique sequence of bars is its own trigram. And the eight trigrams are ☰, ☱, ☲, ☳, ☴, ☵, ☶, and ☷. They have a whole series of different systems of meaning that map over them, as is just kind of the way taoism in general tends to work. It's all really cool, but also just not something I can summarize neatly in any short amount of time.

BUT even though the Bagua tends to be the most familiar, there's actually both a much more complicated system involving the trigrams* as well as an underlying concept as well. Because at it's most basic all the more complicated symbols stemming from the trigrams are made up of just two foundational symbols: ⚋, the "broken" bar representing yin, and ⚊, the "unbroken" bar representing yang. And THESE singular units are what 爻 refers to.

The weird part of that is that this whole system of symbols tends to work off of units of 3 digits at a time; you wouldn't normally have an octagram, you'd have a trigram or a hexagram. It's also not super clear if it means to refer to "8 things" where the thing is "yao", and also "two cliffs." ...or if it means "8 things", where the thing is "a yao pair" and then... "cliff" is in there for some reason? The trigram ☶ is actually a symbol for Mountain, but I feel like that's not what Kubo meant? Or else he'd have just used the kanji [山]mountain, not [崖]cliff. And either way it's a trigram, not a pair of two.

But then there's the i ching's use of hexagrams instead of trigrams... And ䷳ is made up of two ☶, so literally a pair of cliffs. There's more context to the I Ching that I can really explain here but that hexagram is called gen[艮] and can be interpreted to mean things like "Bound" or "keeping still, mountain" and "stilling." But again.... that's not "8 Yao..."

I guess a big snag in all this, is that I'm not sure how much Kubo knew about i ching or bagua when he wrote this, so there's always the chance he meant one thing but said something different by mistake...

*do go check out the wiki on I Ching if you have the time, because it's super cool in its own right, but like I said there's a LOT there to read up on

Any way, what's really interesting about this is that it's actually always been a distinct feature of Hachi's that he stacks or layers his barriers, AND later, after the long MIA period for the Visored as a whole, his kidou tends to show up in the form of long bars. So, once you've made the connection to yao, his layering of bars/barriers is like building up to the more complex concepts in the various trigrams and hexgrams of bagua and i ching as you add yao.

AND I've actually stumbled into that subject before, because the emphasis on the bars seems to lean into foodbased themes with him as well...

Incidentally when I went looking for the bar images to clip out I noticed this panel of Hachi summoning up some barriers to slap Barregan with and wouldn't you know it, they're the same shape as 爻, although perhaps more similar to some of its archaic glyph forms.

#bleach #visored #hachigen ushoda