#And I know we're only 3 episodes in

[candied-cae]

All I have to say about tonight's episodes is that I deserve a new Frenchie song RIGHT GODDAMN NOW

I have been waiting oh so very long, looking forward to my little guy's delightful little jams, and now that The Revenge isn't just the most depressing boat sailing across the Caribbean, he better put that fucking lute in his hands and get to work.

I need a new sprightly little pirate song to play when I need a dopamine hit. Please, Frenchie, have mercy on me.

Please, David Jenkins and Joel Fry, have mercy on me.

#Cae Has Lots of Feelings About Our Flag Means Death #I need a new Frenchie song like I need air to breathe #You don't get it - I almost cried in my car today zooming down the highway when 'A Pirate's Life' played bc I missed that vibe so much #I miss the joy and upbeat catchy little tune #And I was so hoping we'd get more than two this season #And I know we're only 3 episodes in #BUT I NEED THEM NOW #I can't be expected to continue on this mortal coil in this condition #I need my jaunty little seafaring tunes to survive in this world like how some people need cigarettes #Give me my Frenchie singing fix or I'll start shaking and writing more Room People Fics to fill the whole in my heart #Our Flag Means Death #OFMD #Our Flag Means Death Season 2 Spoilers #Our Flag Means Death Spoilers #OFMD Spoilers #OFMDS2 #OFMD s2 spoilers #OFMD Frenchie #Joel Fry

[kopykunoichi]

"Domiciles"

What other clone in the galaxy uses that word, besides Tech? He cracked Phee's encryption on her navicomputer without issue, which you can bet was pretty advanced.

But...maybe he isn't as brainwashed as he appears. Did anyone else notice how the typical clone accent was heavy when he was talking to Hemlock, but he sounded more like Crosshair when he was on Pabu?

There was a whole ass Imperial cruiser on Pabu, equipped with detention cells and hundreds of armed guards...and he just threw the highly essential asset in the back of his suped up space corvette and said, "she's with me", before he peaced out and left his imp buddies. Highly sus.

#the bad batch #tbb tech #tbb spoilers #the bad batch spoilers #the bad batch season 3 spoilers #tbb cx-2 #tbb omega #he blew up his own ship...he's really selling it #he shot those charges onto the marauder while Wrecker was outside the ship so he'd see them #he shot the pilot of the lartie not Hunter #he wants the girl brought to HIM not the Empire #I'm 100% convinced it's Tech but I don't know how we're going to resolve it in 4 episodes if he's brainwashed #the only solution I can think of is that he's not brainwashed and he's been playing the long game this whole time #he has a plan to save everyone

[kingstealer]

aabria going, "as aimee who maybe wants to have a friend sit by you soon" is going to haunt me for the next two weeks. i can already tell.

#critical role #critical role campaign 3 #critical role spoilers #cr spoilers #what does that MEAN. who else do they have sitting in the back room pretending they don't exist. who now has to come back later #WHAT IF ITS ZERXUS #(guy who only knows one fictional character voice) #my points to back this up are: 1. apparently we're doing a betrayer god thing so probably would be a betrayer god pc showing up #2. he's the only other champion of a betrayer god pc we know. there could ofc be a new one but i'm insane like that #would it probably actually be a spider queen person? oh yeah probably. but WHAT IF #of all the episodes for me to pick up cr again (god i hope not i need to have a sleep schedule) after having watched calamity recently #i was so ready to go to bed like an hour later than usual and then aabria said 'you maybe want someone with you on your side of the table?' #and i live watching this yt stream now. or rather. in 2 weeks #thanks for coming to my ted talk. i am the conspiracy board meme

[criticalsyourroles]

i love that the professor is like arlo was one of my brightest students and arlo's like i am going to fail every roll so bad :) i am going to do so many dumbass things at once

#candela obscura #candela obscura spoilers #unfortunately i am now very attached to characters i know we're only getting for like 3 episodes #arlo black #that 'was' is doing a lot of work in that sentence

[sonknuxadow]

they werent lying that knuckles series barely has knuckles in it

#i pirated that shit Btw just so we're clear. also gonna talk about it a little bit in the tags #nothing too spoilery but also might not wanna read if you want to go in knowing absolutely nothing? idk #anyway he WAS a main character still he was present for a decent amount of the first couple episodes #but the amount of screentime he gets just starts dropping after that . hes barely there at all in the second half ??? #and it feels like theres a lot of scenes mostly focusing on wade and his problems and not near as many for knuckles and his whole deal #overall it feels more like a wade show with knuckles in it than a knuckles show with wade in it. which sucks #and human characters having plot relevance isnt the problem here i dont mind human characters at all i think they can be really fun #its the fact that the human characters are taking over the story and spotlight when the show is called knuckles #and all the marketing makes it look like knuckles is the main focus #and i also would have preferred if they just went with a differnet character to be knuckles' human friend #because i dont particulraly care about wade. and the knuckles (and sonic and tails) i know would not be friends with cops </3 #well at least the story wasnt knuckles training wade to be a better cop like a lot of people were expecting but thats like.the bare minimum #also aside from the issues relating to knuckles' screentime (or lack of screentime) i thought the ending was unsatisfying #regardless of all that though there WERE some parts i enjoyed or found kind of funny or whatever. because knuckles so cutesy as always #knuckles being a cute little guy is the most important part of the show actually #and i liked the parts with sonic tails and maddie even if they were only there for like 5 minutes #(i really wish those three had gotten more screentime. i feel like they could have easily worked in at least one more scene with them) #and its a minor thing but the opening sequence is cute. was honestly expecting just a title card or something #overall the show is just . kind of okay i guess. not the worst thing ive ever seen but still disappointing ? idk how to explain.. #my expectations also werent very high in the first place #so maybe im being a bit more generous than i would have been otherwise. idk #and i definitely would not recommend this to anyone who already dislikes the sonic movies . youll probably hate this more #like people who thought the human characters got too much screentime in the second movie would lose their minds if they saw this

[niuxita21]

Sorry. I got carried away with the gay stereotypes. I too have a lot to learn. And I went a bit too far sending Elena to kidnap you. I’m sorry. Ana, you and I are a team and complement each other perfectly. And you’ve taught me a lot about the business world, but I know other things as well that I can teach you.

Bonus: Ana’s reaction to Mariana saying she could teach her other things... 

#madre solo hay dos #ana servín #mariana herrera #shitty screencap posts (TM) #buckle up here's a numbered list of all the things I loved about this scene and them in this episode #1) the fact that they weren't even pretending here #they were just hashing things out being their usual cute supportive selves with each other #and it's still indistinguishable from them acting like a couple to the point that the driver himself was like 'naww y'all are so cute' :))) #2) the fact that aside from the characters who need to be against them being a couple for plot reasons #they're having random characters be outed as straight-up shippers (first ceci and now the driver apparently) idk it tickles me #3) the fact that what this scene is aluding to is mariana knowing more about being lgbt than ana #I really appreciate them not only not forgetting that mariana is bi but actually leaning into it and bringing it up very matter-of-factly #in a context where it was very much relevant idk why I wasn't expecting it but it's really great to see #4) the fact that even though mariana is fully intent on keeping ferrán on as a sidepiece (lol) #her scenes with ana even when they're not having to pretend don't feel like she's just counting down the minutes to see ferrán again #especially here like the way the 'we complement each other perfectly we're a team you've taught me sooo much' just comes so effortlessly #it doesn't feel like she's saying it to keep up the couple charade for the driver's benefit bc a) we know what she sounds like when she acts #and b) it only seems to occur to them that the driver is listening and that they may have to continue pretending AFTER they say all that #so this is really just mariana wanting to gently assert herself to ana and try to resolve the issue they've been having #and her way of doing that is to praise her and talk about how great they are together becase that's what comes naturally to her #idk idk I'm rambling the point is that that earlier scene at the restaurant with the forced handhold made me a wee bit apprehensive #like maybe ana would go overboard with the pretending and mariana would act uncomfortable every time they had scenes together #esp knowing that she would rather be kissing ferrán at the moment #so this was nice to see and once again I like how they are choosing to frame this storyline and their scenes together #especially considering the radically different places they both are at emotionally

[mattzerella-sticks]

9-1-1 loves to parallel the beginning of their season with the end of their season in these full circle moments that tie everything together, and while thinking of how Bobby was going "I let him (Jonah) into my home" and how that was reminiscent of Athena at the beginning of the season with that rapist guy, and how Athena is gonna be for Bobby what he was for her. And while thinking of this my mind drifted towards another couple that's almost always paralleled to Bobby and Athena - Buck and Eddie.

Then I was reminded of how we will get a scene of Buck and Eddie repairing something (most likely the walls of Eddie’s bedroom, though it'd be weird that it's been untouched for so long - another idea i had was it was a wall at Bobby and Athena's after Bobby got a touch too angry). Anyway... I was thinking of important conversations Buck and Eddie had at the beginning of the season that might be repeated, especially since we're running out of plot threads to tie up (Eddie’s, Hen's, and Athena's are all done for the most part, Maddie and Chim's are with each other, May's is about the future and easy to wrap up, and Bobby’s might take up the whole episode alongside the only other plot point that needs addressing...) we circle back to the original plot thread of the season that Buck and Eddie were intertwined with - relationships.

What I'm thinking is Eddie will be the one to tell Buck he has to end things with Taylor, kind of like how Buck told Eddie to end it with Ana.

Yes, we already had a scene between Buck and Maddie where she told him something similar, but we saw how that ended. I think Eddie will be a good friend and give his two cents and then say nothing more, as it will be Buck’s decision in the end.

And hopefully he takes it and this BuckTaylor relationship doesn't drag out into the sixth season.

Seeing how the reveal will happen at the vow renewal, Buck showing up alone and what not, he'll probably make comments about needing to find a new place to live.

Eddie, hearing this, easily offers up his house to Buck.

Buck tries to renege, say that Eddie doesn't have to and him worrying about being a burden which Eddie clears away by telling Buck it's as much his house as it's Eddie and Christopher's.

And THIS leads us into season 6 where we turn up the heat on Buddie endgame.

#9-1-1 on fox #9-1-1 spec #eddie diaz #evan 'buck' buckley #buck x eddie #buddie #buckeddie #9-1-1 buddie #especially after today's episode i doubt we're going to get a love declaration #i think this is the first step #and i hope by s6 we get an eddie being secretive for the first 2 - 3 episodes and buck gets concerned #thinking maybe eddie is tired of buck staying over #which isnt helped by everyone asking when Buck will find his own place #the reality is Eddie has put himself out there again and he's been seeing guys and didn’t know how to tell anyone #which Buck is happy for Eddie putting himself out there only he does feel a bit sad he doesnt look at that too closely tho #buddie rosdmap is roommates #then realization of feelings somewhere by the xmas finale #either acted upon or not is up for debate #they get together sometime in 6B #and it gets revealed before they can tell the team - maybe because of Taylor? #this was a long ramble lol

[elytrafemme]

every single fictional character i like should split and have mood swings like me. "ohhhhh but it's not canotical" "ohh they have good control over their emotions and stable views on the world" i don't fucking care. i see cq in his fake desert i see klavier's control dialogue i see dahlia and her serial murders and komaeda and the gun literally fuck with me right now. we need to stop being cowards about our fictional character headcanons i think everyone should kill people always because i can't

#neg #omg am i having an episode right now is this episode coded is that what we're doing oh my God should we tell all your friends #should we call the president oh my God mare is having an episode right now guys don't freak but it's finally happening aaaahhh #we've been waiting forever but our queen's finally back she's having an episode oh my God we stan like crazy oh my God i'm calling everyone #can we have a cake at the episode tell me we're having cake at the episode i'm buying a cake it's official girls oh my God AAAH #she's so crazy LOVEEE her. oh my God!!! #anyway i think my blond bitch rockstar fave should get to kill the titular character! #sorry i hate the fucking name censoring in tags i'm trying to ween off of it cause it's like not accessible tee bee aych #but like i need to speak my truth so we're doing epithets #he should literally get to kill him and rip his carpet up WHY DOES NOBODY TALK ABT IT #they all make him cry or whatever this isn't the right blog for this but i've got images okay #enough crying enough consolation hugging where's my apology only for it to not be accepted and things to be fucking over #where's MY catharsis you know. this barbie needs catharsis! #i'm super light headed i should super stop posting but like who am i going to text in these conditions #the answer is nobody nobody wants to text my phone like they can blow it up it's fine w/e #i'd make instagram stories but it'll be like a whole thing and they'll report me again for mental illness #i'm going to stop apologizing for having breakdowns publicly actually. if you were like this you would too. #actually maybe you wouldn't because you'd be soooo well adjusted well i'm a weak bitch like actually #and my bones are fucking breaking right now so i'm gonna tell everyone about it <3 #i licherally don't want to damage public property now and by that i mean my room LMAOOOO #this is nawt public property but the paints so nice

[pa-pa-plasma]

I'm rewatching Game of Thrones (don't ask why) & I'm just gonna say I still think it would be really funny if they just. made another Game of Thrones that more closely follows the books, BUT! they do it in the style of Lion King 1 1/2 where it's playing in a movie theater & everyone important who's died before the series takes place is there eating popcorn & sippin coke, commentating on everything happening with spoilers that character knows about, & anyone who dies walks in a couple seconds after they die on screen, sits down with popcorn, & starts heckling too. and the whole thing is still played straight.

#i'm not a GoT fan. I have only watched the first like 3 or 4 seasons a long ass time ago. i would watch every episode of this though #it was be even FUNNIER if they got all the same actors too like #GUYS GET OVER HERE! WE'RE DOING IT OVER BUT GOOD THIS TIME #also i know about the later books not being out & that's why things got weird don't @ me i'm just saying #i think instead of remaking series in a normal way the should do what the Lion King did. this is the only way

[selfshippinglover]

🙃 ignore just another vent post so i can talk but not really 🙃

#vent #goddammmit i got through two depressive episodes in 3 days and it was hard but i did it! #so why am i having anither right fucking now? #i just wanna be left alone..... #*sigh* #it's just really hard to feel any better when the problem is something that you can't really do much to fix #and it would take yeares to fix anyways #i hate living under captalism #i hate knowing that i'm not poaid a living wage #i hatre knowing that i've only even got #a home cause it's low income so i have to stay within a certain bracket #i know i'm lucky to have it and even more so to have help with it #but like #until working class people are paid at bare minimum a living wage #we're all gonna suffer for it #and it just makes me wanna die sometimes #🙃🙃🙃🙃 #dying would be easier than waking up again to more of thisd thought orocess #for struggling for hours trying to calm down #it's just unfair #and i know thats just lkife and a very universal experiance fotr everyone #but it doesn't msake it feel any better or easier #it just means more people are suffering whgen they shiouldn't have to #:(( #and that makes me sad too #anyways gonna try and calm down i guess

[mxactivist]

Support the BBC for having a trans character in recent episodes of 'Doctor Who'

Apparently the BBC (UK) has had 144 complaints about a recent episode of Doctor Who because it contained an openly trans character.

I've made a complaint to the BBC that there weren't enough transgender characters in Doctor Who. I would love if 144 other people did the same thing. Here's the link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/contact/complaints/make-a-complaint/#/Complaint

(For your easy reference: "The Star Beast" aired on 25/11/2023 on BBC One, and the trans character is called Rose.)

Please note that the complaint form asks for your UK postcode, so only UK folks can join in with this - but if you suspect you might have any UK-based followers, maybe give us a reblog to boost the signal?

Edit: I'm told that you can fill in the form even if you're outside of the UK, because the BBC provide service to many countries other than the UK, including the USA! Go for it. :D

Reply to confirm that you've done it, so I can keep a count!

Here's my complaint:

I recommend:

Avoid sarcasm or irony. Assume your post will be taken literally. If you are clearly joking or being mean you will be ignored or misunderstood.

Include some gratitude/appreciation. It's pretty great that they included a trans woman in a positive way, and they should know that they have explicit support for that.

~

Edit again: I'm seeing some concerns in the replies/reblogs that the BBC might not distinguish between "less trans people, please" complaints and "more trans people, please" complaints. Rest assured, this is nothing to worry about - the BBC publish fortnightly complaint reports, and they do pay enough attention to know when a complaint is in favour of or against trans inclusion. In fact, their 20 November – 3 December 2023 report is where the various news articles are getting the 144 complaints figure; that report says there were precisely 144 complaints that they have categorised as "Anti-male / inappropriate inclusion of transgender character".

That means the next complaints fortnight window is 4 December - 17 December. We have 8 more days to beat 144. By my count, over Tumblr, WhatsApp, the Fediverse and Telegram, we have 85 so far, which is well over halfway there.

Also, when you've done it, please reply to confirm you have done it, so that I can count us!

Thank you, everyone!

~

Edit, 2023-12-11, 1am UK time:

We did it! I've just been counting up responses, and it looks like sometime yesterday evening we hit 144 complaints/comments in favour of Rose Noble and more excellent trans characters in Doctor Who! (We're actually up to 157 now, fantastic.)

So, my next plan is to submit a Freedom of Information Act request to the BBC sometime in the next few days, asking for complaints and compliments figures. Then I'd ideally (energy and time permitting) like to put together a press release that I can send out to the publications that promoted the tiny "144 anti-trans complaints" figure, showing them that there has been far more feedback in favour of trans representation than against.

I'll keep you posted.

#armchair activism #projects #trans #BBC #Doctor Who

[hellohoihey]

I'm doing so well at this sleeping before 11 but actually really before 12 thing

#We're gonna pretend I'm British and falling asleep as we speak here for a moment so this statement is actually correct #My brother got an hbo subscription some time ago and today I was like sure I'll watch an episode of whatever on there before bed #I'll have you know I only watched 3! #Start a new show and immediately have to filter new tags as soon as i log on in order to not get spoiled #I assume there have already been many spoilers on my dash but I don't know or remember a single plot point #Anyways i didn't expect spoilers immediately in the first ten posts but I didn't see so we're fine wooo👍 #I think this is the least i've know about a show that I knew about before starting before starting #I like it! #sayingthing

[barrymccaulkinem]

I wish i had watched superjail when weed still worked properly on me

#i just cant get stupid like i used to. even after a long tolerance break #i did see one episode while that stupid back then and i remember not having the slightest idea what was happening and loving it lol #i dont wanna say so bc i know he's only going to get more fucked up and he's pretty fucked up from the jump #but i think the warden could get me to join a cult. not if i met him with a bloody rabbit skin on but #it helps that in this scenario we're both cartoons. like i want to observe him on blackreef i think it'd be neat :3

[thebewilderer]

Why are Christmas episodes of shows (even shows that are otherwise great) always incredibly unbearable and annoying and full of obnoxious "the true meaning of Christmas is friendship :)" type nonsense and also awful singing?

#me and my ma watching community and we're honestly thinking about skipping the s4 Christmas episode #as 2/3 of the other ones have been fucking godawful #only okay one was the one with the horror movie plotline of ''christmas glee club got to them one by one'' #and that was just... okay. #all the others were flat out horrible #god i HATE christmas episodes #yes yes yes the true meaning of christmas is friendship or caring or giving or whatever fits the theme of that show #but who CARES #the christians watching already know that and the non christians dont care #/rant #ih #misc

[redmyeyes]

Fellow Travelers sex scenes

I can't stop thinking about what Matt and Jonny keep repeating over and over again in interviews, regarding the FT sex scenes. That, in the writing and filming it was important that:

No two scenes were the same.

Every sex scene informed the story.

The characters were not the same before the scene as they were after. That they were changed by it.

So, let's talk about them.

"Pretend"

establishment of hawk's usual modus operandi -- brief fucks with strangers. he keeps a tight rein on his desires and won't allow himself to want more.

2. "Fold them."

establishing dynamics, hawk is in control, tim is being (happily) led. par for the course for hawk (or is it?)

3. "I'm your boy, right?"

tim can play, too. this dynamic is not one-way. the 'power' in this relationship definitely does not lie solely with hawk. you might even say this flips the power dynamic on its head. hawk is GONE.

4. "Do you like it this way? Your life, like this?"

not a sex scene, but one of the first slow, tender aftermaths. clear now that, for both of them, this goes much much deeper than just sex.

5. "I belong to Hawkins Fuller."

tim showing that he's willing to meet hawk on his level. the submission and dominance are so intertwined here they can't be separated. it's the willingness of that submission, the willingness of that Belonging, that changes everything.

and tim begging (through provocation) hawk to acknowledge him / what they have, out loud. "who do you belong to" = "i love you, i need you, tell me you need me too."

6. "It's your turn tonight."

a fucked-up goodbye, on hawk's part. he really thinks this might be the last time he's allowed to see tim, and he says 'i love you' the only way he knows how -- with his body, with service.

7. "Your Honor, I stand before you accused of being sweet."

crucially, not a sex scene. even more crucially, there is no sex at all in episode 5, where they separate for the first (and, they think, last) time. instead, we're shown what they're really giving up -- this too sweet (painfully sweet) domesticity.

8. "We don't have to do what we used to do."

the horribly empty aftermath. where they give in to "sex", of a sort, but it's dry and horrifically painful and NOT AT ALL what either of them want. because what they want is intimacy, not sex. and they're not allowed this.

9. "Stay with me."

the botched threesome, where craig is an afterthought, an excuse for hawk and tim to be together, and even then, horrifically painful in the way they LONG for each other and for what they can't have.

10. "I want you to fuck me."

a true surrender. again, hawk showing what he wants the only way he knows how -- through his body -- giving tim his willing submission, body, heart and soul.

11. "We'll be colleagues. We'll see each other every day."

not technically a sex scene, but the truest expression of them 'making love' that we ever get on screen. returning to #1, it's the polar opposite of what hawk had previously allowed himself, and it's what he really wants -- all the intimacy he'll shortly be sacrificing.

12. "That better?" "Oh yeah."

finally, finally, after all those years, a return to the true intimacy they were craving.

#can i just add how much i ADORE that they left 1957 for the end? #it's the clearest view we have of their missed potential -- of everything they COULD have had 😭 #fellow travelers #fellowtravelersedit #ft meta #*

[chongoblog]

HOW TO READ BINARY MESSAGES

Hey there all you gamers out there! Have you ever seen a bunch of ones and zeroes in a television show and wondered "Huh. I wonder if this binary here is some sort of Secret Code?" and instead of googling it, you wanted to try to figure it out yourself? Well I know how to do that, and people always go "WHOA" when I tell them that, and I figured I would teach you all as well!

Now just a warning ahead of time, translating binary yourself will take some time and require a little bit of math, so don't say I didn't warn you.

So let's take a binary string like this frame from the Gravity Falls episode "Soos and The Real Girl" (which, spoilers, IS a secret message)

So the first thing you're gonna want to do is divide the binary into groups of 8. If it is a secret message, then each group of 8 bits will represent as ASCII value (or, for the sake of this explanation, letters). So let's divide them up.

That gives us: 01010011, 01010000, 01000001, 01000011, 01000101, 01001010, 01000001, 01001101, 01010100, 01010111, and 01001111. Now, you might have noticed that all of these binary strings have something in common. They all start with "010"! That's gonna be your first tell that you've got a secret message on your hands. Every letter in ASCII starts with either 010 or 011 for lowercase letters. So if you see the groups don't start with either of those, then it's just random gibberish binary that someone just keysmashed 1 and 0 for. So now we know we have a message, so we can begin translating. And to show off how that works, we're going to translate the first set together!

The way binary works is that each digit from the right to the left represents a power of 2. The farthest right digit represents 1. The second to last digit represents 2. The third to last digit is 4. Then 8. Then 16. When reading more complex binary stuff, you go further than that, but for reading ASCII letters, we only use 5 digits. For each of those digits, if the digit is 1, then you add the value that the digit represents. If it's 0, then you don't. From there, you add up the numbers you've got, and then run the sum through the handy dandy a1z26 cipher (A = 1, B = 2, C = 3, and so on)

So again, let's have a look at that first string: 01010011

And there you go! Now you just need to repeat this for every letter! It sounds harrowing at first, but over time you get the hang of it to the point where you can do it in your head. Feel free to give is a shot yourself and decode the rest of the message from the Gravity Falls episode

Now obviously there are a few exceptions. For example if you have a number or punctuation it will start with "001", and from there translating a number from 0 to 9 is easy since it's the same thing but without the A1Z26 cipher, but with punctuation you have to remember specific values, which is a pain in the ass, but if you're translating a decoded message, you don't really need to know the punctuation.

And that should do it! Hope you enjoyed this little explanation.

#informative post #binary #math