#but i love this show

[sarcastic--metaphor]

So I kinda have problems with how Fionna is written…

I saw a post somewhere online that said that Fionna’s not even really the protag of her own show and that Simon is more prominent than she is and high key that person was right (and I’m both ok and not ok w/ this)

Fionna starts off as a super relatable and compelling character who also teaches us that her world is (suspiciously) not magical. She’s a great jumping off point and her episode being the first is a perfect fit narratively.

But the fact that she had her previous heroic abilities stripped away is both narratively compelling and the greatest flaw to her rn. Which sounds a little obvious but like… at first I assumed we’d see a hopeful and ultimately very determined fionna try and fail to be a hero when her back’s against the wall (like in the Farmworld ep). But with each episode she’d gradually learn to be a hero, albeit and amateurish and still struggling one. And she’d end the series by saving the day, maybe not as the Fionna from the original AT episodes we saw, but as someone who grew from episode one of F&C

It sounds simple enough but that really really hasn’t been happening and it’s kinda worrying me now

In Destiny, we see Fionna lose fights against characters and even sees the farmworld version of herself kick ass (doing what she couldn’t do herself) before being defeated by Scarab. The episode ends with her screaming at Simon to hit the button. Which I get- she’s been humbled multiple times this episode and just saw a much more capable version of herself go down and possibly die. She must’ve been terrified.

Then everything in the Winter King happens and that becomes a focal point for Fionna’s doubts and sadness in the following episodes. Which makes me wonder… why was she not cut up about being unable to do more for Farmworld Finn and his (maybe now orphaned) family?

This is a group problem I had with Simon and Cake too, as a whole they’re collectively hopping into universe after universe and are completely unconcerned with the fate of every abandoned inhabitant they leave behind (cough baby Finn cough).

So I was a little weirded out when Fionna and Simon wanted to just bail and leave apocalypse!bubblegum to probably die at the hands of a horde of vampires. Like I get it, this isn’t their world and they never should’ve been there to begin with, so that Bubblegum’s fate really isn’t their responsibility.

But Fionna is a mirror to Finn, and our Finn never would’ve abandoned his Farmworld counterpart when he was in trouble. He never would’ve abandoned Butchblegum. Even if he was outmanned and outpowered he never would’ve gone down without putting up a fight first.

Finn has always wanted to help everyone he could. Fionna throughout her own show is really only ever concerned with getting back to her world and making it magic again so she doesn’t have to think about getting a job or paying rent. (That is, until the end of Jerry.)

What I was expecting from episode 1 and onward was that Fionna would have had the same compassion and heart that Finn has- but that her struggle would be from the fact that due to circumstances beyond her control, she’s not experienced enough to help at all. That she’d stop seeing the people around her in each universe as akin to video game or anime characters and realize they’re as real as she is. And that the survivor’s guilt/guilt in general from being unable to help them would be devastating for her.

Maybe this is on me tho and I was just expecting soemthing completely different out of this show

(Again tho Jerry kinda shakes things up. But it’s 4 am for me and I can’t think critically anymore)

But Fionna couldn’t defend herself or her friends from the Destiny gang, got Martin killed, but really only feels bad about the events from episode 6 for killing all those candy people. Simon and Cake are also only concerned with their own goals tho- I’m not pinning this all on Fionna or the way she alone is written. But it’s more glaringly obvious when it comes to her

I guess what I’m saying is that Fionna is a complete and total girl failure, which humbles her and keeps her relatable, but in 8 out of 10 episodes she hasn’t been able to change this fact at all. It leaves me a little worried that the finale of F&C will either magically (or conveniently) give her the ability to be a hero… or just kinda flounder bc they’ve so well established that one of their titular characters is effectively useless in almost all circumstances. To the point that in the Star, Butchblegum straight up said she didn’t care about Fionna and only wanted Cake’s help.

((Even Simon who was woefully out of his depth adventuring with Finn reconfigured the remote, insisted he wanted to help the Candy Queen, instantly started making stakes for vampires in ep 7, also offered to help repair Bubblegum’s tank, and rightfully recognized that the huge decrepit man with horns and exposed bones and empty eye sockets sitting on a pile of skulls in a creepy dark cave was a horrifying dangerous figure and not just a guy named Jerry.))

In all honesty I just have absolutely zero idea where they can take Fionna at this point but I’m keeping my fingers crossed that the F&C crew know what they’re doing

#fionna and cake #fionna and cake spoilers #fionna campbell #spoilers #ramblings #I’m so tired rn #but I love this show #but I’m so tired #I’m going to bed now #I love fionna tho I want her to succeed #I’m just worried for her

[shockedemojiatsv]

My face the entire time I was watching Moon knight episode 5

#🤯 random #WHAT THE FUCK???? #I was like #😟😦😧 #im so late #but i love this show #moon knight

[two-jazz-babes-moving-as-one]

I may have posted about this before but I'm doing it again

I have an idea for a fun twist on Little Shop productions: have the cast rehearse and prepare for both the stage and movie endings!

At intermission, the audience gets to vote: do they want the happy ending, or the sad one? (now there's no reason the vote can't be rigged per-performance requirements. but also no reason to let them know that)

It might get into weird performing rights territory but I would say it's worth looking into potentially, it's a pretty popular community theater play but I think this could freshen it up a little bit (also encourage potential repeat attendance)

#little shop of horrors #I would be so down to be part of a production like in music or as a plant puppeteer or something #I am not particularly interested in/suited to any of the characters #but I love this show

[andmybelovedneitherdoyou]

i have this intense urge to rewatch the x-files for the 173839th time and yk what? i might do it. as a reward.

#i am sick #but i love this show #i love everything about this show #except chris carter #the little fuck #the x files

[hithereyougood]

I have some big news!

That’s right! The Owl House finale is on April 8th! D: It’s ending so soon!

#the owl house #toh #toh s3 #toh s3 ep3 #watching and dreaming #oh boy can’t wait #but also I can’t wait #because it’s ending already #but I love this show #I hope the finale turns out well #ALSO IT’S 55 MINUTES! #THAT IS INSANE #this is NOT a reblog

[irrationallydependent]

#idk who im posting this for #myself? #is this technically rpf??? #like i dont give a shit about chris rock #but i love this show #and i think theyre dumb and silly #and on a scale of one to cringe how bad is it that im posting fanart for a sitcom from the 2000s #well either way #holy shit they dont have a ship name #crazy #crazy? i was crazy once #anyway #everybody hates chris #chris x greg #i hope that only applies to them #fanart #ehc fanart #queer #my art

[urwatchingdisneychannel]

Ok imma need Disney and riordan to start making some better choices regarding their response to certain events going on in the world so I can praise this show

#pjo #anti disney #but I love this show #anti corporations #percy jackon and the olympians #rick riordan

[hung-and-the-restless]

heartstopper is so 2013-2015 tumblr uwu soft boy smol bean culture and i am but a heckin’ enby :3

#This hurt to type #but I love this show

[haloburns]

yknow what would've made the episodes "the impossible astronaut" and "day of the moon" better?? if we never saw those Things, whatever their names are. if, as we go along with the characters, as they turn to face the Things, the camera cuts to whatever the next bit of the scene is. much scarier than seeing them constantly. loses the horror aspect a bit, actually.

#moffat is a bad horror writer actually #doctor who isnt really like a horror series but it kinda is #in the best kinda way #i hate horror #but i love this show

[timtimtara]

Andor, episode 10, continuing to be epic and insightful and absolutely mindblowing. Kino Loy leading the escaping prisoners out of the fascility only to realize he can't swim, so is he now stuck on that platform? Did someone help him swim across to freedom? Do Melshi and Cassian know where they're going? Luthen angsting about sacrificing his very humanity for the rebellion, making the choice to be ruthless and calculating and letting people die for what he thinks is the greater good.

This whole damn show man. Like Rogue One, Andor is going to be nothing but tragedy because the pandora's box that is the rebellion has been opened. All the terrible things have been released. The movie showed that there's too many factions against the Empire. And none of them care for the other outside of what they can do on the transactional basis.

And Mon Mothma. She's so alone in the whole fight right now. And she can't see beyond that cloying loneliness. She wants to do the right thing, for her family, for the alliance, for herself.

#andor spoilers #andor #this is less than coherent i know #but all my thoughts are still jumbled #im thinking everything at once #but i love this show

[cistranny]

okkkkkkk what show is making you a little insane rn?

that's such a good question. I was going to say none but that's a lie I just forgotten it was a show and not just a part of everyone's lives. The answer is girl from nowhere <3

#all I've been thinking abt for the past while is Ace Attorney oops #BUT I love this show #evil yuri supreme

[smellsliketeenspirit18]

So my significant other and I have been watching the kids show Bluey online.

I’ve never had a kids show fuck me up like this (in a good way), but it’s so well done and covers so many hard topics in a way that kids can understand. It’s truly amazing. Hell, as an adult I’m learning things about emotional regulation and coping from a show that’s less than 10 minuets an episode.

I didn’t expect to get emotional over one of the newer episodes that covers the topic of infertility, but here we are.

The creators of Bluey really are doing an amazing job and if you haven’t watched it yet, you should.

#not to get emotional on main #but I love this show #tw infertility #bluey #bluey season 3 #bluey show #bluey disney #things I’m watching #watch this #it’s so good

[starzie]

Thinking about Kotaro Lives Alone. Honestly, it's a pretty heavy show but it has a wholesome tone. Even the premise implies trauma, from growing up too fast

Spoilers!

My favorite episode was the one about the umbrella. The flashback to when Kotaro was just a little bit younger, and he acts his age is just heart wrenching

#star glitters #kotaro lives alone #might add more later #was thinking about this earlier #one ep actually triggered me #but I love this show

[whowantsnachos]

i’ve been watching arrow for a couple months with my dad, and now we have a drinking game where every time someone blames themselves for something, we take a drink. however, neither of us drink, but if you’ve seen the show, you’d know we’d get drunk pretty quickly lmao

#i mean at least they acknowledge it #still though #not EVERYTHING is your fault bro #not everyone needs to have an intrapersonal problem #idk whatever #i hate this show #but i love this show #arrow #arrow cw #arrowverse #oliver queen #the arrow #the green arrow #john diggle #felicity smoak #laurel lance #dc

[dancinglollipop]

egghdbsns

#this is for me #next in fashion s2 drops this Friday #I’m gonna scream #I’m so excited #and so so terrified #it wasn’t gonna get a new season cause it just wasn’t popular enough they said #then it got popular so now it’s getting a second season and that season is coming Friday #which should be a happy day however #there’s a fashion influencer who I just really do not like supposedly joining the show #and that makes me angry #I don’t like her personality or her designs that much #her designs get a pass but her personality is just so #she talks about fashion like she has no clue what she’s talking about #she has two words that she uses to describe things and that’s all she ever says then says idk after #like?? girl isn’t this your job?? #ugh #but I love this show #because even though it’s a competition #it’s not nasty #it’s just people doing what they love and showing people what they love and I love that #it’s sweet and genuine for the most part #Friday friday friday

[volfoss]

Tbh v excited for the koth reboot

#twist rambles #unless I literally imagined it.. #but i love this show