#but seriously that was a good episode

[turtleblogatlast]

One of the earliest examples of Leo’s “I’ll do my own thing to accomplish our goal without discussing it with my team first” is in episode one. It’s super, super quick, and ultimately inconsequential, but it subtly sets up a great precedent that I think is very interesting.

When the boys need to grab the medallion from Splinter without Splinter noticing, Raph, Mikey, and Donnie huddle together with Raph taking the lead in trying to devise a plan to get the mystic device. Meanwhile, Leo slinks away and grabs the device by clocking the situation (by knowing his father well enough to predict his actions - something he does with each family member multiple times in the series) and making a move on his own.

It works out perfectly fine, and is ultimately the best move, and it’s honestly okay that he didn’t consult everyone for something so small when it’s such a non issue to get it, but it nicely sets up how this tends to go in the series, including how it goes in the movie.

To be honest episode one is actually really good at setting up a lot of things for each character in the long run, this is just one example that caught my attention, as small and unassuming as it is.

#rottmnt #rottmnt leo #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #im just ranting at this point feel free to ignore me I’m tired lol #anyway #Leo constantly just goes off and does his own thing #and yeah honestly his own thing often works??? but he alienates his brothers/team in the process #BUT also this isn’t necessarily a one way street #when Leo DOES try to consult his brothers or give his thoughts on matters he’s not really taken seriously #best example here is bug busters where he CONSTANTLY makes his worries and suspicions known only to have them ignored #so it’s almost understandable that he doesn’t often open up about his thought process when it’s easier to just do it #than to try and fail to justify it #after all it almost always works out for him when he does so why not? #and then the movie happens #and that line of thinking doesn’t quite hold up does it? #BUT ON ANOTHER NOTE #like I said episode one is super good at setting characters up #from showing off Donnie’s preference for tech vs magic/mystic #from showing Mikey’s innate talent for mysticism #from showing Raph’s anxieties and how easily they can stack up #there’s more but I’d have to do a closer deep dive on the ep and man am I tired #so off the head rambles it is for now #sorry everyone for my constant spam of Too Many Words into things that are prob Not That Deep #it’s honestly just fun haha #EDIT: bc I saw someone mention it! yeah all the boys have communication issues through the series and it’s super interesting and realistic #Leo in particular stands out to me here because his communication issues are a constant theme that pop up much more often #but each of them experiences this in some form

[suchawrathfullamb]

"oh because hannibal didn't need to do all that-" I'm sorry but, I look at all of these versions of the same man and think baby girl, baby girl, baby girl, in all of them, so really...REALLY, did hannibal ever stood a chance? the answer is no. it was either go crazy or kill yourself, because:

#seriously i 100% empathize with H like LOOK AT THIS MF #also if I was mads I'd fund another episode with my own money just to kiss him #imagine being SO close but no #is mads okay? cause I'd never recover from that #good for him #as he should #hannigram #nbc hannibal #hannibal #will graham #murder husbands #hannibal lecter #hugh dancy #mads mikkelsen

[somegrumpynerd]

Everyone sleeps in dadmare's bed for the night

Well, almost everyone sleeps

#UTDR #UTMV #Dadmare #Gooptales #Gooptales fanart I guess? This didn't legally happen I'm just having a good time #Nightmare is working the night shift of parenthood #Lyra will have to take the boys in the morning so he can sleep #At least they're all small enough to fit in his bed #If this becomes a trend when they're big again it's going to be much more of a squeeze #In all seriousness tho I do think Nightmare would be lowkey interested in that spongebob episode with the boots #Because it's basically edgar allen poe's the telltale heart but for kids #And I think retellings of old stories would interest him

[poison-into-positivity]

the opening sequence in discomfort where alma and louis are playing pirates with stede and then it jarringly cuts to stede being actually stabbed while alma's voice says "and that's how we treat pirates"? the best transition in the history of television i fear

#did you guys know that this show is really really good #like seriously what a brilliant way to open that episode #ofmd #our flag means death

[kitamars]

enmi gintoki…………… orz

#bfy altered my neurons entirely that movie is actually crack made for me specifically #THE ANGST IS SO SO SAD. BUT SO SO GOOD #i’ve had these for soooo long but i just forgot to post them lmao #i think about him. a lot. Too much #enmi gin appeals to the part of my brain that thinks markings (smtiii remnant) and bandages are fucking cool #i LOVEEEE THIS DESIGNNNNNN ACK #it makes me feels so. hngh #his faint smile when he’s finally beaten and is near the end. someone wants me dead #fun fact though i couldn’t take them saying virus seriously bc of the fucking ill smith episode #i’ll be trying to listen to plot but everytime they mention viruses i start giggling incessantly #anyways #BE FOREVER YOROZUYA RUINED MY LIFE AND IM VERY GRATEFUL FOR THAT #sakata gintoki #be forever yorozuya #yorozuya yo eien nare #gintama #ok bye

[not-equippedforthis]

really love characters who have varied panic responses. kirk stating himself that he does not panic outright, externally, not in high-stress dangerous situations, but instead becomes tense and level like a wound string, on-guard: mostly because his role as captain necessitates that he maintain level rationality even when facing potential death as his training as 'the guy who tells you what to do when shit hits the fan' requires, but also because his childhood experiences taught him early that drowning in the desperate haziness of panic won't help you survive. especially as kirk already follows his intuition so deeply. he learned to grasp and contort the feeling. spock is the main person who represses his emotions, of course, but kirk does it to those deep-set, personal ones (this includes how he doesn't reveal anything truly personal about himself willingly 90% of the time, only what others already know/shallow anecdotes) in a much more subtle way that's really interesting to me. certified expert at avoiding the subject as long as he isnt caught out on the lie. professional bluffer.

in terms of past or parents we dont know much!!! hes known as the heart-on-his-sleeve guy!!! like yes he yells, he gets irritated, excited, hes a whirlwind of quick-thinking and plans and intuition, he goes out of his way to connect with his crew and shows it, when he puts on a little act or bluff he puts his heart into it and clearly enjoys the dramatics so much, at times he wears his heart on his sleeve, he laughs openly and is honest to spock about what he means to him, he's very sun-coded to me in a burning, passionate way, always intertwined with the stars and seeking them out, but when it comes to genuine deep-set turmoil? we dont actually know all that much about him??? hes so full of emotion and character (i love fics where spock characterises jim's mind/bond as a whirl of colour and sensations, hes a quick thinker!!! intuitive!! lively!!!) and yet its still so outwardly surface level. tarsus iv gets mentioned like twice? so especially here where kirk gets briefly jumpscared by the creature, because like:

its subtle but his eyes. his eyesss!!!!! kirk commands with his emotions but there's always some sort of level of control to it, or he transforms them into something that spurs on others or uses them to ascertain a goal: seeing unguarded fear/distress in his eyes even if its faint and brief (in this instance) makes me go insane every single time. like!!! its such a small moment!!! he isnt even panicking!!! really, he just got jumpscared!!! its insignificant!!!!!!! but seeing a two-second flash of actual, naked apprehension is just...oughhh,,,,,,,,,

oh god, and dont even get me started on the galileo seven episode where he assumes a tense level-headedness throughout the whole thing, irritated and apprehensive but not panicking, making sure he maintains intelligent rationality, even when he has to leave them behind, but when spock and the crew are confirmed safe and the bridge is occupied the camera pans to him and his eyes look like they're fucking watering and he's so achingly relieved. don't even talk to me. im. fuck.

he shows so so much but at the same time reveals so little.

#just had to write something about this because i loveeee seeing cool characters in distress. sorry but i need to see that boy PANICKING #im only on season 1 still so i dont know if there is a point where kirk openly seriously panics in the typical way #in high stress situations hes guarded but controlled #seeing him genuinely lose his nerve and start panicking would make me ouuughghgughg #like if he starts actually hyperventilating for kirk you know somethings so wronggg #but no yeah even if spock is injured or kirk is concerned about him he still shows that in the tense guarded high strung demeanor #same with spock really - his tone becomes tense and he uses jims name and its subtle but AAACKKK #i love the note of desperation being logical. that one episode is such a good exploration of spocks characer #i just think its interesting. to me it reads not only of kirks headstrong nature but also of his experience on taurus iv #not equipped for rambling #star trek tos #star trek #james kirk #jim kirk #captain kirk #kirk tos #hope this is right because im only just coming to the end of season 1 so #i love kirk so much though i cant even #hoping so so much ive interpreted him well #and that this makes sense. this is a ramble to the max. #he draws people into his orbit hes lively hes intelligent hes a burning whirl of passion and arhrthhhh

[insertsomthinawesome]

Okay I started this waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay back right after Episode 10 launched. Yeah. Ages ago. I actually finished it around probably 1-2 months ago??? I've just been slow to uploading it ^^;; Back then I was... not necessarily theorizing??? But had fun indulging in an idea like this xD

-NO ROMANCE INCLUDED-

#Trigun Stampede #Trigun Stampede Spoilers #Vash the Stampede #Nicholas d Wolfwood #Meryl stryfe #Meryl trigun Stampede #WOlfwood trigun Stampede #Vash trigun stampede #blood #injury #Isa's fanart #InsertSomthinAwesome #June2023 #I had a moment where my energy for working on this seriously disappeared too lol #thats why I only finished it a bit ago despite starting it before episode 11 even came out #There was a freaking wing!!! Got that right!!!! Much happier w Orange's design than my own xD #While this would've been good fuN I much prefer how the canon finale went #I feel its more fitting for Wolfwood's character and just. fits a lot better in total #Being season one having things wrap up so nicely.. not sure it woulda fit

[theminecraftbee]

Can you explain Joe Hills to me please he really confuses me

Like he sounds so normal? People draw him as just a semi-hippie-looking guy? I follow him on Tumblr and he's one of the least weird people I've ever followed? His existence perplexes me please help

Sorry if I messed up his? pronouns also /gen

okay so this is EXTREMELY funny to me because yes you have discovered the dark secret of joe hills: despite how many people like treating him as an entirely inscrutable, bizarre creature, he is in fact. just some guy. he is, however, just some guy who really likes puns, poems, and surrealist humor, and also he’s just some guy who hangs out on hermitcraft, which inherently makes him hard to understand to many. does this make sense I hope this helps you understand Joe Hills,

#answered #more seriously watch his first episode from this season #that’s a very good ‘gets across joe’ kind of episode

[itmakesssenseincontext]

Strange New Worlds really just crammed allegories to every type of discrimination and highlighted refugee issues in a 54 minute episode that absolutely slapped and conservatives are going to complain about for the next 6 months

Fucking excellent 👌

#star trek #star trek strange new worlds #strange new worlds #seriously such a good episode #the 'passing as both privlege and curse'? excellent #10/10 no complaints

[sylvies-chen]

roman roy keeling over from his sobs, puffy red eyes crying like we’ve never seen before whimpering like a little kid scared of being alone, asking if they can get logan out of the coffin, being held up only by his siblings so overcome with the type of grief he’d been avoiding KEIRAN CULKIN EMMY ERA IS UPON US I’M FUCKING SOBBINNHHHHHFKKDKGGGGG

#keiran was seriously so good in this episode I’m still processing his whole performance #succession #succession hbo #hbo succession #abby liveblogs #roman roy #keiran culkin

[shittywriterbrain]

i love watching ofmd over and over again because every two minutes i'll hear a line and be like ohhh that's where that thing i say every day is from

#seriously when something pops into my brain ill just assume its from ofmd #i once took an entire day to figure out that “hello? anybody home?” in the funniest german sounding accent was actually from ofmd ep 6 #yk when the dutch come onto the revenge #but sometimes its from j&w or good omens and the thing is most of the things i quote are from bertie azi or stede #who all talk very similarly #anyway. trying to figure out where “thats the spirit” in a very particular voice is from its been on my mind for two days #probably ofmd until proven otherwise #our flag means death #ofmd #NOOO NOOO I HAVE IT ITS YONDERLAND JESUS CHRIST #that took me way too long #dont know what exact scene or character tbh but i know its mat #good lord #(its from the very first episode i think. i found it in one of my edits. and its elf in debbies flat)

[stil-lindigo]

jump then fall

#cyberpunk edgerunners #cyberpunk #cyberpunk 2077 #david martinez #a pretty good show tbh #they seriously nailed the finale episode #stillindigo art

[jack-fruit]

Sorry but personally disagree with everyone mad that Hunter wasn't there when Belos died. Like you are absolutely allowed to have wanted to see that confrontation but idk personally I don't think Belos deserved that. Hunter already had his final confrontation with Belos in Thanks to Them and personally I wouldn't want to shoehorn him into the final confrontation just so I could have every detail of Belos's life spelled out when we already have enough details to piece together the story on our own.

#toh #toh spoilers #the owl house #the owl house spoilers #seriously i cant believe people are ripping apart the finale on this point #you dont have to love the finale. i had issues with it personally #but like besties!! im sorry hunter isnt the main character #plus he has a major role in 2/3 of the finale episodes #hes good! we dont need him to interact with his shitty uncle anymore #toh critical #well critical of fans #but just in case people wanna block any discourse

[guinea-pig-enthusiast]

I will never be over Valerie's backstory.

It's not a "she's popular and bullies a less popular person" thing. It's not an "I'm going to hunt ghosts because they ruined my make-up one time" thing. It's a "this ghost ruined my life and now I have to fight for everything I want and I want him to be held accountable, no matter the cost"

They gave her such a compelling reason to be a ghost hunter! Obviously, we still root for Danny because he's trying his best, but it's refreshing to have a major antagonist who could have been just another mean girl be someone with real complexity, especially for a children's show

#danny phantom #valerie gray #and their dynamic changes? sometimes they work together like in the flour sack episode. sometimes they're purely rivals #anyways rant over i just think they have a fun dynamic that i did not expect to be so solidly written #(i only finished season one so maybe it stops being good in season two but i am so hopeful it does not) #seriously tho in the world of “this character is mean because there has to be a mean girl antagonist” she gets a BACKSTORY she's a CHARACTE #not just a flat archetype which would have been very easy to do #okay this time rant actually over

[ttoryviel]

Loki s2 e3 spoilers

I’m sorry but Mobius enjoying the amusement park, eating crackers and pulling out a tandem bike while they’re searching for He Who Remains, fighting Ravonna and Sylvie is THE SAME energy as Aziraphale hosting a ball, eating, and dancing with Crowley while there are demons ready to attack them outside

your honor my white-haired middle aged men decided they are having a historical-themed date with their boyfriends and there is nothing that could stop them

#am I watching the same show twice here seriously #Loki #loki episode 3 #loki season 2 spoilers #Loki spoilers #loki season 2 #good omens #good omens season two #lokius #Mobius #aziracrow #aziraphale #Crowley #ineffable husbands

[ammy246]

"RWBY is a show with really bad writing, characters, and animation that deserves to be cancelled."

#rwby #anti rwde #rwby is a good show #people are just mean and hating on it for clout #seriously bad anime is much worse than rwby episodes i dislike