#either way hyped for this show

[aussie-roadkill]

screaming crying kicking  my feet losing my shit

to me this absolutely implies they were speaking out against whatever Showfall Media is or the group behind it and were promptly disappeared

#genloss #generation loss #ranboo #ranboolive #I'M PUMPED #MAY 3RD #TECHNICALLY 4TH FOR ME #YEEEEEEAAAAAHHH #still think the 'kind of face reveal' #would be like #a police sketch #I think that would be cool #if they're still doing it #either way hyped for this show

[angelinthefire]

Thinking of a version of 13x04 The Big Empty where Mia the shapeshifter therapist offers to appear to Dean as someone he lost, and he looks like he's going to turn her down, but then he hesitates, and gives her this long evaluating look. And then the scene cuts, and you think Mia is going to appear as Mary, because that's who they were talking about before. You see Dean's reaction, and it's this blank kind of shock, because he was expecting to see what he sees, but he didn't realize how it would hit him. And you hear "Hello Dean". And it's Cas. And he doesn't look right, Mia doesn't have his mannerisms, and she doesn't have the outfit, just a plain white button-down and dark slacks, but she looks enough like him. Dean's about to say something, but he can't. He just swallows and grits his jaw and stares. And Mia/Cas says something like "I'm sorry I left you, I know it's hard. But I love you; and that love will stay with you." And you the viewer don't think too too much of the word "love", because Cas has used it before, love like family, love like friends. But anyways, Dean hears that and he frowns, like he's trying to internalize it, he's trying to get some closure out of this, but he can't. He shuts his eyes, with furrowed brows, and he's regretting that he agreed to this at all. And then Mia/Cas moves closer to Dean. She puts her hand on his cheek, and Dean sucks in a breath but he keeps his eyes closed. And then she leans in and kisses him so, so softly. Because she thinks they were like that. And at first Dean trembles at the kiss, but he keeps his eyes closed and lets it happen. Only after a few seconds does he jerk back, wide-eyed, looking terrified. And of course Mia/Cas is immediately worried and sorry that she made a mistake, and she says "Dean--" and is about to apologize. But Dean just turns around and storms out. Dean rushes away from the house, breathing hard like he'd just lost a fight. He gets in the car and slams the door. And his expression collapses, hes looks shattered, and he gasps, shaken and hurting, and tears run down his face.

And that's it. No further discussion or explanation of what happened. No comment from Dean. And then 13x05 Advanced Thanatology happens as normal.

#spn #destiel #dean winchester #not actually fanfic #Maybe nothing changes in tombstone either #heck. maybe nothing changes on the rest of the show ever #but actually that's how I would have set up destiel going canon in s13 with little if any further discussion #like I think the way I'd do it is that 13x06 would actually happen as normal. maybe with Dean even more hyped up #it would be a couple more episodes before I'd have Dean tell Cas that he loves him #probably in the midst of a fight or something #or maybe when Cas is saying that there must be a reason why he was brought back #something like that #idk what happens next i'm falling asleep as i type

[gaylotusthatexists]

happy npmd day to all who celebrate i am so excited

#I’ve like. purposefully avoided looking at anything about it so i can go into it blind tonight #so ngl i’m not even sure what the plot is exactly lmao #but i’m hyped either way #i’ve been rewatching a bunch of starkid shows recently so like. i am So Ready for something new #also still debating whether to get the ticket for the after show thing or not #like i can absolutely afford it but. it’ll be late as fuck for me. woo timezones.

[loverboybrightsideghost]

yeah upon more thought. a little worried abt the wicked movie.

#mixed feelings on ariana grande. #i'm not blocking the movie's existence out of my mind anymore at least and im excited that it may have potential to be cool #if they don't fuck it up and the recent movie musicals are not reassuring me that it won't get fucked up #but partially i am hoping that bc its WICKED one of THE musicals of all time that they won't ruin it that much #but either way the movie does LOOK good visually i think #i'm hoping it's just that the teaser was short but glinda's character in particular is really worrying me #specifically as she's played by ariana grande. it looks a bit like she's Conventionally Attractive Sophisticated Woman (by 2024 standards) #rather than the bubbly obnoxious sociable and honestly immature (at least in the beginning) character she is in the musical #maybe i'm just worrying too much bc the trailer IS short and honestly seems to just show hype for #the Big Dramatic scenes mostly #eh. it's a commercial. of course they're gonna show the hype stuff. #just deeply deeply hoping they don't fuck this up bc i love wicked with my entire being and i would hate for it to be a shitty movie #bluebird.txt #also if they cut march of the witch hunters i will riot #actually ill riot if they cut any single song #you're making this musical into a two part movie. You Can Afford To Put Every Song In There. #don't be cowards please let this movie actually be good 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼 #wicked

[stoat-party]

I can already tell I’m gonna be insane about the BOS boy from Fallout Amazon. He’s pensive, he has soft eyes, he’s full of repressed childhood rage, he’s friendly. I love him.

#if i expect the show to be bad it will be bad. #if i expect it to be good it could go either way. #so i’m hyped #fallout #fallout show #fallout amazon #amazon fallout #fallout tv series #fallout tv show

[loadinghellsing]

For inspiration

Alcard vs anderplant kinda Frisk Flowey verification of a fight?

Hope this is good

#i contribute #my art #doodle #anderplant #--- #its around this point i feel the record needs to show #i haven't finished or played through all of undertale #i got up to papyrus when the game first came out?? #and watched a friend play up till undyn #(no clue how to spell) #either way- no clue about how the major fight goes plot wise #so i just pulled up some refs #hope this captures the vibe #either way i hate it #because anderplant freaks me out #so much #so very very much #and this drawing haunts me #i am hyped to remove it from my files #but i hope it appeases your request #excuse me while i go cry #over the fact i can't find anderplant's mortal origins

[astro-inthestars]

YOOOOOOO WE FUCKIN DID IT!!!! YEAHHH!! We slayed SOOO well!! EVERYONE DID!! The other sections were SO FUCKING GOOD i LOVED it!!! And like, we won first place or whatever i didnt care about that really BUT WE ALL DID GREAT!

Anyways, just got home from my pal's birthday party (more like Hang Out at the mall, we ate out) it was AWESOME! First time inside a Starbucks, and first order ALL ON MY OWN! (HELL YEAH RELIGIOUS REBELLION!!)

#rennikorambles #i dont actually KNOW if its rebellion since. i ordered java chip frappucino... and i dunno if that has coffee or anythin- #BUT EITHER WAY im so glad my first time inside a starbucks is with friends <333 #i lost ALL my money <33333 #worth it #i was SO jumpy and excited the whole damn time. just shows how hyped i am around my friends <3 i love those idiots so much #after eating at pizza hut we went to an arcade and I got TWO keychain plushies from the claw machines (SLAY) #one of them i gave as a bday gift to my pal LMAO the other i kept <33 a little wolfy!!! #and then after that they went to starbucks and YEAHHH it was so fun #and then we went to the department store and immediately went to the toy section (which includes games like video games on the ps4/5 etc) #those idiots got One Piece playing cards. nerdddss <33 (me staring longingly at Persona 5 Royal on PS4 for a discounted price. help) #(I CANT GET IT IM NOT A GAMER IM BAD AT GAMES AND AND) #anyways #as for the musical MAN im just so proud. in my opinion the other's did WAY better than our section in terms of song and choreography #but the only one-up we had on them was the fact ours flowed so smoothly with nearly no mistakes #they kept having long pauses when transitioning to the next scene‚ whilst we specifically focused and practiced smooth transitions #thats probably why we had less time for dance choreo and stuff... but either way!!! just SO proud it made my theater heart so happy #and! i learned something about the actual story of El Fili! mAN ITS SO TRAGIC WTF MAN.... MANNNNNN. BRUH... #anyway <333 ALIVE NOW!!! FREE!!!

[archersartcorner]

Hellooo here’s a modern AU doodle, just cus the fact that these two are dead for ~200 years by the time of modern pokemon games makes me sad HWBDJSBSJ

ID under cut!

[ID: A sketchy, non-colored, digital image made in Procreate. There are two characters present from the midsection/waist up - Ginter, who has a sharp face; a hooked nose; a shaved-down beard; messy hair that parts to the right; and wrinkles around his mouth and under his eyes. His body is muscular, and he’s wearing a formal button-up that’s been unbottoned to reveal the middle of his chest. Ginter’s smiling and looking to his left at Volo. Volo has a squarer face; a wide and rounded nose; and long hair, that parts to the right to cover the right side of his face (his left), tied into a bun, but with two long strands at the side of his face unbound. Volo also has a muscular body, slightly leaner than Ginter, and Volo’s about a head taller; he has notable scarring where his hair is covering his face, and smaller scarring along his arms. He’s wearing a coat, fluffed up along the collar and end of the sleeves, that’s slightly open in the middle, showing a v-neck and a teardrop-shaped necklace underneath. Volo has his hands placed on either side of Ginter’s shoulders, and is staring at the viewer, smiling affectionately. Small hearts are drawn around his face to emphasize this. There are three blocks of text in the image; first is a block that says “Modern Ginter & Volo.” The block next to Ginter says “Ginter is Volkner's uncle. Leads a trading guild/union, focused on independent traders that don't want to be co-opted by the PokeMart Conglomerate.” The block next to Volo says “Volo is Cynthia's cousin, but was adopted by Ginter when he was a teenager. While Cynthia's a champion full time and a researcher on the side, Volo is kind of the opposite - he's an adept trainer and steps in for Cynthia from time to time, but is a full time researcher into the old myths and legends of Sinnoh.” END ID.]

#my art #my scribbles #wanna draw more of this au… #ginter with a megaphone like ‘WHERE IS YOUR ANGER? WHERE IS YOUR RAGE?? UNIONIZE UNIONIZE UNIONIZE’ #ginter #volo #pokemon legends arceus #pokemon ginter #pokemon volo #described #I think its straightforward but if ur confused this is not an immortal AU btw. just these characters in a modern setting lol #the ‘specialist boy’ post but. actually know what it can go either way HWVDJDVS #both of them would be hyping the other up as the most specialest boy in the world and both would make DASTARDLY threats for the other BWBDJV #WHEVDJDVSJ also wanna think more about dynamics with other DPPT characters… #Volo n Cyrus are besties. everyone’s confused HWVDJS #volo shows up with Cynthia when Cyrus provokes Giratina and the distortion world opens up. and while Cynthia is like ‘okay we gotta focus- #-on saving the world’ volo’s just. ‘CYRUS!!! D: Cyrus buddy you okay!!!!’ sees Giratina and just. O: ‘just like the old myths…’ #if the player catches Giratina he’s VERY interested. but he also lingers in the DW for a while cus he wants to keep an eye on Cyrus. #in my head I translate Cyrus and Volo as both Very Autistic but in opposite directions on every point in the spectrum HWBDJSB #so thats kinda how they get along. they fill in certain needs in the other. #shit now I wanna replay platinum. gotta get context for more au stuff… #we’ll see if this au lingers in my head for that long BEBDJDBSJ

[milo-the-professional-yapper]

Hey guys- I do apologize for all of the posts about the current drama, but I figured I’d get it out of the way. Once the show comes out this acc will be fully dedicated to theorizing and analyzing the show- and possibly some Fanart (haven’t decided if I’m comfortable with that yet). At the end of the day, I do like Hazbin (and Helluva) and am a fan of the series. Just in case someone wants to come in and talk about drama- I can direct them to where I already addressed it and we can all call it a day.

#Hazbin hotel #helluva boss #anyways five days until Hazbin releases guys who’s hyped?! #I do genuinely love and have hope in this show #if it lets me down then oh well #if it’s good then yay more power to me #either way I won’t stfu about it

[goldensunset]

‘enjoyer’ to me has two meanings. it either means you’re a “fake fan” who hasn’t actually properly read/watched/played the media for yourself and you don’t know that much about it but you like it on a surface level and that’s enough for you, or it means you have done the above but you refuse to participate in fandom culture online for it lest discourse and negativity end up ruining you and so you just enjoy it peacefully by yourself. i think this is an excellent term btw

#there are lots of things i consider myself an enjoyer of that i’ll post about occasionally #like ace attorney and persona 5 for some examples #even though i only really know some stuff i enjoy seeing it on my dash #there are a few things i like and i am a ‘true fan’ of but i won’t show those colors on here #like miraculous ladybug. i’m media literate enough by now to recognize nitpicks and handle them with grace by myself #so i don’t even wanna touch whatever is probably going on on here #bc i know it’s silly and wild but listen the very specific type of shenanigan that mlb is? you either love it or you hate it. and i love it #and there are too many fans who fall into that ‘hate’ category and don’t realize that the show is never gonna be for them #this is all to say i’m not certain yet what i’ll do about pokémon legends arceus #like do i add it to my pinned post do i start following blogs and browsing tags etc #or do i just quietly enjoy it alone on my blog and reblog stuff that floats my way but never go out looking for stuff #bc yknow it’s actually quite relaxing not participating in fandom sometimes yanno #and i don’t want anything to kill my hype #when something has either a large fandom or regular releases you can always be satisfied by the content that’s there #aka there’s no pressure on you to entertain yourself and make the stuff you want to see #i love kh but that’s how it is for me sometimes and i guess that’s the kicker of not having played the games myself #is that my entire experience with it is through youtube vids and fandom online which is probably not great #i’m probably exhausting myself more than i should over it #i have played twewy myself obv so i can entertain myself but also the fandom is tiny and chill anyway #i like creating my own twewy posts tho lol #most of the time #i do get tired sometimes of feeling like i have to provide content for others #or really tbh it’s not even others fault most of the time it’s self inflicted #bc i do genuinely love analyzing media and writing down my thoughts and sharing #when i write a huge block of text that’s the real me. when i do meme edits that’s me trying to people please #art is..: somewhere in between #peach rambles

[theamazingannie]

It’s hard not to want to gatekeep when I got waitlisted and passed over for a CHANCE to get tickets when there are so many people at the opening night concert that didn’t even know the songs she was playing

#taylor swift #eras tour #not saying you have to know every word #or If you do you HAVE to scream sing everything #but It’s clear from what I’m hearing that there were plenty of people there who barely seemed like fans #who only knew her hits and barely even that #(saw someone confuse wildest dreams with bad blood like come ON) #you either fought for your life on tm for an artist you didn’t even care that much about #or you’re some rich kid who paid way over value for resale tickets just cuz you could #and i cant deny that fucking sucks when I didn’t get tickets and am praying they go down more so I can afford some #it wasn’t like they bought it in general sale #it was verified FAN presale and as someone who was in her top fans and knows the words to every song #It sucks that there’s a possibility I won’t be able to go and they did #and If that makes me a selfish awful bitch then so be it #i just hope if I go that Detroit is hype cuz I don’t wanna be hype and not be in good company #so much of the fun of a show like this is sharing it with other people

[blackkewpie]

not to expound upon the political implications of fandom every chance i get but noel gruber is revolutionary gay representation because he wants to be fucked up and evil and it is so disheartening to see transformative works where they act like his wants and personality are character flaws. roadblocks in the way of the most conventional and milquetoast gay romance story ever put to word document. which isn’t terrible but the fact of the matter is noel gruber exists to say not every gay person wants to be normal or wants to have a normal easy heteroimitative life. marlene dietrich was a bisexual woman who endured mountains of hardship on every level and did important things and made important art. jean genet was a writer and activist who lived on the fringes of society doing survival sex work for most of his youth. liberace was never *out* out and was torn apart relentlessly by tabloids about his life. these are the people he canonically admires, he wants to be a starving artist and live a fantastic, queer, risky life that offends and challenges the mainstream. not because he is too naive to want a normal quiet life, but because he was raised in the bosom of the most banal, sterile, conservative small town existence he could have possibly been in and knows for a fact he wants the complete opposite. queer assimilation to the heteronormative standards of life has been a powerful tool in our survival, yes, but the point of that is to survive to make a world where that isn’t necessary anymore. the ease straight white cis abled society offers is one that exists at the expense of those who do not fit it. that is why the girl is fucked up. in a perfect world she shouldn’t have to be any other way.

#idk I just started reading a massively hyped transformative work in the fandom and jfc #it doesn’t hurt anybody and I know why it’s there #but dear lord #the amount of times they go out of their way to either implicitly or explicitly #punish or contort the aspects of Noel that make him fucked up #it’s just interesting #esp because they also make him trans which is why I’m reserving judgement #obviously they’ve done some of the work bc they’re not being weird about his gender expression #but OOOF you’re so close come on come on you can do it #also my other favorite character is constance and I can talk about black joy and radical acceptance with her for hours #but understanding what is oppressive about small conservative hegemony is crucial to understanding noel #and tbh thats his flaw to overcome by the end of the show imo #going from take me up and away above this small town cliche #to befriending mischa and sharing Constance’s joy during sugar cloud #realizing he did challenge people and was tragic and counter culture in his own way #in his own silly little small town #that’s the mountain he scales #to stop reducing his own accomplishments #but that has nothing to do with changing the fact that he doesn’t want to be like everyone else #and would have taken his queer rebellion further if he could have #ride the cyclone

[perenlop]

i know i vouched for this but oh my god please let journeys be ending

#ik ash is still going apparently but if this format goes on to paldea and a ton of good paldea mons get shafted #and they give the way home some random half hour special with no build up then im gonna be SO disappointed #everett said this also but yeah it seems like theyve just given up on goh catching em all so like thats kinda whatever #also i do not need them to make ANOTHER cover of 1 2 3 like its a good song but i am so sick of it #also if we are getting a new series can we make the endings actually good again #idk i like goh as a character but its clear that they dont really know what to do with him right now #like project mew just... got him to meet mew again which was cool yes. but hes literally implied to be quitting after one mission #so like what was the point #idk. jn is in shambles rn. while i think i like it more than others in the community #yeah i would be disappointed if it went on to paldea at this point. keep goh if u want bc i like him #but like im sick of it and unlike swsh paldea is crammed with potential and existing story thatd work so good in anime form #watch the professors not exist and for sprigatito to not have a main role until episode60 where it proceeds to do nothing #watch team star get ignored outside of one episode where they dont actually have much to do #all the while we are showing so many ''omg so beautiful landscaping shots of the same 6 kanto pokemon'' #echoed voice #i may not have liked galar all that much but yeah it got treated like shit by the anime #which is kinda wild bc leon was so hyped up but it was literally only him and the wild areas that got shown off #most other locations like ballonlea were restricted to the stadiums and not explored or just looked like dogshit for some reason #if u look up several galar pokemon on bulbapedia then youll see that many pokemon either havent shown up at all #or have some low res background shot on there bc its the only time they ever showed up #like man. paldea doesnt deserve that at all. just give it its own anime im begging you

[samsrowena]

also let me tack on one more post in my lb tag because yes my initial thought at the end of the episode was also OMG ROWENA but i refuse to get my hopes up so lol i will just wait and see!

#i mean i do fully expect her to show up in the show so i'm not worried about being let down in that regard #i just have serious doubts it would be THIS soon. or in this way either like once they showed the creatures and stuff i was confused lol #so i'm gonna hold off on the hype for now #spnwin lb #the winchesters

[unproduciblesmackdown]

would have too much to say that inevitably repeatedly breaking things up into tweets wouldn't be a pain but already going back like, lets check out andor episode one again in full true connoisseur mode and i'm not pressed if i make it into a proper in order rewatch, also when the bonus for me is that i'm always more likely to better keep track of names or faces or pick up on something that was supposed to be like a straightforward plot moment or whatever else, right, though i didn't have any especial problem with that. anyways i'm just already like oh this entire first sequence fucks, and i didn't really go into this that skeptically but do remember like yeah first time around it was like with this intro premise alone like ah i see this fucks then

like first of all an initial shot choice that is stylish, which tells us that there will be stylishness. fun that the couple evil [police procedural] characters are great at being pathetic zero charisma soaking creepy & wet disgusting in their own special ways, but cassian is getting rained on all the time he's cutting the plumbing line he swam here soaking wet literal treatment

things feeling figuratively and literally grounded (walking, only seeing that walkway, streetview, no soaring establishing shot to show This Isn't Your Ordinary City (scifi edition)) like, also still clear enough it's scifi but really with the Magical Realism type of approach, which i do imagine i enjoy more

the scoring is so good. BANGER of a track used when walking into the bar, also used later when dropped into the introduction of his beach getaway new life scene, brief as it is. the sexy edm style track, and it Is also like "well i mean. sure then" getting so far into this scene before it's evident like oh you're not actually here to have sex. pretty flirtatious w/this proprieter but it's like, maybe discreetly acting natural, maybe just acting naturally for real and it's just like that, we've all been there re Blend In, Follow Their Lead as a rule for operating anywhere ever, presumably relevant here, the Everyone's Wary nature of the whole series....tbt talking about jyn like yeah idk maybe her brand of wariness that's not charismaticly intense enough nor closed offedly intense enough is like, itself confusing or whatever but absolute "what's not to get or like" sense from me, and naturally cassian cropping up like it's your wary kindred spirit

anyways then having fun in there. looking at the required sexy hologram dancer like hmm they're a little space androgynous. a little space gnc af. the guys who are just immediately pissed off b/c the supposed new customer is getting preference. the delay after the proprieter lady is like Behave to them and cassian looks at her, then them. his immediate brooking no nonsense w/the two as soon as they're all hostile mode at him about all of it, at least in terms of like, not playing it utterly neutral. the It's Political times of him asking about a woman from kenari, proprieter lady going for both a) how about this other planet of origin and [names an inferred similar feature] as well as this kind of establishes already that [from kenari] can be space racially profiled, since cassian doesn't have to explicitly confirm that's where he's from too, and her inferring this is a Preference that can be catered to around physical features, and certainly once cassian's Wanted about this, the urgency around maarva & co asking who they've ever told that cassian's from kenari is sure like ah, space borders, space immigration, space [indeed the racial profiling when the soaking is he creepy or wet pathetic heinous cop pulls up an Image], the repeated like space colonialism and space indigeneity and space resource extraction that gets to come up more with [i've been in this fight since i was six years old] flashbacks....it's great like, the magical realism aspect where it's like [yeah Real Life but slight au] feeling immediately relevantly recognizable and as viscerally dramatic as you'd want, like, everyone's daily lives involving this inherent lack of safety that can turn into the stress of imminent danger on a dime. also the eventual b) asking if he's a Boyfriend or Husband like, space gender, magical realism style where it's like of course the space misogyny power disparity they'd be on the lookout for, might be vulnerable to a partner who is a space man. oh and then also the shift when he says it's his sister he's looking for, from more guarded to sympathetic when it's like, the context then isn't the woman's vulnerability being heightened if this is someone here out of like, a possessive angle, and rather that he's now not only presumably sympathetic to her as well, but potentially some of that vulnerability being extrapolated to him as well. which is not inaccurate

obsessed w/the Long Shot where cassian's getting held up by the two company sentry guys and it's him close up center frame slightly from above and just tearing it up acting while we only hear the other two for a good while until they wander in out of focus, that at first we also can't see and thus can't immediately Know they're talking to him....as well as again establishing like, yeah this is a prequel where we know our protagonist won't die no matter how [people are definitely dying] the situations are, yeah we know he's cool action guy even, but he's not operating in a story here where it's all about his protracted solo epic action sequences, he wants to avoid those, other people want to avoid those, everyone's better off operating more stealth mode if they can help it, but also that it doesn't matter to him that We know he's not gonna die, he doesn't know it, and Everyone knowing those stakes and reacting to the stress rather than being like stoic too epic to be at all fazed badasses. d luna crushing it, everyone's great but yeah sure acting as hell huh

also this time around i was just so much more noticeably affected by like oh i feel bad for this guy who's realizing his buddy who also sucks is dead and now that he's in over his head majorly life and death....everyone acting in every part is just going ham like bevy of these varied performances in varied roles and nobody dropping the ball in the least. while it's obvious too that like, feels bad for the panicky source in rogue one intro as well but cassian can't give much away then b/c he's not the protagonist and it's all very mysterious at this point. and that in addition to upping the surprise, it's presumably nonzero meant to be a kindness from him to take the time to comfort the guy before then blowing him away. whereas here the guy sees it coming and like, really brought this upon yourselves and you made this potentially life or death for cassian from the start, as he was aware, but this time it's like yeah cassian wasn't expecting that to turn into [bad luck, that headbutt killed you. and/or also the fall] and is Not so mysterious to us so can be clearly surprised and less than thrilled about things as well....but feels apropos that also w/ this intro of these two rando sentry guys from the bar who the proprietor was like yeah they're not really cops but they annoyingly like to act like it, it can be a bit more genuinely pathetic vs the Pathetic(tm) quality of the like imperial space feds characters. like oh i do feel bad for this guy and all the time he has here to plead for his life :( but doesn't feel like it's meant to be some [dun dunnn?] moment re cassian b/c it's like, tells us the stakes, tells us he's not fucking around and Will shoot someone but we've also been told he's not like here to be, or feel, badass invincible, is not unaffected by fear of death nor of having killed someone / death in general, but also Will be blowing you away if need be, also speaking to like, he's run calculations before abt like, whaddaya gonna do, what are the risks and which are you willing to take, and obviously has fought before and if he's ever killed someone before it wouldn't be surprising, some like "my god i've never done that before / now i'm out for blood, never look back" factor does not seem to be relevant. but fr was fun to be surprised by like oh i feel bad for this guy this time around lol noticeably much more than affected me the first time around. true [oops in over your head] vibes but which also then speak to like, yeah probably would've stopped pretending to be cops, just feels like yeah he's more distant from [uh oh, attention from Empire cops now] figures so it's like, ah, you bring it upon yourself but. i'm not quite sure what got me this time around lol, again i guess just more ability to focus on details and thee moment b/c i'm not like, needing to intently devote my attention to potentially following names and faces and plotlines b/c it's the opening scene here and don't get lost before things even happen. maybe it's having subtitles on where i'm all the more sure of the dialogue and him talking about "we'll go in together" has me like "there but for your fucking around, no need for this, i remember the vaguely friendly acknowledgment before your egos were bruised and you got hostile about it and escalated it to This" maybe it's even him offering a story and phrasing it like "we played too hard in hitting" when i have this like, vulnerable association lol like if anyone's upset / distressed enough And there's the immediate proximity / presence of something meant to be like, purely fun, where even talking about Playing may be enough to be like oh no lol, even when that's not really what happened. again, the acting from everyone, maybe it's just focusing all the more on that, wherein truly epic seeming distressed and miserable, maybe it also helps that we also get shots of more diego luna acting which is also to the effect of: pretty distressed and miserable, soaking wet. i dunno but i'm like hell yeah being all the more caught up in whatever.

also that this was like, oh a seeming potential thread establishment? and of course "whoops killed two guys" is indeed an established thread, the [looking for his sister] remaining latent as the setup to that inciting event and otherwise like, just something he does, characterization and [backstory thread] relevant, but only that. and yet, the way that opening scenes are generally meant to do, this whole sequence conveying plenty about how things are going to be, establishing overall contexts, thee vibe, that the soundtrack fucks, that nobody's messing around here in the least like. just as these first minutes didn't have to go so hard, so neither will the rest of the series have had to. i also didn't have to say all this or post at all but i get hype and when i have anything to say i really do. no concision. oh shit and we end with like the directional reverse of the first opening stylish shot but w/cassian in frame as well yeahh boyyee

#oh word? concision Is a word? #i know twitter is more so the place to talk about Your Damn Shows but i don't exactly do it correctly even there lmfao #like i said abt the fact having to make this some unwieldy thread over there is more so an inconvenience for Me lmao #if i said shit only b/c i thought it would be relevant to absolutely anyone. like i know ppl righteously Know this series fucks lol but #posting is about following your heart. what tf else am i about to do on my soshe accounts; or Have i been doing #so fun to have stumbled into the path of ''so true? this fucks?'' in that it sure wasn't a guarantee i went & saw rogue one. then rogue 986 #(the 985th viewing or what have you lol) then going I See re being aware this series exists; marinating; being readily talked into it if #like months later. somehow i didn't realize it came out...end of last summer??? early last fall??? not like i knew abt it ahead of time tho #thought i was a couple months behind lol but....anyways. love when either media is like oh nice i loved Or hated that in such a way that it #is then the enrichment of ''i could be giving a running [emphatic pointing at laptop continuous talking] commentary constantly here'' lol #anyways when the post exists already like aaaand send. what with it being me i'm certain i could've finished the ep while writing this lmao #the path of A Lot To Say The Hype Drive To Say It The Concision That's Not An Option the Posts Were Always Gonna Be Talking To Yourself And #If That's Relevant To Anyone As Collateral Bennies Then That's Fun But If It's Irrelevant To Everyone Then That Is Life #cinema!!! and it's tv. i'm just so like Yeah the ''this is going to fuck'' is really successfully contained in these initial scenes huh. #i keep calling it a bar(tm) but it's not pretending to not obv be a brothel that also technically sure is a bar #but it just feels kind of either awkwardly technical or [ofc the cops are the ones adding more confirmation calling it a Brothel] lol like. #andor

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despite all my criticisms abt tlovm i will say one thing i really appreciate is it really leaning into its character writing in a way that an improv campaign just cant quite manage. be it really small/quick moments (like percy immediately aiming his gun at himself during his possession out of sheer desperation is such a strong moment imo) or the way they have been structuring overarching storylines (really zeroing in on vaxs dependence on vex and placing the flashbacks right before The Incident was genuinely fantastic). it just gets me to feel the kinds of intense emotions the og campaign doesnt really get out of me like ever

#tlovm #listen i still have many gripes with the writing of the show but i appreciate the things it does right #as far as the main story itself and the pacing go i think the campaign is still far better #just because like. matt is a wonderful storyteller and trying to condense his gigantic world & huge arcs into like #a season of tv is fucking impossible lol you just cant do it #and ofc the cast themselves still has plenty of strong scenes of improv in the campaign itself #but i just feel like the show being able to plan things out is such a huge advantage for it #like that scene with the twins hits so much stronger with the way the show paced it #the downside of the format being that anything that requires longer build up just wont hit as hard as it did in the campaign #like the detail with grog and his beard was cute in the show but #watching him try to grow that fucking thing over many many episodes in the campaign just hit different #i will say either way i appreciate that the show exists like. its so fucking cool to have the story in animated form #its not perfect and it could be a lot better but my ass is still just hyped to see my babies moving on the screen