#especially after the first episode

[the-bread-is-dead]

i am so ready for loki season 2 to become my whole personality for the next five weeks

#especially after the first episode #loki #loki season 2 #loki season two #loki s2 #loki series #loki show #loki laufeyson #tom hiddleston #marvel #mcu #tva #tva loki #marvel cinematic universe #mobius m mobius #mobius

[negativefouriq]

the older i get the more i adore apple white. she’s toxic. she loves so much. she’s a mess. she has to have everything under control or she’ll die. she wants to marry a man more than anything else in the world. she’s the biggest lesbian ever to be on tv. she’s smart as a whip. she is the most gullible person alive. like truly a queen of the people

#i want to grab her and shake her #she is everhthint to me #and i HATED her as a kid lmdao #watching ever after high again for the first time in years #and it is genuinely so transparently gay #apple especially holt shit from like episode 1 the seeds were there #apple white #ever after high #eah #apple/raven #apple/darling #mattel #monster high

[yuviur]

And then, Henry is holding them really tight, more for his security than theirs, and he walks out of the dungeon (ep 42)

I cannot be the only one who cried when the twins climbed Henry and sat on his shoulders like two loving pauldrons 🥺

#I am NOT ready for the next episode #also he is so strong for carrying two 12 year-olds like that #and now some design notes yayy #the string visible under Henry's shirt is a necklace with the birthstones of the four of them (he tucks it under his shirt to keep it safe) #Lark is on Henry's right shoulder and Sparrow's on his left if it's unclear (you can barely see the ends of their tattoos) #I think the twins have had different haircuts throughout their lives to keep things simple for their parents #after the events of S1 Lark buzzed his hair to further himself from Henry and Sparrow let his grow out (I'm working on their S2 designs rn) #Lark has a black toe from kicking something too hard #Sparrow and him used to have matching bead bracelets but Lark's got ripped during the pyramid incident #Sparrow offered him his but Lark wouldn't take it #also these trees do not look like oaks and especially not the same one but it was so ugly when I tried to do that so shhh #this was actually my first dndads fanart but it was left in my sketchbook for MONTHS before I decided to digitalize it... #so I actually sketched it the moment I heard the ep and before Deck Picks which makes me lose it #anyway! #my art #dndads #dungeons and daddies #dndads s1 #dndaddies #dndads odyssey #henry oak #sparrow oak #lark oak #sparrow oak garcia #lark oak garcia

[joseigamer]

Patalliro! is fascinating to me because of stuff like this. It's unapologetically gay - even within its anime which aired during primetime hours in 1982 - in a way that many later BL manga would never be, like the ones from the early 2000s which would never dare to call their characters actual homosexuals. Patalliro has actually aged quite well in this regard, there's something comforting about how campy it is.

#i still dont really understand how they got away with this kind of thing honestly #female VAs i get that - but first m/m kiss in an anime in episode THREE????? #theres also the maraich/thomas episode where they are *Both* voiced by women....advanced yuri #patalliro #i love how bancorans gender expression is pretty much explicitly to attract only bishounen #you blushed - so you must not be a girl #etc #i also love how joyful it all is #theres never anything sad or tragic about being gay - only that bancoran is forced to kill the bishounen spies/assassins/etc #when bancoran finds out that gay sex feels good after demian; in the manga he is elated. its basically a positive thing #he awakens to his true power...lol #also notable is that while bishounen youth is glorified maraich is still 18. #besides making the show more palatable; this means it portrays being gay as an adult as normal #according to the NYT japan's psychiatric body called homosexuality a mental illness until 1995 #im not going to say patalliro changed that or anything lmao but its just significant to me that banmara get to live their lives happily #especially contrasting that with kaze to ki no uta and other manga of the time (no shade intended) #yaoi #<- for tagging purposes #obviously it also got away with a lot by being a gag manga. but still! #months later edit: want to say im not intending to moralize BL manga from the 2000s either. like gen. no hate on them. #as a gay person i just appreciate when characters who act gay are considered gay textually #and its kind of disheartening how gay-as-identity was treated as something incredulous in those manga a lot of the time #even the mere suggestion of attraction to men as a whole and not just the other male lead...yknow

[sskk-manifesto]

Oh and the way the lights changed from purple (Fyodor's color & generally associated with evil in this franchise) to blue (Fukuzawa's / the agency's color & generally associated with good) when Fukuzawa arrived... This season's direction is a masterpiece

#I'm also under the impression the drawings were especially curated this episode!!!!! I'm so glad... #The other seasons had a visible quality drop one after the other so I was very worried for this one #But it looks like we're back at the first season quality!! #fyodor dostoevsky #yukichi fukuzawa #bsd #bungou stray dogs #bsd s4 #bsd season 4 #mine

[irisbaggins]

I think people are assuming the klck killing buddy was a split second decision, but brennan confirmed in the adventuring party that it was already on the table, which makes the pivot from aiming the crossbow at the proctor to sliting buddy's throat more of a "I only have time to do one thing" and less of a "panic and hit the eject"

Yupp! I just finished watching that episode, and I felt vindicated in that moment. It feels like it was always planned, something I suspected ever since Buddy was introduced and Kipperlilly mentioned her knowledge of everything to do with YES?. It seems much more likely that killing Buddy was always on the table, and his death was needed for everything to succeed the way they wanted. Wether it was so they could kill Kristen permanently/for a bit (which would kill the remnants of Cassandra), or if it was to gain access to Sol, that's unconfirmed. But I suspect it's something along those lines, as killing their clerics due to their divinity seems to be something of a pattern of theirs.

I strongly believe Kipperlilly intended to kill Buddy in that arena, she just never expected Kristen of all people to clock her before she was able to execute her plan. After all, if you can only do one thing, killing the proctor will just make their grades waver as an end result. But killing Buddy, whilst there's still dangerous monsters on the field? Well, they can't pass the Last Stand if they're all dead and without any ability to resurrect themselves. After all, why would she have stolen the gems if she hadn't intended to kill Buddy? She would've then only stolen Buddy's gems, but she also stole Kristen's. Meaning, Kristen couldn't revive anyone, either. Either way, she never intended for someone to ever leave the battlefield, that much is clear.

The motive, however, is still up in the air. But I'd bet it has something to do with Heaven and Creation, and perhaps also with making sure that if one of the Bad Kids died, they'd stay dead.

Kipperlilly's shock came from being caught, but her actions were still carefully calculated. It would, after all, have made more sense to kill Kristen if she acted out of pure shock if she had no back-up plan. Kristen is her rival, Kristen caught her, and Kristen is a cleric. Yet, she went for Buddy, somebody they had requested to have on their party. It all smells like pre-meditated murder to me.

#text_loke #meta from loke #oooo really loved getting this ask! #my first post was made riiight after the episode with a scattered brain. this i'm more coherent for #i firmly believe Kipperlily intended to kill both Gavin and Buddy. it makes too much sense to me #ESPECIALLY since she could throw the blame onto the Bad Kids! she could make them the villains. she could frame them for the murder #first kill gavin to make sure he can't be a witness. then kill Buddy #the Bad Kids are known for murdering folks. so who will believe them when they say they DIDN'T murder this guy they have public beef with? #it all screams of an attempted framing #Fantasy High #fhjy spoilers #Dimension 20 #Buddy Dawn #Kristen Applebees #Kipperlilly Copperkettle

[her-midas-touch]

Y’all the monologue is so funny to me in the ways it contradicts itself. You’re telling me mike loves el “with and without her powers” and he literally follows it up by talking about how she can move mountains and fly and that she’s a superhero?

#byler #anti-milkvan #its just not adding up #even considering the monologue is genuine that part always seemed off #its so “I love you for the person you are not just your powers” #but then he literally keeps talking about her powers #there’s no happy memories flashbacks or anything #and the love at first sight thing just doesn’t seem plausible #especially not after you see that particular episode of s1 again or just knowing the writers themselves aren’t big fans of that trope

[mikimeiko]

Ted Lasso | Season 2 (2021), Jason Sudeikis, Bill Lawrence, Brendan Hunt and Joe Kelly

#ted lasso #tedlassoedit #tw flashing lights #it's really not as good as season 1 #even in retrospect even with context #especially the first few episodes #but it does pick up again VERY strongly after roy joins the richmond coaches #also in the later episodes there were some tonal issues in balancing the comedic and the heartfelt gutpunching #but still. still! #much better than many other shows have ever been #tv shows i watched in 2023 #rewatch #i made this #i just want a tag for the things i personally put out into the world

[bowl-of-fruit-loops]

hey why did bill’s ex-wife move to clivesdale? literally no one from hatchetfield would do that. people die and go missing all the time and they refuse to leave. and if they do they don’t move to fucking clivesdale

#idk if more info abt bill’s ex wife is in nightmare time as I’ve only seen the first episode #but in the fiction I just made up bill’s ex wife isn’t from hatchetfield but she met bill in college #and they got married right after college and she moved to hatchetfield bc bull loved his hometown so much and she slowly (or not so slowly) #realizes something is Weird and Wrong about hatchetfield and every time she brings it up with bill #he’s like ‘yeah :) that’s hatchetfield for you’ #and his unwillingness to take her (very real) concerns about hatchetfield is part of the reason they get a divorce #another driving factor is she started looking for jobs outside of hatchetfield and was offered a very good position in clivesdale #and she took it (without consulting bill) bc it’s perfect they can move out of hatchetfield but still be close enough to visit #and sure there’s a bit of a rivalry between the two towns but that kind of stuff gets left behind after high school #only bill is very much Not Okay with that and maybe at first she tries commuting but traffic is bad especially across the bridge #and if bill would be sensible— #so they get a divorce and she gets majority custody of Alice which she’s grateful for bc she’s safer in clivesdale #and the of course alice keeps fucking dying in hatchetfield so #starkid #hatchetfield #hatchetverse

[puppyeared]

Atla live action 😐

#thats my honest reaction 😐 #to be fair ive only seen 20 minutes of the s1 finale bc my parents are watching it but. mmmmm kinda mid #like. the casting is definitely an improvement since the last time they tried a live action but it feels like the writing falls flat #or maybe im being harsh bc ive only heard negative criticism on it beforehand. but fr anytime u bring up the original its already #good and not just because its the original. so much fucking detail went into it to the point of someone noticing azula wielding mai's knive #to how well thought out irohs character is used as a way of uniting the cast especially as zukos foil #i heard that sokkas sexism was toned down and i have to agree that feels like a cheap move. like i get WHY they think it would be better #but its not about how that reflects on real world its about how it affects the story. sokka starts out as a misogynistic asshole because #it makes it that much more impactful when he changes. toning that down makes it flatter and makes his character development weak #and someone pointed out they didnt even make him wear the kyoshi warrior uniform and i know it feels like such a small detail but #come on man. they did that in the original because not only does it help him really walk in their shoes - wearing 'feminine' clothing and #makeup and having suki explain its significance but it also ties in with the shows theme of harmony and intersectionality #i was also disappointed when they had the fire sages explain how the water tribe draws power from the moon because in the original it was #IROH who explained it to aang and everyone else BECAUSE we as the audience is under the impression hes with the 'bad guys' #and it builds up to how he learned from the other nations which reconciles his past as a war general and his character overall #AND its an excellent starting point for the cast and audience to understand how the nations arent as closed off as you would think #plus you would think its only fire nation doing propaganda but they expanded on that with earth kingdom censorship and it WORKS #a lot of things in the live action also feel arbitrary like. they gave momo a near death experience for 5 minutes for no reason #im firmly on the stance of bringing back filler moments instead of putting major events right after each other so that u give your #audience a sense of time passing and to really absorb the story. but i think thats more like shock value than filler and yeah its a small #thing to gripe about but those things build up and its really annoying. the thing abt avatar filler moments is that however small #its at least meaningful. hell even the beach episode emphasizes how isolated zuko and his friends are as child soldiers #i also swore to never watch the first live action since it was that bad but i really liked the stylized tattoos they used for aang #anyway. those arejust my thoughts. im not gonna watch the rest because im a ride or die for the original aftr growing up and #rewatching it at least 20 times as a kid. but theres definitely room for improvement and i wish ppl wouldnt take it as 'better' just cuz #netflix is adapting it. i wouldve killed for them to just reanimate the entire avatar series and touch NOTHING ELSE no redub #no changes to the story. just reanimate the thing and leave the rest alone and youd make easy money just the same #ALSO its very jarring not hearing jack desena and dante basco voicing sokka and zuko cause their voices were the most recognizable to me #i get that its because its live action but im allowed to feel a little sad abt that. and uncle irohs accent was really soothing #yapping

[myghostltyromanc3]

• [ Eddsworld Spoliers! … well kinda of ]•

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So… Eddsworld fandom… How are we feeling?

#eddsworld #eddsworld tord #ew tord #like I knew he was making cameos in the newest episodes #like a minor reference or smh #but I quite believed that his appearance in The End part 2 was obvious that it was his first and final appearance #due to the fact that The End part episodes were written and scripted as a bigger finale #( especially due to the fact that Tomska left show after that ) #eddsworld fandom #I’m gonna miss Tomska #eddsworld the end #tord #tord eddsworld #tord ew #Eddsworld spoilers

[baby5fanclub]

so how come i always liked acesan even after i realized they barely interacted when i read the manga, and now i’m watching alabasta and ace is just?? there???

honestly obsessed with the ace filler + simple ace presence and if he’s gonna have a yaoi moment with sanji in the process you know what so be it.

#my posts #acesan #one piece #lookingback af 90% of the acesan art i like it makses a lot more sense to me why theyre alabasta fitted up #also did not know ace actually lit his cigarette like #i thought all of you shared a gay mass delusion im sorry for doubting you #also i guess im just insane because ive literally reblogged that awful 4kids dub video of the acesan kitchen scene #but i think i thought they made some standalone episode with that or smth. ididnt realize at the time how some anime only stuff is woven #within the arcs right #anyway i have no one to talk to about this so im posting now #it is just… #so funny #especislly when i imagine how it mightve been if i watched the anime first and then saw everything #missing in the manga lol #its definitely been an interesting experience reading the manga and immediately starting the anime after #especially with odd censorship (like zeffs #leg) and moments like these

[danvillecheese]

looks like SOMEBODY doesnt know about milo murphy's law

#phineas and ferb #candace against the universe #this is the thing right like yea catu happened but pnf never really left? like as soon as it was revealed in mml it was set in danville #it was like oh okay we're in the same universe so we're gonna see characters from pnf. and mml premiered like just over a year after pnf #ended so its like the gap wasnt even that huge #especially when you consider that there were probably bigger gaps between the pnf seasons themselves (not fact checked btw) #im just saying like there have been pretty big gaps between pnf episodes airing and especially toward the end when they were winding down #back to my main point though like people who havent deep dived into the dwampyverse have no clue. genuinely #like mml happened almost instantly. it was being made the same year pnf ended. it never needed a revival bc it never truly died in the #first place LIKEEEEEE #do you see what i mean #anyways #im very normal about this. i should actually write that analysis lol

[hecatesbroom]

every time I rewatch the Rusty Anchor bathroom scene, it becomes gayer and gayer

#the amount of weight and emotion blanche puts behind every single one of her words #that scene (and actually the entire episode) carries the weight of a genuine love confession #i'm serious. the way blanche gets a little upset with dorothy for ''taking her place'' first #the way dorothy almost walks away but blanche can't let her leave. so she stops her with a very very intimate confession (''i'm jealous'') #the way jealous seems to mean ''i love you'' the way she says it #like i'm sorry but i don't think too many people tear up while telling their friend they're jealous of them #especially not after telling your friend how beautiful she is and how she lights up a room when she sings #hello there?? #and that final question blanche asks dorothy #if she's jealous of *her* sometimes too #i have THOUGHTS about it #(yes i just rewatched that scene for the umpteenth time for research purposes. what of it) #the golden girls #blanche devereaux #dorothy zbornak #blanche x dorothy #...my whole post is in the tags again isn't it

[duckapus]

Me: Okay brain, it's about time we figure out some of the early scenes for A Snake in Horseland

Brain: Squid Time Mothafucka!

Anyway...

AU where "If Mario Was in... Splatoon" and subsequent Splatoon-related episodes were more faithful to Splatoon Canon (and also Agent 3 was Meggy's younger sibling)

Now, obviously not everything in Splatoon's lore is compatible with SMG4, most notably the whole "post-apocalyptic Earth where mammals are extinct" thing, but a lot of it is, and the stuff that isn't can still be addressed thanks to Retroactive SMG4 Lore Knowledge.

First off for the changes, obvious detail out of the way; the annual tournament Meggy was so fixated on until the end of "Meggy's Destiny" is going back to being called the Turf War Tournament like it was in the original episode because Splatfests are their Own Thing, and the fact that they're their Own Thing is really important for the story of Splatoon 2.

Next, "If Mario Was in Splatoon" came out a week before Splatoon 2, which for the sake of this AU means it takes place literal days before the disappearances of Callie and the Great Zapfish. It also means that this version of the episode happens in Inkopolis Square instead of Inkopolis Plaza, and Off the Hook are the ones to tell Mario about the tournament instead of the Squid Sisters.

(This bit doesn't have to do with canon adherence, but I'll also be taking the opportunity to actually flesh out Sam, Kenji and Heavy Squid as characters since I don't have youtube runtime limits or the effort of animating to worry about. Yes, the two Inkling Boys on the original Splat Squad apparently have canon names. Go figure.)

Because of the time frame, Cuttlefish and Three are already on the recon mission that gets them and Eight stuck in the Deepsea Metro while the episode is happening, and it would realistically take time to go through the tests and collect the Thangs, so it's a few months before Meggy gets to introduce her sibling to her new friends from out of town.

I haven't really worked out much beyond that (at least story-wise. I have figured out the directions I want to take the characters of the Splat Squad and Canon Splatoon Characters, but that's for another post), except that Meggy isn't aware that her sibling is Agent 3 until the Anime Island part of the Anime Arc. I figure the NSS would absolutely get involved in this continuity, both because protecting the people of Inkopolis is literally their job and because of Meggy and Marie being among those abducted by Francis.

#smg4 #splatoon #meggy spletzer #agent 3 #new squidbeak splatoon #splatoon 2 #this is more of an overview of the premise #i'll likely make posts for the characters and some specific episodes down the line #i'm one of the people who gives 3 a post-sanitization scar #so the fact that the first time they show up in this is after octo expansion gives me a solid excuse for Early Angst #ESPECIALLY since they can't tell meggy what caused it or where they were for so long Because Secret Agent #not sure what to call this au #i almost called it “splatmg4” but it kinda doesn't really Look Right written out like that #edit: #i wish squid memes were real au #yes that's the name of the au now #'cause why not

[hood-ex]

SPN S3E16 but make it Dick and Tim.

Dick and Tim are driving in the car not too long before Dick's soul is supposed to be collected and taken to hell, and they've got one plan left to try to save Dick's life, but they're not sure if it's going to work or not.

Tim starts saying, "If this doesn't go the way we want, I want you to know—" and Dick immediately cuts him off and tries to keep the mood light by singing a song, and it works. Tim starts smiling and singing along with Dick. As Tim keeps singing, Dick's voice slowly drops off. His once carefree expression twists into one of terror as his fate looms over him.

Later, after their plan fails, Dick gets ripped to shreds by hellhounds as Tim hysterically begs the demon to make the hellhounds stop. The demon ignores Tim, and Dick dies a painful and gruesome death. His soul is immediately sent to hell and shackled in bonds that pierce through his flesh. Terrified, Dick screams for Tim over and over, hoping that his little brother will magically appear and save him, but he doesn't.

Dick doesn't see Tim again for 40 more years.

#no but i remember sobbing after watching this episode. dean's first death hit me the hardest. especially w his ''sam'' hell screams #no but i feel like this is so dick and tim core #dick trying to act like everything is okay for tim's benefit and also bc emotional repression issues lmao #and tim being v determined to make sure this plan works so he can save dick #and then everything going to shit and both of them suffering over it asldkja #Dick Grayson #Tim Drake