#free edgar 2013

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Before I dive into this review proper I want to give a heads-up that I am about to get into book spoilers and will be approaching this review with the assumption you've read the source material, which the show also expects. Likewise, I cannot talk about the show without getting into spoilers, due to the very nature of it. If you want my one piece of spoiler-free advice; think of it as a spin-off. Cause it kinda is. You'll have a much better time in that "What If?/Elseworlds" mindset.

If spoilers are cool with you, let's jump into it.

So, I was pretty much obsessed with the series in 2010. I was about 17/18 when I first got into the series. The 6th book wasn't out yet, and I can't even remember how I got into the series to begin with. But I believe I ordered volume 1 followed by 2-5 as soon as I finished, or maybe I went all in. I know for a fact I preordered vol. 6 when I finished vol 5. Still have the receipt for it; July 18th, 2010. 10.58 total.

I followed the various video updates on the movie, fan art, fell in love with the game, bought a Smashing Pumkins shirt, and the Anamanaguchi soundtrack was even the first digital album I bought for myself. I was basically just at the right age and state of mind for the series to grab me and have a profound effect with its themes. I think it's something I needed at the time.

But as much as the series meant to me, it's something I mostly moved on from. After all, the book ended in 2010, and until recently I probably hadn't reread it since 2013 or so. My books are in remarkable condition, actually. I mostly kept up with O'Malley's other works, and preordered Seconds when that was announced. Sadly haven't been keeping up with Snotgirl as much as I'd like, but I digress.

So when the show got announced… well, honestly my first reaction was "That thing they should've done after the Adult Swim short" Because, yeah, animation is a better medium for it. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed the 2010 movie- one of the best theater experiences because the like 5 other people in the audience were massive fan girls loving all the bits. And there is a lot to love about the movie: its visual gags; the performances; the music selection; the overall direction- seriously, Edgar Wright doesn't get enough credit for how good he is at keying in on visuals. Dude knows how to translate comic panels and mimic the vibe of the source.

But it lacked the depth of the books. There's no major character arc for Scott and Ramona addressing their flaws. Hell, the books weren't even finished yet. There are a ton of great translations from comic to screen, but mostly the superficial. Moments like Scott's meeting with Knives in the alley showing that he's becoming more empathetic and confronting his mistakes are either absent or glossed over. Likewise, Knives' own journey of maturity isn't there. This isn't a complaint mind you, it's not like those cuts are unreasonable. I can hardly blame them for not cramming 6 (and incomplete) books into a two hour film. That just ain't gonna happen.

The biggest advantage in a series as opposed to a movie is the opportunity to properly explore the characters beyond a surface level. I'm not saying anything particularly revolutionary by stating the most universally agreed-upon element from the books is that Scott is a bit of a shit.

However, I think that statement is overly simplifying the situation and the character, one far too often invoked by hack frauds who don't truly engage with the work, because clickbait engagement is more valued than a nuanced analytical one. I won't sit here unpacking the full 6 volumes, you can check out someone like Popculturebuffet for that. But part of what works so well with Scott is that we don't initially know the extent of his baggage- and rightfully so. His worst aspect early on is ignorantly getting involved with Knives in the first place, stringing her along even after becoming enamored with Ramona, and being a bit of a slacker. This is something which is pointed out by literally everyone (sans Stephen) as being shitty. But otherwise, he seems fairly average and even endearing in a way. Scott's an affable character that's easy to like in spite of his very major flaws, and that's a statement that remains true throughout. The reader doesn't even get to simmer much on the scenario with Knives until later- and to some degree, this even applies to Scott himself. He's slightly oblivious to his actions, past and present. A prime example would be that we're initially under the impression that Scott doesn't like to drink, which is mostly true. Mostly.

It's not until volume 6 that it becomes clear he got into a drunken fight with Envy on New Year's, suddenly re-contextualizing that and other events. It doesn't negate how Envy was very much a bitch who treated Scott like complete garbage, cheated on him, and screwed his head up something fierce. She is unequivocally the worse person there. But it adds nuance that wasn't present before. I focus on the event with Envy because it's sort of a perfect microcosm of Scott as a character. Scott "doesn't" drink because of what happened, except on the 3-4 social occasions over the course of the 6 volumes, showing how he has a habit of just flat-out lying in various ways, including to himself. He's aware on some level, but simultaneously suppresses that awareness from memory and even re-imagines scenarios outright (Sometimes with a little help, unbeknownst to him) acting like everything was always fine on his end. This is even more true in his prior relationship with Kim.

Scott's solutions are half measures where he can pretend that he was always the victim in a breakup, or at least innocent and free of blame, thus never growing in a meaningful manner. Hell, that's the reason he ended up with Knives in the first place; he was trying to get over Envy, but not in a healthy manner. Change is seen as scary to Scott, and yet it's inevitable. That is, at least due in part to Envy changing into a hateful person. As such, Scott wants something simple where he doesn't have to put in effort. Knives is naive and doesn't see Scott for the dick that he is, she doesn't ask him to be better because he's already perfect to her naive mind. It's shallow, and a tad messed up, and everyone knows it, including Scott- hence his continued dreams about being alone. He knows it's not, cannot, and never will be serious. He's stupid, but not a monster- but stupidity can be a form of malice if one doesn't change their heart. It's not exactly like the story is even subtle about this. The entire existence of Nega Scott is that you can't fight the past, you can't run from it even if you hate that part of you. You have to confront it and accept it to move on, hopefully changing for the better. To say nothing of how Gideon is what Scott could become if he never owned up to it. That angle is why I felt Scott and Ramona worked. Quite frankly, Ramona is just as flawed of an individual running from her past. She's constantly trying to change herself, but always on a surface level. She's afraid of normalcy, of being stuck in a routine, of being happy. She makes out (Not that much) with her ex, Roxie, in anger because she sees Scott hanging with Lisa Miller and suspects the worst. She (rightfully) gets enraged at how Scott was still with Knives when he and her first went out, thus cheating- yet she did the same with the Katayanagi twins, and possibly Lucas. And, ya know, she never formally handed off the breakup letter to Gideon, so she's kinda doing the same thing Scott did with Knives and her. Ramona's past is just as checkered as Scott's. She's just as jealous, hypocritical, and nuanced. It just takes longer to realize that because she puts up emotional barriers and isn't the titular character/main focus. Neither one is evil, but they've wronged people. Often they've been wronged, and sometimes it's not a clean-cut scenario of easily blaming anyone. For all the great supporting cast, gags, fun references, and so forth, our two main protagonists being flawed yet likable is what makes the series compelling. The heart is two people gradually learning to get over their selves and their mistakes. To stop running away, and accept their faults and one another. Over the 6 books, we see them (albeit mainly Scott) put in the effort to be better, to build and maintain something special, and not just go with what's simple and easy. It's not about fighting the exes, it's about fighting for each other.

That type of character arc requires time for development. So, when it comes to this Netflix series, my biggest hope was simply that they would capture that element found within the books. In the lead-up to the show, there were some rumors about the exes having more to do, and I can see that working. As much as I do think the book does a fine job, Todd and Roxie are the only ones with a decent amount of depth. Matthew works perfectly because his simple backstory is a gag in itself. Lee is a fun character with a tiny bit of backstory, but it's barely there. Gideon I can forgive due to his mysterious final boss nature and his schtick is being the extreme opposite of Scott. But the Twins? They're shafted pretty hard. They're there to fill out a roster. Honestly, though, even Roxie would've benefited greatly from the smallest of backstories ala Lucas Lee. She's perhaps the most interesting because she and Ramona are on good enough terms to have coffee together. Hell, Rox genuinely cares for Ramona, and unlike Lucas Lee, she's prominent enough in the story that a simple flashback could have been the cherry on top of all that.

The other part is streamlining story elements. No surprise there. From the get-go, O'Malley said it was not a 1-1 adaptation, and honestly, it shouldn't be. Some parts should be changed for the sake of convenience, and frankly, the book has some superfluous parts. Does anyone even remember Jason Kim? He shows up like twice as "dude with car" and apparently dating Kim Pine until dorking her housemate. That gives the impression of each character having their own life and drama that we're not privy to, which is nice. But it's also not important to include outside the books. Kim (Pine) becoming self-conscious when Envy is brought up, smiling when Scott stays over, or her dead-eyed expression as she lies during the fight with the Twins. All of that says far more about her, her feelings, her love life etc.

Then there's Knives' dad. Fun in the book, wouldn't take him out. But completely unneeded for emotional and narrative development. Sometimes you gotta look at the source material and realize that even if you like something, tacking on an extra hour for the most obvious whodunit would kill the pacing in an adaptation. (That was a LOTR reference for those playing at home)

However, the above scenarios are a trepidatious path. How does one decide what needs reworking, cutting, or expanding? They're necessary for an adaption, but they're not always obvious. If you're not careful, you can completely undermine or mishandle key elements that made the original so beloved. You risk removing seemingly innocuous moments that add a lot to a character's growth. Above, I mentioned that the Twins got shafted in the book, but there isn't really a good place to expand upon them in the original story. They're not as important as Ramona's growing discontent. It's why Scott's fight with robot 01 is relegated to background gags while we focus on Ramona and Kim. You could put a flashback during the final confrontation with the Twins, but that would muck up the pacing and take away from Kim's far more important character moment in lying to Scott to bolster him. The Twins are just narrative scaffolding holding a spotlight on what we should be focusing on. That's what all the exes are to some extent. Shallow, sure, but only so the other characters get depth.

It's not an easy line to walk. If you push too hard on telling a more original story or focus too much on "correcting" various details, you can negate what were otherwise successful plot points. Do too little and the pacing falls apart because the medium is completely different. Would the changes made still contain a similar level of depth and satisfying character arcs, or would it merely be a shallow reworking of the broadest of strokes? The only way to not lose is not to play. These are the concerns I had in the lead up to the show, which is fairly routine. We also weren't getting a lot of information storywise, aside from that it would be mostly doing its own thing (This is something that should have been emphasized more in marketing) The trailers showed familiar set pieces; that Ramona delivers DVDs for Netflix now, which is a great and absurd change; You saw some of the streamlining by having Scott rent Lucas Lee films, thus inadvertently getting a head start on that and cutting out the No Account Video segment; there's a brief original bit where Ramona talks to Julie about how well the date with Scott went. Most of the setting also looked like it was from the first and sixth volumes, which was a tad odd. But other than that, they were tight lipped about the narrative. Most of the promotional focus was on music, the returning cast, and the animation. All great things unique to this medium that we will get into in due time. Speaking of, let's finally discuss

Scott Pilgrim Takes Off

So you know how Final Fantasy 7 Remake emphasized the "Remake" part? Well, we kinda have that here with the "Take Off" part.

I'll just cut right to the chase. Scott seemingly dies in the fight with Patel in the first episode. Episode two is his absolutely absurd funeral. Almost the rest of the episode is centered around Patel wanting to take over the league for himself, and succeeding in doing so, gaining all of Gideon's assets, while the league dissolves once they realize Patel didn't even get Ramona back after winning.

This is uh, certainly a direction to go.

Let's put aside not following the source material and this being an original story. Why should I care about this story? I'll concede that he and Gideon have a great fight. The animation from Science Saru is great, and the voice performances are great: Shoutouts to Satya Bhabha, his delivery is impeccable, hilarious, and a major highlight of the show. But why should I care about these events, this retake? What's the hook? Thus far, the primary purpose of the show feels like a fake out, gags, and fights. I spent the opening of this review going over the emotional weight of the books, that's the anchor. So far, I'm getting moments without substance. Am I supposed to care because I have a prior connection to these characters? This is something I wouldn't figure out a proper description and answer for until the finale. My issues also felt exacerbated by both the advertisements not making the original story angle clear, and also how good the first episode starts off. Because Cera as Scott is truly perfect. Cera was a voice actor before transitioning to the screen, and his performance is top-notch in addition to being a great vocal fit to begin with. So it's kinda disappointing to not have him around for quite a bit. Anyway, the second episode ends with Ramona dreaming and hearing Scott's voice, meaning that Scott isn't dead, he's in Subspace or somewhere.

Episode 3: Ramona Rents a Video.

As if answering one of my questions immediately, the third episode finally gives a hook as Ramona starts playing detective, like Pikachu Columbo. That's the selling point, that this is primarily Ramona's story.

She checks out footage of the Patel fight, showing that someone pulled Scott through a portal (Hence the title of the show, wink-wink.) Ramona then heads to First Cup to get a person of interest list from Julie- which is a pretty damn funny sequence, actually. I'm starting to enjoy the show at this point, and it's kinda wild how much more enjoyable Julie is in both the movie and show compared to the comics. Sure, she's a bitch, but she's a fun bitch due in no small part to Aubrey Plaza's wonderfully riled vocals. After getting the necessary info, Ramona is led to Kim since she knew Scott the longest. We even get a cute story about the poorly drawn Sheep Scott did, which looks hilariously WAY worse in the show.

There's also a key comment from Kim that I think is to make a point for dorks like me. Kim mentions that she was once kidnapped by a guy named Simon and rescued by Scott. That was a false memory of Scott's in the books. In vol. 6, Kim pointed out to Scott that Simon was just a dude she went out with like twice, probably hugged, and Scott beat up. This is one of a number of clues that seem to be here to firmly establish this isn't the same continuity as the books being messed with, and should not be thought of as a sequel if that was a concern.

Anyways, their conversation is cut short when Roxie arrives in the hope of rekindling her former flame. But things go south pretty quickly and Roxie's hotheadedness takes over.

What follows is one of the best fights in the show, equal parts funny and clever. Hell, it starts with Rox drawing her sword and accidentally cutting the sprinkler line. It adds a dramatic pseudo rain that's completely negated by Kim's wonderfully deadpan expression as all the damn tapes in the store become soaked.

During the scuffle with Ramona, a shelf of movies falls on the two which… somehow transports them into various movies? I dunno, we're working off video game logic, I guess Gex counts. It's a sequence that I'm sure was done purely for looking interesting. To its credit, the visual styling is on point. From Japanese historical drama to a post-Matrix early 2000s green filter era, to a scratchy film-grain-heavy WW2 film. The backing track also flows into each film genre. I also love a quick gag where Kim watches the fight on a CRT and fucks around with the rewind and pause feature, allowing Ramona to counter an earlier attack. Roxie gets knocked back into the store, smashes the remote, and gets dragged back into the movies by Ramona. That's great.

As the fight continues, Ramona and Rox begin arguing about their relationship, and we get that flashback sequence! It's a small thing, but they show that Ramona left without a word and how that tore Roxie up. Good lord, someone hug that poor girl, she looks like a sad puppy. In a legit great moment, Ramona has to confront how she treated Roxie, sincerely apologizing for it, which Roxie tearfully accepts it. I gotta say, Mae Whitman really gets to shine in the role more than ever. She's one of those I point to when talking about just how perfect everyone sounds exactly how I'd expect.

After the fight, she hangs out with Ramona and Kim for a bit, being very flirty with both. Kim even smooches her for the hell of it, although both admit there wasn't anything there. But hey, they managed to still get a Bi-curious Kim in here, and in a way that was better than in the books.

Elsewhere, a beat-to-hell Gideon arrives in town, meeting with Julie, an old schoolmate.

I legitimately liked this, there's actual emotional weight going on, there's interesting shit being done, and I'm settling into the show's intent. I like the idea of giving Ramona her own story with a slight focus on how she feels about her past. I think her going out of the way as much as she does for Scott, a dude she just met, is a little flimsy. Again, it's really expecting the audience to care because we, in theory, care about them getting together.

Ep. 4: Whatever.

Things get really fucking meta in this one. Ruling Roxie out as the kidnapper, who didn't even know Scott was alive, Ramona turns her attention to Lucas Lee, who is starting a new picture in Toronto.

Turns out the movie is from Young Neil's screenplay, which "he" wrote back in ep 3, or rather a mysterious "sleep paralysis demon" he saw did. The movie is about Scott's life if he won the fight with Patel.

This toying with the universe thing is getting a little unsettling.

Most of this episode is one big meta gag about making a Scott Pilgrim movie with Director Edgar Wrong. I'm not even mad at this, I'm just completely flabbergasted at what the hell I'm seeing. And this will become a reoccurring bit throughout.

Also hope you like gags about Knives' age cause holy shit they reference this a lot throughout the show.

It's at this point in my viewing process I have developed a headache.

To give some credit, Lucas is fun in this episode. He's more in line with the film version, and Evans actually sounds better than ever, likely thanks to age and simply having more to say. And like with Roxie, Lee has a Flashback. There isn't much more than what was in the book, but I think the presentation is better. Seeing Ramona patch him up after a bad fall, and Lucas arranging his Locker (which is filled with photos of Ramona) as she and Todd walk behind him. Man, that stings.

Needless to say, Lee isn't responsible for Scott's disappearance and with the whole "controversy" regarding him dating a 31 year old actress playing a highschooler, he's hounded off the lot and has to be replaced by Todd, which seems to be a reoccurring thing for him.

Ep. 5: Lights. Camera. Sparks?!

I'm now starting to believe this entire show may have been an elaborate troll towards people obsessed with adaptation accuracy to a fault. I almost want to applaud the sheer audacity of it. Suffice it to say, 95% of this episode is done in a documentary style, and there are a lotta hijinks on set. Ramona is working as Envy's stunt double just so she can have easier access to the set and hopefully get a lead from Todd. Wallace also bones Todd. A LOT. Oh yes, Wallace shacks up with Todd, and Todd is really into it. Wallace, on the other hand, just wanted to hook up with a hot dude, leading to a whole excursion and depressive vegan breaking episode for Todd. Brandon Routh really gets to go full ham here, and it's wonderful.

Some damn funny parts aside, Todd wasn't behind the portal, but it was certainly vegan in nature. Ramona is otherwise back to Square one until Patel, by happenstance, arrives on the lot to fire everyone. Afterward, Patel has a brief confluence with Stephen Stills and Knives, who manage to get an in with him. Since Scott's apparent death, Knives has taken his place in Sex-Bob-omb on Bass (and keyboard) making decent music with Stephen Stills. The importance of that will come into play next episode.

Patel then turns his attention to Ramona. Obviously, Patel wouldn't have any reason to keep Scott around, but it's entirely plausible Gideon, or rather his real identity, Gordon Goose, would as part of a revenge scheme.

Ep. 6: WHODIDIT. This episode starts with probably the best opening gag that I kinda don't wanna ruin despite spoiling everything else. I'm probably gonna be adding "I was gone for 90 %#&! minutes" to my quotes, though.

In any case, this is a fairly straightforward episode. Ramona interviews Julie once again, but it becomes clear that Gideon, Goose, has neither the mental state nor resources to pull something like that off. As an aside, we get a flashback with him as well, showing that he was the school nerd. He supposedly had no fear (No pain) until he aimed well above his status in asking a girl out, leading to him being laughed out of school, which Julie remembers all too well.

It seems like another dead-end, but when Ramona accompanies Julie back to her house, they both see a familiar Robot, the Twins' 01 Robot, which has been making very unsubtle appearances in every episode up to this point; Lee's place; outside the video store; the studio lot, etc. We also have a B-plot with Stephen Stills and Knives making music for a stage adaption of Neil's Screenplay so it doesn't go to waste.

Cute.

It's here where it becomes known that Neil didn't write the script, and upon checking the original file, realize something is off and that Ramona should be informed. All parties gather in Ramona's apartment as she goes over the pertinent information in whodidit (dunit?) fashion, including treating us to another flashback, this time with the twins. It's probably the least engaging of the flashbacks, honestly. Even in this, they get shafted. Regardless, the who and how are solved. But Not the why or where. Where Scott is remains a mystery, but it's likely the Twins know, which is where Ramona intends to check out.

Oh, and the information the gang has about Neil's Script? The metadata says it was written 14 years from now. But just as more questions are raised, another winds up on Ramona's doorstep; Scott, safe and mostly sound. The Twins were in fact behind it, and the robot, and… himself.

Ep. 7: 2 Scott 2 Pilgrim.

Yes, the one who pulled Scott out of Time was himself, from the future; a 37 year old Scott. The how is rather simple and already answered; the Katayanagi twins. Older Scott and them became friends in the future, even starting a band; Pop'n TwinBee (RIP Shatterband.) By the way, if you ever wanted to hear Will Forte sing a hilariously bad cover of Konya Wa Hurricane from Bubblegum Crisis as an older Scott Pilgrim, this is the show for you. I was laughing my ass off at this.

Anyway, the robot was disconnected from a fixed time stream, and being a vegan cause, ya know, robot, is able to create portals. Therefore Time portals. As to the why, Scott showed his past self using a virtual reality machine on the Virtual Guuy[sic], complete with red and black pixel art mimicking the style of the game. Past Scott sees memories on the not Virtual Boy; Defeating the Evil Exes, future marriage to Ramona, their honey moon at Universal… and divorce. Well, technically they're just separated after 13 odd years of marriage. Older Scott has since been living with Wallace and his husband.

Exactly what happened is never stated, just that the pain was so much Scott decided to follow through on a sarcastic comment from Wallace and prevent falling for Ramona in the first place. Old Wallace sums up the mental state of Old Scott to regular Scott, describing it as "Like after Envy, times ten." Which uh, yeah, no wonder Older Scott's a tad kooky.

It's at this point I have to bring up personal stuff, and it's something that I thought I might have to. So, when Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour dropped in 2010, I distinctly remember reading an interview with O'Malley about the ending. In the lead-up to the final book there was a lot of speculation from fans that maybe Scott and Ramona wouldn't end up together (there was a strong case to be made for Kim) maybe it would end badly since both Scott and Ramona have their struggles. Some people even thought he would end up with Knives, which is missing the entire point of her character arc, and also fuck no.

Ultimately we got the ending we did because, at the time, O'Malley was happy, so he thought Scott should be happy. But O'Malley divorced in 2014.

I dislike bringing that up, but that was leading me to speculate (and brace myself) if that would have an impact here. I mean, how could it not? And look, there is a good argument that Scott and Ramona needn't stay together for their journey together to be satisfying. It would fit right in line with the theme that things don't always stay the same. People can grow apart, even the important ones that change your life. I don't like that outcome, but it's not as if it's wrong to consider. Particularly for a story like this.

But I also think there's an element of overt cynicism to that. What's interesting is that the show doesn't go in that direction. In fact, it's actually insistent that Ramona and Scott can't help but be drawn to one another, there's a spark there. We even get a scene of Scott hooking up the 01 robot to the VR, and since 01 is connected across time, he can see into the past versions. The robot seen throughout the show was Scott seeing that Ramona was constantly looking for him, and that's genuinely sweet.

Still, the situation is bad, as Scott is trapped in the future and can't use the Robot to travel for reason.

On Young Scott's insistence, he and Older Wallace meet up with Older Ramona, discovering she was the one who went back in time and wrote Young Neil's Screenplay in a failed attempt to preserve their story and hopefully thwart Older Scott. (Let's not go crossed-eyed thinking too hard about paradoxes)

He's a misguided idiot, but Ramona still loves the moron, even if she has her doubts after her failed plan. But Scott's words of encouragement about his Ramona never giving up on him gives her hope. Importantly, she can time travel with her DeLorean roller blades, which is how Scott can and did get back to the past.

But even after Scott's return and reunion, their problems aren't over, as a force field prevents Ramona and Scott from kissing. Someone is still interfering, and the list of who might as well just be the entire list of exes. Thankfully, Stephen Stills and Knives have a convenient plan: The stage musical is going to have all the exes in attendance, so they've got one big gathering spot to get to the bottom of this.

This is one of my favorite episodes of the show. It's cool seeing older versions of the characters, and frankly, the presentation is just great. I do think that too much of that emotional weight is relying on events from the books for your investment. I know, I know. Can't enjoy a good thing without a critique. Still, this is a great episode, one of my favorites along with ep. 3, and our next and final episode.

Oh, and the end credits has a proper rendition of Konya Wa Hurricane, so that's fucking cool.

Ep. 8: The World Vs Scott Pilgrim.

So here we are at the big finale at the premiere of the Scott Pilgrim Musical.

The thing is, none of the exes seem to be suspect. Gideon is the only one with ulterior motives, but they're not towards Scott and Ramona, he just wants to blow up the stage and Matthew Patel.

But not long after everyone is seated something goes awry. A portal appears and transports all the exes and Scott's friend group (And also Julie and the robot) to a barren land.

The one behind this, and the force field, was an Even Older and very buff Scott (47) He slipped past Scott nano machines as a backup to prevent him from ever getting close to Ramona, but even that wasn't enough. So for 10 years he trained to take everyone out, as it's the only way to be sure. And so our final battle begins: The World vs. Scott Pilgrim. If you listen closely to the track during this scene "Big Bad" incorporates elements of "The Dark One" Nega Scott's theme from the game. That's a nice touch.

Even Older Scott is no pushover, he breaks Ramona's Hammer, and despite a fairly good comeback from regular Scott, he beats him pretty bad. The others come to his aid, Knives attacking with daggers, but Even Older Scott punches Knives so hard he knocks the highlights our of her hair.

Ramona begins handing out items from her bag, cyber broccoli for Todd, a cyber skateboard for Lucas, and a cyber sword for Roxie, just as the sub boss music from the game kicks in. Along with Matthew's mystic arts, they mange to actually lay into Even Older Scott, but that only causes him… to go… even further beyond, and One hit KO the four.

The Twins Robot is ineffectual and even Gideon's not quite the glow-douken has no effect. Even Older Scott just grabs it and turns it against Stephen, Knives, Kim, and Neil. This. This is actually fucking awesome. It's going full Shonen ham.

We're down to just Ramona and Scott, who team up and hit him together, followed by Scott and Even Older Scott literally butting heads. We get our obligatory speech between a younger Scott just wanting to live his life, and Even Older Scott saying he'll just end up where he's at if he does.

And it finally clicked into place what the hell Scott Pilgrim Takes Off actually is. This is like a Shonen spin off story. Your Broly Trilogy, Hunter X Hunter The Last Mission, Naruto Blood Mission. But with an X-men time travel plot slapped on. It's an excuse to play around and do different (mostly cool) shit with a set of familiar characters. Like a movie or OVA, the characterization isn't as deep as the main source material. It banks on you giving a damn because of the familiarity so they can mostly get right to the cool bits and not try as hard or waste time on the re-interpretative parts. Don't think too hard about the misgivings, think about Akuma Scott beating the shit out of everyone while the familiar music you're nostalgic for plays.

And goddamn that's frustrating because that's what they should've led with. All the damn trailers were dancing around the new material and making it seem like an adaptation. To keep on the Anime brand, if people are expecting a "Brotherhood" or "Ultimate" version with a Cast they like, and then they don't get that… well yeah that's not gonna go over well. I can't fault anyone for being mad about that. That's having the rug pulled out from under you. But once you realize what this is, and what it's doing, it's a lot easier to enjoy and be its own thing. It branches off a similar story to the books, but it's not like this is a canonical revision or sequel to them.

That said, just because it's "less developed" doesn't mean this is without heartfelt moments I enjoy. When it seems like Even Older Scott has the upper hand, an even older Ramona shows up to chew old Scott out for not even texting in 10 years, fighting people in the past rather than fighting for them, all because of one rough patch. It's funny, but it also confirms the biggest divergence. This is a world where Scott was never kicked out during the Roxie chapter, a world without Gideon's "Glow" mental manipulation, and presumably Scott never faced his inner demons because of it. This also means Ramona didn't run off after the twins' defeat because the glow wasn't affecting her mentality, and thus she faced her own. That one line snowballs into a lot of stuff not happening for their character growth. That- that is an interesting concept.

This all leads to a poignant scene where Ramona questions her older self if she should even bother. What's the point if it ends up like this? Maybe it's best to just keep moving. But, that's also Ramona's thing, isn't it? Running away from what she loves, which is presumably (along with his own stupidity) what set Older Scott down a spiral in the first place. In a scene that parallels Scott's own understanding within the books, Ramona comes to realize she's ran all her life.

In the end, Ramona chooses to stop running and embrace herself, quite literally. Both Ramona's combining into, as Scott puts it "Super Ramona" Able to see the situation for what it is, one Scott still in many ways a dumb kid, the other Scott just a sad mess. She simply sends Older Scott back to his time with the hope he'll straighten out. Meanwhile, the nano machines are still a problem with current Scott. But that's nothing a super form can't overload with a determined kiss. Daww.

Before things go back to normal and because she'll have trouble saying it later, she tells Scott she loves him, and that she tends to run away from what she loves. But who she was in the past isn't who she is now. She just needs help remembering that.

Everyone returns to the theater to enjoy the rest of the musical, and Patel's demon girls subvert Gideon's plans. After the show, he and Julie are apprehended, but Matthew instead begs Gideon to take all his crap back. He has no idea how to run a company, is stressed out, and has lost billions. All Matthew wants is to continue the stage show.

We then get an epilogue. Lucas Lee takes up a job at Second First Cup; Todd has returned to being a Vegan with coaching from Roxie; The rental store Kim worked at closes down; Wallace takes a vacation to Paris where he meets Mobile; Knives continues performing with Sex-Bob-Omb as their keyboardist; Ramona gives up delivery work and instead returns to being a stunt double.

We end on Ramona coloring her hair once again, before heading out and meeting with Scott and the others, as Plumtree's Scott Pilgrim plays us off.

Only for a mid-credits scene to show Gideon and Julie plotting revenge. Oooo.

And that is Scott Pilgrim Takes Off.

s'allright, innit? Okay, joking aside- I think I'm gonna have a hard time conveying my feelings on this one. But I still have three more things to talk about before we get to my final thoughts.

First off, the voice acting is great, shockingly great. I'm a person who is very much of the mindset that you should hire voice actors for voice roles BUT, in this instance, I can understand why. It's incredible they got everyone back and how well they work. I've already given my praise to Cera, Bhabha, Plaza, Whitman, Routh, and Evans in the story portion of this review. But I'm drastically overdue to talk about Winstead's performance. I think this was the one people were most curious about because in the movie there was this aura of Ramona feeling more "cold" in her personality. This was due to the original direction they wanted to take that version, and sadly it meant we didn't quite get a more angles. Here? Yeah, this is pretty great. We hear Ramona full of regret, angry, annoyed, sentimental. It's a much more well-rounded version. My one nitpick is Winstead needs to work on her battle cries, it really stands out in the Roxie fight opposite a veteran VA like Whitman. But otherwise, this is how I imagine Ramona sounding. And I'd be remiss if I didn't bring up how anytime Ramona has a vulnerable moment talking about Scott, she genuinely sounds smitten. The Future Ramona (the first one) in particular stands out to me. That's a version of the character that's older, clearly hurt, and weary, but still very much in love. I can't help imagining that being applied to scenes from the book. In Vol. 5 the part after The Twins are defeated and Scott returns. That scene always tears me apart when I read it. I'm fairly certain if I heard Cera and Winstead's performance of that it would rip my soul out. So maybe it's best we only have this original story. So yeah, I'm happy to see that she fits right into the role better than ever.

Another performance I've yet to mention is Ellen Wong, who is just as perfectly energetic as she was in the film. It's a shame we don't get to hear her do a somber Knives in this setting, but it's hard to complain with how pleasant it is hearing her chipper over the top excitement. Alison Pill's Kim Pine is as sardonic as always, and much like Routh and Evans, I think she's even better now. Johnny Simmon sounds exactly the same, no complaints, 10/10. Jason Schwartzman is an experienced VA, so no surprise he sounds fine. He doesn't get to stretch out much since Gideon isn't super prominent here. Although episode 6 did show a lot of range and potential for what you could do with him. Maybe next season? Similarly Brie Larson's Envy doesn't have a whole lot of screen time, but she's equal parts charming and manipulative. Honestly, for a small as the role is, it made me realize just how much Larson is good at the role and how that level of emotion is often subdued in roles elsewhere. Honestly, I hate to say it, but Mark Webber's Stephen Stills is probably one of the weaker performances on the show. It's not even that it's bad, it's fine and works- except for the animation. That's the one caveat. There are a couple of moments where Stephen Stills is pantomiming, and the voice doesn't match that energy. Truth be told, I even sorta have a similar issue with Kieran Culkin's Wallace, which I swear looks like the syncing was off in the earlier episodes. The saving grace is that Wallace has more scenes than Stephen Stills and therefore Culkin got more opportunities. This is sorta the area I mean when I think it's best to get trained VA. It's a completely different medium and hard to jump into immediately.

I don't wanna end this segment on a downer, so I'll once again mention Will Forte sings Like a Hurricane. OH, Segue.

Soundtrack

So I did not know what to expect going into this. I mean, I was a fan of Anamanaguchi, but I hadn't kept up since Endless Fantasy, sans the Miku single- which is really good by the way. And Joseph Trapanese I was most familiar with from his collaboration with Daft Punk on Tron Legacy, so no worries there. But I did wonder how well a chiptune heavy sound would work. As much as I dig it, it's a very upbeat vibe. Even some of Anamanaguchi's more dramatic tracks have a charming bubbliness to them. How would that work within a series? Well, the short answer is they don't have as much chiptune going on as you would assume. There are a few that incorporate chiptunes to a limited degree, others a bit more, but most not at all. The vast majority of the OST is more traditional fair and Synthwave, and in a way, it sorta mimics my own evolving tastes. I still listen to Chiptune stuff, but I'm also really big into synth music nowadays. It feels like a proper bookend to my late-teens early twenties listening to Anamanaguchi, and later Dance with the Dead and Midnight Danger, and now Anamanaguchi's synth offerings. One of the tracks, Yet Another Winter Again (Calling back to the first stage in The Game) has a Redbook audio sound with a hint of Chiptune, but not the NES/GB Anamanaguchi is known for. It sounds like a SNES. In fact, I would compare the track to something you'd hear in VA-11 Hall-A. So even when there are chiptunes, we're branching out quite a bit in both sound fonts and style. Of course, there are a couple of vocal tracks as well. Like the movie, there are universe songs for Sex-Bob-Omb. They have a unrefined roughness to them, which is perfect for a small unprofessional indie band. As for some of my favorite tracks, the aforementioned Yet Another Winter Again; He's You; And They were Roommates; Blame it on the Goose; Big Bad; Bad Guys; Knives & Kim; and God Only Knows. I'm sure that'll change as time goes on. I'm really digging Lucas' flashback music, and Fond Memories, nice parallel between those two. In fact there's quite a few pieces that, in tandem with the animation, do a lot to sell those heartwarming (or wrenching) moments.

Animation.

Oh right, the animation. So, if you read my Castlevania Nocturne review, you know I went on a slight tangent about how I think it's silly that they labeled it an anime despite it being produced and partly animated in goddamn Texas. It was just a label because they're embarrassed to call their super serious animation what it is because they think anime sounds more mature. I swear some people still think it's 1985 and Vampire Hunter D is the wildest shit cause blood.

Funny thing about Scott Pilgrim though, it's just straight-up animated by Science Saru. I'm not here to get into semantics, because then we'll be asking if Batman TAS counts because Sunrise. I just find it funny. At the very least Takes Off certainly fits the bill more than Nocturne does. But back on topic, it's fucking good. I mean, I don't think that comes as any surprise. Science Saru has made a name for doing really impressive work from Devilman Crybaby, to Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!, and the shorts Akakiri and T0-B1 for Star Wars Visions. Not to mention supplemental work for the Garo anime, OK-KO, and Adventure Time. So Scott Pilgrim is perfectly in their wheelhouse, and they do an incredible job capturing O'Malley's illustrations while adding their own unique flare to the styling.

Sadly Tumblr's gif size limit means I can't easily showcase some of the fights as much as I'd like, but suffice it to say the level of fluidity and cinematography is astonishing. Again, episode 3 is an amazing showcase in itself.

To say nothing of how expressive everyone is in the show.

Also this is a weird one, but I think with the exception to episodes 5 & 7, each episode has Ramona going through a bleaching and dye routine. It is bizarrely satisfying to watch, like the tea making in Samurai Jack.

Final Thoughts.

Takes Off was both a confusing shock and a pleasant surprise upon first viewing. It's impressive in its existence, and has moments that I fucking love. Like the Shonen it emulates, it does also come off as a tad superfluous or melodramatic in many respects. But it is fun to bust out old toys and play with them again. The fact that in 2023 I'm seeing a new work related to Scott Pilgrim is fucking incredible. I'm happy that this exists, I'm happy to hear the cast together again, and happy to hear some great music tracks. And I do love the characters of Scott Pilgrim, I love the performances in this show, I love numerous parts of this show. But, I also think it's fair to say what I love most aren't these characters. And that's okay. Those characters should remain in the series that ended in 2010, while these are easily malleable versions for an animated series to have fun with. Maybe you could never capture or replicate the exact magic of the books again, so it's better to just do your own thing. Takes Off was, in the end, a fun time that I think works best when you know what you're getting into. Once you're armed with that knowledge, I think you'll find a show much easier to appreciate.

All that said, as backhanded as this is going to seem, I still think the nicest thing that Takes Off did was get me to re-read the book series for this review. I got to re-examine a profound series from the perspective of a 31 year old, but still find all that I originally loved as a 17 year old. When it comes to adaptive works, no matter what, the nice thing is you'll always have the originals to go back to. You change, maybe your tastes change, and certain things hit differently or don't hold up when you go back. But it's nice to revisit. I think nostalgia can be a poison. Too many people get caught up in wanting to relive the exact moment, to be trapped. But I think it's more fun to see something you love still remain a love even after so much time has passed. I'm happy with how I felt as a teenager reading a story about emotional growth. Some personally, some apart, and others closer. In my 30s, I still appreciate that, and it still affects me and resonates. But just because I cherish that above all else doesn't mean I wouldn't be interested in more Scott Pilgrim. And if O'Malley and Grabinski wanna make more people sing 80s anime songs badly, I'll be on board for that alone.

Or Roxie flirting with every woman. Seriously, she's so much fun.

As always, thanks for reading. Reblogs are appreciated and you can find me elsewhere on the worldwideweb at: Bsky Ko-Fi

So does Gideon still have his exes frozen somewhere, or is that another difference?

Oh, and now that we have a Netflix Series, can we get a Nendoroid Ramona? There's been like no high end merch since Mondo in 2017.

#scott pilgrim #scott pilgrim takes off #netflix #bryan lee o'malley #edgar wright #bendavid grabinski #science saru #anime #animated

[ataraxiaspainting]

F A Q.

masterlist: it's in the works but not at the moment!

posting days: i'm trying to work on a more stable posting schedule for stories but i will most likely be answering inbox messages on fridays, saturdays, and sundays! mostly saturdays though.

tagging: feel free to tag me in anything! as long as the post in question does not do harm to me or others, of course.

writing history: ever since i was little, i've pretty much always had a love for making up stories and saving them on my laptop. i got into x reader works when i was in middle school i think... still am just as much into them now as i was back then.

art history: i've always loved to draw/sculpt too! i may not be the best at making art myself, but i have always loved looking at other people's works, especially paintings. my current pfp is actually a painting of ophelia from shakespeare's hamlet, done by alexandre cabanel.

music taste: i really only listen to classical and k-pop/j-pop, along with game osts. though my queen mitski breaks her way into my on repeat playlist multiple times a day. my favorite songs from her are buffalo replaced, i bet on losing dogs, i will, francis forever, my love mine all mine, i want you, stay soft, class of 2013, townie and last words of a shooting star. non-mitski songs are often either by red velvet, twice, king gnu, or kenshi yonezu.

book recommendations: i read a lot on days i'm not so busy, mostly reading thriller/horror stories. my main recommendations are notes from the underground by fyodor dostoevsky, i have no mouth, and i must scream by harlan elison, the cask of amontillado by edgar allan poe, the stranger by albert camus, the metamorphosis by franz kafka, uzumaki by junji ito, the talented mr. ripley by patricia highsmith, the collector by john fowles, misery by stephen king, coraline by neil gaiman.

favorite tropes: lovers to enemies, enemies to lovers, the reluctant hero, paying the price for victory, the mysterious neighbor next door, a deal with the devil, the unhappy ending, cults and religious extremists, mysterious things are happening, seducing an archenemy for an opportunity.

other fun facts:

-> i'm a criminology major.

-> i played a lot of instruments and sang a lot when i was younger. i'm trying to get back into it now. my favorite instrument to play was the electric violin and my favorite type of music to sing was choir-like osts like mourning from nier automata, lacrimosa from the one and only mozart, and song of the ancients from nier replicant.

-> i'm a huge animal lover. i often watch streams of horror movies, listen to video essays, or write while snuggling up with one of my dogs. i also often volunteer in community service, with most of it being either being at a shelter/adoption event or some sort of event involving a fundraiser in schools. i once happened to do an adoption event that happened to be fundraising more resources for schoolchildren, and it was one of the best moments of my life. got to pet a lot of animals too, and that made the time like ten times better.

CURRENT ANONS -> childe anon

this post will be edited/added to as life goes on.

#aya ambles #exploration

[spyskrapbook]

“Staatsbibliothek Zu Berlin / Berlin State Library”, Potsdamer Straße 33, 10785, Berlin, Germany [1967-1978] _ Architect: Hans Scharoun _ Photos by Spyros Kaprinis [25.01.2023].

“The Berlin State Library is one of the largest libraries in Europe, and one of the most important academic research libraries in the German speaking world. The Haus Potsdamer Straße branch, built in 1978, is the newer building in the Kulturforum on Potsdamer Straße in West Berlin, designed by Hans Scharoun with substantial participation by Edgar Wisniewski. It was renovated from 1999 to 2001. The building is currently being further redeveloped into a modern research library as a companion to the Haus Unter den Linden and will house the collection from 1946 onwards.”

https://staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/en/

https://virginia-duran.com/2013/10/24/the-free-architecture-guide-of-berlin/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LsUFzuTeS4&t=201s

#Staatsbibliothek Zu Berlin #Berlin State Library #Potsdamer Straße 33 #Berlin #Germany #Hans Scharoun #1967 #1978 #Spyros Kaprinis #2023

[woppy-my-beloved]

Moon Of Desires Damon Herriman Masterpost

This masterpost will contain links to performances of Damon over various tv shows/movies and shorts over his career. Why I make these posts? Since not everyone has the ability to get access to a Netflix account or other streamign services, same goes for DVD's Or Shows which where only aired in certain regions.

This list will only inculde pyhsical perfromances of Damon. So no voice overs will be features in this list.

These will include links to free video websites such as youtube, vimeo,dailymotion etc.

Youtube

Full Movies

Ned (2003) - Ned Kelly Parody Movie

The Big Steal (1990) - Full Movie

Shorts / Skits

They (Tropfest Finalist)

FUEL (2003) - HORROR SHORT

Trigger Warning: Jumpscare near the end!

Chipman (2004) - Short

SOAR (2004)

The News (2013)

PET (2013)

Smithston (2014) - The Elegant Gentlemans Guide to Knife fighting

TV Shows

Elly & Jools (1990) - Mini Series (FULL SEASON PLAYLIST)

The Brides Of Chris (1991) - Episode Rosemary (NSFW Themes)

Videoclips

Julia Stone - Unreal

Bernard Fanning - Wasting Time

VIMEO

Shorts

The Eleven O'Clock

Record

Lens Love Story (2007)

Can I Call You? - Horror Short

Trigger Warnings: Clowns/Masks/Murder)

If there are going to be any new links/updates I will update this page for you all and add them!

This part will contain the different streaming services/Platforms which showcase certain series/movies of Damon.

Note: Some of these are FREE and I will specify which are.

9NOW AUSTRALIA

This is a FREE streaming service where you can watch the t.v. show The Flying Doctors. However you do need an Australian account. So I suggest you use a VPN for this.

The Flying Doctors - Season 4 Episode 3

THe Flying Doctors - Season 4 Episode 4

IVIEW ABC AUSTRALIA

This is a FREE streaming service where you can watch the t.v. show The elegant gentlemans guide to knife fighting. However you do need an Australian account. So I suggest you use a VPN for this.

Desktop - Only Viewable for Australian Regions

Watch The Elegant Gentleman's Guide to Knife Fighting

App: Iview Australia (VIEWABLE FOR EVERYONE)

NETFLIX

We all know how netflix works and every region has different titles available, you do need a Netflix account on the right region settings. So I suggest you use a VPN for this.

AUSTRALIA

Series/TV Shows

Secret City (2016)

The Serpent (2016)

Mindhunter (2016)

Movies

The Little Death (2014)

100 Bloody Acres (2014)

Down Under (2016)

The Nightingale (2018)

Peter Rabbit 2 (2020)

USA

Series/TV Shows

Secret City (2016)

The Serpent (2016)

Mindhunter (2016)

Movies

The Nightingale (2018)

Peter Rabbit 2 (2020)

THE NETHERLANDS

Series/TV Shows

Secret City (2016)

The Serpent (2016)

Mindhunter (2016)

Movies

The Nightingale (2018)

Peter Rabbit 2 (2020)

HBO MAX

Since HBO MAX can be available in different regions I suggest you use a VPN for this.

Region The Netherlands

Series

Quarry

Movies

Son Of A Gun.

J. Edgar

VUDU.COM

Link: VUDU.COM

Region United States

Movies

The Little Death

Series

If there are going to be any new links/updates I will update this page for you all and add them!

Some of these clips/gems are very rare and not always accesable to us. Especially since the youtube links might not always excist so I made some of my own Damon content.

My Own Download links/posts on my blog

Elly & Jools post

Lens Love Story GIFS

Movies

The Big Steal - WeTransfer Link

If there are going to be any new links/updates I will update this page for you all and add them!

#Damon Herriman #Masterpost #Movies

[idiotlittleme]

Who's having a good/bad esc year (compared to the last few years):

Good

Finland

Okay so obviously, yes, Finland is having a great esc year. But we should also keep in mind - Finland average place in the last 10 years is 25 (for comparison, Sweden's is 6). They didn't qualify for 4 of them. They were in the top 10 only one time out of these in 2021 with Dark Side.

Croatia

I've already talked about how this is Croatia's glow-up year. I really believe they have a good chance at reaching the top 10. This country average score in the last 10 years is 28 - i.e. - not qualifying. Which makes sense since they qualified only twice during this time with the highest score of 13 at 2017 with My Friend.

Israel

It's not really talked about since there's always this vibe that Israel is good at esc but even with their win at 2018 with Toy, they still didn't qualify 3 times in the last 10 years and even when they did it wasn't always in the higher rankings. This year they have a chance for the third top 10 placement in the last decade.

Serbia

Another country that it always feels like they are succeeding but in reality it's not always the case. Would you believe that last year was their 2ed time in the top 10 in the last 10 years? Not surprisingly their strongest act during this time was In Corpore Sano last year that took the 5th place. And may I even dare to say that I believe Luke can go even further and take the 4th.

Austria

Like Israel they still hold their winning from 2014 with Rise Like A Phoenix, but after 3 years in a row of not qualifying, it's not really like their head is up in the clouds. And yes I think Who The Hell Is Edgar? is straight out top 10 material that can give them the 3ed top 10 spot in the last 10 since that said win.

Btw - the reason Sweden is not here, although Loreen will probably win is that it's rare that Sweden are not having a good year, they are literally the best at it without any doubt whatsoever.

Bad

Azerbaijan

Cute but oh so forgettable. And I know most people don't see Azerbaijan as a strong esc country but - the last time they didn't qualify was in 2018, and that was the ONLY time that happened in the last 10 years. And I still remember Hold Me that got the 2ed place in 2013 and was such a GREAT entry. Better luck next year I guess?

Netherlands

I honestly don't think they will qualify. Sorry. And it's a bummer since the last time that happened was in 2015. Their song is cute and all but when looking at the others in that semi, I just don't see it happening.

Denmark

I seriously hate this song. It has some nice lyrics and this boy's androgynous look has something in it, but omg it's so fucking annoying to listen to. And I'm not the only one thinking that. After two years of not qualifying I expected them to want to do better? Idk, I still hold onto their 2013 winner Only Teardrops.

Poland

What can I say that hasn't already been said about this thing? I guess it's supposed to be empowering but is it really? She just looks and sings like any other bully from high school trying to "make it big" with every means necessary (did someone say curroption in the national selection?). It's annoying, her videoclip looks like she's trying to include horny men to get more votes somehow and it's the overall vibe is mechanic as hell. Like they told AI to make them a winning act and it wrote - take hot girl, add a feminist message, have her dancing, etc. Downright horrible. Won't qualify (luckily).

If you're trying to make some top 10 material why not take a look at Color Of Your Life from 2016? Just saying.

Greece

You're a sweet boy but that ain't happening, sorry. Too forgetable, too unclear, too teenage mood song to actually make a good act out of it. Please can we have another Alchohol Is Free type of act that showed something Greek in it again?

#esc 2023 #esc #eurovision

[foxingpeculiar]

Since the only movie I'm watching tonight is 200 Cigarettes, I've got my list of movies I watched for the first time this year. It's a little low (158 instead of the usual +/- 200) but... well, it's been a year.

Property is No Longer a Theft (1973, Ello Petri)

Zola (2021, Janicza Bravo)

The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021, Michael Showalter)

A Face in the Crowd (1957, Elia Kazan)

Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin (2021, William Eubank)

Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension (2015, Gregory Plotkin)

Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones (2014, Christopher Landon)

Paranormal Activity 4 (2012, Ariel Schulman & Henry Joost)

The Nun (2018, Corin Hardy)

Hell-Bound Train (1930, Eloyce & James Gist)

Family Plot (1976, Alfred Hitchcock)

The Witch of King’s Cross (2020, Sonia Bible)

Teknolust (2002, Lynn Hershman Leeson)

Giant (1956, George Stevens)

Castle in the Sky (1986, Hayao Miyazaki)

Messiah of Evil (1973, Willard Huyck & Gloria Katz)

House (1986, Steve Miner)

The Taking of Deborah Logan (2014, Adam Robitel)

A Woman is a Woman (1961, Jean-Luc Godard)

Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror (2021, Kier-La Janisse)

The Tragedy of MacBeth (2021, Joel Coen)

The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun (2021, Wes Anderson)

Last Night in Soho (2021, Edgar Wright)

Thelma (2017, Joachim Trier)

The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956, Alfred Hitchcock)

Pig (2021, Michael Sarnoski)

In the Earth (2021, Ben Wheatley)

Truman and Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation (2021, Lisa Immordino Vreeland)

9 (2009, Shane Acker)

Chimes at Midnight (1966, Orson Welles)

WeWork, or the Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn (2021, Jed Rothstein)

Enemies of the State (2020, Sonia Kennebeck)

A Glitch in the Matrix (2021, Rodney Ascher)

Citizenfour (2014, Laura Poitras)

The Cremator (1969, Juraj Herz)

Angst (1983, Gerard Kargl)

Death on the Nile (1978, John Guillerman)

The Power of the Dog (2021, Jane Campion)

Nightmare Alley (2021, Guillermo Del Toro)

Mirror (1974, Andrei Tarkovsky)

House of Gucci (2021, Ridley Scott)

Free Guy (2021, Shawn Levy)

A Letter to Three Wives (1949, Joseph L Mankiewicz)

Say Amen Somebody (1982, George T Nierenberg)

Poison Ivy (1992, Katt Shea)

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964, Jacques Demy)

Zatoichi (2003, Takeshi Kitano)

Pale Flower (1964, Masahiro Shinoda)

Nobody (2021, Ilya Naishuller)

A Time to Kill (1996, Joel Schumacher)

Murder by Numbers (2002, Barbet Schroeder)

Antlers (2021, Scott Cooper)

Drive My Car (2021, Ryusuke Hamaguchi)

Ready Player One (2018, Steven Spielberg)

Superman II (1980, Richard Lester)

West Side Story (2021, Steven Spielberg)

Licorice Pizza (2021, Paul Thomas Anderson)

The Batman (2022, Matt Reeves)

You Can’t Kill Meme (2021, Hayley Garrigus)

Being the Ricardos (2021, Aaron Sorkin)

Summer of Soul (2021, Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson)

Talk to Me (2007, Kasi Lemmons)

The Night House (2021, David Bruckner)

Here Comes the Devil (2012, Adrián Garcia Bogliano)

Resident Evil: Afterlife (2010, Paul W.S. Anderson)

The Ritual (2017, David Bruckner)

The Bye Bye Man (2017, Stacy Title)

Creep (2014, Patrick Brice)

From Within (2008, Phedon Papamichael)

X (2022, Ti West)

Moonfall (2022, Roland Emmerich)

Dead Man (1995, Jim Jarmusch)

The Purge (2013, James DeMonaco)

Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies (2020, Danny Wolf)

Caligula (1979, Tinto Brass, Bob Guccione & Giancarlo Lui)

Merrily We Go to Hell (1932, Dorothy Arzner)

The Alchemist Cookbook (2016, Joel Potrykus)

Spoor (2017, Agnieszka Holland)

Cliffhanger (1993, Renny Harlin)

Runaway Jury (2003, Gary Fleder)

A Scanner Darkly (2006, Richard Linklater)

Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto (1954, Hiroshi Inagaki)

Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple (1955, Hiroshi Inagaki)

Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island (1956, Hiroshi Inagaki)

Mikey and Nicky (1976, Elaine May)

Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers (2022, Akiva Schaffer)

Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022, Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert)

Men (2022, Alex Garland)

Old (2021, M. Night Shyamalan)

Saint Maud (2019, Rose Glass)

Bernie (2011, Richard Linklater)

Pineapple Express (2008, David Gordon Green)

Voyeur (2021, Myles Kane & Josh Koury)

Girls Just Want to Have Fun (1985, Alan Metter)

Conspiracy Theory (1997, Richard Donner)

Experiment in Terror (1962, Blake Edwards)

The Nightingale (2018, Jennifer Kent)

Leave Her to Heaven (1945, John M. Stahl)

Black Widow (1954, Nunnally Johnson)

The Bob’s Burgers Movie (2022, Loren Bouchard & Bernard Derriman)

Incantation (2022, Kevin Ko)

All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989, Don Bluth)

Nope (2022, Jordan Peele)

House of Bamboo (1956, Samuel Fuller)

Jurassic World: Dominion (2022, Colin Trevorrow)

The Black Phone (2022, Scott Derrickson)

The Presidio (1988, Peter Hyams)

Barbarian (2022, Zach Creeger)

Elvis (2022, Baz Luhrmann)

Vengeance (2022, BJ Novak)

Crimes of the Future (2022, David Cronenberg)

Don’t Worry Darling (2022, Olivia Wilde)

Band of Outsiders (1964, Jean-Luc Godard)

The Slumber Party Massacre (1982, Amy Holden Jones)

Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022, Halina Reijn)

Dead and Buried (1981, Gary Sherman)

Blonde (2022, Andrew Dominik)

Phantasm II (1988, Don Coscarelli)

Hellraiser (2022, David Bruckner)

The Keep (1983, Michael Mann)

Next of Kin (1982, Tony Williams)

The Funhouse (1981, Tobe Hooper)

Dream Demon (1988, Harley Cokeliss)

The Hidden (1987, Jack Sholder)

Prince of Darkness (1987, John Carpenter)

White of the Eye (1987, Donald Cammell)

Halloween (2018, David Gordon Green)

Halloween Kills (2021, David Gordon Green)

Halloween Ends (2022, David Gordon Green)

Terror Train (1980, Roger Spottiswoode)

The House by the Cemetery (1981, Lucino Fulci)

Strange Behavior (1981, Michael Laughlin)

Road Games (1981, Richard Franklin)

Final Destination (2000, James Wong)

Daughters of Darkness (1971, Harry Kümel)

Matango (1963, Ishiro Honda)

Thirst (2009, Park Chan-Wook)

Wolfen (1981, Michael Wadleigh)

The Town That Dreaded Sundown (2014, Alfonso Gomez-Rejon)

Hud (1963, Martin Ritt)

The Dark Corner (1946, Henry Hathaway)

Encino Man (1992, Les Mayfield)

The Good Nurse (2022, Tobias Lindholm)

Son in Law (1993, Steve Rash)

Madame X: An Absolute Ruler (1978, Ulrike Ottinger)

Henri-Georges Cluzot’s “Inferno” (2009, Serge Bromberg & Ruxandra Medrea)

The Blue Dahlia (1946, George Marshall)

Pearl (2022, Ti West)

Amsterdam (2022, David O. Russell)

Memories of Murder (2003, Bong Joon-ho)

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022, Rian Johnson)

The Banshees of Inisherin (2022, Martin McDonagh)

Song of the Thin Man (1947, Edward Buzzell)

Shadow of the Thin Man (1941, W.S. Van Dyke)

RRR (2022, S.S. Rajamouli)

Another Thin Man (1939, W.S. Van Dyke)

Saaho (2019, Sujeeth)

Triangle of Sadness (2022, Ruben Östlund)

#personal #movies

[avida-heidia-5]

{My Art Gallery}

This is a list of artwork I have created for fandoms and fanfics I love.

(Links pending! Bear with me while I gather them all up.)

Fandoms:

• Sports: Formula 1 | Tennis

• Films: Withnail and I (1987) | Top Gun (1986) | Rush (2013) | Le Mans ‘66 (2019) | The James Bond Films | Any Richard Lester film | Any Edgar Wright film | Disney & Pixar | Studio Ghibli & Other Anime

• TV Shows: Merlin (2008-2013) | Our Flag Means Death (2022-) | Good Omens (2019-) | Poldark (2015-2019) | Happy Valley (2014-2023) | Lucifer (2016-2021) | Being Human (UK: 2008-2013) | Monty Python’s Flying Circus (et al)

• Music Artists & Bands: IAMX | Depeche Mode | Sleeping At Last | Queen (mostly Freddie Mercury and Brian May) | Bryan Adams | David Bowie | Billy Idol | The Beatles (mostly George Harrison) | Elton John | Bob Dylan | Cosmo Sheldrake | Blondie | Imelda May | Enya | Gabrielle | Elvis Presley

• Video Games: Super Mario | The Legend Of Zelda | Undertale

Fanart for Fanfics:

• There Is Thunder In Our Hearts, Baby by @kaossbells

• Various fics by Tianvette

• Various fics by @formulaes5

• Aphelion/Perihelion by @kaossbells

• Sanctuary by pumpkinning / @sunshinesebby

Random Art

• Scenery, objects, etc.

I’m always open to collabs and requests for any of the fandoms I support above. Feel free to get in touch if you want me to do some art for your fanfics. 😊

⬆️ Gif by me (That’s my signature! 😊)

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[brookston]

Holidays 8.11

Holidays

Alcatraz Day

Annual Medical Check-Up Day

Brother's Day

Burry Man Parade Day (Scotland)

Cheech and Chong Day (San Antonio, Texas)

Chris Hemsworth Day

Constitution Day (Anguilla)

Day of the Latvian Freedom Fighters (Latvia)

Dog Days of Summer end

811 Day

Festival of Happy Feet

Fiesta de Santa Clara (New Mexico)

Flag Day (Pakistan)

Freethinkers Day

Gai Jatra (Cow Festival & Remembrance of People Died Last Year; Nepal)

Gay Uncles Day (a.k.a. Guncles Day)

Global Kinetic Sand Day

Green Bay Packers Day

Health Center Staff Appreciation Day

Heroes' Day (Zimbabwe)

Hug a Tiny Day

Ingersoll Day

Inula Day (French Republic)

Koomu Alezer’i (Elder Scrolls)

Miracle Treat Day (Canada)

Mountain Day (Japan)

National Align Your Teeth Day

National Canine Companion Graduation Day

National Day of Civic Hacking

National Face Mask Day

National Hip Hop Day

National Minority Day (Pakistan)

National Model Aviation Day

National Presidential Joke Day

National Safe Digging Day

Nutritionist Day (Mexico)

Play in the Sand Day

Presidential Joke Day

Roller Rink Day

Son and Daughter Day

SOS Day

WIT Brag Day

World Krill Day

World Steelpan Day (Trinidad & Tobago)

Food & Drink Celebrations

International Fufu Day

National Bakewell Tart Day (UK)

National Instant Coffee Day

National Panini Day

National Raspberry Bombe Day

National Raspberry Tart Day

2nd Friday in August

Gals Night Out [2nd Friday]

Grey Cat Day [2nd Friday]

Hartjesdagen begins (Little Hearts Day; Netherlands) [Friday before 3rd Monday]

Kool-Aid Days begin (Hastings, Nebraska) [2nd Friday thru Sunday]

Lake Michigan Day [2nd Friday]

National Blood Book Awareness Day (UK) [2nd Friday]

National Kool-Aid Day [2nd Friday]

No Man's Land Celebration [2nd Friday]

Shop Online for Groceries Day [2nd Friday]

World Cross Stitch Day [2nd Friday]

Worldwide Art Day [2nd Friday]

Independence Days

Balochistan (from UK, 1947) [unrecognized]

Chad (from France, 1960)

Ebenthal (Declared; 2014) [unrecognized]

Feast Days

Ancestor Day III (Pagan)

Athracht (a..k.a. Attracta; Christian; Saint)

Byron (Positivist; Saint)

Clare of Assisi (Christian; Saint)

Clare Foley Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Claude Joseph Vernet (Artology)

Day of Honor for Oddudua (Santeria)

Equitius (Christian; Saint)

Fiacre (Christian; Saint)

Gaugericus (a.k.a. Gery; Christian; Saint)

Great Quackini (Muppetism)

John Henry Newman (Church of England)

Mick Foley Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Philomena (Christian; Saint)

Rakish Bandhan 2022 (Hindusim) [Last day of Śrāvaṇa]

Rum Quaffing Day (Pastafarian)

Susanna (Christian; Saint)

Taurinus of Évreux (Christian; Saint)

Tiburtius and Chromatius (Christian; Saints)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Fortunate Day (Pagan) [32 of 53]

Prime Number Day: 223 [48 of 72]

Tomobiki (友引 Japan) [Good luck all day, except at noon.]

Premieres

The Abyss (Film; 1989)

After Dark, My Sweet, by Jim Thompson (Novel; 1955)

Almost Human (TV Series; 2013)

American Graffiti (Film; 1973)

Atypical (TV Series; 2017)

C’est Chic, by Chic (Album; 1978)

Childhood's End, by Arthur C. Clarke (Novel; 1953)

Dangerous Minds (Film; 1995)

Danny Deckchair (Film; 2004)

Doug (Animated TV Series; 1991)

Down to Earth, by Jimmy Buffett (Album; 1970)

Food for Feeding’ (Disney Cartoon; 1950)

Free Ride, by The Edgar Winter Group (Song; 1973)

A Hard Day’s Night (Beatles US Film; 1964)

Hey, Soul Sister, by Train (Song; 2009)

His Hare Raising Tale (WB LT Cartoon; 1951)

Le Freak, by Chic (Song; 1978)

I Left My Heart in San Francisco, by Tony Bennett (Song; 1962)

In This Corner (and Other Corners) of the World (Anime Film; 2017)

The Life of Emile Zola (Film; 1938)

The Magicians, by Lev Grossman (Novel; 2009)

Need You Know, by Lady Antebellum (Song; 2009)

Orphan’s Benefit (Disney Cartoon; 1934)

Party in the U.S.A., by Miley Cyrus (Song; 2009)

Pete’s Dragon (Film; 2016)

The Ren & Stimpy Show (Animated TV Series; 1991)

The Replacements (Film; 2000)

Rugrats (Animated TV Series; 1991)

Runaway Brain (Disney Cartoon; 1995)

Step Up (Film; 2006)

The View (TV Talk Show; 1997)

A Walk in the Clouds (Film; 1995)

What If…? (Animated TV Series; 2021)

You Beat Me To the Punch, by Mary Wells (Song; 1962)

Today’s Name Days

Klara, Susanna (Austria)

Jasminka, Jasna, Klara, Suzana (Croatia)

Zuzana (Czech Republic)

Herman (Denmark)

Sanna, Sanne, Susanna, Suusi (Estonia)

Sanna, Sanni, Susanna, Susanne (Finland)

Claire, Gilberte, Suzanne (France)

Klara, Susanne (Germany)

Efpious (Greece)

Tiborc, Zsuzsanna (Hungary)

Chiara, Lelia, Susanna (Italy)

Liega, Olga, Zita (Latvia)

Klara, Ligija, Visalgas, Visvilė, Zuzana (Lithuania)

Tarald, Torvald (Norway)

Aleksander, Herman, Ligia, Lukrecja, Włodzimierz, Włodziwoj, Zula, Zuzanna (Poland)

Zuzana (Slovakia)

Clara, Susana (Spain)

Susanna (Sweden)

Susanna (Ukraine)

Laila, Layla, Leila, Leilani, Lela, Lelia, Nayeli (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 223 of 2024; 142 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 5 of week 32 of 2023

Celtic Tree Calendar: Coll (Hazel) [Day 4 of 28]

Chinese: Month 6 (Ji-Wei), Day 25 (Xin-Chou)

Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)

Hebrew: 24 Av 5783

Islamic: 24 Muharram 1445

J Cal: 13 Hasa; Sixday [13 of 30]

Julian: 29 July 2023

Moon: 20%: Waning Crescent

Positivist: 27 Dante (8th Month) [Byron]

Runic Half Month: Thorn (Defense) [Day 14 of 15]

Season: Summer (Day 52 of 94)

Zodiac: Leo (Day 21 of 31)

#calendar #Holidays

[brookstonalmanac]

Holidays 8.11

Holidays

Alcatraz Day

Annual Medical Check-Up Day

Brother's Day

Burry Man Parade Day (Scotland)

Cheech and Chong Day (San Antonio, Texas)

Chris Hemsworth Day

Constitution Day (Anguilla)

Day of the Latvian Freedom Fighters (Latvia)

Dog Days of Summer end

811 Day

Festival of Happy Feet

Fiesta de Santa Clara (New Mexico)

Flag Day (Pakistan)

Freethinkers Day

Gai Jatra (Cow Festival & Remembrance of People Died Last Year; Nepal)

Gay Uncles Day (a.k.a. Guncles Day)

Global Kinetic Sand Day

Green Bay Packers Day

Health Center Staff Appreciation Day

Heroes' Day (Zimbabwe)

Hug a Tiny Day

Ingersoll Day

Inula Day (French Republic)

Koomu Alezer’i (Elder Scrolls)

Miracle Treat Day (Canada)

Mountain Day (Japan)

National Align Your Teeth Day

National Canine Companion Graduation Day

National Day of Civic Hacking

National Face Mask Day

National Hip Hop Day

National Minority Day (Pakistan)

National Model Aviation Day

National Presidential Joke Day

National Safe Digging Day

Nutritionist Day (Mexico)

Play in the Sand Day

Presidential Joke Day

Roller Rink Day

Son and Daughter Day

SOS Day

WIT Brag Day

World Krill Day

World Steelpan Day (Trinidad & Tobago)

Food & Drink Celebrations

International Fufu Day

National Bakewell Tart Day (UK)

National Instant Coffee Day

National Panini Day

National Raspberry Bombe Day

National Raspberry Tart Day

2nd Friday in August

Gals Night Out [2nd Friday]

Grey Cat Day [2nd Friday]

Hartjesdagen begins (Little Hearts Day; Netherlands) [Friday before 3rd Monday]

Kool-Aid Days begin (Hastings, Nebraska) [2nd Friday thru Sunday]

Lake Michigan Day [2nd Friday]

National Blood Book Awareness Day (UK) [2nd Friday]

National Kool-Aid Day [2nd Friday]

No Man's Land Celebration [2nd Friday]

Shop Online for Groceries Day [2nd Friday]

World Cross Stitch Day [2nd Friday]

Worldwide Art Day [2nd Friday]

Independence Days

Balochistan (from UK, 1947) [unrecognized]

Chad (from France, 1960)

Ebenthal (Declared; 2014) [unrecognized]

Feast Days

Ancestor Day III (Pagan)

Athracht (a..k.a. Attracta; Christian; Saint)

Byron (Positivist; Saint)

Clare of Assisi (Christian; Saint)

Clare Foley Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Claude Joseph Vernet (Artology)

Day of Honor for Oddudua (Santeria)

Equitius (Christian; Saint)

Fiacre (Christian; Saint)

Gaugericus (a.k.a. Gery; Christian; Saint)

Great Quackini (Muppetism)

John Henry Newman (Church of England)

Mick Foley Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Philomena (Christian; Saint)

Rakish Bandhan 2022 (Hindusim) [Last day of Śrāvaṇa]

Rum Quaffing Day (Pastafarian)

Susanna (Christian; Saint)

Taurinus of Évreux (Christian; Saint)

Tiburtius and Chromatius (Christian; Saints)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Fortunate Day (Pagan) [32 of 53]

Prime Number Day: 223 [48 of 72]

Tomobiki (友引 Japan) [Good luck all day, except at noon.]

Premieres

The Abyss (Film; 1989)

After Dark, My Sweet, by Jim Thompson (Novel; 1955)

Almost Human (TV Series; 2013)

American Graffiti (Film; 1973)

Atypical (TV Series; 2017)

C’est Chic, by Chic (Album; 1978)

Childhood's End, by Arthur C. Clarke (Novel; 1953)

Dangerous Minds (Film; 1995)

Danny Deckchair (Film; 2004)

Doug (Animated TV Series; 1991)

Down to Earth, by Jimmy Buffett (Album; 1970)

Food for Feeding’ (Disney Cartoon; 1950)

Free Ride, by The Edgar Winter Group (Song; 1973)

A Hard Day’s Night (Beatles US Film; 1964)

Hey, Soul Sister, by Train (Song; 2009)

His Hare Raising Tale (WB LT Cartoon; 1951)

Le Freak, by Chic (Song; 1978)

I Left My Heart in San Francisco, by Tony Bennett (Song; 1962)

In This Corner (and Other Corners) of the World (Anime Film; 2017)

The Life of Emile Zola (Film; 1938)

The Magicians, by Lev Grossman (Novel; 2009)

Need You Know, by Lady Antebellum (Song; 2009)

Orphan’s Benefit (Disney Cartoon; 1934)

Party in the U.S.A., by Miley Cyrus (Song; 2009)

Pete’s Dragon (Film; 2016)

The Ren & Stimpy Show (Animated TV Series; 1991)

The Replacements (Film; 2000)

Rugrats (Animated TV Series; 1991)

Runaway Brain (Disney Cartoon; 1995)

Step Up (Film; 2006)

The View (TV Talk Show; 1997)

A Walk in the Clouds (Film; 1995)

What If…? (Animated TV Series; 2021)

You Beat Me To the Punch, by Mary Wells (Song; 1962)

Today’s Name Days

Klara, Susanna (Austria)

Jasminka, Jasna, Klara, Suzana (Croatia)

Zuzana (Czech Republic)

Herman (Denmark)

Sanna, Sanne, Susanna, Suusi (Estonia)

Sanna, Sanni, Susanna, Susanne (Finland)

Claire, Gilberte, Suzanne (France)

Klara, Susanne (Germany)

Efpious (Greece)

Tiborc, Zsuzsanna (Hungary)

Chiara, Lelia, Susanna (Italy)

Liega, Olga, Zita (Latvia)

Klara, Ligija, Visalgas, Visvilė, Zuzana (Lithuania)

Tarald, Torvald (Norway)

Aleksander, Herman, Ligia, Lukrecja, Włodzimierz, Włodziwoj, Zula, Zuzanna (Poland)

Zuzana (Slovakia)

Clara, Susana (Spain)

Susanna (Sweden)

Susanna (Ukraine)

Laila, Layla, Leila, Leilani, Lela, Lelia, Nayeli (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 223 of 2024; 142 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 5 of week 32 of 2023

Celtic Tree Calendar: Coll (Hazel) [Day 4 of 28]

Chinese: Month 6 (Ji-Wei), Day 25 (Xin-Chou)

Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)

Hebrew: 24 Av 5783

Islamic: 24 Muharram 1445

J Cal: 13 Hasa; Sixday [13 of 30]

Julian: 29 July 2023

Moon: 20%: Waning Crescent

Positivist: 27 Dante (8th Month) [Byron]

Runic Half Month: Thorn (Defense) [Day 14 of 15]

Season: Summer (Day 52 of 94)

Zodiac: Leo (Day 21 of 31)

#Holidays

[legendarycowboydream]

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Shocked and somewhat titillated, he discovers her playing a game of Spin the Bottle with five friends: Quarterback Max (Robbie Amell: The Tomorrow People series, The DUFF 2015) Cheerleader Allison (Bella Thorne: Shake It Up! series, Amityville: The Awakening 2017) comedian John (Andrew Bachelor: Meet the Blacks 2016, Fifty Shades of Black 2016) fashion-forward Sonya (Hana Mae Lee: Pitch Perfect 2012, Love Beats Rhymes 2017) and odd man out, nerdy Samuel (Doug Haley: Good Luck Charlie series, Code Black series). Starring: Samara Weaving, Judah Lewis, Hana Mae LeeThe Babysitter Trailer 1 (2017) Bella Thorne, Judah Lewis Netflix, Comedy Movie HDSYNOPSIS AND DETAILSCol. With his partner-in-crime egging him on via Facetime, he takes the bait and decides to spy on his sexy sitter. When his parents go away for another overnighter at a nearby hotel – nudge nudge, wink wink – Melanie teases Cole that as soon as he falls asleep, Bee will be utilizing her free-time to sneak a boy (or two) into the house and do what feisty babysitters do best. Then there is Cole’s Mom (Leslie Bibb: Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby 2006, Iron Man 2008) and Dad (Ken Marino: Role Models 2008, We’re the Millers 2013), still young and quite randy at that. Judah Lewis leads the returning cast as Cole, Emily Alyn Lind (Doctor Sleep) as Melanie, Jenna Ortega (Jane the Virgin) as Phoebe, Robbie Amell (Upload. Edgar 2011, Revenge series), who lives with her kooky dad (Chris Wylde: The Revenant 2009, The DUFF 2015) and his prized muscle car. Harvey: The Cobbler 2014, The Dinner 2017), Cole does, in fact, have a friend on his street: little pixie Melanie (Emily Alyn Lind: J. Pop Culture Bandit reviews The Babysitter: Killer Queen, a horror-comedy sequel starring Judah Lewis, Emily Alyn Lind, Bella Thorne and Robbie Amell. When Cole stays up past his bedtime, he discovers that his hot baby sitter belongs to.

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[dereksmcgrath]

On today’s stream: it’s Halloween month, and we have two thematically appropriate works to respond to! We start with a Ko-fi request, talking about the Edgar Allan Poe animated shorts compilation Extraordinary Tales (available to watch free and legally)! And we wrap up with a live-reaction to Chapter 79 of Witch Watch!

Watch along today at 11 AM EDT on Twitch and YouTube. 

And read along as well: an initial script for today’s stream is below. 

Intro

Let’s get started. Today is September 25, 2022. This is Sunday Morning Manga. I am Derek S. McGrath, my pronouns are he/him/his. I’m here every Sunday, 11 AM EDT on Twitch and YouTube. You can read my writing on Tumblr and WordPress, @dereksmcgrath, and email me at [email protected]. 

If you like what you’re hearing, consider a monetary contribution. Putting together this stream takes a bit of work, and your tips help pay down costs for setup and subscriptions. You can tip me Ko-Fi, ko-fi.com/dereksmcgrath. Thank you for your consideration.

Today’s Reactions

And speaking of Ko-fi, for all of October, the month of Hallowen, I will be entertaining any spooky recommendations from my Ko-fi contributors! For the first October livestream, we’ll be talking about the American/European animated shorts compilation, Extraordinary Tales, based on the works of Edgar Allan Poe. After today’s livestream, you can watch Extraordinary Tales free and legally on Amazon Freevee. 

And we’ll end the livestream with more Halloween-related content, with a live-reaction to the newest chapter of Witch Watch! You can read Chapter 79 on the Viz web site.

Accessibility and Links

Links to this chapter and other content from today’s stream are available on my web site, dereksmcgrath.wordpress.com. There’s also a script for today’s stream and all images–without a transcript to the live-react, because it’s live and it’s not transcribed yet. If you have recommendations for how I can add live-captions to these livestreams and more quickly add captions to the YouTube recordings, please email me at [email protected].

Halloween Month Review: Extraordinary Tales

Let’s start with today’s Halloween Month Review, and it’s a recommendation from Ko-fi contributor Ellak Roach–thank you, Ellak. We are looking at Extraordinary Tales! 

What’s It About?

This 2013 animated shorts compilation is based on the works of nineteenth-century horror, mystery, and debatably romance (depending on you define it) author, Edgar Allan Poe. It was directed by Raul Garcia (who has also worked on The Fairly Oddparents, The Simpsons, and numerous Disney films, from Who Framed Roger Rabbit up to the 2019 Aladdin). And it features acting and narration from creators with long histories related to Poe’s works and horror in general, both actors such as Christopher Lee and Bela Lugosi, and directors such as Guillermo del Toro and bane of Mystery Science Theater 3000 fans Roger Corman. 

Disclaimer: Academic in the Vicinity

And…I got to be honest with you, I’m going to be insufferable. Let me start by frontloading: yes, I thoroughly enjoy this film, and I recommend that you watch it. But I’m also so hyper-critical of this film due to my experiences researching and teaching Edgar Allan Poe that just about everything I’m about to say is going to make me sound like the opposite, as if I don’t recommend this film. 

I have taught a single-author course on the works of Poe, one of my dissertation chapters was about Poe, I have presented on Poe a few times at conferences. 

So, I’m both too close to this–and paradoxically not the right person to talk about it. 

For every moment I watch this, every time I can say, “I understood that reference!” because of something I read or taught or wrote, there is another moment where I sit back and think, “Gee, there is still so much about Poe that I am not equipped to talk about.” I don’t feel like I'm researched enough to comment on whether these animated shorts get anything “wrong” per se about Poe–which, actually, isn’t that big a problem, but also kind of a pretty big problem. 

What do I mean by that? 

Yes, this is a set of animated shorts that benefit from knowing about Poe. The five shorts are united by a framing narrative, featuring a talking raven that has a conversation with a certain disembodied voice. Jumping into this framing narrative does spoil some minor twists to the story, so, the best I can say is this: if you know Poe’s biography, and the topics of his works, you’ll gain a lot from the framing narrative. That means the narration is really on the nose, though: it is practically nudging you, to say, “Get it? We’re referencing ‘Ligeia’” (which, weird, as I never pronounce the name the right way), or “To Helen,” or “A Dream Within a Dream.” 

Yet, even as the framing narration is name-dropping so many of Poe’s works so forcefully to shake you violently, a lot of that framing narrative, I think, leans into less about the real Poe and more about what we know from what he wrote, and what people wrote about him–and, thanks to the unreliability in some of the initial biographies, has emphasized Poe’s alcoholism, depression, lost loves, and fascination with death, potentially reducing him to just a symbol for those ideas and not the complexity of the real person–good and bad. The good news is that the framing narrative, and all it draws from Poe’s real life, is not a major focus of the film–the focus is instead on the five shorts, and each one sticks close to the original Poe short story that they adapt, enjoyable if you don’t know much about the real-life Poe–but, as I’ll talk about later, the shorts do suffer if you have never read those Poe stories, or, really, any Poe before. 

And I admit that, in my teaching of Poe, I definitely lean less into the real-life Poe–admittedly because, for all I read about him, I don’t think I have a grasp on him–and more on how his works as a whole present a persona, how biographers, scholars, actors, and later writers enhanced or subverted that persona when portraying him, and how the popular imagination has taken what worked in his literature and adapted it forward, or took what didn’t work, is outdated, is sexist, is racist, and subverted it to make something even better. 

So, when I’m talking about Extraordinary Tales, I am insufferable, overly critical of what I don’t think works because I’m too close to Poe stuff, and admittedly ignorant of more about Poe’s life and works that make my remarks sound foolish. 

Jerky Animation

Let’s start with the negative, then, about what doesn’t quite work for me. And I hope it comes across that those complaints are minimal, because, really, I do recommend watching this compilation once, if just for the animation in the last short, “The Masque of the Red Death”–but we’ll get to that.

Let’s talk about the production. In addition to the frame narrative are five shorts, each adapting one of Poe’s short stories. Those five stories: “The Fall of the House of Usher,” “The Tell-Tale Heart,” “The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar," “The Pit and the Pendulum,” and “The Masque of the Red Death.” 

The animation is hardly rudimentary–but it is a case of the artifice sticking out. “But doesn’t all animation stick out?” I guess I mean that it is harder for me to suspend disbelief in most of the shorts, whether given limited animation in the framing narrative–one talking raven, numerous immobile but talking statues–and amongst most of the five shorts. It is a marionette CGI model setup, so you’re not getting something as fluid as you would in other CGI animation, even back in 2013 when the shorts were first compiled. 

That being said, even for how jerky the animation can get, that’s not entirely a bad thing. It lends a slightly inhuman quality, which is the desired effect when you have the black-and-white “Tell-Tale Heart” (with exaggerated contrast, to really sell the black-and-white morality that the narrator is trying to present to an audience that recognizes his madness), or the comic book-inspired paneling, color arrangement, and poses of “M. Valdemar.” But when the first short, “The Fall of the House of Usher,” has to sell the audience on the animation, and it is so jerky in parts, it is a little hard to take some of the shorts seriously when fixating on the technical limitations and not feeling as immersed in the story as I wish. The last bit of action, where the house collapses on itself, looks great–because it is largely in shadows, which is a suitable animation shortcut that works, was even used to make the dinosaurs in Jurassic Park look more believable than they actually would in broad daylight. 

I think my complaint about the animation owes in part to whether I am used to 3D-model animation as a format for storytelling. For me, anyway, a lack of some tangibility limits enjoyment, and some 3D animation still fails to retain that tangibility and sense of weight that I enjoy in other animation. Stop-motion has a physicality and weight. 2D animation retains, or can fake a retention of, tangibility–line thickness on a page or a cel, moving from cel to cel, as opposed to anatomizing the character into parts. (This ignores that even 2D animation also anatomized its characters for ease of animation: look at how Hanna Barbera animated only above the neck on The Flintstones). 

Visually Dynamic Artwork

It’s why having the comic book look to “Valdemar,” and the painting look to “Red Death,” that enhances those stories and makes me feel like I’m looking at actual artwork from paintings or comic books coming to life. That reminder of something that exists in physical space–a painting, a comic–helps me process what I see in this film as having some believability. 

Narration and Acting

The use of certain narrators also comes across as cheap or stunt casting. The use of Bela Lugosi as narrator to “The Tell-Tale Heart” is from archival material–something to license, I’m sure, but not the same as recording a new actor. Julian Sands–Valmont from Jackie Chan Adventures for animation fans–is excellent as narrator and all characters in “Valdemar,” but it is awkward hearing his voice yet seeing a narrator so obviously homaging Vincent Price in physical appearance. Roger Corman, a director of numerous Edgar Allan Poe films, cameoing as Prospero in “Red Death” is hilarious for people who know Poe, but may come off as awkward for anyone else jumping into the film. It’s one line for Corman, so it doesn’t stand out as bad, exactly. I can’t say that Guillermo del Toro as narrator to “The Pit and the Pendulum” is bad, either–but it lacks a sense of performance that we get with the other actors, whether how appropriately over-the-top Lugosi is as the unhinged “Tell-Tale” narrator, or how clinical Sands comes across as the narrator to “Valdemar.” Del Toro is just kind of there–not bad, but nothing that I remember selling me on how good he was. Perhaps that performances reinforces how shell-shocked the “Pit and the Pendulum” narrator has become. 

And, as sacrilegious as it will sound, I’m not sure Christopher Lee’s performance, or the direction for him, quite captures what “The Fall of the House of Usher” needed. The agedness works for how pathetic and old Roderick Usher has become, and Lee does well enough differentiating his voice as the narrator (who is also Roderick’s old friend) from Roderick himself. But I feel like there is something missing, perhaps in narration, to enhance what is already good in the animation. 

Final Thoughts: On Adaptation

So, what do I think you should take away from my remarks about Extraordinary Tales? I did start off by saying you should definitely watch it–it is free to watch with ads on Amazon’s Freevee service. But the problem I have recommending it, owes to how it works or fails to work as adaptation. 

A question that concerns adaptation, for anime as much as it does here with Extraordinary Tales, is this question: how much does the work stand on its own, if you don’t know the source material? Because Extraordinary Tales is so steeped in Poe lore that I don’t see someone getting enough from it without knowledge–in terms of the character designs (someone resembling Vincent Price), the cameos (Roger Corman), alluding to people in Poe’s life on a first-name basis. Same problem for when anime adapt manga but cut content–leaving it for the die-hard fans to fill in the blanks because they read the manga first. 

I want to believe Poe is so popular that you have absorbed his works by cultural osmosis. And that works well enough with “The Masque of the Red Death,” a story that sadly is more relevant during this ongoing COVID pandemic that fools and hucksters pretend is gone, or “The Tell-Tale Heart,” where the animation, in black and white, does well at conveying the horrible eye of the old man and why that eye compelled the narrator to kill him. But if you don’t know hypnosis and the pseudo-science of mesmerism, the liminal space between life and death, I think you’ll gain less from “Valdemar.” If you never read “The House of Usher,” I think you’ll be like me reading Bungo Stray Dogs and shocked at what Studio BONES cut from the anime–you’ll watch “The House of Usher,” and get upset about your favorite remark not being in the narration.

And that’s another thing: the animation is so dependent on narration in all but “Red Death,” that I'm not sure the stories work so well on their own. It is a cliche that animation should work on its own without having to hear anything–and it’s not true, anyway, because some of the best narration still needed music, sound effects, and dialogue to enhance the animation, not to distract from it but to complement it. “Valdemar” and “Tell-Tale” are so dialogue heavy that it is unavoidable having that narration. But “Pit and the Pendulum” makes visual choices that don’t match how I imagined the original story as I read it on page. And “The Fall of the House of Usher” depends on narration to substitute for, not complement, what the animation should show but does not, opting for sweeping views through hallways rather than letting the characters act out what the text was describing. 

So, who would I say should watch this film? If you want to get into Poe, watch it. If you have read Poe, watch it. That’s the audience–current Poe fans, and aspiring Poe fans. And if you are either one, you will get a lot of good out of Extraordinary Tales, regardless how tepid I may sound in my recommendation, which belies how much I really did enjoy the shorts. If I had to pick a favorite, “Red Death” is probably the best visually and as an example of what animation as a medium can do, while I think “Valdemar” is best at combining what else animation needs–music, acting, narration, dialogue, story–to actually tell a story with a beginning, middle, and end. 

About Today’s Manga: Witch Watch

Let’s shift from the spooky works of Poe, to a spooky manga. Today’s live reaction is about Chapter 79 of Witch Watch by Kenta Shinohara, translated by Adrienne Beck and lettering by Annaliese "Ace" Christman.

Plot Summary

What’s Witch Watch about? Here’s the summary from the Viz web site: 

“A teen witch wants to get familiar with her familiar! From the mangaka of Astra Lost in Space!” 

To the point–although probably more sensationalized than what is otherwise a pretty cutesy tame manga actually is. 

We’ll talk more about the mangaka, Kenta Shinohara of Astra Lost in Space fame, in a moment. But let’s first expand the plot summary, this time reading from TV Tropes: 

“The story follows Nico Wakatsuki, a clumsy and cheerful teenage witch who, after finishing her magical training, moves in with a longtime friend named Morihito Otogi, who is actually a human-looking ogre. Nico plans on making Otogi her familiar, thinking it will help strengthen their relationship as a possible couple.”

I’ll expand that plot summary further to add that, along the way, Nico befriends other figures we imagine from Halloween stories, such as a vampire and a werewolf, who also end up moving in with her and Morihito.

What Works

I will admit, whenever I pick up Witch Watch, it is a manga I skim, not read. Like, I put in my time, page by page, on current manga I really like: Blue Box, Mashle, and to name some non-Viz ongoing comics, Bungo Stray Dogs from Yen Press and Servamp from Seven Seas. But Witch Watch? I admit I had to read some plot synopses to recognize what I missed in the ongoing plot, because there isn’t much of one. Each chapter is pretty much the daily hijinks of some magical people as they try to keep up the appearance of being human while going to a human high school in Japan. That’s all pretty conventional and nothing groundbreaking. 

So, what works in the manga is going to be four elements. 

First, the artwork–which is good, especially in facial expressions. 

Second, the paneling–which is nothing that really holds my attention, owing more to how this is a conventional sitcom-y comic that, like a sitcom does with camerawork, just wants to do what is most effective for the story, not what will distract from the jokes. 

And speaking of, third, the jokes–which are, again, nothing groundbreaking, but the comfort food equivalent of comedy, with a lot of wordplay…and literal comfort food comedy. 

Like, just two chapters ago, Chapter 77, was a hilarious one-shot chapter where our characters magically animate a piece of bread to act as a fortune telling device, but the bread can only speak in words related to bread, so they have to guess what the bread means when answering their questions, requiring impressive work by the continually dependable and talented translator Adrienne Beck to get these gags to work from Japanese to English. And it is about bread from around the world–while avoiding a trope I hate, the “food from around the world is how we relate to each other and cross cultural differences,” which, nah, we cross cultural differences by working together, not saying, “I can’t be racist because I like this food from this culture.” But I’m getting off topic. 

Finally, the fourth element: the characters. And…yeah, I barely remember the names of any character in this manga, so I’m going to have the wiki and the TV Tropes character pages open to remind me who is who…Or should I say, which witch is which? …I’ll show myself out.  

Look, you can’t blame me for that corny joke–this is a manga by Kenta Shinohara! To paraphrase Jim Henson, yes, that joke is terrible, but it’s worthy of Witch Watch. 

Kenta Shinohara and Gintama

I have not read enough of Shinohara’s previous series, Sket Dance, although I’ve seen some episodes of its anime and enjoyed what I saw–and, jeez, is the character Switch speaking to me in terms of impediments to communication. And after sitting through all of the anime adaptation of Shinohara’s manga Astra Lost in Space, I have to say, I appreciate Shinohara getting back to some lighter fare, because, jeez, that series bounces between serious content and goofy comedy so abruptly that it is still emotional whiplash.

Across those two series, Sket Dance and Astra Lost in Space, you can see in their DNA the influence of an earlier work: Gintama. And that should be obvious, because Witch Watch creator Shinohara was an assistant to Gintama creator Hideaki Sorachi. 

Okay, so he was an assistant–so what? How do I see the influence of Gintama on Shinohara’s works? Well, Sket Dance retains what Gintama had: that large cast size, every chapter is pretty much a one-off before it starts with some extended story arcs and character progression. Meanwhile, Astra Lost in Space ditched a lot of that, stuck to a core set of just a few characters, kept up one ongoing plotline–but kept the creative extraterrestrial designs like what you get out of Gintama. But taken together, Sket Dance and Astra Lost in Space have, together, a different philosophy than what you get out of Gintama, as well as a different tone–but I’ll say more about what those differences are in a moment. 

While I enjoyed Astra Lost in Space, it was teasing out a long mystery that, once you learn the answer, is a little underwhelming for rewatch. And some decisions by characters come across as less “that was believable” and more “we needed them to do this to keep this plot moving, even if it was a decision that is silly.” I’ll say I didn’t expect the mystery to unfold as it did upon first viewing, so it takes a bit of time to realize, “Oh, that’s where this was going all along.” But Astra is a rather depressing sit-through that, to rewatch it, takes a lot out of me emotionally, and was a little darker than I wanted. That’s not to ignore similar darkness in Witch Watch. But every time I get back to Witch Watch, it tends to be a one-off chapter full of gags and shenanigans, more like the filler chapters anr filler arcs of GIntama.

Speaking of, probably my favorite chapter from Witch Watch is the one where Gintama creator Hideaki Sorachi…sort of. In Chapter 51, the story switches to have class representatives discussing school festival options. And in the crassest transition possible, Morihito interrupts to tell what he says was a story he heard (the translation is by Adrienne Beck): 

"Back when a certain manga artist was working as an assistant, he talked to the boss he was working for about high school and festivals. The assistant talked excitedly about how fun it was to prep for them, while his boss--a manga creator who I won't name--said he despised the event." And then this creator turns, and it is Gintama creator Sorachi in his gorilla avatar form, picking his nose, smoking a cigarette, and scoffing at this manga creator–obviously Witch Watch creator Shinohara, back when he was Gintama creator Sorachi’s assistant–for enjoying school festivals. "He said, 'I used to sit in a corner and dis the crap out of those morons who played in the band, or who got stupidly excited about prepping for festivals.' He smirked then, his eyes the color of tobacco stains."

The moment is so abrupt, and ends so quickly, that it took me by surprise. It’s not that Witch Watch has not alluded to other works, including chapters stylized to look like Animal Crossing and the Osomatsu siblings. But this moment? This moment was so cutting. 

This is the first time I noticed Shinohara enter his own manga to give a take-that at his former boss. And while it’s cutting, it isn’t mean-spirited–at least, not _that_ mean-spirited. 

I mean, Sorachi was harsher on himself in his own Gintama, with his own characters mocking him relentlessly. And all Shinohara says here is that his former boss wasn’t as excited about school festivals as he was–which, not that surprising, Gintama is very much a story about post-high school people who can’t grow up, Shinohara’s Witch Watch, Astra Lost in Space, and Sket Dance are about high schoolers, and all the idealism butting up against the rest of the world that, hardly appealing to just young people, is still inspirational enough that older audiences will get something out of it. Sure, Shinohara, through his mouthpiece Morihito, talks about how he went on to make more high school stories, while Sorachi, quoting the manga again, “the gorilla kept drawing manga that were like those snarky, foul-mouthed radio shows that only play late at night." I mean, I guess you could read this as Sorachi having a limited audience compared to Shinohara–and it’s not an inaccurate complaint, and it’s not quite hollow, but it’s hardly that cutting: these are two mangaka who found their intended audiences, not just by age group but also sense of humor and philosophy. And for all the idealism and sentimentalism that I think Shinohara tries to pull out of readers of these high school stories, try watching any Gintama that isn’t making you idealistic and teary eye, whether the final film or, hell, the cigarette vending machine dying story. 

Plus, that abrupt cut to and from Sorachi is so fast that it only enhances the comedy and got a good laugh out of me. 

And the chapter ends with the students deciding on a haunted house, which, yeah, duh, most of the main cast are monsters, witches, and Halloween monsters, of course they would. 

What Doesn’t Work

If there is anything that doesn’t work in the manga? Well, there’s an ongoing plotline about a teacher and a student being super fans of a certain manga, which, yeah, seems a little awkward to see teachers and students in high school being that buddy-buddy. And I do have criticism about the character designs: what is the point of making everyone magical if they all look human? We have in the main cast a witch, an ogre, a tengu, a werewolf, and a vampire–and they all just look like typical humans. They don’t even have unique outfits that reinforce their identities, or something iconic to cosplay as. I know, they are looking like this to emphasize that, regardless of their identities, they deserve to be treated as any human being would want–which, yeah, good moral, but the visuals are still insisting that these characters hide who they are to assimilate. And they look like this to maintain the conflict, that these characters have to pass as human–yet I can’t help but imagine the comedic potential of characters who look so not-human but are accepted as just human, or, rather, accepted as part of this world. I know, realistically, we can’t even have people in our world accept people for looking different. And Gintama already alternated between storylines with characters who passed as human and were treated as normal, compared to aliens who were so different in design that they were initially approached with caution, fear, or disgust.

Live-Reaction: Witch Watch Chapter 79

But that’s enough context out of the way: let’s get on with it and jump into today’s live-reaction of Chapter 79 of Witch Watch! You can read along at the Viz web site–Google “Witch Watch Viz” to see the new chapter. So let’s get started!

[Transcript of the live-reaction to be included later]

Contact (and Hire) Me!

Thanks for listening to this week’s stream of Sunday Morning Manga! Did you enjoy this new chapter of Witch Watch? Please share your remarks in the comments section–I will respond to whichever ones I can.  

And if you did like what you heard, then all I can say is: hire me! Borrowing a line from The Professional Left Podcast with Driftglass and Blue Gal, this is not only something I want to do, I consider it a job. I work in education: if you liked my remarks about the Edgar Allan Poe film Extraordinary Tales, you can hear me talk about how to read and teach Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado” this upcoming Tuesday at 11 AM EDT, as part of the American Literature I livestream on YouTube and Twitch. I’ve organized conferences, I’ve published on literature, films, and comics. I am currently seeking work in teaching, copyediting, research assistance, writing, or conference organizing. Job leads are welcome: please email them to [email protected]. 

If you have a request of something for me to talk about in the Sunday livestream, drop me a contribution in the Ko-fi tip jar–$1 minimum–and if it’s something I’m comfortable covering here and is pretty much the same kind of content warnings as anything else I cover here, I’ll consider it or talk with you until we find something I’m up for talking about. Halloween-themed suggestions are strongly encouraged–so make sure to get your $1 contributions in before next week if you want your Halloween content included in the livestream. 

Next Time: Halloween Month Review

Next time, the Halloween month review will bring me back to manga, with some Lovecraftian horror–and remind me about something I forget, about the more limited role Halloween has in Japan compared to the United States. We look at Chapter 18 of the concluded-way-to-soon manga Magu-chan: God of Destruction!

Next Time: Live-Reaction

In addition to looking at Magu-chan, there will be a live-reaction to a new manga chapter–this one also ending pretty soon, with an anime adaptation around the corner. (Just don’t call the lead protagonist a zombie, even for Halloween month.) I’ll be talking about Chapter 129 of Undead Unluck!

Until next Sunday, I’ve been Derek S. McGrath. You have a good afternoon. Bye. 

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Professional Left Podcast with Driftglass and Blue Gal

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Why I Should Not Give Pokémon Nicknames

AKA I went through my Pokémon X save file (which I started in 2013, so when I was 11 years old and had no filter) and found most of the Pokémon in my boxes to whom I gave nicknames. Some of them are good, some have sentimental value, but most of them are silly XD

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Shauna the Crobat

Tangerine♀★ the shiny Ledian

Aerin the Roserade

Kurloz the Malamar 

Finni the Chesnaught

Jor⊚jumo the white-flower Florges

Claus the Gyarados

Misty the Karrablast

ZZnZZoZZ the Venomoth

Lasagnia the Victreebel

Precious the Ponyta

Lolwut the Seaking

PeanutButter the Tentacruel

Ebeneezer the Lickitung

Fonmineo the Mienfoo

Amazon the Simipour

Athena the Butterfree

Algarithm the Houndoom

Romani the Drifloon

Decepticon the Golurk

Burmadam the grass-cloak Wormadam

Bullwinkle the Tauros

Sabrina the Meowstic

Behavyer the Mightyena

Serpentina the Luvdisc

Cyoo-Tsee! the Marowak

Lizzy the Espeon

Free Wilma the Lapras

Primadonna the Nidoqueen

Adim the Dunsparce

TheJWittz the Jumpluff

Tinkerton the Shuckle

ob△m△ jr. the Charizard

Never Gonna the Dustox

Tasha the Maractus (I think she was named after Tasha from The Backyardigans)

Hades the Umbreon

TeribleDactl the Aerodactyl

Calem the Swadloon

Puck the Audino

rock3t the Linoone

Lucifer the Flareon (as a Twitch Plays Pokémon reference)

Susie the Druddigon

Sassy the Zangoose

Ashley the Kingler

H3L9 M3 the Spoink

Celestia the Lunatone

Bonjour the Fearow

Leia the Lotad

Honey the Raichu

EGGS-Ecution the Exeggcute

Dora the Smoochum

Abomysnee!!! the Abomasnow

b3ll3 the Munna

Double-D the Heliolisk

hummingbird the Altaria

Aphiroth the Zoroark

Widdle the Dwebble

Shadowskin the Beautifly

ArmoongusIII the Amoongus

Wally the Ninjask

Gutsy the Swellow

Bulldoze the Shieldon

Korrino the Lucario

Sonyendo the Dodrio

Elesa the Dedenne

Antable the Durant

ch3shir3 the Gengar

Egglocke Plz the Spinda

Edgar the Sneasel

Rojo the Talonflame

Henrieta the Camerupt

3xc△libur the Servine

Fing-Fang the Aurorus

Lefreg the Phanpy

Raelyn the Minun

Actty the Wailmer

PokéKellz the Sandile

Briana the Chingling

Esren the Seel

Honii the sand-cloak Wormadam

Versio Masco the Palpitoad

FallenLeaves the Mewtwo

Tricky the Carnivine

Cookie Dough the Vanillite

Reaper the Absol

Elizabeth the Loudred

Ariana Vark the Heatmor

Mastichol the Hippopotas

Renae the Carracosta (most likely named after RenaeCollects)

Isabelle the Avalugg

Shark Boy the Clawitzer

RAWR the Granbull

Veevi the Venusaur

Andream the Flaafy

MANRAY the Mantine

Baaiit the Corphish

Bivasure the Clamperl

Xelda the Xerneas

Grace the Rhyhorn

Sampler the Nidorino

Bobanna the Tropius

Peeko the Wingull

Alexa the Buneary

Franklin the shiny Poliwhirl

Never Gonna the Corsola (I can’t believe I had two Pokémon with that nickname)

Muffet the Galvantula

EWWWWWWWW!!! the Muk

Honeycomb the Vespiquen

Calm the Ditto

Modest the Ditto

Jolly the Ditto

Timid the Ditto

Relaxed the Abra

Mary the Slugma

Wyvern the Noibat

Wyvern the Noibat

Wyvern the Noibat

Wyvern the Noibat

Wyvern the Noibat

Wyvern the Noibat

Wyvern the Noibat

Blaze It the Whirlipede

PokéJesus the Zygarde

Hadon the Tangela

Jaké the Vileplume

Frigate the Pidgeot

Teddy the Vaporeon

Gardenia the trash-cloak Wormadam

Izzy the Sandslash

Winny the Beedrill

Nutty the Pachirisu

Bronedge the Doublade

Pierre the Skitty

Mic the Chatot

Nala the Luxray

Detonator the Shelgon

Regina the Quagsire

Monami the Chansey

C-3PO the Magnemite

Kankri the Inkay

Nepeta the Inkay

Aranea the Inkay

dcfdtldude the white-flower Flabébé (that was my DeviantArt username)

Rose the white-flower Flabébé

Wilma the Roselia

Gogoselia the Roselia

Juliet the Roselia

Rick the Roselia

Crowsraid the Roselia

Doughselia the Roselia

Foesraid the Roselia

Horuss the Inkay

Mituna the Inkay

Aradia the Inkay

Damara the Inkay

Equius the Inkay

Meulin the Inkay

Karkat the Inkay

Bunicula the Noibat

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