#i can't be having another episode again

[somegrumpynerd]

Quick doodle just for fun

#UTDR #UTMV #Killer Sans #Dust Sans #This is all I can get drawn before I gotta sleep for work again -A- #I have a hc that after Killer has an episode he's just drained in every way #He can't even get the energy to annoy the others he just needs to sleep #It's the time he and Dust are most likely to get along #(And the time when they're the most similar and it freaks the others out a little) #I have ideas about how the calm after stage 3 helped them start to get along (sort of) when they first met in my truce au #But I *am* supposed to be sleeping rn so I'll ramble about that another time

[brookheimer]

the one thing i feel pretty certain about for this episode is that america will not decide the election. a decision will be made, a president will be elected, but america will not be the deciding factor.

succession can’t mimic 2016 or 2020 point blank, that would be boring and have nothing to say. it can’t try to outdo trump because it’ll go too whacky and fall flat like veep’s last season (sorry conheads, no way he’s winning). but what it CAN do is illustrate the immensely corrupt, often arbitrary, and hugely influential nature of news media and conglomerations on political processes. i think probably jimenez will be in the lead, then atn/waystar does something to, i don’t know, discount votes or cast suspicion on jimenez or call the election for mencken early, and the tide will shift, even though the votes are already in. the votes don’t actually matter. the actual result doesn’t actually matter. that’s the power logan (and as an extension, billionaires and CEOs in general) hold. shiv says it herself to logan in s4e2: “just cause you say it’s true doesn’t make it true. everyone just fucking agrees with you and believes you, so it becomes true and then you can turn around and say like, 'oh, you see? see? i was right.'” but it doesn’t matter that logan’s “a human fucking gaslight,” everything he says comes true anyways. not because he was right, but because that’s how it works. he says things and then they happen, regardless of what the truth is or what should actually come to pass. that’s been one of the key throughlines since the very first episode of the entire show when, in response to kendall calling logan out of touch because times are changing and logan isn't changing with them, logan hisses that everyone always says you’re wrong until you do it and prove you were right: “you make your own reality.” you can't miss the bus if you're the one driving it. the election, the votes, the political process? none of that matters. it was always going to come down to the roys and their ilk (allies or enemies, just the top 1%) — that was the whole point of “what it takes” (the mencken episode) last season, after all.

i’ve seen lots of theories about what america will choose and how the candidates will respond and all that and i just don’t think that’s the show’s focus; i think the whole point is to demonstrate the lack of agency, the illusion of democracy. because, i mean, we’ve already seen the fall of democracy via fascist election and fascist election-denial, both in real life and in the countless (usually mid) satires created afterwards. it would be disappointing to see succession use the election to reiterate that same point of 'ohhh alt-right ahhhhh!!!' i don’t think it’ll be about ‘fascism’ at all — at least, not ‘trump-y’ fascism. it’ll be about fascism in the broader sense, the kind that doesn't sport a KKK hood (even when it keeps one tucked away in the attic). it's the fascism that every single roy (very much including shiv and kendall) aid and abet -- the fascism that so many succession fans don't seem to regard as fascism, despite it quite literally being the definition of fascism. trump wasn’t the entrance of fascism into our political process. he wasn’t the lone sign of the failing of american democracy. democracy in america has long been illusory, trump just made it more blatantly evident with his particular brand of hate-speech-ridden masculinist in-your-face fascism.

so i think that’s what this episode will hopefully focus on — america will not decide. corporations, news media, and the roys will. thus, the president will most likely become president not because the country supports his policies the most, but because he’s likely to agree to help block a business deal for a major media empire, and the other candidate is unlikely to. and this will likely come to pass due to said major media empire's interference and influence: they create their own reality. they say it, and everyone agrees with them and believes them, so it becomes true.

#WOOF okay here's my unnecessary ~thematic prediction~ for this episode #i have some more like random thoughts ab what'll happen but those r less thought out and more throwing shit at the wall etc #but i've been thinking a lot ab this ep n idk i just can't see any other way it could be done satisfyingly -- they can't just do 2016/2020 #again. the focus has to be elsewhere. i have some specifics thoughts on details but again those r kinda random n will be in another post #after bizarrely getting a lot of things right this szn i know a lot of people are looking to me to see what i'll say for this ep and let me #remind yall that I AM LITERALLY JUST GUESSING BASED ON MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE SHOW AND HOW NARRATIVES #TEND TO WORK PARTICULARLY IN SUCCESSION! if i am wrong which i very well might be please do not crucify me. i know literally #nothing more than anyone else i'm just a random english/gov major who likes speculating about media ! that said if i end up right again #somehow then yes i am a prophet i am jesse armstrong i have never been wrong about anything in my life. etc #watch this age so poorly tho. #LOL #also fwiw i dont think the Shock etc is going to come from the election results - maybe possibly from the way things happen (i could see a #line of miscommunication resulting in fucked up outcomes etc which i can get into in another post) or a roy sibs moment but i just #don't think there's any way the results themselves cld be surprising. it's jimenez or mencken. it's not gonna be connor guys. #succession #succession spoilers #except not really. just succession speculation more than anything else #long post #succession speculation #100

[asydicsydney]

Me and a friend made NV Year 12 bingo cards. Here's mine:

#explanations going top down #Janice deserves a VA just as much if not more than her mother #I'm a Fey truther 🤡 #Kate Jones liked my IG post. need i say more? #if Charles gets a vocal appearance i think there's a high chance he gets an official VA #Silas <3 #this was shuffled but dad lore being the free space is perfect cause i already told y'all #I'm waiting for the CC/SM wedding. all the interns are invited! oh wait #i will be the only one hoping for a 1983 mention because i didn't make a viral post for nothing #i crave the awkward sourness of a cecilos charlevin double date #also the babies playing together while their dads all bicker #they made a fnaf episode. what can't they do? #and yes. i do hope for DB merch and a new novel #because DB girlies only have the road sign!! i want pins damnit! #and it's been another 3 years. they could do an October book launch again (FOW just wanted to be different) #the title is for manifesting shoosh #wtnv #welcome to night vale

[hauntingblue]

I have connected two dots... yamato kaido and momo (and kinda shirahoshi with her top) have clouds above their shoulders... and luffy in gear fourth has them also.... I can see the signs

#momo must be so emotionally confused omg poor child. this guy says he is my father and treats me like his son and also this samurai who has #been acting like my father just died. and now i turned 28 and a dragon and i need to save this island or my shougnate will die. jesus #FUCKING ROB RUCCI!!! I SURE HOPE NOT ONE STRAY ATTACK REACHES THE ROOM FULL OF CP0 AGENTS!!! #now the government is going to invade wano AND TAKE ROBIN!!!!! ROB LUCCI DIEEEE!!!!! AND YOU WILL FAIL AGAIN!!! #now how tf did the heart pirates get there... who can fly on there or did they just tag along on momos tail #the dinosaur head snake???? hello?? qjdhakshsk and it worked.... sanji... 'thats what a brachiosaurus is!' well i do not think so.... #wtf sanji.... so much of that wiggly dance he does with the heart eyes has brought him here... #talking tag #watching one piece #episode 1053 #poor killer man.... why doesnt he cut off the arm kid doesnt have... that should do it right??? #jesus.... goodbye kid and law.... hawkins just hitting his head to a wall.... CUT OFF HIS ARM!!! oh no..... another self sacrificing mate.. #YEAAHHH THE ARM!!!!! is he gonna take it and give it to kid akdjsksj OH HE TOOK THE STRAW DOLL!!! killer your brain is so huge.. #the death card looking JUST like killer.... that was such a slay... they had this one thought out for a while..... #THE MUSIC!!! GOODBYE HAWKINS!!! KILLER OUTSERVED!!!! whats with the cutting of arms this arc.... kid now its your turn to slay (big mom) #episode 1054 #sanji having an existential crisis and queen just: WELCOME TO THIS MOMSTER WORLD #having issues with his body transforming doesnt help with the transfem allegations #APOO IS STILL ALIVE???? CUT OFF HIS HEAD!!!! #i was gonna say KINEMON!!! BUT I KNOW ITS THAT FUCKING KANJURO!!!!!! nami drawing the moon on his asscheek akdjsksj #KIKU AND KINEMON ARE ALIVE??? I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS THIS IS A TRAP!!! DON'T GIVE ME HOPE!!! #NOOOOOO THE CP0 IS IN ACTION TOO NOOOOOOOOO #they are breathing.... omg.... kiku..... ORICHI DIEEEE!!!!! i knew this couldn't end like this for her... i have been completely bamboozled #kinemon appearing like the first time... just legs.... amazing #how does big mom ikoku inside the castle are we insane... yamato can you like bite off kanjuros head off or smth... finish him off PLEASE #why do they have steel beams in kaido's castle. everything else is wood and stone. who designed this. #bepo being in law's mid episode animation akdjaksns.... thats really his beffo (bff) bepo #big mom being crushed by some beams doesn't sound right... kid should turn into magneto and start bloodbending... or repel her into the sea #episode 1055 #episode 1056

[sskk-manifesto]

Omg I actually enjoyed this episode quite a bit!!!

#It wasn't... Particularly extraordinary but it still felt almost meeting the season 4 standard #Things are still going super super fast 😭😭 #Like it may be that I'm just... Slow to process info but I seriously feel like I can't keep up with what they say #I can't believe at this point they've basically caught up with the manga 😭😭 #In the next ep they'll reach the moment when *I* caught up with the manga when I read bsd for the first time which is just insane to me. #Like my brain can't conceive it #It's such a shame to think that means we aren't getting another bsd anime season for another five years... My heart cries #Even more since at this point it's probably going to stop right before sskk meet again and it's going to be so frustrating for me #But the Aya / Bram scenes were so cute!!! In them I felt like the pace was actually okay for the first time since forever. #It may be that they weren't very information packed so they kind of flew smoothly but I thought the pace was enjoyable– #and the animation too was pretty good!!! #There's always a black shadow wrapping my heart tight whenever I notice the animation gets better– #because I can't help but mourn what the sskk fight could have been and can't stop the resentment... #But in the end I'm happy if the budget goes to a little girl that's what she deserves :') #In the next episode we're probably going to get a little Atsushi screentime too!!!! #Man I'm so starved for Atsushi screentime every time he appears on screen for 0.06 seconds there's a whole crowd cheering in my head #random rambles

[majiburger]

i'm neither a Hater or Lover of t*ylor *wift (i mean, i like a few of her songs but don't really care about anything beyond that), but one of my pet conspiracy theories has always been that a lot of her songs are about the amc hit show mad men

#this isn't me saying 'oooh so many of her songs apply to the mad men' characters btw #this is me baffled by the fact that she named one of her songs lavender haze after she heard the phrase in a mad men episode #and when i came across that snippet somewhere i had been watching mad men so a part of me was extra-sensitive to that phrase #and when it did happen it happened in an extremely random episode at an extremely random timestamp #now i may not be a Stan but i am aware that most popstars tour a lot so i wondered how she had the time to make it that far into a season #then i considered the timing and realized it would have been entirely plausible for her to watch the show during the pandemic #interestingly: she claims that the album she released during the pandemic is based on fictional stories #and i just can't help but notice PATTERNS. one of the songs is called betty (about a character named betty who gets cheated on) #yet another song has lyrics about being a 50s housewife which. again. BETTY DRAPER #TS also has a lyric that says 'i cut off my nose just to spite my face' and sally draper has like. canonically done that. to her own nose #now am i saying she sat around writing fanficcy songs about mad men on purpose? no. but also yes. #censoring her name because i don't want her fans OR haters to find me but this theory has been KILLING me and i wanted to get it out there

[being-of-rain]

pretty covers!

#Doctor Who #Big Finish #Eight #Liv #Helen #Thank god for good cover artists. The amount of boring as heck covers was getting a bit dire in the early 2020s. #Anyway initial thoughts from me are! #Cons: #Daleks again. Inevitable I suppose. #Pros: #Dorney's writing for the Daleks! An author I actually trust to do an interesting story with them! #Also Dorney's writing for Drax again! I can't wait. #Also no Matt Fitton. I'm so sorry Matt Fitton you're a great dialogue writer #but imo you've done too many episodes that are just okay to justify you writing for every single set for another 10 years #Also of course! More Eight and Liv and Helen!! #Very interesting that they're just continuing on after Stranded like that. Wonder how long it'll take em to loop back round to the end of it #Under Pros AND Cons: #more standalone stories #I have complicated feelings about that. Mostly that Big Finish would do more story arcs but like. Do them Better jsdlkfj. #It'll be nice to take a break from story arcs but it'd be nicer if Big Finish kept more believable emotional continuity with the characters? #idk. like I said. complicated.

[new-haven-psych-ward]

Kamen Rider Geats episode 38 poorly summarized via memes with as little context as possible:

#kamen rider geats #kamen rider geats poorly summarized #kamen rider geats ep 38 #the previews hyped up Keiwa's transformation #only to have it completely disappear #funny af #also gunning down the Producer? #honestly didn't expect her to pull out a legit gun but good for her #if Tsumuri can't shoot a man at least Samas can #that episode fr thought I was going to care about his “This isn't Reality Entertainment” speech and feel bad for his death #i am so sorry but i did neither of those things #to those of you who like random snacks man im sorry for your loss #im just standing here like 'there are so many characters and I just want the main four to be plot relevant' #neon come back to us baby #kyuun really walked up to neon with no plan #adds another point to the 'Kyuun is Twelve' conspiracy board #someone said they hope Ace creates a utopia dystopia and I am 1000% for this #let the core four interact again #i am begging #also if you dont see a 37 meme recap #mind your business david #i was too exhausted by Discourse to be funny #anyways hope yall are ready for next week

[batemanofficial]

i need weed. i need a medical card so bad or im gonna go out of my fuckign GOURD

#speak friend and enter #let me preface this by saying that im doing everything in my power to not let mental illness wipe its greasy hands on me #however. im insane in the membrane and i can feel myself slipping back into lunatic mode #i have to go for an mri next week and i genuinely don't know if i can do it. i am so fucking terrified you have no idea #i'll spare y'all the grisly details but i was chronically ill as a kid (and not just like sick a lot it was touch and go there for a bit) #and as a result of certain procedures i had to undergo to abate the aforementioned chronic illness #i developed ptsd that manifests as an irrational but obscenely debilitating fear of hospitals #like i can't go in a hospital without having a psychotic episode. like clinically i just can't do it #but as part of my yearly post-whatever care i have to get imaging done and this year that entails an mri and. im just scared #i spent a significant portion of my time immediately post ptsd symptom presentation believing that my doctors were trying to kill me #like for sport. like i thought there was some larger deep state esque plan in place to enact further medical barbarism upon me for giggles #and obviously you and i both know that's a delusion with no basis in reality but that doesn't mean i can stop myself from believing it. #it's like a word-of-god thing. i know logically that it's not true but there's a voice in my head screaming 'they want to flay you alive' #and i am currently between therapists and also unmedicated bc my last therapist was too focused on inner child work #to give me the prozac and weed card i really need #like that's great that you think healing my inner child will solve this but my inner child is covered in her own viscera. can we pivot mayb #but anyway for the moment im just wallowing in my own fear and im doubly scared bc im finding myself falling into rabbit holes again #like empirically the worst thing that's gonna happen as a result of this mri is that they're gonna say i have to have another surgery #and the technology has advanced to a point where its way less invasive than what ive had previously #but the constant dull roar of my thoughts about the whole deal is just. increasingly delusional nonsense #and not to be overly morbid or anything but i decided a long time ago that if i ever had to be admitted to the hospital again i would rathe #well you know. and i don't wanna die. honestly i don't. but the idea of wading through that particular brand of hell again is torture #and im not gonna kill myself. im not. ive been working on that impulse for a long time and i don't want to undo all of that work #but im scared and i dont wanna spend the rest of my life in n out of the hospital or as a substance-abusing recluse. is that so much to ask #i want to fix this. i do. i don't wanna live in a hole anymore as fantastic mr fox would say. but the horrors persist #and i often find myself increasingly unable to cope. hence why i need the weed #anyway i'll be fine. eventually. i hope. but in the meantime i do want to say i appreciate you all. i mean it #i tend to regard myself (fairly or otherwise) as difficult to get along with in real life so despite the fact that i don't talk w y'all muc #i do appreciate y'all being there and making me feel like more of a person than i feel like i am lately <3

[darkmoonravewolf]

I miss my Tall Jock Amity... actually just Amity being a scary protective force but also just soft with her friends

Where's my Amity gently carrying Luz and smiling softly while Luz talks about her current favorite show?

My baby Amity working out with Willow as they bond like old times

My darling Amity talking with Gus about the human realm while glaring at some of his bullies as Gus talks to get unaware

My dear Amity spending time with her siblings as they groom one another and talk about the dumbest things

My beautiful Amity acting doubtful of Hunter but soon getting to know him and treats him like the annoying younger brother she never wanted but now adores and now they're inseparable with the dumbass things they do and say

I miss my Tall Jock Sweet Amity...

#the kit's cartoons #the owl house #the kit screams! #amity blight #luz noceda #willow park #gus porter #toh hunter #edric blight #emira blight #the newest episode has me wanting to feel soft again #this is what my brain conjured #I have.... so many wips fanfics I can't start another one #but god am I tempted

[mimiri22-6]

I'm having a gd crissis. where the fuck is ep 73. Other people have seen it. I've seen screenshots from websites other than yt. Did they delete the episode? WHERE THE FUCK IS PRETZEL, YOU FUCK!!!!!

#jrwi #jrwi riptide #oath of vengeance #WHERE ARE YOU #I'm not going tf to bed until i watch this episode #I was in pain all fucking day im not going the fuck to bed until i see gillion lop heads off fuckers #I forgot it was jrwi day. that's on me. but I feel such a sense of betrayal that other people have seen the episode and I can't find it #It would be different if it were another livestream but that doesn't look like the case #(also I don't wanna go to bed because of missing my dog again.) #If pretzel dies. I will turn into the joker. #edit: my back pain just shot way fucking up so i guess ill fucking lay down or whatever. stupid body. won't let me do shit.

[hauntingblue]

Ace....... my beautiful dead wife comes back to haunt me once again

#luffy will bring this country down just bc he can't have another serving of rice bc otama can't afford it #she makes hats.... ace learnt to make hats in wano..... #she is waiting for ace.... just like me fr.... #i was saying i could cry and well i am.... #congrats luffy now she is sick AND sad #like i get he will never ever hide something but damn #FUCKING X DRAKE TOO????? #i am crying just by seeing ace again this cant be true akdhaks #like omg him doing something else that is not dying 😭😭 #going thru it do not contact me.............. #talking tag #watching one piece #episode 894 #you know how many times i have typed episide???. episide.... bc my fucking fingers cant coordinate listen i am on episOde 894.... #i have written this word so many times and fucking sitll.. #brook with a summer body tee lmao #until now the fillers have been time sensitive idk what changed now lmao #WHAT IS BOA HANCOCK DOING THERE #he said not only hancock but hancock kun.... this is a big day for her l #i accept outfit deviations in fact in luffy's case i welcome them bc the frilly shirt doesn't do it for me #but changing his chanclas.... criminal offense #i love hancock luffy team ups (have they been only in fillers/movies????) but not when it undermines hancocks abilities #for this filler they found nami in the middle of a work out sesh or what.... wristbands and all #robin too looks like that akdhskdks #sanji with the tie drawn on his tee.... so casual too #idk what brook has going on #episode 895 #episode 896

[agmapansa3008]

VEGASPETE APOLOGY ANALYSIS

I’m still not over the apology scene we got. In the novel, Vegas tries to visit the main house to see Pete but overhears him talking to Arm, Pol and Porsche about the trauma he experienced. Seeing how carefree and happy he looked with his friends and how much the time with Vegas has damaged him, he decides to leave him alone and not stand in the way of that happiness anymore. Pete never sees him. The next time they see each other is at the minor family attack.

But the show gave us this scene and as many things, it’s just so much better than the novel, I can’t even fathom it. Bible and Build both absolutely kill. But especially Bible, because the way he stalks towards Pete is so incredibly Vegas. He keeps his body so tense, does all the little ticks we know from Vegas, when he is pissed, like the scrunching up of the nose or the trembling in his face, but there’s an air of desperation to it this time. He’s pissed that Pete wants him out of his life because for a moment he believes it. So he shouts at Pete to shoot him, but Pete can’t and that’s when Vegas realises his mistake. Pete didn’t leave him, because he wanted nothing to do with Vegas, he left because Vegas was treating him like a prisoner. He didn’t leave Vegas, because he hated him, he left because he hated himself for not hating Vegas.

And Bible just absolutely delivers, because when Pete isn’t able to shoot him, his face scrunches up in confusion, then realisation and we get the “I don’t think you can.” It’s spoken with a faint air of wonder, with surprise. And then he adds the “And you know why.” and he looks bitter. Because Pete does love him, but Pete also hates it. And when he sees Pete crumble again, cry again, he almost cries, too. He hugs him and apologizes again, quietly and softly. Maybe for the way he treated Pete, maybe for the damage he’s caused, but maybe for pulling Pete into the mess that is Vegas’ own life.

Because similarly to the novel, I don’t think that Vegas believes he can make Pete happy. I think Vegas thinks that he will only bring Pete suffering. So he apologizes. And he decides to stop being selfish. When the door opens and they are interrupted, he leaves. And I don’t think, he planned on ever seeing Pete again.

#i'm back at it again #have i watched that scene four times today alone? #maybe. #am i way too obsessed with it? #perhaps. #but man bible and build fucking made this scene their bitch #they were both so incredible this episode #i'm just honestly floored by the sheer talent in this show #that scene destroyed me #and bible KILLED it #he was so good #vegas was so good #the scene was so fucking good i can't #but yeah another little psychoanalysis of my favourite psycho #have fun i guess #vegaspete #petevegas #kinnporsche #kinnporsche the series #thai bl #bl drama #darawrites #vegas theerapanyakul #pete saengtham #kinnporsche meta #vegaspete meta

[sorikaied]

my friend telling me that ane was getting a 3rd season was probably the best news i’ve gotten all day

#monie.txt #i'm only now commenting cause i was tired after overnight #so ready to be obnoxious abt ane again #and i REALLY hope they don't do another 12-13 eps for the next arc #i mean if they do i'll watch it cause my children are returning but #at this point if they're going to try and be more manga accurate in the anime #they have plenty of chapters to adapt #i'd at least love to see another 25 to 26 episode season #the arcs only get better and better after the kyoto arc and i can't wait to see it animated

[lavendeerlesbian]

I have been blocked but got to peek at the response:

Shocking that child characters with high-pitched voices and smaller proportions in relation to other characters look like children? Okay.

Sure they rip on everyone but they go hard after trans people. They had what? One episode ragging on Scientology? One episode ragging on Mormonism?

Let's look at how many gender critical episodes they made:

Mr. Garrison's Fancy New Vagina

D-Yikes

Go God Go

Go God Go XII

Eek, A Penis!

The Cissy

Board Girls

South Park: Post Covid

And those are just the ones I can list off the top of my head. These guys have been gender critical since at least 2005, way before the trans narrative took off. By all means keep defending them though because they are male creators and only men are allowed to be gender critical.

#response #any south park fan who is also a gender haver is so funny to me #I already knew you practiced cognitive dissonance but this is another level #did you even absorb anything from any of those episodes? #especially the one making the observation that we can't even have a conversation about the narrative #without being immediately labeled as bigots and transphobes? #also why do you think there was a huge gap in time before they started talking about it again? #do you not think that anything about our current political climate had anything to do with that? #gender critical

[elmindredaniq]

DAMN IT ! ….damn it all to hell!! ….This show is gonna drag me back in just because i'm a sucker for dragons …..smh sadly while looking at dragon gifs from House of the Dragon....

#I REFUSE !! #i can't do it again #i can't fall in love with yet another dragon to have it taken away from me 😭😭😭 #i will fight it as hard and as long as i can #<- she says looking up how many episodes season 1 has while making plans to binge when it's all out #kill me now!! #save me from myself!! #my thoughts #House of the Dragon #GOT