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Unpopular opinion: tyrelliot didnt happen because Mr. Robot was always about Elliot working through his trauma, and not about him finding ~romance~ or whatever 😶👀

LOL, and yet somehow the show has had romance subplots since the beginning, including with Elliot. With him being in love with Angela. Marrying her in his dream. With him sleeping with Shayla and then starting to care about her and ask her to go on a date with him. With him kissing Angela in season 2. With him hooking up with that girl in season 4.

Not to mention how about all of the characters had love interests or relationships. Angela with her boyfriend, Elliot I guess, and from her perspective Price when she didn’t know the truth (Sam has gone to confirm that the initial idea was to actually have him be sexually atracted to her, but then they realized being her father worked better lol). Darlene with her boyfriend and Dom. And Dom with Darlene, since she was also a main character with lots of scenes being from her POV. Tyrell with Joanna and her with him(same point as Dom). They even gave Gideon a boyfriend that seemed to be good for him until they decided he left him because they decided to kill of Gideon. Whiterose had a damn lover too.

Honestly, since the pilot or whenever they first showed him with Shayla it was always kinda funny to me that a socially awkward character with huge social anxiety that hated being around people was actively fucking like it wasn’t a big deal. They even frame him as kinda badass for doing so, with that shot of him smoking in bed.

And honestly, rewatching the show from the beginning, it’s straight-up ridiculous how they immediately set up, not one, but THREE women as being involved with asshole/douchey/straight-up abuser men for Elliot to comment on how shitty they are. First Angela, then Krista, then Shayla. Like seriously, it’s literally this fucking meme:

And then there is one scene that specifically makes me side-eye, SO, SO much. The damn Shayla/Angela kiss. It’s a random moment. That happens quite suddenly and doesn’t quite lead to anything. Angela’s sexuality is never addressed. She’s a main character for 3 seasons with some of the most screentimes and the idea that she might be attracted to women never comes up outside of that scene. It doesn’t come up with Shayla either, because she gets fridged. Should they be considered LGBT characters? I’m sure most people on tumblr would argue yes. Because in a generalized sense, pepple here and on twitter care more about finding comfort in headcanons than thinking about actual representation. But I don’t see anyone considering them as queer in outside circles.

Everything about that scene and the way it’s just, like, a thing that happened, and goes for a weirldy long time IIRC, reeks of eother weird fetishizing “let’s have some girl on girl action”, or dumb lowkey homophobic “just gals being pals women kissing their friends and stuff...”, maybe even both.

So, I really can’t wrap my head around the fact that that happened but Tyrelliot couldn’t get a kiss. Tyrell’s entire character after season 1 revolved around Elliot. He had a much bigger connection with him than Angela and Shayla had with each other. He was obsessed with him, literally loved him and was in love with him. Sam actually confirmed that, he said, with every word, that “First of all, yes, Tyrell is in love with Elliot”. And for that at least I applaud him, honestly.

I could go on about how they ruined Tyrell’s character arc and just straight up wasted his character because they didn’t know what the fuck to do with him after season 1 and were just making it up as they went along, and if it wasn’t for that, 404 wouldn’t even happen at all, but, since it did... I mean, it happened as a fucking farewell to Tyrell. Because he had no place in the plot anymore and they needed to get rid of him. So they made a cute little episode for him to die on. Now tell me, why couldn’t we have gotten a kiss?

“Because it wouldn’t be reciprocate!/Elliot wouldn’t kiss him back!” Yeah.How rich that this didn’t stop an Angelliot kiss where Elliot went to one-sidedly kiss Angela and she didn’t push him off but didn’t full-on kiss him back either, but rather just kinda let him and went with it to an extent.

A Tyrelliot kiss in 404 could have gone the exact same way. Can you explain why it didn’t, outside of “Because they didn’t want to do that”? Which, sure. They’re not obligated to write what they don’t want. And I’m not obligated to like it and to not comment on it.

And no, I’m not saying a kiss on 404 would have REALLY made me happy and it was all I ever wanted and I would love Sam for it. Like I made clear with this post, I have many many many criticisms of how he treated Tyrell, and romance in the show in general, and LGBT representation (which I didn’t went very in-depth so to make clear where I stand: Domlene was the only thing done right). So I would never be actually satisfied. But the fact that he really didn’t want to do even the “bare minimum” of possibilities, one that would only establish Elliot as being queer to the same level that the Angela/Shayla kiss established them as such or LESS, speaks volumes to me.

(God, this post is messy as hell, but I have a LOT, a LOT of feelings about all the involved subjects here LOL).

#Anti Mr. Robot #Anti Sam Esmail #Tyrelliot #Elliot Alderson #Tyrell Wellick #LGBT Representation #Mr. Robot #Mr. Robot Discourse #Mr Robot #Anti Mr Robot #Mr Robot Discourse #Ask #Anon

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twdmusicboxmystery · 3 years

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TWD 11x06: On the Inside - Analysis

Okay, how did everyone like this episode? I loved it! It might be my favorite episode of the season so far. Partly because of all the horror movie vibes and jump scares. I thought that was delightful. And Lauren Ridloff did an amazing job. But more than that, it's because of all the symbolism and what I think this represents. Seriously, I think I might have like fifty-six theories come out of this one episode, LOL. Not brand-new theories, but just connecting symbols in a way I haven't before. For now, let's talk about the broad arcs here and what they mean.

***As always, spoilers abound below for 11x06. Don’t read until you’ve watched! You’ve been warned!***

Basically, we’re following two storylines in this episode. The first is Connie and Virgil. The second is Daryl, Leah, and the Reapers. I suppose you could call Kelly and Carol looking for Connie a third story line, but given that they're searching for Connie, it's really just a subplot of Connie's arc.

Connie and Virgil:

There are a lot of people saying that they might be setting Connie and Virgil up as romantic partners. I think that's probably the case, for a lot of reasons. They were very purposely put together in this house. After the episode, Angela Kang talked about how Virgil basically had to suppress part of his heart in order to get through the death of his family. That's why he seemed a little bit villainous when we first met him with Michonne.

Actually, we're seeing a major theme here that we've seen with other characters. Near the end of the episode, Virgil tells Connie, "I lost myself for a long time." It's very reminiscent of what Michonne said to Carl in 4x14. It's a theme we see where the character goes through some kind of trauma, and the aftermath of that trauma is very much a PTSD thing. They lose themselves to insanity for short time, but then someone is able to bring them back. We see this with many characters over the years. And this is something they're doing with Virgil. So this was Virgil kind of coming back to reality. Michonne gave him the chance to come back first, but he also says that her giving him that second chance led him to Connie and he sees that as Providence.

So basically, A.K. is saying that Virgil lost a big chunk of his heart when his family died, but he's rediscovering it here with Connie. And that's very important. I can't imagine them saying that, or him having this kind of arc, if there isn’t going to be a romance between them. Which, for the record, I think is cute. I totally ship it. (Totally objective over here. As always, of course. ;-))

But the big question is, what does this foreshadow? I'll give you three guesses and the first two don't count.

I think this is a foreshadow of Beth and Daryl. I'm sure you're shocked to your toenails. I'll give you a moment to recover. Good? Okay.

A lot of us got Alone vibes from this episode. Just the two of them in house together. The undercurrent of possible romance between them. There's even a hug at one point.

Actually, the white, plantation style house with the white pillars immediately struck a cord with me. Back when they were filming the missing scenes from S5, they filmed in a house just like this one. it wasn’t the “white cabin” as we always refer to the house Emily was seen going into. But it was next door to that one and had a sign up about not mowing the lawn because it would be used for filming.

I don’t know if this is actually the same house, but I’m willing to bet that this will end up having parallels to something we see when we finally get those missing scenes.

Once they get inside the house, we see Connie holding the door shut against walkers. It's very reminiscent of Daryl doing that at the funeral home in Alone.

The thing is, I don't even think callbacks to Alone are the big cheese. (For the record, we also saw them around Kelly, but I'll get to that in a minute.)

Because more than being a call back, this is a foreshadow. It represents some time in the future when Beth and Daryl will be together inside the CRM and trying to escape. Remember that “No Exit” sign in Beth’s cell?

We have a situation here where Connie and Virgil are trying to get out and there's literally no exit. All the doors are locked, they’re being trapped everywhere they go, they get separated. Even when Connie is in the wall, looking at Virgil, she wants to warn him of things, but she has no way to get into the room with him. There's literally no exit for her.

There are so many parallels to Beth and Daryl.

They emphasize the fact that Connie is lost. After getting out of the cave and walking around for walkers for so long, she clearly lost her bearings and doesn't know where she is or which way to go to get to Alexandria. It puts me in mind of the scene from 6x10, where Carl was talking to Judith and said if she was ever LOST and needed to find her way HOME, she should use the North Star. This is another way in which Connie is being paralleled to Beth. She's lost and needs to find her way home.

Virgil talks about wanting to get Connie HOME. To get her back to her family (which just so happens to be her sister). Of course there's the undercurrent of romance.

I also couldn't help but notice outlets throughout the episode. This house is very dilapidated and dirty. There's grime and rust and darkness everywhere. But we can very clearly see the outlets on the walls, as though they’re brand-new. I believe that's to draw our attention to them. Outlets suggest power, which suggests lamps or batteries.

Remember how I said that the whole battery theory is about resources and that it indicates the CRM? This is why I think this house represents the CRM. And I'm not at all saying that at some point, we’ll see Beth and Daryl running through a house together, as Connie and Virgil do here, trying to escape some threat. I think this represents a much bigger arc of them being inside the CRM and trying to get out. It will probably span a lot of episodes, maybe even multiple seasons.

At one point, we see a red coda pendant hanging in the window behind Virgil. Remember that, via the Matrix theory, red represents the outside world that TF is currently unaware of, and of course Coda suggests Beth. That’s a big part of the evidence for this template being a foreshadow of Beth and Daryl.

I’ll go over all the background details tomorrow, but pretty much every detail I found suggests what I've laid out here. I'm going to do completely separate post on the awake/asleep theme as well as the mailbox theme. That one stemmed from last week's episode (11x05), but I haven't gotten a chance to post it yet. And of course we saw the mailbox feature prominently in this episode as well.

We also have a situation where Virgil basically tells Connie to go on without him and that it’s very important to him that she gets home. And then he gets stabbed, and she not only saves him, but pulls him out of the house. We’ve always said that we think there will be a time when Beth will save Daryl. I think this is a foreshadow of it.

I think we'll have a situation (again, much bigger than what we see here in the single episode) where Daryl will be willing to sacrifice himself, his life, to get Beth back to Maggie. Of course she's not going to allow him to do that, but he'll probably be hurt very badly.

(And for the record, I think we've seen foreshadows of this and other arcs. Daryl getting hurt when fighting Alpha was probably a foreshadow of the same thing. I'm sure we could identify others.) I think he will be hurt and Beth will save him, and that will happen as they’re figuring out how to get out of the CRM.

To touch on Kelly’s side of things, we see her find a camp that Virgil and Connie had previously been at. She finds Connie’s stuff there, and the orange backpack that Virgil must have left behind. The thing that jumped out at me here is that, in the foreground, we saw ropes around the camp with cans attached as an alert system.

That was featured very prominently in Alone, both because Daryl set up something like that at the funeral home and also because the other half of that episode was about Maggie/Sasha/Bob and they did the same thing in their camp. So again, major callbacks to Alone, and to what this is probably foreshadowing.

But my favorite thing about this was connections that I made. Things that kind of confirm events we’ve suspected in 4B, but have never been able to prove. Let me explain.

First, there’s the reunion between Connie and Kelly. And this really jumped out at me. Not only because it's two sisters reuniting, but because of the way it was shown.

When approaching Connie, Kelly is crying and says, "I'm sorry." And that's out of character or out of place in any way. She’s sorry that for what happened to Connie and that it took them so long to find her. All that is completely understandable. But at the same time, Kelly has no reason to feel bad about what happened to Connie. It wasn't her fault, and she's been a dutiful sister looking for her intensively ever since.

But I think the “I'm sorry” will make a lot more sense if we hear Maggie saying it to Beth, given everything that's happened, and especially what happened in S5. I mean, Beth did get left behind.

The other thing is that when they see each other and then hug, the background music almost sounds angelic, like a choir. I mean, they really wanted this to be a big deal, the reunion between these two sisters. And not that the Kelly and Connie's reunion isn't a big deal. It's very sweet, but I feel like this a foreshadow something much bigger. And what other reunion between sisters could qualify for something like that except Maggie and Beth, who didn't get the reunion in season five?

We’ve always said that Connie was a proxy for Beth, and that the cave-in, followed by her being missing was a parallel to Beth’s arc. So, this arc ending in Connie finding someone she’ll eventually have a romance with and then finding her sister is makes me very hopeful for what we'll see when Beth returns.

I have to say that this is kind of a relief to me. Because of Daryl's line back in Still about how, "you ain't never going to see Maggie again," I’ve gone back and forth about whether Beth and Maggie will actually get a reunion. Yes, there are plenty of ways to explain away that line, and I don't disagree with any of them. But I’ve still been really back-and-forth about whether this is going to happen. After seeing Connie and Kelly really reunite, I have no doubt that eventually will see a Beth/Maggie reunion. Yay!

Next, is the fact that Virgil and Connie talk about how the people living in this house lured them into a trap.

This is talked about very much anymore, but was always but what happened in Alone was always so wonky to me. I know it was supposed to be, but the whole thing felt like it was orchestrated somehow. I mean, what happened to the dog? We hear barking, but we didn't actually see the dog again, because when Daryl open the door all the walkers were on the porch. But how did that many walkers get up to the porch without them hearing it?

When Beth and Daryl sat in the kitchen staring at each other, they heard the cans rattle and then at the dog bark. I think that the idea was that Daryl thought it was the dog moving the cans and that's why he was going to open the door and get it to come in. He didn't understand that there were walkers there. But why didn't they hear the walkers? More importantly, why would that many walkers go up to the door if they couldn't see any humans on the inside? It's completely weird behavior for walkers. And then when Beth leaves the house, she just happens to be picked up by a car?

Like I said, I just always felt like the whole thing was really orchestrated, but even at Grady, we were never told that it was. Gorman suggested to Beth that they happened upon her accidentally. Of course, Gorman is the opposite of trustworthy, but we also understand better now the way that these episodes are often approached. We sometimes see things from one character's point of view over another. Clearly, Slabtown was seen from Beth’s point of view, so if she couldn't see the truth about what happened, that's why we couldn’t neither.

My point is, in this episode, Virgil says that he and Connie were herded there like prey. These feral people apparently went to the camp (Kelly says the left in a hurry and something was very wrong, and I think she's right. Given that Virgil and Connie left all their stuff behind; Connie would not have left behind her slingshot on purpose). Which means the creatures came to their camp, scared them away, chase them toward the house, herding them that way, in order to eat them.

Now, I'm not saying that's specifically what happened in Alone, but I think it kind of proves that what happened was an orchestrated trap that was set up to capture Beth.

And we do get the sense from what Noah told her that Grady purposely left the strong behind and took the weak. So, I'm not sure if Beth and Daryl were actually herded toward the funeral home. From what we saw, it really was more like they happened upon it. But I'm wondering if once there, someone observed them, or observed them approaching, and decided that they would be optimal targets. Given that Beth was injured (which they would have known if they saw Daryl giving her the piggy back) obviously it would always be her that was taken, while Daryl—obviously the more survival-oriented of the two—would be left behind.

And I love this connection because it proves (as far as we can prove theories 😉) that there are things they haven’t shown us, not just in S5 with the missing 17 days, but reaching all the way back to S4.

The other thing that's just kind of cool to consider is that, as I said before, the other half of the episode was about Maggie/Sasha/Bob, right? There are a lot of things that their sequence foreshadows as well. And in the episode, Maggie is specifically looking for Glenn, not Beth. However, given that this episode with Connie and Virgil also featured Kelly, Connie’s sister, looking for her, it just doesn't seem like it could possibly be a coincidence that the other half of Alone was Maggie searching for someone. What I’m saying is that both Alone and this episode, 11x06, foreshadow what will happen when Maggie and Beth reunite. I'm sure I could go into the details of Alone find a lot of connections, but I don't have time to do that right now. Maybe during the hiatus. Maybe. ;-).

Daryl and Leah:

Okay, I guess we need to talk about Daryl and Leah’s part of this episode as well. I don't have as much say about the symbolism for them. This is really more about where this is going.

Daryl tortures Frost, which I'm sure some people are going to have a problem with. But A.K. said that this is really about Daryl wanting to stay on the inside with the Reapers. As I said after ep 4, Frost is smart and he understands what Daryl is doing. A.K. said he did exactly what Daryl wanted to do him to do here. Daryl wanted him to give them a basic location but not an exact one. In other words, to tell them the neighborhood but not the exact house. And that's exactly what Frost did. Angela says Daryl did this because he was trying to save Frost’s life. Unfortunately, by the end of the episode, we see that didn't work out so well. But he was attempting to save him.

You have to watch the details closely to pick this up, but the first house that Daryl, Leah, and Carver go to is not the house Maggie is in. That's why Daryl says they should stick around and look around for things, because he knew Maggie wasn't there and wanted to give her time to escape. But the second house we see them go into is where Maggie and co are hiding under the floorboards.

At first, it seems to be empty, but when Daryl comes downstairs, he sees the place where they might be hiding and slides the rug over it. In the end, Carver sees it and checks, but Maggie and the others have already made their escape.

I had to stop and think about that for a minute. Since Beth wore yellow and we think yellow equals life and escape, I would have thought the yellow house would be where Maggie and the others were hiding and then escaped from. That would've made more logical sense. But actually, the yellow house was a decoy.

It gave me a whole new insight into the meaning behind the color yellow in TWD universe.

I still think yellow represents escape, among other things. But it also represents looking for someone in the wrong place. Even if you think about Rick’s mini death fake out in 7x12, there was probably only 12 feet between where Michonne thought he was (right side of the screen being eaten by walkers) and where he actually was (left side of the screen coming out of the yellow carnival car) but still, she was looking for him in the wrong place and assumed he was dead because of it.

I also thought of the Glenn situation in S4. Maggie looked for him on the school bus (yellow). And in both cases, it was because that’s where Rick/Glenn were last seen, but what was UNSEEN was how they ESCAPED. So, TF was looking for them in the wrong place.

And I’m sure something similar will happen with Beth during the missing 17 days. It doesn’t really change what we believe happened with Beth, but it makes me want to re-examine every yellow reference we’ve ever seen on the show, which is probably hundreds by now, lol.

At one point, Carver is coming down the stairs and Daryl runs over to him and starts talking really fast. He says that they (Maggie’s group) will not to come back here, that it wouldn’t be smart, etc. The first time I watched it, I remember thinking that Daryl was being really obvious. It made him seem nervous and like he was hiding something. And he probably was somewhat nervous. The reason he ran over Carver right then, is because he didn't want Carver to see the hiding place where Maggie and the others were (because Daryl himself noticed it when he was coming down the stairs).

But the other thing to remember is that Daryl knows Maggie and the others are down there. He was using this to give them information. He talks about how the Reapers have walls and weapons, twenty people inside their town, etc. That is also him getting Maggie information so she would know what they're up against. It was actually very smart on his part, even if it kind of tipped Carver off.

By the end, they returned to Pope and find that Frost is dead. I thought it was super weird and creepy that Pope started laughing when Carver said they had lost Maggie's group. That's very out of character for him. Angela Kang said Pope was purposely playing mind games to make Daryl and Leah paranoid, but even so. That laugh was just maniacal.

So, not sure exactly where this is going, or what Pope's plans are. He kind of suggests that maybe Frost turned on Daryl and sold him out before he died. I doubt that's true, but Pope also strikes me as the kind of guy who, if he's decided Daryl is an enemy, doesn't actually need proof of it. So, we'll just have to see where this goes.

Okay, that's it for today. I'll do details tomorrow. How did you all like the episode?

#beth greene #beth greene lives #beth is alive #beth is coming #td theory #td theories #team delusional #team defiance #beth is almost here #bethyl

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acroakingbird · 4 years

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Discussing IPKKND Tracks

Dear @jalebi-weds-bluetooth,

Thank you for taking the time to respond to my ask so thoroughly.

Your reaction to receiving my ask(s) was so cute. It made me feel all warm inside. Tumblr seemed to be drunk, my theme kept weird-ing out until I changed it then I can’t see the changes on any device except my laptop. Also, I kept getting an error when replying to your cat post until I gave up. Spoiler Alert: I just wanted to let you know your babies are super adorable and should bless your blog more often.

Glad to know you love rambling, something we have in common.

I have watched IPKKND with English subtitles and so my understanding might not have picked the nuances in cultural/linguistic expression.

1. Arnav and Lavanya

Yes, the way IPKKND began and the theme the show introduced as well as the way it was narrated was gripping and sort of ‘western’. I am not a fan of the Daily Soaps with exception to IPKKND, so I never understood the differences between individual channels and the type of content they air until you explained it. So I understand now why they had to do certain things to indulge the channel and its audience. Though I’m mostly happy with how the show turned out to be in the end, it’s still tragic to imagine what could have been if their creativity hadn’t been restrained.

Yes, I can’t watch these holier than thou scenes between Lavanya, Khushi, and Nani. I love all three women, Nani isn’t the usual ‘has to be strict all the time’ grumpy person, she almost always down for a good time, sensitive to situations and is there to team up with anyone for fun, Khushi is a courageous little ray of sunshine I adore and Lavanya is sweet and realistically portrayed. Her growth is beautiful to watch. Also, these three have great chemistry together and I love watching their scenes except when they are there to moral police Lavanya and it’s supposed to be a ‘good thing’ and we are supposed to nod along to the misogyny.

Arnav and Lavanya’s relationship isn’t healthy, it’s quite bad - there’s dishonesty, some power imbalance and their expectations of another isn’t aligned. But, here’s what I think about the cheating:

I feel like Arnav did cheat on Lavanya quite a number of times, emotionally and Diwali time included. Arnav and Lavanya were committed enough to be in a live in relationship and they both had feelings for another (Lavanya more than Arnav and I’m not saying they had the same intensity as between Arnav and Khushi.) At no point during that time was it okay for him to be attracted and have feelings for Khushi or lead on Lavanya because he didn’t want to deal with them. Frankly, it was disrespectful and cruel.

Arnav recognized the attraction and did everything he could to deny the said attraction and feelings. He hated the loss of control when it came to Khushi and how she made him feel. Every time Khushi asked why did it matter - he knew why it did but never wanted to admit it. It was not unknown to them what they were feeling, they might not know the depth of it, but it was attraction that much they both knew.

He wasn’t honest with himself neither does he acknowledges that he feels that way. Him gathering all those feelings weren’t something he could control, he could, however, control his honesty and how his and Lavanya’s relationship would proceed after everything.

He’s not actively pursuing Khushi behind Lavanya’s back and most of ArHi interactions are accidental but he’s also never actively putting an end to it. When doing that, he’s hurting Lavanya.

He also actually admits it himself in Episode 142 - I didn’t do the right thing with Lavanya…maybe ever. When he finally realized how unfair he was being and confessed how he actually felt to Lavanya was something he should have done a long time ago.

[I do realize they are fictional characters and things are written or done the way they were for the narrative. I am just sharing my own opinion that there was definite cheating.]

2. Kidnapping Track

I look forward to your discussion about this track. The Kidnapping track was fine, it’s the subplots I had an issue with. Like you mentioned Bubbly, that Uncle etc.

“We probably would’ve gotten more interaction between the four of them and it would’ve been a delight to see them - considering the New Year Episode & the Akash suicide track, the four of them are like fireworks together!”

Yes, this is what I meant. All four characters had chemistry which should be explored further. The New Year episode is one of my favorites.

Additionally, Akash and Payal should be developed further as their own characters, aside from the main protagonists, and have their own story independent of Arnav and Khushi’s which would have been interesting to follow. Also Khushi-Payal’s sisterhood. I mean, after the marriage, not once did Payal asked Khushi if she was doing okay with that creep being in the same house or anything normal siblings would discuss. Their entire relationship went down the drain after the hate marriage.

This isn’t the best example to provide but this is what I can think of right now, in The Office, Jim and Pam has their love story and then there’s Dwight and Angela happening around the same time. It’s interesting to follow both even when one love story isn’t affecting the other love story.

3. Khushi Attempting Suicide

I am sorry about your loss, S.

I agree with you completely - this is the one track the writers on the team should have all said a definite no to. There’s already enough misunderstanding and misconceptions about mental illness and the last thing anybody needs is a whole ass track dedicated to showing funny it was that the main protagonist wanted to kill herself. Silly girl.

Then they never show any kind of support for Khushi and she’s completely isolated after the incident. The entire track is disgusting just like the thing you told me about the other show.

Again, thank you for responding and discussing this with me. The magic of the show is evident in the fact that there’s still something to discuss nearly a decade after the show aired.

I’ll be looking forward to more of your content.

P.S Give your cats some of my love, okay?

Hugs,

Raven.

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b-b-b-b-bones · 5 years

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10x07, The Money Maker on the Merry-Go-Round

“She said I was a pain in her ass. Not a pain in the ass. A pain in her ass, specifically her ass.”

Aubrey: This is the episode when Aubrey really becomes a character. He’s been entertaining enough up to this point, as much as a replacement for another beloved character could be. But he was just an insanely confident and kind of goofy guy. Now we see that he has multiple sides to him. We see what pushes his buttons and I mean we really get to see it. Bones is really good about letting characters’ baggage be an actual part of them, rather than giving them tragic backstories for pathos

And John Boyd’s acting seriously cements all of this. Compare him in the scene at the beginning when he assigns himself to the case and steals Booth’s food with the scenes where he yells at the victim’s wife (aka Wendy the Waitress!?!) and subsequently apologizes to Booth. He has the light-hearted cockiness, the cold anger, and the tearful, quiet sadness and shame absolutely down. Let’s give it up for the way his voice quivers!

Christine: Little kids swearing will never not be funny. This subplot is gold.

The moment when Brennan curses at Oliver is great, not just because it’s satisfying but because of how ponderous she looks before doing it. I love moments like that when Brennan acts deliberately out of character because you can always see her thought process going on: “I told Booth that profanity could be a good thing, I should do something to prove it, hey this would be the perfect time.” It makes the whole thing even more awkward and wonderful.

Oliver: There are moments when I feel like Oliver is trying to be a part of a group and get along with his coworkers, and then he says something and I go Nope never mind he’s just an asshole. And then he acts confused when Brennan doesn’t like that he’s basically mocking her. Come on, guy, what is your deal.

Beard Buddies: I’ve said before how I love Hodgins and Oliver’s friendship, and you can see it start to develop here. But I’m glad that Hodgins decides to come to Brennan’s defense because that is also a great friendship and if I’m being honest, probably a better one.

Angela: Usually, when Angela shows off her expertise it’s about computery stuff, so when she gets to demonstrate her artistic know-how, even just in little moments, it’s great. For this episode I’m specifically talking about when she’s helping Cam reconstruct the guy’s face and instructing her about proportions. I’ve always been really bad at proportions so that’s impressive to me.

10/10, great one

“Goodnight, jackass!”

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sunshinemosspup · 6 years

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which is your fav ahs season

WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS TO ME I CAN'T DECIDE????!!

I'm just gonna be extra as hell and list my pros and cons... get ready for a long ass answer sorrynotsorry you're dealing with a writer here:

Murder House

just gonna say it - overrated

I do appreciate it because it sparked the rest of AHS

created some iconic characters

in hindsight, at least Tate is better than Kai

still a really good concept

a bit boring at times though

Jessica Lange is fucking superb

lowkey started trend of Lily Rabe's characters either dying or already being dead and me no likey that so much

Francis Conroy talking about men is always great but I liked the more subtle hints to her speeches this time

Asylum

LANA BANA BO BANA BANANA FANA FO FANA FE FI MO MANA, LANA

Sarah Paulson and Lily Rabe were ICONIC in this season holy fckin christ

so was Jessica Lange

and Zachary Quinto

basically the characters had really good like writing and rounding out and such

but wtf was with the alien subplot??

some damn good writing

while I do not approve of Sister Mary Satan raping the monsignor I can never get "There was a priest, the dirty beast, his name was Alexander. His mighty dick was inches thick, he called it Salamander" out of my head

Jude and Kit at the end was so sweet

Coven

honestly at times bit off more than they could chew with the subplots, not all of those were really resolved

Jessica Lange somehow even more iconic

same with Kathy Bates and Angela Bassett, what QUEENS

Foxxay

seriously both Misty and Cordelia are adorable on their own, and together I just can't handle it

STEVIE NICKS

the music in this season provokes an emotional response from me

"Can we please not move things? Some of us are blind!"

*stuffs bagels into bag* "Who's takin me home?"

Myrtle Snow calmly playing that instrument while Cordelia had a breakdown

those all black looks were good shit

Freak Show

this shit was SAD AS HELL

like literally how they killed all the characters was fucking gut wrenching

also Pepper? at Briarcliff?? seeing that magazine with Elsa on it??? I cry every time

once again proved the crazy talent of Sarah Paulson

at least Lily Rabe was kinda there

despite being a little shit Dandy was a great character

last time they had some really long episodes, or at least varied between 45 min and longer, which I liked bc I think it let them do quite a bit

I want Sarah Paulson's cover of Criminal to play at my funeral or my wedding or goddamn something ugh

"We might not be on a farm but something sure smells like bullshit to me" (paraphrased)

I can't believe they made me feel so damn bad for a scary clown dude, he didn't deserve that

Hotel

the fucking style? and music? SUPERB

"I FUCKING LIVE HERE"

when Iris was gonna off herself and made that video

I have a love/hate relationship with John Lowe 'cause he kinda stupid

Evan Peters looking like Spongebob as a fancy waiter

Lady Gaga and Matt Bomer drenched in blood

everything about Liz Taylor was like beautiful

somehow the vampire thing worked

could (should) have used literally any song other than hotline bling

Devil's Night was great but then they made an inconsistency with the zodiac killer in Cult

aT lEaSt LiLy RaBe WaS kInDa ThErE

loved it when Billie came back

Roanoke

enjoyed the documentary style and kudos to Ryan for doing something different

with that being said it was pretty predictable and cliche

so damn happy to see Lily Rabe back

favorite fan promo thing I saw: "Lily Rabe is back and she has a gluten allergy and questionable judgement" (paraphrased but hilarious and accurate)

wish they had time to round out the actor characters (Audrey, Monet, etc)

RIP an accent 2016-2016

still though, it brought some good people back into the cast

good call with Adina Porter, she's amazing

"I'm not American, I'm not used to all this carnage!"

honestly a lot of Audrey's lines were great

and her reaction to Shelby's death holy fuck that honestly startled me

Cricket Marlowe looking like Danny Devito in that one episode of Always Sunny

Cult

I liked how they worked phobias into it

a good deal of the sexual stuff just made me really uncomfortable, like especially when it was directed at Ally (or Ivy I guess), idk I think as a lesbian myself it felt like they were pushing all this phallic shit on her and challenging her sexuality which just really rubbed me the wrong way (my take on it, anyway)

Ally's character development though goddamn

Ally in general, she was so fckin cute ugh

I feel like they made Ivy too dislikable? like she could've had SOME redeeming qualities but nah

Kai was fucking awful

people shit on Winter as a character but I still think Billie Lourd acted wonderfully

why do all of Emma Roberts' characters have to be such bitches? lol

still don't know how I feel about it ending with Ally supposedly like becoming leader of the SCUM group or whatever

loved that they used extreme stereotypes of both conservatives and liberals

Apocalypse

they killed Venable too soon

she and Mead were so extra together I loved it

MISTY IS BAAAAACK

again, Foxxay (they better kiss and be happy by the end of this season I stg)

Cordelia's vision was terrifying, like she got her throat torn out jfc

if Cordelia (or, hell, even Billie) die too I'm going to be 2-3 times more heartbroken than I already am about Venable

especially excited to see Mallory's character develop

I both love and hate Michael Langdon

Leslie Grossman still getting all the wack, iconic one-liners

BD Wong being in it was lowkey hilarious to me bc I've only ever seen him in SVU before

"Because I'm the FUCKING Supreme"

can't wait to get more Billie Dean Howard

Jessica Lange! it's been so long, how ya been?

where the hell did Brock go after he broke in to kill Coco? did he just fuck off back into the wastelands?

Ryan, USE LILY RABE'S TALENT FOR THE LOVE OF GOD even if she doesn't stay for long this season (plz let Misty be okay and while I don't quite think it'll happen I'm still hoping to see Nora) bring her back sometime with another major character I miss her so much

I'm excited to see more!

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