#i rewatched it recently its sooooo good

[bonearenaofmyskull]

Hey! Curious if you're currently into any great shows. If so, mind sharing your recommendations? Always on the lookout for some good TV suggestions!

I imagine you've seen everything I have. I spend more time gaming. Not into anything great at the moment, but I can dig deep and see if I can remember what shows I've watched since Hannibal aired and give my opinions. I binge TV series with my mom who is in her 80's and has Parkinson's and macular degeneration and can't really do activities or read anymore, so I rewatched some old ones with her here largely to torture her with them, so they'll be in here also.

S-Tier (Winners)

My Brilliant Friend. Probably the best thing I've watched since Hannibal. If S4 is out I haven't seen it yet, no spoilers.

Better Call Saul. Possibly tied with My Beautiful Friend. Better than Breaking Bad. Much better ending. So good, no complaints. Nailed the ending. Did I mention the ending?

A-Tier (Runners-up)

Black Sails: God, there were some parts of this that were so gratuitous and tedious, especially early on, and I hated Eleanor Guthrie and not in the kind of way that means good things for a show. Some of the dialogue was just really on the nose too. This sounds like a lot of complaints, but the things it did well, it did SO WELL that it really does make up for the negatives. The acting was sooooo good and the Flint and Silver dynamic was AMAZING and the show looked great, and over all that, it really had something thoughtful to say, and that stays with you when it's over.

Stranger Things: Some parts of this show hit better than others, but I'm squarely in the bullseye of the target audience and get the vast majority of the references and nostalgia, and I love David Harbour. I appreciate their exploration of various types of horror, attempting a new style each season, and I like the charm and humor and cheese, and it's a show that knows its voice and its tone and commits fully to those things. It's trying to be a fun show and it is, and it wants to deal with real fears and real grief, and it does.

The Handmaid's Tale: Speaking of shows that are committed to their tone, this one definitely is that. It's too heavy and relentless for most people, I think, but I don't mind that at all. Parts of it do drag, but it has a lot of the same qualities (for good or bad) as Black Sails: great acting, powerful character dynamics, the things that it does well it does so well it makes up for the shortcomings, imo.

Breaking Bad: Famous show, not much to say here. Rewatched it recently and don't think it's as good as Better Call Saul, so I put it here.

B-Tier (Can't complain but will anyway)

Good Omens: Can't get into it, can't find anything particularly wrong with it. I'm into the ship. I guffaw out loud while watching it yet am thoroughly bored most of the time. Love Michael Sheen and David Tennant on screen together. I know the show can't be that all the time but I wish it was. Aziraphale ftw. I feel like people missed the point of the ending of the last season.

Mad Men: Show could give Seinfeld a run for its money in terms of being about nothing, but definitely had its charm. Watched it with my mom so her nostalgia and appreciation for how historically authentic it felt went a long way. Good performances. God, it could be boring sometimes though.

Vikings: This one was a lot like Black Sails for me. They had a bit of a struggle for a season or two but once going, they really got going. Many great acting performances and characters. Loved Ecbert and Ivar especially. Didn't have Toby Stephens and Luke Arnold, so you know...can't quite make that tier. And didn't have as much to say, or didn't say it as well, and it doesn't stay with you.

C-Tier (Can complain and will, but were good enough to stick with)

LOST

The X-Files

His Dark Materials

Downton Abbey

BBC Sherlock

Game of Thrones (I think most people have misdiagnosed this show's problems, but it sure did have them)

D-Tier (Tried but could NOT, though many people will like these...they were just Not For Me)

Bridgerton

Dark

The Good Place

The Gilded Age

Outlander

The Crown

Outer Range (what even the fuck with this show)

I tried to think of more shows I've watched in this time, but this about sums it up. But here are a couple YouTube channels I really like:

Beau of the Fifth Column

Bistro Huddy

#bear answers #not hannibal

[hibiscuslynx]

this is sarah-jay pierce miss usa propaganda. you want to watch and think about the misses so bad.

gave mary a flag cape simply bc i think ben’s outfit for maryland is elite and i think miss maryland deserved one too !! also this connecticut outfit was also simply elite

hiding my rambles under the cut 🔥

do i understand connecticut’s characterization? no . am i enjoying it! for the most part! she is the definition of gaslight gatekeep girlboss and yknow what. u go girl.

i neeeed more maryland i love the most recent hairstyle sarah did for her like i feel like that fits her soo well. like!! wine aunt maryland !!

i want to draw more of the misses sooooo bad and my take on their designs but man ive been having a helluva time with art lately. not in a good way . but its okay i will just keep thinkin abt the misses and the wttt guys and keep tryin 💪

besties i have so many thoughts abt these girls but sometimes i just sit there and rewatch the same tiktoks over and over again grinning

#sarah-jay pierce #miss usa tiktok #mut connecticut #mut maryland #my art

[stuck-in-the-ghost-zone]

macccc hi. hi hi <3 ik u don’t watch qsmp but i wanna cry in ur inbox for a second. we got. fucked up sibling dynamics. it happened. cellbit had a twin sister named bagi and he went missing and was thrown into a war and she searched for him endlessly. his first memory is standing over a dead body and having to eat it to survive. bagi is slowly recovering her own memories and is desperate for him to remember her. he keeps pushing her away bc he can’t fathom that he had a LIFE and a FAMILY and people who CARED about him. he thought he came from war but he came from love and didn’t even know it. bagi became a cop just so she could try to break him out of prison but she never got the chance bc he broke out first and she lost him again. she spent fifteen years looking for him and he spent fifteen years trying to survive. they’re both devastated over this in different ways. this always happens with media i get into it always comes back around to messed up siblings i’m going to start eating the floorboards. the strider bros the plant twins ccrimeboys. this is my brother and i need a shovel to love him. you can get a new son or a father but who can grow me a new brother. yk. just gonna lay here and cry for a minute brb

anyway how r u doing!!! how’s it going!!!! how r ur blorbos!! i never got into adventure time as a kid what’s it like what’s the recent series like how’s it going :3 how r ur little guys i wanna know!!!! i’m still watchin hannibal btw makin my way thru s2e2 AS WE SPEAK!!!

OH GOD OH FUCK I LOVE HORRIBLE TRAGIC SIBLINGS !!!!!!!!!!!! i keep saying this but im so glad im not directly into qsmp because i KNOW i would be imprinting on cellbit like a baby duckling. it was A JOKE AT FIRST because i saw he had a white streak but every new thing i learn about him im like. of fuck thats my type of character like. to a t. unbelievable.

I AM DOING GOOD its sooooo cold today and i cannot wait 2 be done with work so i can get all cozy (<< guy who is dumb and chose a career path that is Almost Always Outdoor Manual Labor) . adventure time is soooooooooooooo so so so good. i actually have not seen ANY of the post-canon series which is why im currently rewatching the main one!! i want 2 watch them so bad. ive heard such good things about fionna and cake. ouuguguhg. its a very good show its the perfect balance of really silly and lighthearted and also.... emotions. <3 formative piece of media. u are speaking to the worlds biggest flame princess kinnie. also i have been thinking abt my ocs a lot lately bc i havent drawn them since artfight. this is a DISGRACE.

IM SOOOO GLAD UR STILL ENJOYING HANNIBAL. oh season 2 goes nuts. season 1 is probably my favorite as a whole but my favorite Individual Episode is the season 2 finale. ohhh the season 2 finale makes me so insane. ouguha. also lmk when u meet a character named mason verger i have a funny story about him <3

#ALSO HI I AM WORKING ON UR DSTUCK PANEL AFTER WORK TODAY I PROMISE. #had to do a bunch of. very exhausting irl stuff this weekend so i didnt get around to it when i wanted to. soon. #hiiiiiiiiiii whiskey <3 #ive also been playing minecraft again lately omg. ive missed it so dearly. did u see the armadillo won the mob vote !?!??! #i am EXTREMELY disappointed that we dont get crabs bc i wanted them but also i am excited for wolf armor <3 #asks #friends!!! #anachronistic-falsehood

[prettyboykatsuki]

I think the length and fillers of older anime are intimidating for newer anime fans! I have seen all of Naruto, a good chunk of bleach but none of One Piece (I'll read it when its done)

Naruto was actually one of my first anime loves! Along with Sailor Moon!! elder weeb vibes

for sure!! i rewatched naruto semi recently and gettinng thru it was insane even having watched it before!! i love naruto bc its like a classic ans super nostalgic but its sooooo tedious at times

im asking mostly because i have a backlog of naruto fanfic unfinished and was curious about the audience. sailor moon was also one of my first watches!! particularly the movies lmao

#return to sender #my first anime eve was death note (i have evil older siblings ♥️)

[sleevesareforlosers]

happy solstice jordan!! one thing i’m looking forward to for the new year that i’m also kind of terrified about is graduating and finally being done with school! i’m anxious about finding work but i think once i’ve got everything smoothed out and in place i’ll be really happy post-grad!

something i’m bringing forward from this year is the work i’ve put into my art, i really want to keep experimenting and pushing myself and not just letting myself get into a rut. i’ve been experiencing a lot of self-doubt this year with my art especially but i’m proud of the way i’ve been managing my time and the challenges i’ve faced so i want to bring that energy with me into 2023 :}

the weather here has been clear and sunny but pretty cold the last few days! right now it’s like 11 pm and it’s about 30 degrees F outside, so that’s like. -1C? during the day it’s more like 35-40 F. i don’t really care much for the cold so i comment on it every time i go outside BUT it’s still nice and it’s given me a chance to wear my new winter coat which is a very cute puffer jacket!

if i could be anywhere right now i think i would still pick to be home :) one of the things i’m most nervous about with moving out on my own is not being in my home where i’m comfortable and have all my stuff with me the way i like it but mostly about not being around my family so i’m enjoying spending as much time as possible living at home during the breaks and being around pretzel and my parents and siblings. also once i move my friends who live around here aren’t going to be as readily available though others will be so there’s that as well 🤔

definitely i am a serial rewatcher/listener/reader! i like the things i’m comfy with and it’s hard for me to go outside of my comfort zone and experience new things with media especially. i reread a lot of books and i rewatch youtube videos and movies and music. especially shows, i really don’t watch a lot of tv, and when i do watch tv i have a tendency to put on old shows that i’m comfortable with. i make exceptions for star wars shows but that’s it and aside from the mandalorian and andor sw has been very disappointing lately so that’s been tough. i think the one thing that may be an exception is music! while i like relistening to all my favorite bands over and over and over on loop i also really enjoy the experience of finding new music that i enjoy and playing that over and over also :)

i hope you’re having a wonderful day danny i love u!! 💝💝💝

pretzel says hello as well 💕

[ID: a fluffy golden puppy dog lying on a tan corduroy couch, looking into the camera with his paws tucked up. end ID]

happy day after solstice love!! enjoy a longer day today than yesterday

!!!! wah thats so exciting. i cant believe ive known you like. long enough to see you do your entire degree im SO excited + proud of you and im wishing you ALL the best w your postgrad stuff!!

YES its been very clear in the art ive seen that you're putting so much effort into it and its absolutely paying off. cannot WAIT to see where you go from here! ik self doubt is a bitch but you rly are so talented i hope you can keep up your energy w it into the new year and beyond

OUGH! chilly! im glad you have a nice new jacket to keep you all toasty esp if you dont rlly like the cold. and i hope you've got as much hot chocolate as you want to warm up w when you get back inside! ive been drinking sooooo much hot chocolate recently its life changing esp when its cold out

wah thats so sweet. i absolutely understand moving out can be SO intimidating but i hope when you do end up moving you find a place that you can make yours and be just as comfy there as you are at your parents place. and in the meantime! enjoy the being home! give pretzel a BIG BIG kiss for me im saying hello back to him and givin him a good scratch

this answer does NOT surprise me at all and props on being the first person to come down firmly on one side or the other. esp w tv i totally get that <- has been rewatching supernatural unfortunately. its so much more of a time commitment and esp with shows that are just coming out its like. you want a decent payoff for your time + energy investment. like w star wars shows i was SO excited for bobf and then. well. i think i watched like two episodes and then the Thing Happened and i was like 'yeah im not finishing this' but i have heard SUCH good stuff about andor and its done coming out for this season so i just need to sit down n actually watch it.

its nice that new music is easy for you its SUCH a delight to find new music you actually like so im glad that you get to have that!!! anything specific thats been in your playlists recently?

i DID have a wonderful day yesterday i hope you have a good one today!! love youuuu

#discussion group #ghostxraven

[lovecolibri]

SaL anon here my friend, saying hi after a long absence!! I don't know why this summer is kicking my ass so much, I've been in a rut of absolute apathy about everything, including putting in the effort to rewatch my comfort shows. But things are getting better and sometimes its the small things that get you back up (for me specifically its the return of Puppet History, an absolute gem I highly recommend).

Anywho hope the summer is going well for you despite the summer and global warming of it all. Don't know about you but I'm still pretty bitter about 911 and really the way so many of the shows we've enjoyed were mishandled so badly. And with the writers and actors (very rightfully) on strike it could be awhile before we get any sort of idea what's going to happen in s7 so I figure we've got time to get some of that bitterness out through some salty competitions. So to start which series finale had the worse ending, RNM or 911 (I know 911 isn't over but its over on fox so it kinda counts)? A lengthy justification of your choice is encouraged!!

Hello friend! I got this while I was out of town at a concert with my mom so I'm just getting around to this today. I also thought this summer was going to be Super Chill and Time To Catch Up On Things but we have been weirdly SO BUSY every weekend and had numerous unexpected Things happen (the fridge went out, thought it was fixed, it went out again, one of the cats had to go to the emergency vet an hour away and is now on new special food forever etc) and it's not slowing down any time soon! Sorry you're in your apathy rut era, I was absolutely there too recently so I know what that's like! I hope you can find some joy again soon! (I know everyone else Hates Summer, but I love not being cold all the time and heat and sunshine are what give me life so I'm currently on a slightly more energized kick which I'm going to try and use to Get Some Shit Done in regards to home improvement and self-care.)

I haven't ever watched Puppet History but it sounds delightful and with the strikes going on (take 'em down WAG/SAG AFTRA!) I'm sure I will be finding time to watch all the things I never got around to. I'm currently nearly finished with Resident Alien which has been a delight, and me and my mom are watching White Collar which has been a lot of fun for us.

Okay, now time for The Salt Mine.

It's funny that you bring up the RNM finale because I JUST saw a post the other day of Malex comparison kisses but the one they used from the finale is a wide shot and LITERALLY the main color focus drawing the eye in the shot is that goddamn fucking red dress under the bright lights of the bar, and only then, second, is the pink light Malex is under while in the darker, shadowed part of the bar. Sooooo I've been feeling salty about that for daaaaays.

It's a tough call to pit these two against each other because 911 literally shoved Buck and Eddie into "endgame" relationships with random characters they have zero chemistry with and that we know next to nothing about (Marisol) or everything we know is Not Great (Natalia). They really thought this was the end of the show and would rather waste time on these side characters and forcing these relationships rather than focus on the firefam and found family of it all and showing the core cast of characters TOGETHER as a FAMILY in the end. They rushed through the emergency and the feels we SHOULD have spent time on with everyone being hurt and seeing the firefam worry about and fight to rescue each other, all so KR could have time to (poorly) wrap up the 7000 plotlines she made for Buck because she apparently doesn't like or care about any of the other characters and only cares about Buck insofar as she can make jokes about his junk and sex life and how she can use his character to insert new ones she wants to have instead of using the characters she already has. However, despite all that mess, there WERE some good moments in the finale for the firefam and the bridge collapse was good, if too short to do what it was intended to do. 911's practical effects have ALWAYS been a highlight of the show and one of the things that makes it great so it was good to see some effort put into that side of the show again.

But, even with all the missteps of the 911 finale, RNM fumbled the ball on literally EVERYTHING in their finale. There was a Malex wedding, but it focused entirely on Michael and we didn't get to see Alex's POV on anything (not even anything about being on death's doorstep and magically being healed which happened entirely off screen and we didn't get to hear from Alex about it at all) except how he was perfectly happy having NONE of his family there for the wedding because god forbid m*ria be uncomfortable for 5 seconds because everything is about HER and how SHE feels 🙄🙄🙄 We got more focus on m*ria than we did Alex at his own goddamn wedding! And aside from that whole mess, the finale also separated Max and Liz, the supposed main couple of the show! The show ended forever with the lead in tears as Max goes to an alien planet for who knows how long! WTF kind of ending is that?! The show really made it hard to root for Max and Liz because the writing for them was just...not what it needed to be, but Jeanine and NDP had great chemistry and when they let them be in love they had some GREAT moments. I just wanted to root for them more but they constantly put them on opposite sides of every little thing they came across so they were never really able to work TOGETHER on anything and it was frustrating. Even so, I wanted a better ending for them after seasons of fighting and being so on again/off again the whole time. Jeanine especially got screwed over in what SHOULD have been Liz's show and I hate that being left behind was her ending. And that's not even going into all the plotholes and storylines the show just half-assed or flat out didn't address, and things that got dropped along the way and never explained. I know I say it A Lot about 911, but good god, the RNM cast, characters, and the base storylines they started the show with deserved SO much better than what they got consistently from the s1 finale through the end of the show.

Despite all of 911s flaws and faults, I still think they can come back from it all if they go back to the formula used in the early seasons for pacing and storyline distribution and focus on the firefam as a unit together, and given that the issues brought up by fans were pretty similar across all platforms and mirrored oftentimes by professional reviews, there's some hope for change moving forward on a new network. If RNM had been given another season I'm sure they still would not have resolved any of the plotholes and would probably have just made them worse while creating new ones 🤷🏻‍♀️

So I have to go with RNM for having the worst finale but damn if 911 didn't give it a run for it's money!

I was good hearing from you my friend! I had high hopes to work on my Countdowns fic this summer but I just have not had a weekend to myself! My niece will be visiting this whole week and my nephew is due to arrive in August but may come earlier, plus I'm working on getting out of town for some shows (and out of state if I can swing it to see Ed Sheeran), and working on some remodel work in my bedroom so we'll see when things start to slow down if I have any brain power left to write, much less do any of the other craft projects I have pending! I am confident I will get the baby blanket I'm working on done in time but everything else is up in the air. Remember when summer was time to relax? Anyway, I am ALWAYS here for your salty thoughts or anything else you wanna talk about. In the meantime, lets all manifest a good outcome for the striking workers!

#my sweet nonnie friends #sleeping at last anon #911 #roswell nm #roswell nm my behated #still and forever salty

[helpfulbug]

hii luna!! 😢 and 💖 for the music emoji ask!

hiiii lulu.....this took me sooooo long but here we gooooo

😢 A Song that makes you cry:

its liquid smooth by mitski. i literally cant play that shit in public its sooo over for me every time. also テリフリアメ (The Rain from Light and Shadow) by ichiko aoba, its not a sad song but i listened to it a lot in my mental spirals so now its like a tear jerker for me. i still love it and the entire album a lot tho.

💖A Guilty Pleasure song:

now. i normally just say you like whatever music you like but. recently i rewatched buffy the vampire slayer (idk. i dont think you can tell by looking at my blog at all.) and that means i also rewatched the musical episode of buffy. i WILL say it IS a good musical episode but to me musicals are something i listen to 2000000 times a day or something i dont wanna hear and is so cringe to me. so i kept listening to the buffy musical songs on the private browser bc i dont want them in my spotify history im sorry musical fans i cannot commit and become a true theater kid idk why im shy i guess.

also idk how but i have schlager on my most listened songs now (sorry this wont mean shit to you if youre not german) but WHY. is mickie krause on there.

for an actual answer to this one tho. i recently spiraled and listened to style by taylor swift one billion times. its soooo nothing and 80s nostalgia baiting but so lame but also. something about it is.....captivating

(ask game link)

#help. the second answer is so incomprehensible #i get so crazy over music sorry everyone #ask #luna.txt

[favoure]

hi! im not sure if someone asked u this before but what got you into desert duo? I just love them so much and would love to hear how u interpret their relationship!!

oh anon u've opened the floodgates (LIKE GENUINELY i went on a ramble here i. dont even know if any of this makes sense i m so sorry i m BAD AT WORDS THIS IS WHY I SHOW MY APPRECIATION FOR THEM BY DRAWING INSTEAD)

SO IT ALL STARTED ON THE 25TH OF NOVEMBER.... i decided to watch 3rd life bc last life ended just recently n thought "oh might as well watch ll's prequel.... idk if its gonna be any good thooo wdym its Only 3 lives n not randomized n theres no boogey system what....." omfg i was. So Wrong to think that bc after leaving grian's pov on in the bg i got invested and cheered for them n their silly little shenanigans together as the eps went on and By 2am i was. an ugly sobbing mess on my bed something in me Snapped fr when it came to That Scene in the pond...... i had to pause the video and take a few minutes for myself like That kinda invested yk ........

GOD REALLY JUST LIKE !!! SEEING GRIAN GO FROM FORCED SERVITUDE BC OF HIS GUILT TO UNCONDITIONAL LOYALTY SOMETHING ABOUT IT MAKES ME SOO SOOOOO????? HELLOOOOOO ???????? [BAWLS MY EYES OUT] ugh i love them sm they make me feel bonkersssss.... the more i think about it its like. the Devotion the way scar grew on grian yk like that realization that maybe Maybe. he doesnt mind dedicating one of his entire lives to this man ...... and then him reaching yellow and Even Red and Still staying by scar's side until the very end OTL

i just rewatched the first few eps yesterday too n grian didnt even want to be involved w scar's silly silly sand monopoly plan literally his first few hours w him is just him yelling at others to Not Listen to scar but like. when scar told him that the llama's name was pizza and when he told grian in the most deadpan way that he's going to murder them n grian just Burst out laughing And even later on when scar turned red n asked "can we still be friends?" he replies with "well yeah technically i still owe you my first life so... until i become yellow, i still gotta do what you say" LIKE. HEY. ALL THOSE MORNINGS SPENT WATCHING HIM LOOK SILLY CHASING RABBITS AROUND HEY HES GROWING ON U ISNT HE ...... by the last few eps this mfer rlly.... "is this where we show our true allegiance? to each other and only each other?" how can i NOT go insane after seeing All of that oh my god IS THIS ANYTHING [draws them beside each other or holding each other for the 29th time (yes u heard that right 29th time I've Counted)]

#asks for ain #this took me over an hour to make my thoughts were That Messy HELP #congrats anon u've made me go absolutely wild #i just realized did this even answer ur question on how i interpret their relationship WHRJHWRSJDHFKSDF MY READING COMPREHENSION NO NOOOOOO #i. just. they're Partners yk

[meteorjam]

Thank you @liyazaki for tagging me! The last time I did this I had only watched like 8 dramas so a lot has changed 70 dramas later!

1. your all time favorite bl and why:

Until We Meet Again Everyone who saw it slowly progress from 6th to 5th to 1st place (BL wise anyway; 2nd overall drama) is laughing right now I'm sure. I was in love with this show from day 1 but every time I rewatched it I would fall more and more in love. Gearing up for a very fun 5th rewatch soon and I never get tired of it. The big draw of this show for me is the deep and moving plot and how loving and caring Dean and Pharm are. Also the family and found family aspects. I just adore this show and could talk about it 24/7. Pharm is also one of my favorite characters of all time.

2. that one bl that scarred you for life:

Bite Me I wouldn't say scarred but I'm still mad at that show for wasting so much of my time it's genuinely my least favorite.

3. bl that made you feel very single:

Sooooo many. Until We Meet Again for sure because DeanPharm are so in love its ridiculous. Bad Buddy as well because ugh PatPran are just so cutely disgusting with their love.

4. if you could change one thing from a bl, which one would it be?

Hmmm Mork ends up in therapy at the end of Fish Upon the Sky lmao

5. your top five:

1. Until We Meet Again 2. A Tale of Thousand Stars 3. Theory of Love 4. He's Coming to Me 5. Cherry Magic A shoutout to Great Men Academy which is actually my favorite drama but I don't consider it BL so it's not on this list.

6. that trashy bl that you lowkey like:

I LOVE Fish Upon the Sky, that show is my comfort show. Yes it's trash but it makes me laugh and I love Duean, Meen, and Pi. Most recently Rainbow Prince. That show is just bad but sooooo good. Like I'm actually obsessed.

7. your favorite korean bl (it’s important we know):

Light On Me !!!!

No question

8. but also your top 3 for kbls:

1. Light On Me 2. Where Your Eyes Linger 3. To My Star 9. season 2? which one?

Honestly I don't usually want a season 2 but I want the next installment of HIStory pleeeaaaase

10. a bunch of dramas will air soon. which ones are you the most excited for?

To the surprise of no one:

Oh! My Sunshine Night 609 Bedtime Story

But also:

Vice Versa Never Let Me Go I Feel You Linger in the Air

I know so many people who've done this recently so I don't know who to tag. If you see this tho and want to do it then feel tagged by me!

#tag game #me? obsessed with uwma? #who would've guessed

[adamsvanrhijn]

you watching hdm brought back so many memories god they absolutely did the books JUSTICE and i am a firm believer in gay lee scoresby like please him and will's dad??? the TENSION the IMPLICATIONS anyway glad ur enjoying it!!

i am about to start a reread so i will wait to make up my mind on just how good it actually is but i do think they definitely at least did A Lot of it justice, although i am concerned about some of the choices in the first two seasons and how they are going to affect amber spyglass beats. but definitely leagues better than the film and, like i've said, while watching some of the choices and production elements were just. absolutely phenomenal and matched what i remember from reading the actual books, which is a testament both to philip pullman's capability of describing environments and characters and the production's dedication to representing them accurately. but it is also definitely flawed in places even uniquely from what i just mentioned about Choices

e.g. while they made it work in that it works for a coherent story in the adaptation itself, as an adaptational choice i'm.... less than enthused about the way they chose to represent the magisterium. i wouldn't go quite so far as to say it's hamfisted but imo they're beating viewers over the head with the totalitarianism rather than diving into what in the books i think was a very deft and delicate (while simultaneously absolutely scathing!) portrayal of the specific vehicles of control of faith-based institutions and faith-based authoritarianism, including the way that individual persons of faith "allow" themselves to be controlled by not just the organizing body of their religion but by their own faith. the magisterium in the tv series rules by fear. people are afraid of the magisterium. despite all the characters' talk of The Authority and shouts of "heresy", imo the show did not represent rule primarily by wielding the authority of god, it showed rule primarily by the power of government. in the novels, that is the power of the magisterium: wielding god against a believing populace.

even within jordan college, even with the pursuit of knowledge and the permissions granted by the concept of scholastic sanctuary, many characters, including lyra, actually believe in their religion! in lyra's world, people don't shout "heresy" just because they feel the need to pay lipservice to the magisterium. are they afraid of the magisterium? yes! but they're also afraid of the the authority, because they believe in the authority! they believe in the teachings of the church! they believe that heresy is an offense to the authority, not just an offense to the fascist power that rules their lives. there are notable exceptions, but they're exceptions.

imo presenting the magisterium to the viewers with the visual language of like, third reich germany, showing it as ~~Evil~ in an up-front objective way rather than an insidious-fabric-of-society way, showing its servants as having like the sole motive of controlling the populace for their own benefit rather than having the motive of pleasing and respecting an authoritarian god, skates past the point.

like in the novels is the magisterium meant to be evil? unquestionably yes! but representing that evil with the visual shortcut of IRL fascism rather than like... gradually revealing what/who the true enemy is in this universe... not a fan of that

like yeah in the show we get some characters, basically all of whom as i recall it are affiliated with the magisterium, having something like the fear of god in them, but like... it's not the same lol.

i just don't think that was effectively portrayed. and you know i'm sure a lot of that has to do with not wanting to provoke the irl religious populace significantly more than they inherently have to in making an adaptation of these books, because critiquing religious people is Quite different from critiquing a religious institution. and like okay that would be an irl constraint and i can respect it even if i don't like it, but i kiiiiinda get the impression that some of the people directly involved in this show were like, not really into that theme themselves.

and i can see why pullman would pragmatically compromise on that in order to bring forward what in most respects is a wonderful adaptation.

maybe i'll change my mind once i reread the books? my last reread was when i was a teenager and it's possible that it was this up front and just flew over my head and/or i forgot it

although having recently rewatched the first film, it strikes me as an adaptation that could have been great but was ultimately mired in outside forces' red tape in a way way way more obvious way — the good parts are really very good, you can tell that at points in the script there was a solid understanding of at least parts of the source material even if it isn't through the entire production, and i think the sense of it being so mild and sterilized for lack of a better word (as well as the ending which, don't get me started) and the tonal inconsistency is. intentional limitations from powers on high especially knowing how the production process went. sooooo many people feel threatened by this story and it reeeally shows in the film.

anyway you didn't ask for any of this but. you're welcome ajlkdsjfdsalkfsad

final note that actually addresses your ask: i definitely got Gay Vibes with those two from like my very first initial read and i'm still crazy about it like i'm crazyyyyy

#hdm tag

[thisdreamplace]

what is the point of coming onto a manifestation blog and essentially telling ppl there manifesting isn’t real 😭 mf we have literally experienced it working go somewhere else

NO ACTUALLY LMFAO like.... alright sooooo anyways,,,, back to regularly scheduled programming:

what are some things y'all have successfully manifested lately? :) Doesn't matter what it is, feel free to share!!!! hehe

A nice little success for me recently was that I randomly got the urge to go out to eat by myself, so I wanted this specific booth to sit at so I could watch my kdrama in peace while I ate. Plus, I went out right astlunch time which is a big no no for me, because I love beating the crowds. I eat early af I'm weird. lmao anyways, so of course, I know imagining creates reality so I decided it wasn't busy despite it being lunch time and the booth I wanted would be available. I arrived and it was slow as hell AND my booth was empty, waiting for me to occupy it. My meal slapped and I thoroughly enjoyed my kdrama. (Romance is a Bonus Book, I'm rewatching it for the 3rd time lmfaoooo when its good, its good!) 💖

#success

[mooifyourecows]

sup mooster, how are you? :)

also what are you currently watching? I started Squid Game after your post yesterday & it was sooo good (I cried)

Squid Game was sooooo good 👍

I picked up 'Midnight Mass' tonight but haven't even finished the first episode yet so I dunno if its good or not. I love Mike Flanagan but have mixed feelings about Stephen King soooo. And I hear theres some upsetting animal death so I KNOW thats gonna bother me

Ive also been watching the show 'You' because I'm currently drafting a story that has a stalker element and I thought hey, maybe the show will give me some ideas. I like the way its narrated, especially since the main character is such an unreliable narrator. Listening to how he tries to convince us that his actions are good and necessary while watching him do some pretty bonkers shit is entertaining

I also recently got HBO so I started the Harley Quinn show and I loooooooove it. Its so funny and great and I can't wait to watch more of it 🥰

For shows that are updating weekly on Hulu, you know I'm keeping updated with 'Archer' 🙏🙏😩🙏🙏

And 'Reservation Dogs'! Ack its so good and funny and wacky. Def recommend, 10/10

I recently finished up 'Chambers' on Netflix. It was pretty good too. Lots of interesting little plot twists~

Oh and the other week I finished up that show 'Clickbait' on Netflix. It was verrrry good. Its like your basic murder mystery kinda show but the way each episode creeps you along the plot by showing you the perspectives of all the characters just flowed really well 👌

Hmmmm, I know I've been watching more (other than my current rewatch shows like Malcolm in the Middle and Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia) but I can't think of them rn lmao

[ariyadaivaris]

- oh god vic please come back. where have you gone. we miss you

- NEW GEAR! NEW GEAR FOR TONY the track jacket is obviously new (its very cute i like the rolled up sleeves+tape up to wrists look a lot) and his new goofy lil emblem on his kneepads. also its the same candy red as ariya's. unbearable! i can't stand them. good for him

- "a red wedding of sorts, if you will" HUH? YOU CAN'T SAY THAT. WHY DID HE SAY THAT

- ARIYA DID THE SLASH ACROSS THE THROAT THING!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IT FEELS LIKE LIFETIMES SINCE HE'S DONE IT i love him. terrible. awful. scary <3

- the windup on ariya's elbow drops <3 he is a delight to watch...

- god i wish wish WISH 205 had some fucking storylines again!!!!!!!!!! i love tony and ariya and i love the bollywood boys, you know this, but if i have to watch another mostly directionless tag match that won't go anywhere or lead to anything because the cw division's plot-important stuff is relegated to nxt with an entirely different group of people and none of these guys are considered in high enough regard to reap the rewards of a division they built and carried on their backs for the last 5 years with NO fucking help or faith in them at all i'm going to go off the deep end. i would take an in-ring promo at this point. anything at fucking all   - commentary keeps pushing the "they're working harder than ever to get a title shot" thing and it's just so. i'm insanely depressed about it. does ANYONE genuinely believe, watching this, that they will ever be given a title shot? do the four men in this ring right now have any hope that they will ever see that title on their show again, never mind get a chance at it?   - ariya really isn't ever gonna be a champion is he. the division gets some steam and he's never going to be a part of it. i'm so mad all the time. lol

- its...a struggle to watch 205 recently. it is a struggle to do fucking anything recently but this especially is hard because 205 is like. My Thing. that is the one thing that i am in it for, this is the one thing i have to look forward to on a weekly basis, to mark the passage of time for myself. and i just can't keep doing this! watching alone, having to sustain interest on my own, ignoring the parts of the division that have things going on because its dudes ive never seen on 205 and have no interest in and because its a lot of miserable shitheels and predators that dubya considers relevant for reasons i will never understand (their loyalties have always been clear but given how little anyone cares about like, devlin, who has never done anything in dubya at all even if you ignore That, its like what tradeoff could possibly be worth this unless you want to just signal that you will protect abusers which EVERYONE KNOWS ALREADY), watching and desperately finding scraps of character development in reruns of the same three match configurations over and over and over again involving more dudes that you don't really care about even after all this time because they joined post-plot-or-character and its all with no build, no leadup, no EXCITEMENT, while everyone has already kind of moved on from it for reasons that seem better and better all the time. i don't want to let go of it or stop hoping because i WANT to see if anything happens, i care about ariya and tony's weird fuckin story arcs that much if anything and honestly i think letting go of it at this exact point in time is admitting a loss that i could not withstand at the present moment, but its so...i have to force myself to watch it at this point. and i know it all sounds sooooo pathetic because it is, but i'm just. im so tired!!!!!!!! im so fucking tired of it all

- OHHH SAMIR'S SAVE INTO THE NECKBREAKER OWNS

- ITS FUCKIN SUNIL TIME BABEY!!!!!!!!!! SUNIL SINGH EPIC MOMENTS COMPILATION!!!! GOLD STANDARD DOESNT STAND A CHANCE LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOOOOOOOO

- ariya tagging tony in and just kind of collapsing and rolling through the ropes to have a little lie-down on the apron. sunil singh unstoppable, undefeatable, cannot be survived

- ARIYA KNOCKED HIMSELF OUT ON THE POST. ARIYA

- TONY TWO KNEES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

- TONY GET CLEAN PIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ARIYA WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

- oh my guy ariya's not lookin too good lol

- he’s fine <3 (he IS okay if you are worried)

- oh now lorcan cares about the cruiserweight division again huh! interesting ^_^

- legado del fantasma should be allowed to do that. i think its okay

- i don't really care about him besides going huh, fun aesthetic i guess, but i like grey's entrance music a LOT. maybe it's just the vocals making it distinguishable from whatever new team is doing the themes and making them all the same boring generic hinting-at-metal pop punk instrumental shit. oh well

- commentary making suuuuuuuch a big deal over grey doing things The Right Way to beat mansoor and IF I DO RECALL CORRECTLY tony as well and ignoring that he cheated to beat ariya. ariya gets cheated out of the recognition he's earned once again i see...pretty sure grey wasn't doing it The Right Way when he put his feet on the ropes against the BACKBONE, the BLOOD, the SPINE of the cruiserweight division but whatever............

- you know what i miss? high flying. that thing that 205 was originally about showcasing in a lot of ways? where did that go (to the corner to sit through timeout for being too good apparently) god i miss lhp i miss cedric i miss babyface moose i miss angel and humberto and AKIRA!!!!...i even miss buddy...wails and gnashes my teeth. i miss alicia and kenta and lio and the kanellises though i am glad they are out of dubya. some of these people aren't high flyers which was the original point whatever i still miss them. i need to rewatch 205 so i can try to have fun and not freak out over just how much of it i have to skip over

-  he is so handsome <///3

- ariya is both very VERY interested in august cheating to beat him and furious that he's not cheating to beat anyone else. why WOULD he do that? he didn't care about it when he had to beat ariya. ariya's not the ONLY heel in the division, and not the only person who would cheat to win. august can position himself as righteous--he's doing things HIS way, after all--and noble, but ariya knows better. august is losing by doing this, too! he's not WINNING! he cares more about his principles than about the win, which is CERTAINLY news to ariya. turnabout is fair play against him, apparently, because It's Daivari and anyone can do anything to him and get off scot-free. ariya watches grey refuse to cheat against anyone else, and he listens and he is commended as a hero for it, and it is driving him up the wall to watch. of course, ariya getting humiliated and treated like shit by people who then get lauded as clean babyfaces who continue thinking of him as a dirty cheater beneath them as they do the same things is uh. he’s encountered it before

- "YOU blew it! you let your pride get in the way! YOU blew it! don't ever forget that!" HM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

- this is so fucking juicy. ariya ranks winning through any means above his pride! ariya would rather win dirty than lose clean. he's disgusted that grey won't use his brain to see that a win is better than a loss. ALSO! ariya going "you let your pride get in the way" is SO interesting! self righteousness as arrogance in his eyes feels very illuminating. NO he's not exactly PROUD of the shit he's done but it's the smart thing to do. he's survived, hasn't he? how many other cruiserweights could say that? did mustafa survive? did cedric? did akira? did their principles help them survive? did akira having his arm ripped off just to outlast ariya The Right Way do anything to help him in the long run? what good is doing things the right way when it is so so so fucking hard not to die in here already? on the other hand, ariya is also kind of proud at times! ariya's pride being wounded is what led to the huge character shift he went through to begin with. his pride got in the way of joining drew and tony on the same level and it got in the way of fixing things properly between him and tony until they had to grow back together, and when i say grow i mean it in the sense of...like...a tree. slow and deliberate and taking fucking forever. and it's still never been addressed out loud, really. when ariya says grey's pride got in the way of somethig, he has some idea of what he's talking about ugh. UGH!!!!!!!!! this is all so fascinating. ariya daivari top five characters of all time

#205 lb #meta tag #VERY fun episode for ariya this week. i DID have a good time please ignore the breakdown in the middle

[tenma-udai]

Did you start watching the Untamed recently?? Do you like it? What are your thoughts and whose your favorite character?

I HAVE BEEN WATCHING IT WITH @spookysp-ace AS MY CUTE LIL TOUR GUIDE AND I'M A LIL BIT OBSESSED HOLY CRAP like I really really really love it IT FEELS LIKE POETRY like so much of it comes back into play and is INTERWOVEN I HHHHHHSJHDIEHFKSNDKFJDKWKDO No spoilers I am still on ep 43 BUT I ALREADY WENT BACK TO REWATCH THE FIRST COUPLE EPISODES AND THERE'S???? SOOOOO MANY THINGS THAT ARE LIKE KILLING ME LIKE LITTLE DETAILS I DIDNT NOTICE HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

there's something so epic and tragic about so many elements and yet it never feels hopeless?? hhhhh I love Wen Qing and Wen Ning and I REALLY REALLY ove Wei Wuxian but like idk idk idk ITS LAN ZHAN BY A LONG SHOT he's just LAN ZHAN and he's YEARNING and HIS LIL STOIC FACE KILLS ME, THE WAY HE'S DEVOTED and like ???? Like I just every "Wei Ying" fucking SLAUGHTERS ME how does he say it with so much LOVE and CONCERN and the way he loves Wei Ying is so intimate and soft like he doesn't even have to say anything and I am like fuck oh my God there he is. THERE HE IS. like. the love interest energy is incredible

HHHHHHHHHHH like it's just so beautiful to look at too like I am not finished with the series and I am already like hhhhh more wait more I am like ✨✨✨✨✨ wow it's really good, like the timeline is way confusing at first and sometimes the effects are a lil eh, but the WRITING and the CHARACTER DRAMA and the way all these relationships feel dynamic and real and like ???? idk there's so much feeling behind everything it's perfect for my lil ADHD brain to hyperfixate on I am truly thriving

#THANK YOU FOR THE ASK I AM A LIL DYING TO YELL ABOUT THE UNTAMED #LIKE I WANNA FINISH SO BAD BUT I AM WAITING I WILL WAIT #cutieanon #gabbi has the answers #the untamed #wangxian holy shit wangxian WANGXIAN #listen i love akaashi spock and lan zhan we love gays who YEARN #we just love it when the stoic one is like BUT I LOVE HIM #i just watched episode 43 and spoilers holy fhck holYY FJCK HOLY FUCK #I KNOW THE UNTAMED WAS CENSORED BUT LIKE THEYRE REALLY LIKE THIS #////////////// spoilers for real but he really is like THIS WHOLE TIME I HAVE KNOWN IT'S WEI YING #like he's professing his love hes #like wei wuxian really tried to push him away and save his reputation and lan zhan was like BABY YOU'RE IT #HES SO RIDE OR DIE IT KILLS ME #thats him thats the one thats his match and his soulmate #and he'll fight the whole goddamn world to keep him if he has to #BANGS HEAD AGAINST THE WALL HSJFIDHEOEJE WANGXIAN BRAIN ROT

[mediawhorefics]

Hi!! long time listener first time caller here! I loved loved loved tired tired sea and your other works (but TTS remains my favourite) and I've just finished for which no words exist (even though I have never watched spn sometimes I read its fanfiction) and I adored it!! You have a way with words I'm constantly in awe of and your characters always feel full-fledged people to me. So this was just to say thank you for this and to ask you if you have any spn fic recs you might wanna share!!!💝💘💗

thank you anon <333 that means so much to me  🥺🥺

so, funnily enough, i’m actually VERY new to spn fics!!  i watched the show ten years ago and only just recently got back into it. i needed a show to rewatch while doing some embroidery and it was october sooooo. spook season, ghosts and stuff uh? i sure picked my moment.. rip i started fics about two weeks before nov. 5 2020 i had ZERO chance of getting out of that nonsense unscathed.

anyway, all of this means my rec list is very small so far. maybe YOU have recs for me?? lol still! i reblogged this rec a few days ago that has some good stuff on it, if that helps x 

#about me #nice people saying nice things #Anonymous

[courtneyranes-blog]

Hey hey people! I’m really excited about todays blog! So I’m sure you saw a few days ago Stephanie Meyers, aka the queen who gave us Twilight, is releasing another book for the twilight series and it comes out in August!! I am so super excited, I already preordered my copy and I can’t wait!! Anyway the whole point to talking about that was to bring up todays blog theme and its, my favorite Young Adult (YA) books!!! Most of these books are ones I read in high school that I still love to go back and read today. Also they are in no particular order!

The Twilight Series by Stephanie Meyer

Since we already started talking about this I might as well continue! So I love all of these books and the movies but my favorite book from the series that I’ve read multiple and have made notes in is the OG, Twilight! The book is sooooo much better than the movie, not that I don’t love the movie because I 100% do, but they just left so many amazing scenes front the book out of the movie! Especially my favorite one when Bella has to prick her finger for a dna test in school and ends up fainting and having to go to the nurses office and Edwards sees Mike taking her and decides to literally sweep Bella off her feet and carry her there *swoon*. I’m getting carried away, anyway, the Twilight series will forever hold a special place in my heart because its the first book series I ever read! P.S. I’m Team Edward!!

2. The Summer I Turned Pretty Series by Jenny Han

You might recognize the author for this series! She also wrote the To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before series, which will also be on this list, but before that series came my favorite coming of age teen girl romance novels! The first book, The Summer I Turned Pretty, came out in 2010 followed by two more books; It’s Not Summer Without You and We’ll Always Have Summer. These books are why I believe I’m so picky when it comes to guys and had really high expectations for summer vacation in High School. I mean this girl never thought of herself as pretty, as we all did back then, but had a huge crush on a boy she’s known basically her whole and when not only he starts giving her attention she’s not used to but his brother does as well, well she has no idea how to handle it or what to do! Will she fall for the sweet boy she’s always secretly loved or the bad boy who has secretly loved her? I guess you’ll just have to read them to find out! Also if I’m not mistaken, I think I recently heard a rumor that The Summer I Turned Pretty is being turned into a movie, which would be awesome!!

3. When It Happens by Susane Colasanti

This book, even though it came out in 2006, I didn’t discover it until my freshman year of high school and it honestly was my holy grail in high school. It’s all about first times with so many different things while going through high school, hence the title, and its just simply a great read! I think I’ve read it maybe 10 times in my lifetime and I would still read it over and over again. This is definitely a book I would love to experience again for the first time.

4. The Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins

I mean, who didn’t think these would make the list? I seriously believe these books are a right of passage for every pre-teen/teenager, boy or girl, out there! The Hunger Games came out when I was a freshman in High School and let me tell you, the hype was REAL! And very well deserved! These books are so good and I’ve read all three a few time through and actually just rewatched all the movies as well and since I hadn’t seen them in a hot minute it felt like I was watching them again for the first time! I don’t know if it’s because I’m older now since I first watched them but I feel like I was a lot more emotional watching them again a few months ago then I was when I saw them for the first time in theaters a few years ago! With the book to movie adaptation I think they did a really good job! And there is a fourth book coming on this month on the 19th called The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, which I’m pretty sure is supposed to be a prequel to the original Hunger Games book. I may or may not have pre-ordered my copy for this book as well and I can’t wait! I really hope it gets a lot of hype again to where they make it into a movie!!

5. To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before series by Jenny Han

My last but not least favorite YA book/series is of course To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before (TATBILB) If you have not read these books but have seen the Netflix movies, what are you doing with your life? Yeah the movies are super good and Noah Centineo is very yummy but the books are amazing!! But also I honestly can’t wait for the last movie because they have done a really good job so far with the other two movies! Funny story about TATBILB is I actually didn’t read these books until December 2017 I believe and when I really like a book I google to see if its being turned into a movie or tv series because, why not?! Anyway I just happened to get very lucky for this one because when I googled it they just happened to announce that it was indeed being turned into a Netflix original movie and to tell you I was obsessed when I found out was an understatement, just ask my friends. These books, and movies, are so well done and perfect for a high school romance read! Now I’ll be patiently waiting for the third movie while wearing my Team Peter Kavinsky crew everyday that I got from My Oh My Supply Co.

This was a fun blog post and a fun little photoshoot I did as well! I really like doing these kinds of blogs where I share my favorite things! Make sure you like this post and maybe even comment below if you’ve read any of these books! And Subscribe so you never miss a post!

For next Tuesdays blog I’m going to let you guys decide the topic, so in the comments below please let me know whether you’d like to see a blog about my Morning Routine (Quarantine Edition) or a blog about my Favorite Eyeshadow Pallets. Whatever one gets the most votes between the comments on here and the poll I have up on my Instagram story will be my blog post for Tuesday! Thank you so much for reading and as always...

Positive Vibes. Positive Mind✌🏻

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