#i'm almost to episode 20 I HAVE GOTTEN SO FAR

[featherstcnes]

all i've been doing the last 3 days is watching campaign 2 of critical role all day i love fjord so much he is my baby boy

#* ⟢ ━━ the stars and the moon. ( ooc ) #no thoughts head empty #i'm almost to episode 20 I HAVE GOTTEN SO FAR #*me holding fjord caleb and beau* they are mine

[tokiro07]

Undead Unluck ep.20 thoughts

[Almost as Long as One Piece]

(Contents: art direction/pacing - angry praise)

This is probably the best episode of the UU anime so far...

The brief vision of the future Anno Un saw for Fuuko, the addition of Andy and Fuuko approaching the park and seeing the stark transition into Autumn's territory, the slowed and subtle pacing of Anno Un's introduction, the horror of watching a man's face literally explode into the shape of a book, watching Andy's transformation into his own book stretch up into the heavens and bursting through the clouds...this episode had so much weight to it! They did such a good job on it!!!

BUT THEY CUT OUT FUUKO FLOPPING ONTO ANDY'S LAP ON THE PLANE!!!

AND FOR WHAT? TO SEE THE NOTORIOUSLY DRAWN-OUT SUNFLOWER SCENE FROM EPISODE SEVEN AGAIN???

ARE WE A JOKE TO YOU, YUKI???

EVEN IF YOU WANTED TO CUT TO COMMERCIAL RIGHT WHEN THE DUDE TRANSFORMED, YOU DIDN'T NEED TO DO THAT!!! YOU HAD SCENES YOU COULD HAVE DRAWN OUT! MORE YOU COULD HAVE ADDED! MORE YOU COULD HAVE GOTTEN TO! YOU DIDN'T NEED TO DO THAT!!!

I'm getting pretty tired of needing to say "this episode was great, BUT" every week, and this episode is easily the most jarring example of that. I guess I'm glad we only had to deal with two recaps this week, and one was fairly short, but the second was so egregious! To be fair, it was a recap that was technically in the manga, but the manga only had the teacher hugging Fuuko, not the entire god damn scene with the kids and her sacrifice and everything! You could have at least done the part where Andy asked "can [the zombies] turn back?" to illustrate the threat of people being transformed, then shown the hug and left out all of the completely irrelevant sections with the kids and such

If you put the plane scene back properly, cut down the flashback and then puff it back up with helpful information, then you could easily end up in the same spot. If you repair the plane scene and cut the flashback to just the hug, then you could probably get to the Junior being created or a little further by the break, and then the second half of the episode could end with Fuuko entering the book and catching us up with chapter 40

With all of that said, we did get through the remainder of chapter 38, all of 39, and almost all of 40 with minimal interruptions and multiple newly added scenes. It's clear that we're capable of clearing the rest of the arc in a timely manner and that it can be done in a way that's satisfying. Despite the annoyances, this episode perfectly illustrates everything that the UU anime could be, and I have to give it credit for that. I have to believe that there's something going on behind the scenes that I'm not privy to, that the weird choices are an attempt to compensate for something beyond anyone's control or a way to guarantee that the most important bits live up to their potential even if only in a vacuum. I greatly look forward to the day that I start seeing video essayists who know how to do the proper research elucidate me on the subject, because I'd love to be able to look back on the quirks of this series as a product of their circumstances rather than a baffling artistic choice

I do mean it when I say this is possibly the best episode so far. It's everything I wanted this adaptation to be while also being everything that I've had to accept that it is, warts and all. Expectation and reality all rolled together in one lovely and pitiable mess. I hope that the ensuing episodes will be able to sort out the kinks and provide the experience we dreamed of, but as long as we get episodes of this quality for the remainder, I think I can live with that

Assuming that it doesn't dip right back down next week

Until next time, let's enjoy life!

#undead unluck #fouryearsandananime #uu anime #4y1a reviews

[ourdramaqueen]

Fic Tag Game

I was tagged by @suchaladyy 🌸

20 questions:

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

55, divided into fandoms as follows: Wednesday (TV 2022) (24) The Boys (TV 2019) (21) The Lord of the Rings (8) Sin City - All Media Types (1) Almost Human (TV) (1)

2. What’s your AO3 word count?

368,862

3. What fandoms do you write for?

See #1. Currently only Wednesday, though I do hope to get back into The Boys soon, and I still have some unpublished LotR WIPs that I'd like to actually finish sometime...

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

Private Tutor

Kinktober Day 8: Shaving (The Boys, Butcher/Hughie)

Kinktober Day 2: See-through (The Boys, Butcher/Hughie)

Kinktober Day 18: Rough Sex (The Boys, Butcher/Hughie)

How do I passive-agressively say ‘fuck you’ in flower?

5. Do you respond to comments?

Yes! I really appreciate when readers take the time to post a comment, so I always answer at least with a brief "thank you".

6. What’s the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

Defintiely the whole Closer series (LotR, Frodo/Éomer) because it is mostly canon compliant, so it ends with Frodo going into the West. 😭My Rough Sex series (The Boys, Butcher/Hughie) is also fairly angsty by its nature as a series of mildly canon divergent gap filler fics following through the episodes of S1 and S2 (so far).

7. What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

I think pretty much anything apart from the above two series? Well, apart from the Struck by a Bolt series (The Boys, Butcher/Hughie), which has the potential to go either way.

8. Do you get hate on fics?

I haven't gotten outright hate, but certainly a few rude/entitled/"clearly hasn't read the tags or the end note despite me recommending to in the a/n at the beginning" comments.

9. Do you write smut? What kind?

LOL! All kinds. Soft, kinky (probably more kinky), some a bit dark. I seem to enjoy my ships a little fucked up.

10. Do you write cross-overs?

I don't have a proper crossover on my AO3 (see #12 for the reason why I specify it like this), though I'd love to write one sometime since I love reading them. The closest I've come is Kinktober Day 15: Monster Fucking (The Boys, Butcher/Hughie), which is heavily Beauty and the Beast inspired.

11. Have you ever had a fic translated?

Yes! Little Brother was translating Private Tutor into Russian, though they haven't updated it in a while.

12. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

Oh yes! In fact, the first fics I posted online were cowritten with two (originally three, but one of then dropped out shortly after we'd started) friends, though under a different pen name and in a crossover of two small fandoms (with additional ones sneaking in here and there). I haven't written for that series in at least 15 years, though I still have fairly extensive notes for a trilogy of stories centered around my OC and I'd love to get back to that eventually.

But more recently, I've cowritten Line Without a Hook with erraticallyinspired (holyfudgemonkeys), who afaik isn't on Tumblr, and An Addams Family Guide to Kidnapping with @nonamemanga. I'm currently working on something with @suchaladyy, and who knows what and who will be next? It's a lot of fun!

13. What WIP would you like to finish but doubt you ever will?

Oof! I only have unpublished WIPs which I'm not sure if I'll ever get to finish them. Mostly for LotR.

14. What’s your all time favorite ship?

I really can't choose. Go look at my bookmarks on AO3, LOL!

15. What are your writing strengths?

Oh boy. Um. I think I've figured out quite well how to show character through smut, as well as to distinguish characters from one another by how they behave and talk.

16. What are your writing weaknesses?

Hmm... Sometimes I get bogged down in details, though I've gotten much better at catching myself now. Oh, paragraphs of really long sentences, but again, I've improved a lot there. 😆

17. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic?

Absolutely, as long as I'm confident in the language or have someone who's a native/fluent speaker to help me with it.

18. First fandom you wrote for?

Are we talking wrote for myself, or published? Because I started as a teenager in the 80s, writing your typical Mary Sue self-inserts starring my favorite celebs, like Nick Rhodes from Duran Duran, by hand on notepads...

19. Favorite fic you’ve ever written?

Nope, still can't choose, sorry!

20. What fic would you want to rewrite one day?

There's one story from my first cowriting experience I mentioned in #12 that I would dearly love to rewrite because the constant POV changes are driving me nuts when I read it now! I don't think there's anything that's currently on my AO3 that I feel the need to rewrite.

I don't know who's been tagged or not, so if you haven't been but want to participate, consider yourself tagged!

#fic tag game

[piracytheorist]

Hello! Basically, a thought came in my mind and i thought I'll share 🐱🐱

I absolutely LOVE spy x family and I'm desperately waiting for new manga chapters and anime adaptations frfr

But... is it just me or is the story progressing too slow?? I know you've seen only what the anime has covered so far, but pls do tell me what you think about it's pace! I think it's priority is to be this happy-happy(help is this even a word😭) anime and the story def gets sidelined due to that, ofc i love cute anya and everyone but I need more development!!

Hi!! Feel free to share any time!

I can't talk about the manga because even though I've gotten some spoilers here and there, I don't actually know how its pace has been. What I can say though is that I feel there was some sort of... "pause" between the Doggy Crisis Arc and the Campbelldon arc. Like episodes 16 to 20 (and the respective manga chapters) are undeniably fillers. If I dare to make an assumption about Endo's thought process for them, is that he had a solid idea of how to develop the story up to the Doggy Crisis arc, then saw how popular his manga was getting and went like "Oh shit people like this I have to prolong this. I need a bit to come up with the rest of the plot and development so have a few fillers for a few weeks thx."

I don't know a lot about the upcoming arc in the next anime season, but I have heard that it's pretty packed with action and development. What I miss a lot, especially seeing Yor's screen time overall in the first season, is more focus on her. Like, it's almost criminal how little time and focus she's gotten, and I'm right here expecting much more of it in the second season 👀👀

All that said, I think one of the themes of the story is itself the slow progress. Operation Strix is a long-term mission, and the family dynamics need time to develop. When you see how disciplined Twilight is and how detached from his feelings he's become, it would seem a little rushed to just have him go like "Wow I love them I guess" from one arc to the other. It needs slow build-up and development. Fanfic can be as quick-paced as one wants it to be - like, I've written a time loop fic where Twilight realizes, accepts and embraces his feelings for his family by the tenth repeat of the same day. I'm not one to talk XD - but the theme of the canon story itself is to take things slow. We're meant to focus on the family moments because it's what humanity is build for. Sure, action and fight scenes look cool in fiction, but Spy x Family seems to be the kind of story that goes like "Humans are meant to live in harmony with each other" and while war themes or action scenes can be used to show how war and violence can corrupt even the best of us, at the end we're humans and we're brought into this world for calm and peaceful moments with our loved ones.

I don't know if that's satisfying for you, it's perfectly fine if it isn't, but from what I've gathered from the anime episodes and the spoilers I've gotten here and there, heavy action and tension don't seem to be what Endo wants to make a note of. It's what we do in the between and how more of ourselves we are within a loving, peaceful environment. So in all my effort to not be patronizing, I'd say you should try to lower (or at least prolong) your expectations about a quicker pace in the story. For all we know developers have seen what a cash cow this story is and are pressuring Endo to prolong it so they can milk it for all it's worth. This can be either a good or a bad thing, depending on how it's handled. My one hope is that he won't get too tired of it before he has the chance to take it to the next stage (like bring on Identity RevealsTM and Feelings RealizationTM) and conclude the story. For his sake, if nothing else.

Thank you for sending in! I realize this can be a bit of a complicated matter, but I'm interested in talking about it :D

#ask and ye shall receive #Anonymous #sxf

[ncisfranchise-source]

CBS ratings juggernaut NCIS returned to our screens tonight with the first of 10 episodes that star Wilmer Valderrama says “might shock a lot of people.”

In the crime procedural’s season 21 premiere, Valderrama’s character, former lone-wolf agent Nick Torres, copped to the murder of his family’s childhood tormenter after learning the man was victimizing another mother and son.

“Something breaks,” he tells EW. “Something breaks in Torres’ heart. It's almost like he's been waiting for this moment for way too long.”

Torres' actions in “Algún Día” set up a run of episodes abbreviated by the Hollywood labor strikes that Valderrama says may cause jaws to drop. “The fact that we have a shortened season allows us to be like, “Can this be the season where every episode is like crazy?”

Below, the That '70s Show alum talks moving away from the case-of-the-week, yukking it up with Gary Cole, and saying goodbye to David McCallum, who died in September at 90.

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: The season 20 finale closed with Nick Torres holding a mysterious man from his past at gunpoint. How did it feel to be the cliffhanger character who kept audiences speculating during the hiatus?

WILMER VALDERRAMA: We were working on that season finale the whole season. We were talking, having a lot of conversations about, “What is the season?” And I have this crazy idea: Why don't we send Torres to prison? And then we worked backward from that. Like, why would he be there? So we ran with it, and we were able to build something that was really interesting and it was still sustainable for our season finale. 

We've gotten glimpses of his past over the last several seasons, but “Algun Dia” gave us maybe the deepest look at that family history that we've gotten so far. Is it different for you to hit those beats compared to the quips and the crime-solving that you do with a more standard episode?

It's refreshing. It's just really refreshing. Moving forward, we're going to lean a little bit heavier on the souls and the hearts of our lead characters. I feel like our audiences have been so giving and so beautiful to just tune in and watch us and watch these characters. For the actors, it’s very refreshing to exercise all of our muscles to really, really go there and to really find the root of your pain, your trauma, or your patterns.

And the relationship between Parker and Torres is also going to evolve a little bit more. I talked to the showrunners and I was like, you have Gary Cole, who’s a comedic genius, and then you have me, which I have some, you know, comedy experience in my past too.

A little bit, yeah.

And I was like, why are we not doing this, dude? Why are these two characters not running wild in the field? And they loved the idea. There’s some laugh-out-loud stuff that we're about to do that’s really unique for NCIS. With NCIS there are some funny moments and then you're back to the complexity and the darkness of these cases. In this episode, we just went for the comedy, like, let's make it really funny, but not compromise the tonal DNA of our show. 

You sound really excited about these upcoming ten episodes of the season.

I am very excited. I'm excited because this is the rare opportunity where a show that by the grace and the love of the fans has the runway to try things. We're going to swing in directions that are a lot more personal and a lot more high-concept. It's still very much grounded in the mothership. We're not doing unnatural stuff for our characters, but we are really exploring storylines that I think could really help the following seasons

The second episode of the season is going to deal with the death of David McCallum and honoring Ducky by jumping into an unsolved case of his. What was the experience of filming that episode like for you and for the rest of the cast who’ve been working with him for so long?

It's tough. We needed that episode. As much as our audiences want to have a tribute, for us, the actors, this was our humble way of saying goodbye. All the way up to the last scene I did with him, the dude knew what he was doing. He'd come in and then they said, “Action,” and he’d never drop a line. I mean, I was in awe, and it reminded me that we should always do more and that we should always swing harder. That's the only thing you'll take with you is the commitment you gave your art, and that's something I feel he reminded us all. 

Ducky’s episode is going to be, I think, not just emotional, but it'll be a journey. Brian Dietzen is writing it, and I couldn't imagine anyone else really handling that memory the way that he did. There’s beautiful stuff happening in that episode.

In the premiere, Torres fights off a cell block’s worth of angry Russians and then ends up slightly shivved. So I'm curious, which is more stressful: filming the fight scene or filming the shirtless scene afterward?

[Valderrama, whose character is shown shirtless and bandaged in a prison hospital bed, laughs and covers his eyes with his hand]

That’s a great question. They both have a great deal of pressure. It's funny, you know, I pride myself in just loving getting to the gym and staying fit and all of that stuff, but in my career I've never been the guy that does the shirtless stuff. Am I confident doing shirtless stuff? Sure. I'm not insecure about that stuff, you know? But I've just never been that guy. 

I love doing my own stunts. I have a great partner, Brennan Mejia, who does some really difficult stuff for me, but I felt like I needed to do that [fight scene] because you need to understand how dangerous that moment was for him. And then, afterward, when they tell me, “Hey, do you mind wearing this?” I'm like, “I know what you're doing, sure, fine.” It was silly, and obviously my costars had a lot of fun with that.

I bet they did. 

They made a lot of fun of me. It was funny. But I don’t feel pressure for either one. I feel happy to do what it takes for the story. But sometimes it doesn’t take that to tell the story, and somehow it’s still on the page.

This is my favorite combination of the cast in years. I mean, it's been through so many, but the chemistry that you all have right now, it’s working.

I agree with you 100%. That's why I can't wait for people to see this this season. We're literally finishing each other's sentences, and the level of difficulty to pull off the stuff that we're doing, it’s so high, and somehow this cast is making it amazing. And it's been a joy. It's been a joy to spend all that time with these incredible individuals.

#ncis #interview

[gg-carboxylase]

This is from a media analysis standpoint, not a criticism of the actors. I love absolutely all the actors in Only Friends. They are legitimately all of my faves. Please, if you don't understand why media analysis exists, I'm not the blog for you.

I'm almost shocked that so far we have gotten filthier kisses from ForceBook and NeoMark. Almost.

And you know what? GOOD FOR FirstKhaotung for having boundaries and keeping to them if that's what was the cause. I'm good with that. Khaotung said it was hard to play / act that scene. (ref: Twitter Space 8/19 translation from FKT OFC, by @/_SB95X)

I had a mild suspicion that they would be the ones that wouldn't get super filthy and I think they will continue to be US weeknight TV appropriate.

The struggle with that scene is evident. There are 21 cuts in 36 seconds. That's... A lot. P'Jojo says that, "This couple gives a rock vibe so their sex scene was not that smooth." (ref: same Twitter space, same translation, same user.)

Now I love P'Jojo but that's an absolutely absurd explanation for these cuts. They aren't jump cuts like you'd get in a MV or similar sequence. They're trying to look smooth.

What I think is the explanation was put forward by my friend, the ever fabulous @crowie. Here is a screenshot of the fan translation of that same Space:

P'Jojo wasn't on set that day, and I'm not sure P'Ninew was either. Luckily, with everything being digital, you can film for 20 minutes of mess and cut the best parts together, which is what looks like might have been done with this. And that's a blessing. It's still a mess, and really, there's two camps here and it's fine if you like it!

Khaotung posted this photo on Twitter during the episode:

As predicted, First is absolutely about to combust. I also do not remember Khaotung's tattoo being that high, so those jeans might just be indecently low waisted.

Not a fan of the song they chose for them, but you can't win the soundtrack lottery all the time, either.

I saw someone on Twitter call their scene the hottest makeout scene in a BL ever and... Champs. It was good. You know what? Their scene in Our Skyy 2 might have actually been hotter. It definitely was not the hottest thing that's been put to digital media for BL.

Yes we love FirstKhaotung, but we can't let that get in front of what is actually going on, you know? We need to be impartial when we're doing analysis here.

YMMV, obviously. Feel free to tell me why it was the hottest thing with supporting evidence other than because.

#SandRay #first kanaphan #khaotung thanawat #Khaotung's hip tattoo #Pretty good kissing #OFTS #only friends #only friends the series #only friends series

[blysse-and-blunder]

in lieu of spring cleaning

11pm monday, april 3, 2023

family in town this week! i've been vacuuming! and cleaned the bathroom! funny how the title of these posts is starting to turn into a pattern, where the X in 'in lieu of x' is becoming an obligation more and more often...i guess as befits a fun little side project that i keep up instead of doing other things? even though it didn't start out with that sense in mind? curious. spoilers for some of the early episodes of dimension 20: neverafter, baru cormorant 3. and the first three episodes of ted lasso season 3!

reading having fun with baru 3 again. the masquerade ball (a masquerade ball! in a series about masks!) was v fun for me. the dialogue lately between barhu and heingyl and iscend and even aminata and shao lune has been great. seeing tau-indi back in action has changed everything. watching aminata fucking evolve and change her position and go against her earlier principles is so really excellently done. i hope to finish this up, since i have a backlog of things now on my phone and piling up next to my bed physically, nona (and rereading harrow) and jasmine throne and the golden enclaves and more, not to mention more victoria goddard and the rest of what we all long for and my various malingering libby loans which i keep asking to be delivered later....

watching caught up on the first new episodes of series 3 of ted lasso this weekend, and oh wow i've missed this show. i have inchoate emotional thoughts about roy + keeley, and about ted and his family shit, about rebecca and ted clashing over the need to 'fight back' as the season progresses, over the nate of it all, but i think none of that has surprised me? i'm here for it, but it's not unexpected (even the roy/keeley situation, that was flagged at the end of the last series). what has so far surprised me, in the sense that, i am pleased to see the show introducing new complications and layers and avenues of inquiry, has been shandy, keeley in management and how that's going, trent's book and watching him relate to roy (that scene with the review, aghhh) and watching them realize that they have the memory, the history of the sport, that beard and ted don't have, the roy and jamie scenes, the way jamie has been really great actually? especially seeing him react to zava? and finally, the chance to get to know colin. we've gotten to know isaac a bit, and sam a lot, and i am here for this deep dive into a new player. and it's not just because he's the welsh player, or the closeted player, i've always had a soft spot for colin and i'm excited to see more of him! and i'm worried for him now, but... not that worried because he is, after all, a strong and capable man. also, because this is apparently the final season, i have some...what's the opposite of trepidation. about how things will go. sure, there will be surprises and probably some heart-wrenching stuff but whatever will happen, will happen with a sense of finality, if that makes sense.

(this is a very silly picture, but it has trent and zava in it whereas most of the cast shots don't, so.)

listening an almost constant stream of dimension 20: neverafter, every time i'm outside the house. i'm still only just through episode 5, trouble in tuffeton, so it's a good thing i'm not waiting to watch these with the video-- having the dropout subscription has enabled me to stream just the audio, which is better for commuting and also is i think good for me this season-- as much as i'd like to see people's faces, the maps and whatnot, the minis are a little immersion-breaking. i may go back to watching alongside an hour or two of stardew, now that i have access to my games again, hooray. anyway i'm obsessed with lou, with zack, with noticing and really appreciating murph? all of a sudden? as a player and as someone playing a character who is flawed and still very funny. ally beardsley my beloved. the premise for this season was exciting to me, and then the multiverse / stories within stories flavor was...less so, it feels like well-trodden fairy-tale territory at this point to get so meta about storytelling, but the more i listen the more i am surprised and pleased by brennan's choices and how these reinterpretations are achieved. i love pitting the princesses against the fairies. i love the overlap between the characters' backstories (pinocchio's mother being the bad fairy!?) and everyone doing so fucking well at being both players who Know Things and unreliable narrators as their characters who Couldn't Know.

playing got to hang out with the lovely @floragraph and play a little stardew valley today! it's been so nice to dip back in, now that my laptop is fixed and functional again. also revisited pentiment with @dimir-charmer and we've absolutely run down the clock on this one bit without a satisfactory solution, and it's stressful! this is a good game!! and finally, d&d yesterday was a riotous delight, a run-in with the fantasy pinkerton detectives, and now a horse-chase. what a good game.

making fucked around in the kitchen yesterday while on the phone with an old friend, and together we concocted an interesting soup, using a quarter of a japanese pumpkin i had. roasted, pureed, mixed with sage and cream and ginger and a bit of roasted carrot...you get the picture. a solid B+ for totally improvised soup. totally improvising soup and adding little things to taste until it arrives at Pleasant, Actually always reminds me of my gran.

working on a bunch of things that aren't actually my work, which is starting to cause a bit of stress. applied for a funding award last week, while also sitting down with a couple of profs to talk about my rejected paper and where to send it next and how to amend it (which i have yet to do), though, so there's that. put several hours into paid work for my RAship though, that felt good. i also filed a bit of paperwork that ended up being easy but was frustrating in the moment, which i can consider a win. i need to finalize and book a bunch of summer travel things, start and finish my taxes, make these revisions and do so in a timely manner so that i can send the drafts to the people who need to read them.... but it all feels sort of far away and dreamy in comparison to the last few weeks of march, for better or for worse. instead, i have begun duolingo dutch and looking up travel phone plans in the netherlands...!

#in lieu of a commonplace book #ilcb #weekly roundup

[llycaons]

ep50 (2/4): family time - tying up loose ends and revealing secrets

aw man :( he clearly wants to, so badly. I'm really heartened by this, actually. jc telling him not to go will only work for so long, and jl has always been rebellious. he loves wwx. I think he's gotten over a lot of his embarrassment about showing him that, too. and wwx has been freed from a lot of the guilt associated with jzx's death, so I imagine he'll be even more ready to interact. they have a relationship waiting for them in the future. that warms my heart more than almost anything else in the finale

this scene is so gorgeous. I don't care that it's full summer out there, right now it's autumn and that's relevant metaphorically! season of change, season of death, season of endings. a beautiful season

jc is mocking wen qing's last words and wwx's advice, but the thing is...yes. yes. if he wants a relationship with wwx, there's going to be pain to work through. there's going to have to be forgiveness too, on both sides. there's going to have to be gratitude. that's what it means to be two imperfect human beings who care about each other in an flawed world. and that's true for anyone jc could want to have a relationship with, not just wwx. if he persists in this, he's dooming himself to isolation

have I mentioned I love jin ling

ah, l Iove this shot. the raised hand, the threat. but he doesn't hit jin ling. I mean, it's indicated he hadn't really before either, but the framing makes it significant. this is a change. these things will fall away and be gone. the tone for this scene is so melancholy

jin ling's persistence ♥♥♥♥ him never shutting up might be a significant factor in their reconciliation. also, the other translation said 'bullshit' instead of 'lies' for his next line. I like that better. let jin ling say bullshit!!!

oh god, I'd almost forgotten. it's such whiplash to be thrown 20 years, 35 episodes into the past. months in real time. but what happened back then still matters, it still impacts the characters in the present. and jc, for once in his life, acted completely selflessly for wwx. he offered himself in wwx's place. and for all the things he held over wwx's head, he never, never brought it up to him. fuck

this is such a gorgeous shot

believe it or not, I only cried once this episode and it was here. MAN. the complicated relationship, the love and grief and bitterness and anger. the single tear. the well-wishing to someone too far gone to hear it. I'm proud of him for this. it's real growth. now if they'd only communicate...

I've seen posts positing that wwx's ending isn't actually a happy ending and in fact he truly wanted to just stay with jc, but I find those narrow-minded and simplistic. he misses LP terribly and of course he cares about jc, but the story is about moving forward, about moving onward and recovering despite the terrible things that happen. wwx needs to heal, and he needs to do it somewhere where he'll be allowed to flourish, and that certainly can't be with jc or at LP. there's been too much between them, and jc isn't ready for it

I also think it's complicated. I think you can want something, or miss something, while knowing it's not the right choice for you. if jc offered his position back to him at that very instant, I don't think wwx would have taken it. I also don't think wwx needs any one thing to be 'truly' happy, whatever that means. I don't think any one thing could guarantee it. I don't think true, uncomplicated, perfect existential happiness even exists, not in the way it's described in those posts. I think the wwx of 20 years ago and the wwx of the present day are at different point in their lives, and they need different things. I don't even think wwx's only or most important goal is his own happiness. but we do know that he likes being with lwj, that lwj supports and protects him, that he's closer now with lwj than probably with anyone else, that they trust each other mutually, that he left with lwj, and it's with lwj he wanted to stay.

speaking of which...

I do think he's happy, here. playing with his flute was something he did as a careless young master, and it's nice to see that innocent playfulness back

he's so excited to hear what lwj had to say...he probably thought lwj would confess (finally) and then seeing lzx and wen ning like UGH 🙄 always getting in the way of my lwj time, those two

I was such a mess first watching this. cried like a baby

HAPPY TEARS FOR WWX!!! FINALLY!!!!

LMAO. immediately after lwj is like 'you taught him too 🥰' he says this

oho! I have previously dismissed lsz as rather boring, but he does indeed have a rascally streak!

more soulful staring, their favorite couple activity. along with fighting

YES. after all the injustices and cruelties the wens have suffered, they can finally rest in peace, honored by their remaining family and remembered by one wen ning

also...I wish we'd been able to hear lwj and lsz's conversation bc is lsz really not angry at ALL that lwj lied to him his entire life??? but I geuss it's not relevant to wwx's journey, so

wwx offering to come might have been for his own sake as much s for wen ning's sake, but I like that wn pushes back. it's not rejection, it's reassurance. wwx, this is no longer your burden. leave it and rest. we will never forget what you did, but you no longer have to bear these lives

and this too!! I worry about wen ning being alone, but he's also not been truly independent...ever? I'm glad for him, that he'll find his own way. maybe he'll collect distant family members of the wens, or take care of kids, or grow a garden. something in a community, something that he can build. wwx brought him back to live this life, and he's going to live it no matter what kind of body he's living it with

wwx waving with his dizi 🥺 like he did with jyl all those years ago. it's sweet, it's familial it's fun. for all I said before, I think it's clear that wwx is so happy in this part of the episode

our good-byes to the wens, a central family in the plot and character arcs of almost every single major character. the only two left, off to clean their ancestral tombs and mourn their long dead. a bittersweet ending for an entire family, but not quite so bleak as it could have been. and it's through the cracks that these kinds of stories survive. compared to what could have been, two people are everything

#cql re-rewatch

[shiftingfrom---andback]

Oh my gosh, I have not done an update here in a WHILE.

So. Uh. Hi.

First thing, I minishifted! Well, technically minishifting is just shifting for short amounts of time, and that's definitely what I did. Most of this is central to my OUAT DR.

Basically I just shifted to my OUAT DR Truck, and was so horrified (because I wanted to shift to Granny's bed and breakfast, but was way too into my truck design, so that's where I went) that I said my safeword and came back immediately.

Another thing, is that I've gotten a few memories from my OUAT DR, one was during the musical episode, which I was in the enchanted forest and it was overall so awkward because there was music playing almost all the time. But now that I think about it, I did script there was background music just because Regina's theme SLAPS.

But anyways, most of my memories are based on things I had never thought of before, like when Emma and I were homeless at like 7 or 8 years old, or meeting Rumplestiltskin and he was... well he was utterly insane. Literally only wanted one this, but never talked about it (it being getting back to his son, poor bastard).

But yeah, I also asked for a sign from my OUAT S/O, Killian. The sign was a cardinal, and man oh man, have I been seeing cardinals EVERYWHERE. I also asked from Neal/Baelfire for the sign of a yellow beetle (like Emma's car, it's a very uncommon car where I live, and I normally only see one a year), and I've seen about 20 in the span of a week. So I think I'm pretty close to getting there.

I listened to the first subliminal that popped up on my youtube feed to try to shift last night and gave an honest effort. I think it started to work because I started to see a night sky behind my eyes, and was feeling the symptom of swinging and spinning. I don't know what else to say about that, but yeah.

Anyways, thanks for reading the ramble, I'm really glad I've gotten this far. To all yall shifters, you will shift, I will shift, everyone will shift. Peace out ✌️

#desired reality #reality shifting #shiftblr #shifting to ouat #shifting to once upon a time

[harrycrozby]

I posted 6,450 times in 2022

That's 3,044 more posts than 2021!

171 posts created (3%)

6,279 posts reblogged (97%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@sweetoothgirl

@emziess

@prideandprejudice

@edwardslovelyelizabeth

@sugarplumsfairy

I tagged 6,447 of my posts in 2022

#photography - 1,465 posts

#stranger things - 860 posts

#bridgerton - 688 posts

#s4 - 527 posts

#bridgerton s2 - 502 posts

#stranger things s4 - 481 posts

#movies - 420 posts

#dune - 325 posts

#dune 2021 - 316 posts

#timothee chalamet - 299 posts

Longest Tag: 130 characters

#i'm going to be grateful forever to denis villeneuve that he cast tim as paul and how because of it he brought me tim into my life

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

See the full post

193 notes - Posted October 24, 2022

#4

Nicola and Luke via their stories (4/4/2022)

When the actors are shipping their characters as a couple themselves and are also promoting #polinweek to supprt their fans. - What is there more to dream of and hope for then having such actors to portray your fave characters ❤.

213 notes - Posted April 4, 2022

#3

See the full post

302 notes - Posted November 16, 2022

#2

See the full post

317 notes - Posted July 20, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

Ohh my, this season was a let down. Damn. I wanted to love or at least really, really like it...

But after watching - and skipping many minutes of each episodes because I wasn't interested in so many of the side plots - I'm so sorry that I have to say this and it's not because the season was so different from s1, how in general the story was told.

I have expected something more, something different.

There is too much of everything and too less of everything at the same time. Does that make sense?

Why so many side plots? Why that Featherington side story? Why adding so much drama? Wasn't there enough?

There was not enough time for Kate and Anthony themselves in their own story, instead of making them marry at the end they could have gotten married the same way, without showing us, but after that at least how their life together looked like. This I like/ love you but can't be with you took far toooo long!

I also dislike many of the changes, they just don't feel right. Yes, I know that adaptations differ from books, but why the drama between Pen and Eloise? Why does Eloise have to know?

Honestly, that's such a major change! For Pen's and Colin's story cause he is the one who finds out and who wants to protect Pen and she was able to keep that secret for a decade, that fact is an impotent part of their story, know they took this away from them. And Pen and Eloise not being friends anymore? They were the (almost) only good thing in this season.

At least we got some Polin scenes. At first I wasn't sure what to think of them. Colin still seems to be slow on the uptake, but fine if Pen is only a friend for him. Ok.

But then the more time past by, you could feel that somethings changed. Colin always had that way of looking at Penelope, for example when he arrived back home after his trip and Pen was there with the whole family. But at some point it was like he was looking at her differently, as if they made some baby steps forward.

Hope they won't be ruined when Colin finds out what Pen did, if Eloise will tell him, if - well we don't know that. So let's hope she won't.

364 notes - Posted March 25, 2022

Get your Tumblr 2022 Year in Review →

#tumblr2022 #year in review #my 2022 tumblr year in review #your tumblr year in review

[gaykarstaagforever]

My DM got me to start watching The Blacklist on Netflix. It's pretty good, for what is utterly a NBC network television drama from 10 years ago.

If like me, you always wanted to see James Spader be Lex Luthor...well, that is 100% what this show is. And that's great. Kudos to Warner Bros for never making that officially happen, you dipshits.

Megan Boone is...a lady cop on a network TV show. She is entirely adequate, when she isn't being forgettable. Whether that is mid acting or just the material I can't tell.

It very much feels like the 10-season American blowout of a BBC show that would have gotten two series of 10 episodes each, which would have been way darker and focused more on the central premise and been more hilariously acerbic than this is. This is an original American series, but MAN does it feel like it isn't.

I would prefer the English original that doesn't exist. I don't like American network television. Even when it's good, it is bloated and sexless and thinks I'm stupid and old and is cheaply violent, when it isn't being boring. The Blacklist is better than average, but it is not immune from any of this.

5 episodes in, so far there have only been like two scenes of people typing real fast on Sony Vaio laptops while random windows of code open and close nonsensically on screen. And one was an episode about what I think they think hacking is. It's bad, but less bad than CBS would have done it.

There is a running subplot about how Liz's husband is probably a secret assassin, and she of course won't just confront him about this or call the FBI that she works for about it, because we have to waste time on this pointless crap for 15 minutes of every 45 minute episode.

I do not care. You have a great central premise. Just do that. You are taking away from it with this garbage 1970s failed pilot crap. This is already a show about a supervillain tricking the FBI into helping him murder people he doesn't like. Like, that's good enough. Just do that.

Also does EVERY American network show about a lady cop have to spend time whinging about the status of her uterus? This was 2013. Why do you assume I'm constantly yelling "WHY ISN'T SHE PREGNANT YET??" at the screen? Is it because I'm supposed to be 73 and hate books? Because I bet that's why.

Also half of almost every episode is someone doing some exhaustingly boring action in real-time while stock dramatic music plays, because that is cheaper to film than car chases and stabbings. I realize this is TV, but I am allergic to watching repeated sequences of people walking and getting into cars and going in and out of buldings to zero interesting end while the music pretends something noteworthy is actually happening.

I call it the "24 effect," because that stupid show from a million years ago was 98% that, and it was TORTURE. Please don't do that. Do anything but that. Just an unbearable waste of my life. It is the only thing worse than unfunny sitcom jokes.

So far I give it a 7 out of 10.

I will also not be watching all 10 of these seasons, because my policy is that any show on longer than 3 seasons is...well, don't do that. If you can't tell a meaningful story in that time and move on, you're just fucking around for money.

Yes I realize "fucking around for money" is all American television does, which is why you get these shows that have been on for 20 years and stopped being anything 2 years in. Like I said, I don't like American network television. I'm playing in a hostile playground, here.

Still. Good for what it is, for as long as I've watched it.

God, this promo image.

American network promo images are their own weird genre. Like, "We need to attract attention, but also...what if grey? Like if grey was a smell? Do that."

What emotions are on their faces here? Why is the answer "none"?

This image certainly lacks the flair and creativity what Midjourney would give you if you typed "cop show, for Nebraska" into it.

I am endlessly fascinated by such expensive mediocrity. Just amazing.

#the blacklist #abc #james spader #network television #tv show review #personal

[bi-bard]

Carry On - Winchester Brothers Imagine (Supernatural)

Title: Carry On

Characters: Sam and Dean (father figures), Castiel (father figure of sorts), Jack (romantic)

Requested: Nope

Word Count: 3,331 words

Warning(s): SPOILERS FOR THE END OF SUPERNATURAL, character death, cussing, sobbing, a lot of pain

Summary: (Season 15, Episode 20) After losing Jack and Castiel, (Y/n) thought it was over. However, even when he doesn't have power, Chuck seems to have a twist written in his story.

Author's Note: Here it is. The promised finale rewrite. I am using the plot that I used in the script rewrite that I did. WHICH IS NOW UP AND YOU SHOULD READ IT BECAUSE IT'S NEARLY 30 PAGES AND TOOK ME A WHILE TO WRITE IT!

CLICK HERE!

Due to how long this was, this only addresses 15x20. 15x18 and 15x19 will be written about separately because there's a lot to unpack there. Check my original character post here to check to see if they're up yet!

---------------------------------------

It was supposed to be a good day.

The last few months had been hard.

Castiel died. Jack became God. It was just Sam, Dean, and me.

Dean was overjoyed when he found out about the Akron annual pie festival. It was a chance for all of us to relax.

On the way there, I sat in the backseat quietly. Dean had glanced back at me. It was scary to think about how all three of us seemed to go through the same thing all at once. Each seeming to lose the love of our lives.

"Kid," I looked over at Dean. "How are you feeling?"

"Just tired," I mumbled.

That wasn't even a lie.

I was tired. I was absolutely exhausted. It had been a few months since Jack and Cas had left us. I tried to keep myself from bringing the boys down too far.

We were all trying to be there for each other. Some days were better than others but I hadn't gotten past the tired feeling that weighed me down every morning.

"Are you sure," Dean asked. I nodded, giving him a small grin. "Okay."

We pulled up to the pie fest and Dean looked like a kid on Christmas. He ran off to get pie. Sam and I found a bench and took a moment to sit in silence.

"Why haven't you reached out to Eileen," I asked. Sam looked at me but didn't respond. "We know she's alive. Jack brought everyone back."

"I just... I don't want to drag her back into this," he replied. "She doesn't deserve this."

I leaned on his shoulder and wrapped my arms around his torso. He hugged me back. I moved back when Dean walked over with a big box with several pieces of pie inside.

"Alright, no more sad faces," Dean said. He was the king of denying his feelings. He passed us each a fork. "Pie can make almost anyone feel better."

I took a bite of the piece that in front of me. Sam had different ideas. He moved me slightly as he picked up a piece of pie and smushed it against Dean's face.

I put my hand over my mouth as I started to laugh at him.

"You're right," Sam nodded. "I feel much better."

"So do I," I replied.

Dean glared at us.

Then... there was an earthquake.

Except it only lasted a few seconds. Sam and I stood up instantly. An earthquake lasting seconds was an instant call for us to get involved.

Dean looked at his pie and pouted at us. He sighed, standing up to place the pie on the bench. He wiped his face as he followed us to the car.

Sam found that the epicenter of the incident was about an hour outside of town.

Dean pulled the car to a stop as we spotted a tear in the Earth. It looked like the one Chuck had made when he released all the souls from hell.

Jack was standing on the edge of the tear.

"Jack," I called, scared to walk too close to the hole.

"Hello," they waved at us.

I chuckled at him before jogging over and hugging him.

"I've missed you," I mumbled.

"I missed you too," they replied. Jack stepped back, grabbing my hand and walking toward Sam and Dean. "I'm happy you're all here."

"So you know what's happening," Sam asked. Jack nodded. "What is it?"

"Amara," Jack explained. "When Chuck... absorbed her, she didn't actually become his equal. He was draining her. The less darkness there is-"

"The less balance," I finished their thought. They nodded.

"Someone needs to be a vessel for the darkness... for the mark," Jack continued.

"So, we've gotta find you a sister," Dean asked.

"It's not that easy," they replied. "It needs to be someone who's had the mark."

"So it has to be...," Dean trailed off. We all looked at him. There was silence as he walked away for a moment. I flinched when he hit the impala. "Son of a bitch!"

We all kept quiet.

"We worked our asses off to get that damn mark off of my arm," he seethed. "I went through hell and back!"

I walked over and touched his arm. He flinched, causing me to move back. When he saw me, his face softened. It was like acceptance. He sighed, pulling me into a hug. We stood there for a moment in silence.

"Don't go," I mumbled. I felt like that small child they saved. All over again, I was scared and confused and just wanted to hold onto everything I cared about. "Please."

"(Y/n)," he muttered, stepping back. Sam walked over to us. "I worked my ass off to get rid of that mark... but I also worked my ass off to keep everyone safe. I'm not going to let the world end if I can stop it."

"But...," I trailed off. I felt selfish but I had already lost so much. I didn't want to say goodbye to anything else.

"Look at me," Dean said. "Both of you, look at me."

Sam and I looked at Dean.

"You two are my world," he explained. "If I can save you, then that's what matters. My job is to protect you. Both of you."

I sniffled as my eyes filled with tears.

"I love you both," he continued. He pulled Sam, mumbling into his ear. I couldn't quite make out what was being said. He pulled me into another hug after him. "You're my kid, got it? I don't want you to forget how amazing you are. You're a badass, kid. You've saved people, you've become an unstoppable force. I love you."

"I love you too, Dean," I said, clutching onto his jacket. "You're my hero."

"I'm no hero, kid," he stepped back.

"You're saving the world, you're a hero," I replied.

Dean smiled at me before walking forward. He stood in front of Jack.

"I'm sorry," Jack said quietly.

"No one's mad at you," Dean promised. Jack looked at Sam and me. I smiled at them as best I could. They were not the villain here.

We watched Dean reach his hand out to Jack. Jack grabbed Dean's hand. As bright light surrounded them, Sam and I looked away.

When we looked back, they were gone and the tear was closed. Balance had been restored.

I looked at Sam. He pulled me into a hug instantly.

I don't know how long we stood there. I just remember feeling so lost and scared. I didn't know what was next or how to find out. It was terrifying.

Our drive home was quiet. I curled up in the passenger seat of Baby and stared out the window. I let tears fall silently, not wanting to distract Sam from driving. I could feel him looking at me every couple of minutes but I didn't want to look back at him.

We pulled up to the bunker. It didn't feel right. Nothing about this felt right. The bunker felt off. It was like the universe had shifted off of its axis.

Sam was closing the door as I walked down the stairs. I could point everywhere that Dean was supposed to be. Where Cas was supposed to be. Where Jack was supposed to be.

I made it to the threshold between the library and the map room before I just couldn't go any farther. I let my legs give out and fell on the floor.

And I screamed.

Had it been any other day, I would’ve scared Sam. Hell, I would’ve scared myself. Now, I was too angry for all of that.

I sobbed and cursed and screamed.

At any force that had a hand to play in my life. At any force that tried to make my life their favorite game or story. At any force that would listen.

And in my darkest moment, I was something to be feared.

Sam knelt next to me, pulling me into a hug. I pushed and punched like I was trying to get away from him. He just held on. He closed his eyes and held on tighter. The only thing in the world that didn’t fear me in that moment was Sam.

"I'm sorry... I'm sorry," he mumbled into my hair. He blamed himself for me being in this life. He always had. Dean had too.

"Everything," I sobbed. "They... took... everything!"

"I know," I felt him kiss the top of my head and start rubbing my back.

Dean’s dog walked over, nudging me with his nose so I would put my hand on his fur.

I sobbed until I couldn't anymore. My throat hurt and it felt like someone had punched me in the head.

“Can you stand,” Sam asked. I shrugged. Slowly, he guided me off the floor. “There you go. Come on. I know you’re probably not tired but you should probably lay down.”

“I’m sorry,” I said as we walked down the hall of the bunker. “You’ve lost so much too… I’m so sorry.”

He shook his head, “None of that is your fault.”

Sam pushed my door open and let me walk inside. All I did was pull off my combat boots and lay down. Sam threw my blankets over me.

“Will you stay here,” I asked. “Please?”

“Yeah,” he nodded. “I’ll be right back, okay?”

I nodded, thanking him quietly. He closed my door on his way out. I rolled over onto my back.

I stared at my ceiling. With a sigh, I sat up, clasping my hands together. I didn’t know if anyone was listening or if anyone could hear at all, but it made me feel a little bit better.

“Hi Jack,” I said quietly, my voice already shaking. “I know being God is important work and that you’re busy but… I wanted to say that I love you and I miss you. I know you’re doing great things. I just hope you can find the time to visit one day. Thank you for letting me feel loved… no matter how long it was for… you will never know how grateful I truly am for that. I love you.”

I took a deep breath as my tears started all over again.

“Hi Dean,” I continued. “I have so many things to say to you. But I want you to know that I’m not angry with you. I never was. I probably never could be. Thank you. Thank you for saving me, helping me, making me a better hunter… being like a father to me. You’ve helped raise me and I’ll never forget you. I miss you, Dean. And I love you. Also, I know what Cas said to you before the Empty got him. And I hope you two have found a way to be happy together.”

My door opened and Sam walked in with a blanket or two, a pillow, and the cot I packed for hunts. He furrowed his eyebrows at me. He put everything down quietly.

“And Cas,” I said. Sam just sat on the edge of my bed, listening. “You raised a great kid. If my instincts are correct, then Jack fixed what happened to you. You and I met the boys around the same time. The last thing any of us expected was for an angel to become such an important part of our lives. You have saved me more times than I can count. You’ve helped me through everything. I hope that you’re okay. You deserve happiness, Cas. You’ve done so much good for the world. I hope you and Dean are happy, wherever you are. Thank you for helping to raise me. Thank you for making my life so much better. Goodbye.”

I dropped my hands and closed my eyes. Sam scooted over and hugged me again.

“Do you think they could hear me,” I asked.

“Yeah, I really do,” Sam replied.

I didn’t know it then, but Sam had spent the whole drive home praying silently to them. Begging them for help and for comfort. He felt like he had failed me last time he was on his own… and he didn’t understand that I wasn’t angry. I would only learn that later when I found that he had written it somewhere.

I leaned back. I saw Sam was holding back tears. I carefully leaned up, kissing his forehead, mumbling that it was okay if he needed to cry.

That’s when he walks crumbled.

Sam started shaking and he hugged me again. I ran a hand through his hair. I pressed a gentle kiss to the side of his head.

For a moment, as Sam and I sit in our pain, comforting and hurting all at once, I could’ve sworn I heard something.

It was quiet. And it felt like I could’ve imagined it.

But I could’ve sworn I heard a small chorus of “Thank you” and “Love you too.”

The idea gave me a strange sense of comfort.

"Hey," Sam wiped his eyes as he leaned back. He grabbed something behind him. I chuckled as he handed me my old wolf plushie. "I spotted it on Jack's bed on the way back."

I smiled at it.

"I'm not going anywhere," Sam promised. "Not again. I won't do that again."

I nodded.

"Do you think Cas and Dean found each other," I asked, messing with the ears of the plushie.

"I don't think Jack would let Cas stay in the Empty," Sam mumbled. I nodded again.

"I just... I need a win, y'know?"

Sam nodded.

We sat in silence for a while. Sam moved to rest against the wall and I just leaned back on his shoulder. Somehow, we both managed to fall asleep.

--Next Day--

I woke up to the bunker door shutting. I looked over and Sam was still there. So... who the hell was at the door?

I carefully grabbed the gun I kept in my bedside drawer (a habit passed along by the brothers). I walked down the hall slowly, my gun raised. I heard footsteps in the library.

"Hey," I yelled, aiming my gun at the figure. Nothing. I walked close enough to press my gun into their back.

“It’s me,” Eileen said and held her hands up. I moved so she could turn around.

"Eileen," I asked. She nodded. "Sam!"

I placed the gun on the table and pulled her into a tight hug. She hugged me back. I almost sobbed into her shoulder.

There it was. The win I needed.

I stepped back when I heard Sam run in. He looked at Eileen and then at me and then back to Eileen. He did the same thing I did, running over and pulling her into a hug.

I stepped back, letting them have their moment together without any interference.

My heart still hurt, knowing I wasn't going to get a moment like that, but I was still happy to see them smile so much. If anyone deserved it, it was them.

--Time Skip--

Years passed.

Sam and Eileen went on to live the apple pie life. A son named Dean, a nice house, they had it all. I had begged them to find their perfect life. I would visit, call, and do anything to keep in touch and protect them.

I stayed in the bunker as long as possible, along with Miracle. I started hunting with Claire and Alex. Once I got too old to actually go out hunting, I became a hub for supplies, lore checks, and cover for the hunters trying to fake being F.B.I. To put it simply, I had become Bobby.

I was there when Sam died. Eileen and their son offered me a place to stay, but I refused. I wanted to go back to the bunker.

I was aware of when it was my time to go. I passed the bunker onto two hunters that had proven themselves time and time again.

They reminded me of Sam and Dean. Compassionate and brave. The strength of a hunter lived inside of them. They promised to take care of the bunker.

Sam's son and the two young hunters were there when I died. Many of the people I knew were gone before I passed on. They either had grown old or they were hunters and had a shorter life expectancy than most. Those three comforted me, promising that it was going to be okay when I left.

I was shocked when I found myself on a path surrounded by trees. I understood that it had to be heaven but it wasn't one of my memories. It was strange. I looked down at myself. I was back in the body of my 21-year-old self.

I walked up the pathway and found a bridge. In the middle was the impala. Dean and Cas stood there, holding hands and talking to Sam, who was leaning on the railing. Dean spotted me first, his eyes widening as he realized who I was.

"(Y/n)," he yelled.

"Dean," I took off running at the same time he did.

We met halfway, hugging each other tightly. Dean laughed in my ear as he picked me up. He put me back down, grabbing the sides of my face.

"Is this real," I asked. He nodded.

"Yeah, kid, it's real," he replied.

I stepped back. Sam looked like I had so distinctly remembered, obnoxiously nice hair, no grey yet. It was like he had never aged after Dean had left.

"Sammy," I mumbled, running over to hug him. He hugged me just as tight as Dean. "Your son is amazing. You would be so proud of him."

"I know I would," he replied. "You were there to keep an eye on him."

I stepped back and looked at Cas.

"Gosh," I said. He smiled at me. "You came back."

He nodded, looking down at himself. I ran into a hug, kind of jumping on him. I closed my eyes. He made Dean happy and I couldn't ask for anything more.

"I'm happy for you and Dean," I whispered.

Cas chuckled in my ear, "Thank you."

I opened my eyes and almost fell over. I pulled back and Cas grinned at me like he instantly knew who I was looking at.

Still in the same outfit as I last saw them in was Jack.

They stood at the other end of the bridge. They picked up their hand, waving at me like they had done so many times before.

"Jack," I finally yelled. I sprinted down the bridge, hugging him as tightly as I possibly could. I clutched onto their jacket. I started crying. "I didn't rush."

"I know," they mumbled.

I stepped back slightly, just wanting to actually look at them. I laughed at myself, wiping my tears away.

Jack smiled at me.

They leaned down, cupped the sides of my face, and kissed me softly. I kissed them back a little more aggressively. I had been waiting for this moment for decades.

"I love you," I said as I pulled back.

"I love you too," they replied, smiling widely.

"Are you two done making out," Dean called over, his eyes covered with his hand. I laughed, rolling my eyes at him. He uncovered his eyes. "You have some people to see."

I walked over, holding on tightly to Jack's hand as they walked with me.

"Who," I asked.

"Jack tore down all the walls," Dean explained. "Everyone is altogether. So... it's time for a big family dinner. With everyone."

All of us smiled at each other.

"Load up," Dean yelled, running to the impala. We all followed him.

As we drove through heaven, I felt an overwhelming sense of calm. I laid my head on Jack's shoulder and let out a soft sigh as I relaxed. This was how it was supposed to be.

Through every loss, every moment of pain or fear, every argument.

This was my family. My true family.

And- no matter what- it was perfect to me.

---------------------------------------

Masterlist

What I Write For

Request Guidelines

Musical Prompts

Small Moments With…

When Worlds Collide (Doctor Who Crossover Series) Masterlist

Some Original Characters

folklore/evermore Writing Challenge (and Masterlist)

#team free will imagine #team free will fanfiction #team free will x reader #supernatural imagine #supernatural fanfiction #supernatural x reader #dean winchester x reader #dean winchester imagine #dean winchester fanfiction #sam winchester imagine #sam winchester x reader #sam winchester fanfiction #castiel imagine #castiel fanfiction #castiel x reader #jack kline fanfiction #jack kline imagine #jack kline x reader #imagine #fanfiction #x reader

[yumeka36]

Fruits Basket (2019)

*Artwork credited to みるき on pixiv*

Just watched the last episode of the new Fruits Basket anime. Wow, what an emotional ride! I'm someone who watched the original 26-episode anime from the early 2000s but never continued the story through the manga (I considered buying the manga volumes but never followed through with it...I'm just more into anime than manga). It's so great to finally know the complete story behind one of my favorite anime. I wanted to share my thoughts here, as someone who knew nothing about what happens from where the original 2001 anime left off (spoiler warning from here on)...

- Kureno and Rin were the two zodiac members who never appeared in the original anime. It was nice to finally see them and I think they were both good characters.

- The four student council members that Yuki interacts with were also new to me. I can't say I liked them much overall as they (mostly) seemed to be comic relief and I didn't think they were that funny or interesting. I also found myself wondering why we got these new characters when the show already has such a large ensemble - a lot of their filler screentime could have gone to developing the more "forgotten" zodiac members, like Ritsu (seriously, why was Ritsu totally shafted?) But the relationship between Machi and Yuki was cute at least.

-The background music for the series was really nice, though the opening and ending songs didn't really grab me. But then again, the opening song from the original anime, "For Fruits Basket" by Ritsuko Okazaki, is such a beautiful song - one of my favorite anime tunes and very hard to outshine!

- I adored the relationship between Arisa and Kureno, probably more than any other relationship in the show! I couldn't get enough of those early episodes where they first met...but then I was sad when it seemed like they would never be able to get together. Glad that wasn't the case in the end!

- I'm still not clear on what Shigure's motivations were throughout the series. Even in the original anime, although he seemed jovial and fatherly, I could tell he had some ulterior motives. But even in this new series, I'm still not sure what his intentions were. According to the Fruits Basket wiki, he also wanted to break the curse, but his methods didn’t click with me...and he did some pretty despicable things in the past. But did he genuinely care about Tohru and the others or was he just using them for some less than pure purpose? Obviously it’s revealed that he’s always been in love with Akito, but often it seemed like he did more sadistic things to her than trying to help her. I dunno, I just couldn't quite figure Shigure out.

- The backstory with Kyo first encountering Tohru and coincidently forming a bond with Kyoko felt slightly contrived, but it was still nice to see their interactions. The fact that Kyo will forever wonder whether Kyoko actually said that she’d never forgive him is frustrating though. I know Tohru somewhat convinced him that she’d never say that, and the audience obviously knows she didn’t, but I feel like Kyo might still have doubts.

- There were a lot of episodes that got me right in the feels, but the backstory episode about the origin of the zodiac animals’ bonds with “god” was amazing! It was such an emotional shock to finally know where that bond came from and why it was so strong, and then to subsequently see each Sohma break their bond one by one. Such a memorable episode and definitely one of my favorites.

- I tried, but it was really hard for me to feel much sympathy for Akito. I know she had her own personal hell she was living in, but her cruelty towards the others was pretty unbearable. Even though she felt bad about it in the end and was willing to turn over a new leaf, she should have gotten some kind of punishment for what she did. It’s not like she was just a bully - she has many accounts of literal attempted murder and assault behind her. Just saying “sorry” and feeling bad shouldn’t be enough to atone for that in my opinion. I know the Sohmas probably avoid interacting with law enforcement out of fear that their secret will be found out, but they could still punish Akito on their own accord. I know the show heavily advocates forgiveness, but still, accountability when it matters is important too.

- Since I only ever watched the original anime, I never knew who Tohru ended up with. Even though the original series ended strongly on her relationship with Kyo, I still thought Yuki had a chance. I didn’t really have a preference, but now that I’ve seen the new series, I think Kyo makes more sense. His character development from anger-filled delinquent to a caring and confident young man was fantastic and definitely one of the highlights of the series. Though the huge time skip in the final episode’s epilogue was a bit...too far into the future, lol. I would have preferred seeing each of the Sohmas say goodbye to Tohru instead, since they kept talking about it throughout the episode but then we never see them sending her off.

Overall, it was an emotional but rewarding experience to finally know the complete story behind an anime that’s been among my favorites for almost 20 years. I was satisfied with how the original anime ended, but I still longed to know the complete story. Even though the emotional moments and character monologues did sometimes drag on a bit, and the comedic scenes didn’t always hit their mark for me, Fruits Basket’s good points more than outweigh its bad points in my opinion. What it lacks in some aspects it makes up for in excellent drama and compelling character arcs. I’m many years late, but I’m glad I didn’t miss out on knowing the full story!

#anime #fruits basket

[weirdthoughtsandideas]

What's the good and bad things in every season of Violetta and SL?

Violetta 1

Good stuff:

Everyone is so nerdy and cheesy and it's so cute

Good songs

The CHAOS. Like the s1 chaos was on a COMPLETELY DIFFERENT LEVEL I'M LAUGHING SO MUCH JUST THINKING ABOUT IT

Braco and Napo

Luca

Angie and Vilu bonding

Jade and Matias could be pretty funny sometimes

Leonetta being very cute :3

The friendships in general, especially the friendship between Maxi and Cami

But also of course, baby Franletta

CAMILA'S ARC

MAXI HAVING SOME CHARACTER

PABLANGIE

The finale!!!!!!!

Bad stuff:

THE LIES

The fact that it took Angie 72 episodes to tell the truth was literally the reason a lot of my friends STOPPED WATCHING THE SHOW back in the days lmaoooo???

Germán got on my nerves a lot

Tomas

All the random girls Maxi had a crush on

Random boys being in love with Violetta for no reason

Even if Jade and Matias were funny, sometimes I just felt like they could leave, cause I wanted to focus on other characters.

PABLANGIE BREAKING UP

Soy Luna 1

Good stuff:

The friendgroup REALLY being a bunch of quirky kids

Ámbar

Even though we don't know much about the family mystery yet, it's still real fun to see the little we get

Also it was kind of interesting to see the dysfunctional relationship of Sharon and Ámbar

And also the really super good relationship between Luna and her parents <3

The FelicityForNow plot could be pretty interesting sometimes

Lumon

ÁMBAR'S BIRTHDAY

YAM SINGING A SERENADE TO JIM

The finale <3

Bad stuff:

The fact that they had skating competitions and open music like every other week, we never had time to BREATHE

Tino and Cato were annoying

I didn't like Matteo and i'm sorry for Matteo stans but no I don't like him

Sometimes I didn't like the FelicityForNow plot

Daniela

It took me a while to really get into the show so I almost were about to stop watching after 20 eps (but I continued because I told myself it would get better... and it did! But it really took a while).

Lumon breaking up

Violetta 2

Good stuff:

THE VIBES ARE SO FANTASTIC

The gay energy of this season?? Is there ANYONE who has watched season 2 and NOT gotten a gay vibe? (who am I kidding ofc there are - I won't blame you, some people just don't have a gaydar or just never think about that stuff unless it's explicitly told. I didn't really get this vibe until I rewatched the season as older and was like "omg????")

Franletta franletta franletta franletta franletta-

TEACHER GROUP THERAPY

An actually INTERESTING love triangle I love Diego I hate Diego he has homoerotic tension with Leon he and Violetta actually had an interesting relationship

Madrid storyline

Every time they were at the karaoke bar

Violetta losing her voice storyline

Leonetta being at their very best despite not actually dating for the majority of the season, it's just the ~pining~

GOOD GOOD SONGS

Esmeralda being an interesting character

Jackie

LARA

Marco :D

THE 2x75 PODEMOS PERFORMANCE AAAAAH

Bad stuff:

Jeremias stuff... fucking traumatized two people Germán what the actual fuck

Pablo being ooc for no reason half the season

2x59...

Jade and Matias aren't really necessary anymore and they take up too much screentime

Correction: Matias isn't necessary. Go away with your handcuffs kink

The 2x20 scene. Never will forgive that despite how much the clown nose 4 eps later made me laugh

The stuff with the chinese restaurant was... why

Angie leaving sad

Soy Luna 2

Good stuff:

The Sol Benson plot really KICKING OFF and IS SO MUCH MORE INTERESTING THAN ANYTHING ELSE

Mora and Ana moving in together

Ámbar

Jim and Yam being slightly more gay than last season

Still very good songs

Luna, Nina and Simón's little detective squad plot

It's actually quite thrilling to see just how FAR Sharon can go

Figuring out who blackmails Sharon

Good songs!!

Juliana

We finally get to see the boys apartment

Simbar

Emilia

Bad stuff:

WRONG PEOPLE WON IN THE SINGING COMPETITION

WHAT THE FUCK was the final scene

Matteo continuing to suck

WHAT HAPPENED TO AMANDA?? SHE JUST GOT MENTALLY ILL LIKE THAT??

Roller Band breaking up for a stupid reason

Benicio

Violetta 3

Good stuff:

Ludmila redemption arc!

Ludletta sisters arc!

Ludmila and Naty's relationship!

NATY AND CAMILA'S RELATIONSHIP

Leontta's "friends forever" plot that no one took seriously

Jade getting someone who actually loves her

Germán being a good dad for once...

Roxy and Fausta as characters were pretty funny

Bad stuff:

Roxy plot was weird. As I said, them as characters were funny, but not in the context they were put in. It was funny when they performed at the show, but not spying on Leon

Everyone was ooc???

Diecesca could have worked if it were for the fact that they actually had a REASON to hide. Because NO ONE CARED. EVERYONE HAD FORGIVEN DIEGO. IF IT WERE THAT PEOPLE WERE STILL IFFY AROUND HIM, THEN YES, I CAN UNDERSTAND WHY FRAN WAS AFRAID TO TELL. BUT EVERYONE'S FUCKING BEST FRIENDS WITH HIM, NO ONE CARES THAT THEY'RE DATING

WHICH ADDS ME TO THE FACT THAT, EVERYONE JUST FORGAVE DIEGO OFF SCREEN????????????

Priscila is bad, though she did have a reason to be here.

Milton

GERY

The Clement/Alex plot was pointless, dear god Clement use your brain there's other ways without STEALING A FUCKING SCHOLARSHIP

SOME people got the wrong endgame and we should NOT have had the final scene be a wedding for THOSE TWO

Angie deserved better smh

Broudey and Camila were the only ones who actually were together all season and I FORGOT because they just argued all the time and I feel like they broke up for an hour sometimes and then got back together

Felipe sucks, he kissed two girls against their consent

The songs aren't as good this season. Listen, there are some bangers, but not as much. The s3 boy band songs are at the bottom off my top 60 list (because yes, there are about 60 songs in all of Violetta)

Soy Luna 3

Good stuff:

ÁMBAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ámbar and Emilia's friendship

Simbar

Jim and Yam more or less dating all season lmao

Also the fact that Jim and Yam ended up "single" so you know ;) Free to go

The Open Music in 3x40

The family plot, as usual

Red Sharks vs Jam and Roller was kind of interesting

Bad stuff

I still don't like Matteo, sorry (not sorry)

WHAT WAS THE POINT OF THE LUNA HAVING A CRUSH ON SIMÓN PLOT LITERALLY ARE THEY TRYING TO TEASE ME?? I KNEW THEY WEREN'T ENDGAME WERE THEY JUST GONNA FUCKING MAKE ME HURT? WELL FUCK YOU

Like even if I love Simbar I wish Lumon was endgame? Because I didn't like Luna's endgame

If we can't go for the poly round and let Simón date both Ámbar and Luna, then Luna could've ended up with Nina or smth since Nina also got a terrible endgame

Unnecessary breakups :)

Yeah I didn't like Eric, or Niric, but who does lmao. HOWEVER, I will say this: If you think Luna "pushed" Nina to be together with him, then you either haven't watched s3 properly or you need to rewatch it. I made a whole post about this, and you may still come at me to be like "nO LUnA wAS AcTuALlY PusHy, FoR eXaMPLe wATcH ThiS ScEne" but remember that I have watched the exact same scenes as you. It just feels like ya'll wanna pick on Luna for the smallest things. Nina legit admitted in a scene that she dated Eric to forget about Gastón. That's something she herself came up with. She didn't get "pushed" into thinking she needed to date him. That IS the reason she tries to get closer to Eric and it's not because her friends said so. She can think for herself, yall are treating her like she's fragile and easily manipulated.

If you feel like this is something that you wanna talk to me about (because I am legit always nervous talking about this because I feel like people get INCREDIBLY defensive when it comes to Nina), go read the post I linked instead of commenting on it on this post, because this post is about my list of things I liked and disliked in these shows, so there's a lot of other stuff here, but that post is only about that.

That being said, she def broke up with Eric after the show ended because she didn't get over Gastón :)

WHY WAS IT ONLY 60 EPS even if a lot happened it also felt short

Like WHAT HAPPENED DURING THE 1 MONTH SKIP? THE POSSIBILITIES OF SEVERAL STORYLINES GOD

Benicio sucked even more this season I hate him so goddamn much

Gary too. I didn't like him last season but I knew he would leave, but now he's here and fucking ruins everything

I didn't like Maggie that much I miss Amanda (but not Tino and Cato)

MORA LEFT???? WHY TF-

Michel was weird, he just came and went

And that was my good and bad stuff for every season. This is just what I myself think. You all might disagree about several stuff and that's okay. Everyone watches shows differently and sees scenes differently, and this is how I see it.

Some people love Matteo, some people think Diecesca was perfect and the highlight of the show, some people don't understand why I am seeing a bunch of gayness when it's not "explicitly" said anything is gay.

If someone feels like they don't really think the same of what they liked/disliked, they can always make their own posts about it :)

#violetta #soy luna

[clacing]

What r ur thoughts on amphibia s3 so far!!

I'm really enjoying it!! I usually dislike fillers/one-off adventures in shows 'cause I want to get to the plot already, but Amphibia is genuinely so funny and the characters play off each other so well that I end up loving the episodes no matter what. It's really the highlight of my week.

I'm not too concerned about them wasting time now and then having to rush the ending. s2 was amazing, and by this time last season we hadn't even gotten to Newtopia yet. The first 6-7 episodes of every season are fun and light-hearted and then shit starts to get real around the midseason finale. This is par for the course for Amphibia, which still manages to pack a lot of information in a 20-minute slot. Hell, we pretty much got all of the lore from background details in one episode (The Sleepover To End All Sleepovers/A Day At The Aquarium). We'll be fine.

What I am mildly concerned about - and I know there's a lot of discourse around it - is the show holding back from portraying the full impact of the girls disappearing for five months/Marcy dying/Anne leaving Sasha and Marcy behind in Amphibia for plot convenience. I don’t want Sasha and Marcy to be in every episode (I mean, I do, but I also understand that they’re not main characters) but that doesn’t mean the narrative should refrain from addressing them at all. Even in s1, when it would have been easy to just ignore their existence until they became relevant to the plot, we got bits and pieces of how their friendship with Anne affected her, so it’s very weird to me that they’d start to ignore their existence now, after an episode like True Colors. Even in Anne-Sterminator, when Anne’s recounting all the stuff she hasn’t told her parents about, there’s no mention of Sasha and Marcy still being in Amphibia and her wanting to go back for them or Marcy possibly being dead. But she addressed everything else in a way that feels almost pointed, which makes me hope there’s a reason for it.

Even just focusing on Anne herself - how is her coming home not breaking news? Didn’t her parents call the police when she disappeared? Weren’t there nationwide searches? Why aren’t people hounding her to know where the other two girls are, since they disappeared together? (I have my theories, but that’s for another post.)

I get that some light-hearted fun was needed to soften the blow after True Colors, and that’s why even the repercussions Anne going missing had on her parents are being dealt with little by little, so I can only hope that’s the case here too. I personally would’ve done it differently - dealt with all the elephants in the room right away, instead of every episode feeling weird because of everything that’s going unaddressed amid all the fun shenanigans - but this show has never disappointed me so far and we’re not even halfway through the season yet, so I still expect it to deliver. 

#boy i get an ask and i'm like 'i will try to be brief (1/499)' i sure do have a lot of thoughts about frog show #amphibia #Anonymous

[cyclicalaberration]

I'm gonna ramble about my characters for a bit because I love them and I'd die for them and y'all can just ignore this if you want but I want to talk so y'all are going to get at least five character breakdowns so strap in if you're reading this, scroll past ig if you're not.

This is 3th 3l, or Ethel, a third generation Android built for some long forgotten war that has since faded into irrelevancy, as wars fought mainly amongst luxatroci are want to do. It used it/its for quite a few years after it was found, decaying and basically dead in the woods, but also uses she/her.

It has replaced the fake skin over its right eye, as the plating wasn't too damaged, but it's the wrong shade and it has a weird seam. It's missing an arm— she has it, it just didn't work so she removed it— and her voice box doesn't work half the time, and sometimes she gets overwhelmed with sensory input and shuts down for a while.

It doesn't remember anything and its main goal is to figure out its past, because it can't live with a mystery, so it goes to a magical college to track down someone who knew it. This, of course, doesn't work, because the person who conceivably knew her is old as shit and really rude.

It's her. General Iraraziel. She's a luxatroci. Often called heralds of death, war angels, abominations, any number of names, luxatroci are soul conglomerates and secondary afterlives. They are immortal if they take lives, consuming the energy left behind after death— and also the soul.

Ira is Very Old, about two millennia, and almost all of that was spent in some unending war or another. at the moment she's a security guard at a prestigious university for a really important political figure, though, because in between wars she takes just about any violent job she can get— mercenary, gladiator, assassin, bodyguard, ect.

She's doing her best and her best isn't great but it's something. Her long-time partner, Cassiel, wants to get married, Ira has commitment issues, and their other partner, Mai, tends to mess up a lot and it makes their relationship tense at times, but they really do all love each other.

Yes those are all eyes. Yes she sees out of all of them.

Ethel's best friend, Julien, is a werewolf who quite literally can't die. He was the one who found her, and he has healing magic so strong he's gotten hit by a train and walked it off. He's young and vibing, but to heal, his magic condenses the pain the wound would cause to heal naturally and condenses it to anywhere from thirty seconds to ten minutes. The only limit is that it can't bring someone back from the dead and it can't regrow limbs. He knows this because he cut off his own toe.

His pain tolerance is insane, and he really wants to help others, so he's becoming a doctor, but healing strains him a lot and he has pretty bad chronic pain. He's also really awkward, tends to come off kind of annoying, and has about half a social skill.

He's kind of a disaster but he's a very endearing one. And yes his ears are like that on purpose, he thinks they look cool.

And finally for tonight's episode of mic rambles about their characters, Lucifer "Lucy" Morgenstern (I was eleven when I named him cut me some slack here), the oldest Morgenstern, and he's been doing his best.

He grew up in an out of control magic ward, because nobody was quite sure what he was or where he came from, and he's been the oldest forever, so he took on the role of being the adult here, even at five years old.

He's 20 now and his siblings resent him for his parenting skills— he's only three years older than the younger one and a year older than the older one— and he's doing his best to exist as a person outside of caring for people, but he's not very good at that.

His siblings both hate him because one views him as stifling and the other as uncaring but he was trying to juggle his own everything with theirs and one of them was far more outwardly destructive than the other, though he tried to give them equal attention, while also caring for the other kids in the ward.

Lucy is having a time as an adult honestly.

Also he's Julien's boyfriend.

#mic talks #mic writes #system failure #i have more i just wanted to talk about a few tonight #love them so much #they're such funky people #i have a slideshow too but it's out of date