#like the cast is GREAT

[thedreadvampy]

so me and Sam FINALLY watched the last season of Capaldi's Who

and tell me how, after literally over a decade and for perhaps the first time in his fucking career, Steven Moffat wrote a not just tolerable but really actually good two-parter and fully stuck the landing. like the editing and pacing were still a bit off but the storyline was original, fun, interesting and emotionally invested, and most importantly, rather than ending on a damp fart or the most furious autofellatio in history, the final part didn't fumble it and ended in a way that felt emotionally satisfying and like it made sense for the characters. like the last time he successfully wrapped up a multiparter in a way that didn't feel cheap and hollowly disappointing to me was literally The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances, and a) that was in 2005 and b) tbh The Doctor Dances is about a tenth as compelling and memorable as The Empty Child.

so after 12 years of either hackery or great ideas that fall apart in the second act, Steven Moffat writes what I would genuinely consider to be a memorable Good Doctor Who serial. it ends with bittersweet pathos, a solid closer for all the main characters, and sends Moffat's showrunning career out on a genuine high despite failing ratings and budget cuts (and the fact Doctor Who hasn't been consistently good since about 2009). good job Steve. with grudging respect I admit you pulled it out of the bag on this one.

wait what's this there's one more episode left? and it stars Mark Gatiss? and you literally spend the whole episode inexplicably just shitting all over the legacy of Doctor Who by inventing a version of the First Doctor that bears literally no resemblance to the character that William Hartnell actually played, just so you can spend the whole episode saying misogynistic things to run yourself off to how much more Totally Feminist your version was than the version you made up in your head of what Doctor Who was like in the 60s? and it added literally nothing to the season except to take all the wind out of the sails of the actually good finale you already wrote?

even when he writes a good episode this fucker still finds ways to disappoint me.

#red said #as I remembered it is by a LONG shot the best that Doctor Who has been under Moffat and I do think giving Capaldi more creative control #helped a lot. cause he's a massive nerd and also he approximately knows how to construct a story. #bill is the first female companion Moffat has ever written with an actual fucking personality #(even if being mean that personality is maybe kind of just what you'd get if you put rose Martha and Donna in a blender) #(at least she's not a blank slate with the words SASSY. SEXY. written on it) #matt Lucas is genuinely surprising bc despite hating the man it's kind of impossible to not like Nardole by the end?? #michelle gomez finally gets some room to get her Anthony Ainley on and be the Master PROPERLY #i was hooting and clapping my hands at the John Sim Master's dumb disguise #like the cast is GREAT #(and while he still can't shut the fuck up about her at least Moffat isn't shoving River fucking Song down my throat 24/7) #buuuuuuuut uhhhh the politics are. incoherent and the vibes are rancid in a lot of the episode plots. #they clearly WANT to do Social Commentary but weirdly keep bringing up colonialism and capitalism and then taking the side of the baddies? #how are you doing to do a piece about the British Empire colonising Mars with a posh villain and a whole comparison to the British Raj #then come down on the side of the British state? same with the ninth legion piece? and the zombie spacesuit one is fun #but it wraps up with 'and then they complained to upper management and capitalism ended forever the end' #uhhhhh in the one with the microbot colony again we conclude the Morally Correct Answer is colonialism #don't get me started on the monks plot which is a) literally just ripping off the Year That Never Was but without the emotional impact #but also b) has some really weird and genuinely fucked up ideas about both geopolitics and uhhhh consent???? #so yeah the philosophical core is either incoherent or Fucking Horrendous in almost every episode #it's frequently derivative but tbh that's often to its benefit bc it vibes like trying to figure out what actually makes episodes memorable #and the budget is clearly cut to the bone bc the visual effects look worse than 2005 and the post edits are really weird and janky #like the pacing and ordering is weirdly off and a lot of the shot to shot transitions are awkward or confusing. #plus the sound design in the first few eps is. unhinged. it sounds like offbrand versions of standard stings it's all just Slightly Wrong #but for real i liked it more than I've liked any other season of Moffat Who. it's messy incoherent and often politically INFURIATING #but it has some actual heart and energy. and it feels like doctor who. and i would say moffat is spending like 10% as much time #wanking over his own past triumphs (and Alex Kingston) #and a lot more time like. trying to write something which works. he's not like successful 100% of the time. or even 50%. #but there's a lot more warmth and creativity. mackie capaldi and lucas have actual chemistry as a core cast #and i think it helps that everyone in the core cast is SO PSYCHED TO BE THERE. like it just wasn't a slog like all Moffat's other seasons.

[stil-lindigo]

when worlds collide

#no idea if this is funny to anyone else but me #i havent even watched either of these shows yet #the duality of pedro pascal is just funny to me #so much range and he still keeps getting cast as the put upon father figure #anyway #i have plans with my bestie to watch tlou this weekend #itll be the first time ive ever engaged with tlou like fully #not just perceiving spoilers on the tl #its gonna be great <3 #tlou #tlou show #tlou ellie #joel miller #the mandalorian #stillindigo art

[scaredii-cat]

My beautiful wife!! REAL!!!!

#hi hey hi i really liked the first episode #it was good! they manage to put a good amount in without it feeling crammed or rushed #the food looks delicious and the characters are wonderful as ever #only thing i didnt love was the english cast #everyone was either okay or didnt really fit? at least to me #ESPECIALLY falin and senshi. my god. #but thats a small thing the japanese cast sounds great and i might go back and listen to some of the other versions #anyway! i enjoyed it #oh and the end credits!!! theyre so so so good #made me hyped to see some of the characters later in the story #chitchat #dungeon meshi #dungeon meshi anime #senshi #screenshots

[mikimeiko]

The Fall of the House of Usher | Miniseries (2023), Mike Flanagan

#the fall of the house of usher #tfothou #tfothouedit #tw flashing #i am very sad and a little upset because #some mike flanagan shows have an atmosphere and a tone and a general vibe that i find very compelling #that makes for an intense and pleasurable viewing experience even when the story or the pacing are uneven #and ep2 felt so much like that and i was so in - but then it wasn't there anymore and i kept waiting for it to come back #the cast was great and the cinematography mostly on point but... overall very meh #tv shows i watched in 2023 #i made this #i just want a tag for the things i personally put out into the world

[spaceraes]

hello dungeon meshi lesbians

#it’s lesbian visibility week and I like Namari so I cast the lesbian spell on her #I’m also art blocked and my brain is fried so no hands will be drawn this time #namari is so great I loved her in the manga and I’m watching the anime now and it’s making me love her even more #I love her voice the va was such a good pick #dungeon meshi #delicious in dungeon #namari #dunmeshi #whatever the kids are calling it these days

[mice-ducks-and-blots]

topolino supremacy

#sorry if this has been done before #but bro seriously why can't we get an animated series in the vibes of ducktales 2017 for mickey #that uses the cast and plots and such of the comics #I WANT TO SEE MICKEY AND BLOT LIKE FIGHTING IN A CLOCK GREAT-MOUSE-DETECTIVE STYLE #topolino comics #mouseverse #disney comics

[spookberry]

generally this is how I imagine the twins are when theyre older

#if Niamh and Tiara got that old shoujo mean girl type thing going on then Phaedra's the crossdressing prince of the cast #meanwhile eranthe is just my lil eepy girl #she's gonna read a book in the corner maybe take a nap and also go feed bloody sugar cubes to her vampire horse #i imagine that most people Phaedra meets are a little in love with her #like Eranthe got all the shapeshifting skills while Phaedra is just oozing a supernatural level of charm #which is great for her cuz she loves attention even if she's not particularly interested in romantic relationships #vampire debutante #eranthe and phaedra #my art #my ocs

[solarpunkani]

*poke poke*

*nudge*

You wanna guerrilla garden some swamp milkweed around a retention pond so bad.

#solarpunk #guerrilla gardening #gardening #guerilla gardening #out of queue #ani rambles #me cataloguing seeds: #bot. interests seed packet: swamp milkweed grows great around ponds! #me: swamp milkweed grows great around ponds.... retention ponds.....? #i don't have the balls to do it rn because all the nearest retention ponds i can think of are like #either by highways or fenced in #but if someone has the courage and ability to do so. this is me giving out the idea. #i am in the 'retention ponds need some fuckin COLOR' camp #BEAUTIFY THAT THANG #i mean. I have so many packets of swamp milkweed seeds its unreal. #hypothetically if i were to obtain some clay.... i already have worm castings.... i just need to be able to make seed bombs.... #maybe get a friend to be my accomplice and drive me around as i yeeteth deleteth

[emblazons]

STRANGER THINGS x CARPOOL KARAOKE

"If the acting thing doesn't work out, we've got something here." (x)

#someone asked me where that Noah/Sadie leaf blower gif came from so….I found it and remade it lol #the quality of camera these were filmed on was…not great. and the editing was not fun either lmao like I had clips in 4K & it’s still mid #finn wolfhard #caleb mclaughlin #millie bobby brown #noah schnapp #gaten matazarro #sadie sink #strangerthingsedit #stedit #strangersource #strangerthingscentral #tvstrangerthings #my gifs #the me tag #tuserrae #stranger things #st cast

[livixbobbiex]

Honestly at least 40% of the reason I so desperately want all of PJO to be renewed is because the percico/percabeth shipping wars (even before House of Hades) was such a formative part of my teenage experience that I simply need to manifest that for others.

#Toxic of me? possibly. #But it feels like a much simpler time #they have such a great opportunity to cast a kid with black hair and green eyes as Will now #pjo #percy jackson #percy jackon and the olympians #pjo tv show #percico #percabeth

[meirimerens]

the pathologic Kin is largely fictionalized with a created language that takes from multiple sources to be its own, a cosmogony & spirituality that does not correlate to the faiths (mostly Tengrist & Buddhist) practiced by the peoples it takes inspirations from, has customs, mores and roles invented for the purposes of the game, and even just a style of dress that does not resemble any of these peoples', but it is fascinating looking into specifically to me the sigils and see where they come from... watch this:

P2 Layers glyphs take from the mongolian script:

while the in-game words for Blood, Bones and Nerves are mongolian directly, it is interesting to note that their glyphs do not have a phonetic affiliation to the words (ex. the "Yas" layer of Bones having for glyph the equivalent of the letter F, the "Medrel" layer of Nerves having a glyph the equivalent of the letter È,...)

the leatherworks on the Kayura models', with their uses of angles and extending lines, remind me of the Phags Pa Script (used for Tibetan, Mongolian, Chineses, Uyghur language, and others)

some of the sigils also look either in part or fully inspired by Phags Pa script letters...

some look closer to the mongolian or vagindra (buryat) script

looking at the Herb Brides & their concept art, we can see bodypainting that looks like vertical buryat or mongolian script (oh hi (crossed out: Mark) Phags Pa script):

shaped and reshaped...

#not sure how much. what's the word. bond? involvement? not experience. closeness? anyone in the team has with any of these cultures #but i recall learning lead writer is indigenous in some way & heavily self-inserts as artemy [like. That's His Face used for #the p1 burakh portrait] so i imagine There Is some knowledge; if not first-hand at least in some other way #& i'm not in the team so i don't know how much Whatever is put into Anything #[ + i've ranted about the treatment of the brides Enough. enough i have] #so i don't have any ground to stand on wrt how i would feel about how these cultures are handled to make the Kin somewhat-hodgepodge. #there is recognizing it is Obviously inspired by real-life cultures [with the words;the alphabet;i look at Kayura i know what i see] #& recognizing it Also is. obviously and greatly imagined. not that weird for you know. a story. #like there is No Turkic/Altaic/Mongolic culture that has a caste of all-women spiritual dancers who place a great importance on nudity #as a reflection of the perfect world and do nothing but dance to bring about the harvest. ykwim... #like neither the Mongols nor the Buryats nor the Tibetans dress the way the Kin does. that's cos the Kin is invented. but they're invented. #.. on wide fundations. ykwim...... #Tengrism has a Sky Deity (Tengri) with an earth-goddess *daughter* whereas the kin worship an Earth-Goddess mother of everything #+ a huge bull. Buddhism has its own complete cosmogony & beliefs which from the little I know Vastly Differ from anything the Kin believes #like. yeah. story. but also. [holds myself back from renting about the Brides again] shhh... #neigh (blabbers) #pathologic #pathologic 2

[hotdog-frenchfries]

WE WON BESTIES!!!!!!!!!

#he's going to be so great #dw #doctor who #14th doctor #fourteenth doctor #whovian #ncuti gatwa #an original post? on this blog? more likely than you think #dw cast #doctor who cast #1k #2k #3k #4k #5k

[alyona11]

Tbh rewatching the OBC Hadestown cast bootleg I’d say that no one quite hit that awesome Hades/Persephone dynamic in the show as Amber Gray and Patrick Page. They are so 👌

And with them the show works in its fullest.

#I could write a big post about how their characterisations of these characters work remarkably well for the narrative #hadestown #also now you can’t @ me for not seeing it live #that’s not to say I other characterisations are bad or anything! I watched boots and we show and they were great #but I also got to see London proshot with OBC and once again appreciate the og take on the character in good quality #so like I do think other casts work as well but it seems to me that where Orphedice work 100% with literally any pair of actors you see #hadesphone gives from 85 to 100% of overall narrative experience #maybe I’ll explain what I mean later if you’re interested

[xoxoemynn]

what happened tonight with the wjw?

I'm too lazy to go back to watch the recording and annoy myself all over again lmao but essentially Kristian noticed someone in the chat say they had a question but they dare not ask, and said that normally he doesn't take questions from the chat but he was desperate to know what that question was. So people started tagging the person to get their attention and they came back with this SUPER appropriate and not at all embarrassing question.

Thankfully Kristian either didn't see the actual question, or ignored it, but yeah. Obnoxious as hell.

#ask #jellybeanium124 #seriously it's bad enough DJenks already had to step in and say Taika was totally game for S3 #but you have members of the cast taking time out of their days to give us these experiences #for FREE #and you're abusing that kindness by taking digs at their colleague and hoping they'll do the same? #as if Taika hasn't only ever expressed extreme excitement for OFMD #I'd really been hoping as a fandom we were starting to move past this but nah #people always have to be Weird about Taika #doesn't matter if the entire cast/crew says he's great and they loved working with him and he loves the show #wouldn't matter if he got back on social media and said how much he loved OFMD #doesn't matter OFMD likely would never even exist without him backing it #people just HAVE to be gross about it #ANYWAY #ofmd #fandom fuckery

[apatheticrobots]

played pmd:eos and lets be so for real. no one including myself is surprised at who i formed an attachment to.

#pokemon #pkmn #pmd eos #pokemon mystery dungeon #pmd explorers of sky #dusknoir #grovyle #celebi #futuretrioshipping #sal art #big polite dude who is a little evil and also gay. yeah no i was doomed from the start #doesnt help that hes a ghost type which is one of my two fave types #like dont get me wrong #not only is the whole future crew great. the Entire Cast is great #HOWEVER. this guy..........................................yeagh #first one was experimenting with some new brushes btw so the coloring is ? weird

[deadlydelicious]

I really wish Carnival Row had been based off something, because the world building is so complete and so fascinating I would hardcore read an entire comic series and 12 part book series set in this world, and it kills me that this wasn’t more popular because it means it’s really going to die with a whimper and get none of that massive franchise it deserves

#ngl i do think the casting is the problem #i mean i think cara and orlando are doing great #but i think their casting made a lot of people dismiss the show immediately and not eve watch #like imagine the woman who played sophie longerbane playing vignette- that would have SLAPPED #carnival row