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#literally it's all the same scene it shouldn't be this hard lmao
meraki-yao · 5 months
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RWRB: A list of thoughts on the Campfire Scene
Ok I went to sleep for another hour to calm myself down and now I can form coherent thoughts about the scene and not just scream and squeal
It's a three-minute scene with two shots. The first shot is a little over two minutes
When Alex asks his question, Henry, who was looking into the fire, tilts his head towards Alex as if to listen better. After Alex finishes, Henry looks up towards the sky, like he's wondering how to answer
Alex doesn't really react to Henry's "Once upon a time" even though he's not directly answering Alex's question. He just listens, and that's such a beautiful thing
Nick deserves a round of applause for this scene, his monologue was two minutes long, and monologues are really hard to perform because it's just you who keeps talking, you don't really get to react to other things or people, it's just you, so Nick is a fantastic job
Nick's delivery and tone, and the way he sometimes ends a sentence a bit like a question (ex: "acutely") makes it sound like Henry's been thinking about this story/ metaphor for a while but this is the first time he ever verbalizes it, so while he knows what he wants to talk about thus he doesn't need to pause a lot to think of the story, he does occasionally need to think of the next word or line because again, he never actually said any of this out loud before, and Nick does that so well
@pippin-katz pointed out that Nick misspoke and said "sent the suit a prince of armour" which is hilarious, and while because movie, this shouldn't happen, realistically we all have moments where we mix words up so it almost feels more... authentic? Also, I didn't pick it up but now that Pippin mentioned it I'm really aware of it lmao
Also Henry/Nick's voice here is so soothing? I can almost imagine him telling bedtime stories to his and Alex's kids like this in the future. I wonder if Henry would write children's books because it feels like it'd be something he do and something he could write really well, if this clip is anything to go by. Plus I stumbled across an audio of Nick reading "The Emperor's New Clothes" before (I literally have no context of why he was reading that and it was literally just audio, not sure if I can find it anymore) and it was so soothing and calming that I fell asleep to it one night. Besides the full-cast RWRB audiobook that I'm practically demanding at this point, I wonder if he would be interested in doing more audiobook/narration stuff. He's really got the voice for it
The King sending a suit of armour to protect the prince's heart kind of further proves my point of the King being a much more loving grandparent to Henry than the queen in the book, and him worrying more about Henry himself than the image of the crown. He noticed that 1, Henry is an emotionally sensitive person, 2, Henry is gay, and both of those things could be turned against him easily, and he will get hurt. He does love Henry, just not in a way that's good for Henry. If we get a sequel I do hope we can see them reconcile in one way or another. It'd be a nice example for people in the same positions.
The "Nothing will ever happen to him" line!!!! I wrote a whole essay about Kensington and this line because somehow this line was one of the most powerful ones to me, but to know that it was originally Henry's word just adds another level of pain to the Kensington scene
You can see Henry's face light up when he starts talking about the peasant boy. And Alex's quick eyebrow raise and deep chuckle. It's so beautiful, I wanna cry
We talk about Alex's heart eyes, which, yes, but Henry's look of pure adoration and love at Alex when he says "Truly Alive" makes me want to melt
I yelled a little at Alex when he started to lay back down (as in I verbally shouted "DAMMIT ALEX LOOK AT YOUR MAN") because I felt like if Alex saw Henry's face in the following lines he'd figure out Henry has issues earlier? But then I saw a take saying the shot was framed like theatre where Henry's both centre stage and in the spotlight so the focus is on him, so Alex was designed to lay back down on the timber bench to make the entire space for Henry
Henry's look of sad longing when he talks about the peasant boy pulling apart his armor is heartbreaking
I wonder if this was originally planned to be the changing point from Alex's POV to Henry's POV? Because in that case I do think the lake scene worked better as a changing point
I also wonder how did Henry end the story in his head up to this point? Because as hopefully as the last line is, at this point in the story, Henry still doesn't believe he can keep this
I get why scenes are cut because when you're putting together a movie, there are a lot of things you don't see for individual scenes until you put them together. This is why as much as I want the cast and crew to get the premiere they deserve to have, I don't really want an extended cut of the movie, because things were cut for a good reason
That being said, if the cornetto scene and this scene proved anything, is that the scenes themselves are fascinating, and I WANT THEM ALL
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markantonys · 1 month
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parsing through my thoughts on the TOM gawene conflicts as i've been rereading some of their scenes while working on my fic! as always, my interpretations are colored by my role as gawyn's defense attorney lmao
the core of these conflicts really is so good to me. because we have egwene, who has a complex about needing to do everything herself and thinking she can't rely on other people to do things on her behalf (due to her experiences of needing to strong-arm into supporting her aes sedai who only raised her because they wanted to use her as a puppet). and we have gawyn, who has a complex about needing to be useful to a more important person at all times (due to his upbringing as "a living sword for elayne's/andor's use"). and so OF COURSE they run into a problem of gawyn trying too hard to be useful to egwene, egwene getting mad that he's interfering and presuming she needs his help, and then gawyn getting upset that egwene is rejecting his help and not letting him be useful. tasty, delicious, organic, and in character if you ask me! and throughout, we see that they both care about each other and both ultimately want the same thing (gawyn becoming egwene's warder), but just can't quite understand each other well enough to get onto the same page about making that happen.
now, sanderson's spin on it of "oh, gawyn's too used to being a prince so he struggles to follow orders and play second fiddle" isn't the correct read to me. imo it's based on real-world, patriarchy-rooted assumptions of what being raised as a prince would be like, but in andor's matriarchal monarchy, gawyn has always been raised to play second fiddle rather than hold the spotlight himself and he never had a problem with it prior to TOM (in fact, he was actively miserable being a large-scale military leader), so transitioning from being elayne's first prince to egwene's warder shouldn't be too big a shock to his system. and he's usually shown to be pretty willing to follow orders - UNLESS those orders are to do nothing, which most (all?) of egwene's orders to him in TOM are. because he Needs To Be Useful and can't accept that sometimes he can help somebody best by Not Doing Anything (encapsulated perfectly by the "gawyn i need you to do something for me" "yes anything" "stop guarding my door" "what no!" exchange). so in that sense i think gawyn behaves pretty in-character in TOM, but sanderson just picked out the wrong reason for what's making him behave that way.
thus, the resolution of the conflict does stumble a bit. egwene being put in a situation where she would've died if gawyn hadn't helped her works for her end of it (learning to lean on others), but on gawyn's end it's kinda clunky. the lesson he Truly needed to learn is that sometimes the best thing he can do is nothing, but sanderson was under the impression that the lesson he needed to learn was that his place is in egwene's shadow and he must come to her as a warder rather than as a prince. hence, the resolution on his end is him accepting his own death as the price to pay to keep egwene alive. which is........kinda the opposite of what he needed to learn and basically contributes to his actual death in AMOL.........wait a minute, WAS this a mishandling by sanderson or was he deliberately making gawyn learn the wrong lesson to set up his death? lmao
anyway, at the end of the day the whole bloodknife sequence is SO goddamn romantic that i don't even care about some of the details of gawyn's motivations feeling off to me. literally a top 5 most romantic WOT moment from which i will never recover!!!!
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hyeoni-comb · 2 months
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rewatching episode 2 like:
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Pran would use an analog clock to wake up. (it's the details, man. the way Pran uses an analog clock and Pat uses a digital one.)
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Pat stopping to smile at Pran's door hanger though, like he's thinking 'cute'. I wonder if there's a subconscious part of him that makes a connection between smileys and Pran, but doesn't think too hard about it. (in the same way he likes the handwriting of Green Tea Girl, but doesn't think too much about the fact that it looks Very Familiar lmao)
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suddenly thinking about how Pat's friend group has been calling each other out and making way for growth from the beginning. in episode two, Chang says to Korn "It's a new era already. No more sex object jokes.' in episode 1, Chang asked Korn if he was bullying his friend (which is also kind of wild/ironic since they're LITERALLY bullying Wai smdh)
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I love this whole montage of Pran & Pat trying to keep their friend groups from running into each other
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also loving Pat's 'what the hell are you talking about?' look when Pran makes up a story about why they can't fight at that bus stop lmao
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this bitch is having the time of his life scheming with Pat and texting him constantly. look at his smiley-face-up door hanger! what? the stress of keeping their friends apart is soooo annoying? ofc Pran isn't having fun 😶😂 out here humming a new love song for Pat while joking about being boyfriends lmao.
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as a side note: why does Pat think all men have trash handwriting? (considering he assumes lovely handwriting must belong to a woman)
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god I love how much Pat and Pa feel like siblings
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I know Bad Buddy exists in the bubble, but I still like the way it feels like Pran's feeling out his friend group when he asks them 'what if it was you being hit on by a guy?'
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Pran seems so surprised about Mystery Neighbor flirting with him, and it's a little confusing lmao. like, I find it hard to believe people didn't have crushes on Pran before. so like, did he just keep his distance so much / have so many walls that most people didn't dare to shoot their shot? (too bad for Pran, Pat is very willing to climb those walls and/or jump through the window if necessary lol)
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the fact that Pran is late really shows how much he deliberated
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Pran saying "the one you're waiting for is me" is such a loaded statement. bro, you have no idea though
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I hate this scene every time
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so I love the way Pran's instantly offended and asks Pat "Are you saying I brought bad luck?" in response to Pat saying "You're right. It was so peaceful when it was just me". and I love it because of how it gives Pran away. Pran's out here saying "things don't end well whenever I'm close to you" and tries pushing Pat away whenever he's consciously thinking about their relationship. but when it comes down to it, Pran wants Pat and doesn't want to be apart. and it's moments like this that give it away. moments when it seems like Pran can't stand the thought of Pat hating him or not wanting him too. moments when the truth slips out and contradicts the things he feels like he's supposed to do.
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god and in the midst of their bickering, Pran throws out a "But you meant it. You said you were doing fine without me." and it RIPS my heart out. because neither of them are looking at that statement too closely, but Pran is asking "were you fine without me?" saying "because I wasn't fine without you".
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Pat's dad just casually dropping the fact that he's got eyes on Pat at uni 👀😒
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so much pressure on Pat
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during this rewatch, I am so sad about the fact that it doesn't matter how much Pat tries to discourage his dad from talking trash about Pran and Pran's family. doesn't matter how much he disagrees with his dad or tries to end the conversation. this conversation is still absolutely a reminder of Pat and Pran's predicament. it's enough of a reminder to Pran that they shouldn't be talking in the first place, of why he keeps telling himself and Pat that "things don't end well whenever I'm close to you".
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Pat's immediate concern for Pran and Pran's immediate response to reassure Pat after Pat's dad leaves gets me every fucking time. it's a moment that feels so hopeless, as if they're trapped. it's very 'from Pran's pov'
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ugh, and it's extra gutting because this is the face Pran's making in between those moments
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I am always here for Pa's words of wisdom and their Jindapat Siblings moments
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god, and in the coming episode Pat tries so hard to prove this wrong, to prove that he isn't Pran's bad luck. that he can bring good luck to Pran instead.
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and this moment!! another moment that contradicts Pran's whole "things don't end well whenever I'm close to you" thing. like, imo Pat really does not owe Pran anything. but Pran is holding onto this connection - this excuse to remain connected that's conveniently laced with plausible deniability - as if not being connected to Pat at all is worse than moving away from him. it feels like Pran is saying 'you're not gonna get a clean break from me, asshole'
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ugh, quite possibly my favorite scene in episode 2: the wrastlin' scene
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Pat is so unexpectedly delighted in the face of this woman misinterpreting their relationship and Pran being flustered as heck. he doesn't even question why he's so amused lol
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arminsumi · 4 months
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@ your latest reblog about smut being fast food.. I'm not a follower for long BUT I happen to be on here for 10+ years and let me tell you: there's nothing more boring than a fic that's simply about smut. If I read a fic and the writer doesn't even put in the effort to make it at least sound as if that certain character would say xyz then I'll just skip lmao.
I appreciate thoroughly checked works.. characters being spot on and some good worldbuilding. I'm so sick of boring fics that you can literally apply to ANY character and it "works".
If a writer is able to really indulge into a character, their past, what they've been through and so on.. that's what makes me interested in a fic. It should fit the character and you shouldn't be able to copy paste the same work with a different character. I really like your fics that don't include smut at all such as "photograph" that made my heart sink let me tell you. The way it was so innocent and it all came down to Satoru crying and sobbing I can totally see him being heartbroken bc of something like this and he'd totally do it in silence too.
I know I'm just one of a few but please don't be discouraged by clown fics that are full of notes but don't even contain a proper plot. It seems unfair and it is bc most readers are just horny and who am I to blame lol. I also love smut but you know what's even better? If you can imagine that character saying these things, if the scenery makes sense if their relationship makes sense..
I appreciate writers that still care about the little things. Please don't stop putting in the effort because it seems like nobody is truly liking your fluffy fics.. I do and I also love heart wrenching angst and other fics.
I hope you're feeling a lil better now.. had to get that off my chest 🩷
omg 😭💗
thank u so much for taking the time to write this, it's rlly reassuring and so sweet of u!!
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i've been a bit self-conscious of my works lately because i see paragraph smut getting great feedback and then thought-out plots being lost in the tumblr void.
so i start scrutinizing my own work like ok maybe this wasn't as good as i thought?? did i structure it wrong?? is the flow bad??
i rlly try hard to ensure quality and do thorough editing and carefully write dialogues.
because i personally hate reading stuff and thinking "yeahhhh they'd never say that lol" bc it just breaks the immersion.
fanfic is a special type of reading experience, because the reader is usually self-inserting into the world and daydreaming about the scenario.
and also regarding smut, sometimes i hate writing full smut scenes or writing extremely satisfying sex. because in real life it's not like that, and i'd like to show relationship development like maybe character A says ok let's stop for now or maybe they don't go too far or maybe they're dissatisfied.
but i fear that writing about realistic, emotional sexual interactions with angst and (fluffy ones with short smut and long aftercare/after scenes) will not be well-received or enjoyed. it would greatly help plotlines of some of my angst fics, like the one where satoru loves the reader but she absolutely doesn't, but they "try" make it work and it falls apart because she feels emotionless during intimacy with him (but not with suguru, and she can't fall for him bc yk... tight-knit friend group problems 😔)
idk but it's alright bc i have my own personal rules of writing that i try to stick to, and i'm trying not to let notes or feedback deter me. i always hide in Kerouac's books when i lose sight of truthful writing lol
anyways thank u for ur motivational words they are stored in my heart hehe 💗👍
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acourtofthought · 9 months
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Hi<3
So I just saw a post on Instagram (btw I'm new to the fandom) and the post was about Nesta not giving Elain the Illyrian anatomy for giving birth to her bc shes a Gwynriel shipper.
This is all fun and game, I laughed at it too but that's not the best part...
Someone commented that they hated this part and RUINED THE WHOLE BOOK for them bc Nesta didn't give Elain the choice to have a Illyrian body as well...
And I was like... WTF!?
Let's rewind that scene. Feyre is dying, Nesta is begging the Cauldron to save her baby sister and her family. That's her priority but at the same time she sees the opportunity and gives her AND herself Illyrian anatomy BC THEYRE BOTH MATED to a half Illyrian and a full Illyrian and the possibility of them to have children is a lot so she did that to avoid the heartbreak.
And imagine she gave Elain an Illyrian body as well... wouldn't that ACTUALLY be disrespectful to Elain bc she saw fit to give her an Illyrian body like herself and Feyre while she hasn't asked for it!? And while there's literally no reason for Nesta to believe she wants one too?
Elain is mated to another male who happens to be a high fae and she's also a high fae who hasn't clarified that if she wants to accept the bond or reject it! Her time with Azriel is all hidden and happened in secret so I don't think beside Rhysand (who literally saw them and I think if he hadn't, he wouldn't have guessed the thing that's going on between Elain and Az), no one has suspected the two of them have a thing for each other (which again that thing should be questioned). Even Nesta who happens to be so close to Elain and know her personality better than she does Feyre's didn't suspect it!!
Like there shouldn't be a talk of choice here for Elain bc it was never Elain's request to begin with!!! (And I haven't seen her complaining about it as well). Idk what these E/riels fans are trying accomplish here lmao, They're trying so hard and it's laughable at this point.
Now that they realised their ship won't sail they first tried to be ignorant and say maybe Elain doesn't want children (which I doubt that not bc I know what Elain wants but bc I believe she has been growing up to this idea to marry and have children so I think she wants them or have thought about it before. At least at this stage the book, so yes maybe in the future she doesn't want one but that's not the point right now) and now they're being hateful toward THE WHOLE BOOKS and question EVERYTHING for no strong reason.
Trust me if sjm would want for Elain to have an Illyrian anatomy as well I'm pretty sure she would find a way so why are you all trying to be so hateful if you have this strong belief that E/riel would happen!?
You said it all so I'm just reiterating your thoughts.
Nesta didn't give Elain an Illyrian anatomy because......she has no reason to believe Elain would want or have need for an Illyrian anatomy at this point.
Feyre just had Rhys's baby so we have strong evidence that Feyre would greatly appreciate having the option to have another child with Rhys (if that's what they decide in the future) without the risk to her life. So I'm guessing there is a higher probability of Feyre appreciating what Nesta did rather than being mad over it.
Nesta is mated to Cassian, an Illyrian, so she too wants to ensure there is no risk that comes along for her later in life if they decide to have kids.
There are valid reasons that Nesta would have made the changes to she and Feyre's body and currently there are no valid reasons for her to physically alter Elain's body against her will at this moment.
Say E/riel is endgame. If SJM changed Elain's anatomy, it would have been too much of a clue in favor of E/riel because right now there aren't any other reasons she would have done it.
So either way, whether it's because E/riel is endgame or Elucien is endgame, it doesn't make sense to have Nesta change Elain.
I don't think Elain not being changed is proof of endgame for any ship. If E/riel is endgame then SJM will simply create a new storyline where they choose to have kids and will somehow circumvent the risk of delivery of a winged baby through newly discovered magic or maybe they'll go the route of no kids or adoption.
But if Elucien / Gwynriel is endgame then it's all set up for us. Elain didn't need an Illyrian anatomy because she's not ending up with an Illyrian and Gwyn's pliable bones will solve the issue for her IF she and Az end up together and have kids.
Regardless, the question should not be how unfair it is to Elain that her anatomy wasn't changed. Feyre was dying and Nesta was connected to the mother, both sisters mated to Illyrians. Elain had no skin in the game in this scene, it's not about her. Sure, we can debate what it means but it's not a question of fairness. Nesta changing Elain's body without consent and no valid reason to support doing it would have been a much bigger issue.
I love Elain but not everything that happens to other characters needs to also happen to her at this moment in time. It's exciting to get hints for Elain's book but at the end of the day SF is Nesta's story and it's a bit odd to claim it's ruined because certain things didn't happen to Elain.
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muffinrecord · 1 month
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I'm not going to try too hard for Kimochi, but that doesn't mean I won't have fun all the same.
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Taking large chunks of HP from the boss is super satisfying.
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This is the team I'm using right now, with a slightly different memoria setup for the "spend" phase.
I think I might swap out Kuroe but I have no idea who to swap in for her. TBH the only thing I use her for is her active mp to all, otherwise she just kinda sits there.
That said, I'm not really sure if there's a good alternative for her. I could try and sub in a different damage dealer but I have a good thing going with my spend phase. Heruka can only contribute so much damage at a certain point (and debuffs and buffs) but her mp restore is just too good to note use imo?
The spend phase is endless fun. The first three turns are literally just the same. All of these are doppels btw
Mami > Mami > Heruka Mami > Mami > Heruka Mami > Mami > Heruka Mami > Mami > Madoka Mami > Heruka > Kuroe Heruka > Mami > Mami
I mean to take a screenshot but clicked the wrong-ass button so. woops.
I haven't really looked at what the best order for the mamis would be, and did scene zero > holier mami. That's cause I'm 78% sure that Scene zero mami gives buffs to the whole team while holier mami only gives buffs to herself, so it's better to have scene zero mami buff holier mami and blah blah blah
I did Heruka last for the first few turns, even though she gives everyone buffs and debuffs the enemy. This is because I wanted to prioritize her mp regen to the team. Thinking about it though, she could probably still go first on round one because I earn enough MP there that it shouldn't be a problem? I should prob test this out.
Okay yeah just tested it out lmao and it works just fine if she goes first. well that's an easy way to increase damage done on turn one!
Alright so new spend phase:
Heruka > Scene 0 Mami > Holier Mami Scene 0 Mami > Holier Mami > Heruka Scene 0 Mami > Holier Mami > Heruka Scene 0 Mami > Holier Mami > Scene 0 Madoka Scene 0 Mami > Heruka > Kuroe Heruka > Scene 0 Mami > Holier Mami
I just looked at the wiki and realized that Heruka doesn't give damage increase/damage up but tbh that doesn't matter because by turn three, I'm consistently hitting damage cap on the two mamis anyways
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magnoliamyrrh · 9 months
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and thus, my endless fascination with conspiracy theories and the truth among the lies //again dont read if u have anxiety abt these sort of things
bc i have a legitemately psychotic father whose fallen down the rabbit hole hard, who thinks chemtrails are a thing and the new world baby eating satanic kabal is on the rise (and frankly most likely blames their demons for what he did to me), and who thinks having identification cards is the devils work bc if u flip them idk what way they say 666. hes been on national tv saying this shit 🤦‍♀️ and i have met many actual full fledged conspiracy theorists, mostly the alien sort, and spend time with them, so i know what theyre like
the issue w conspiracy theorists isnt that theyre 2000% pulling shit out of their ass. because theyre not... the issue is that they are rightfully skeptical of the government and world, they read things which are crazy but true, but then they... arent rightfully skeptical abt the shit they read on weird websites or facebook, and just become indoctrinated into something else
so, lets see here, the truth in the lies
government officials are sex trafficking children - 100% true, actually yes many of them are and its an issue, this is no conspiracy theory we literally have proof of this lmao. this happened in rømania, in europe, in plenty of other places, epsteins black book is a thing. do i even think some of them are into legitemately insane torture and sacrifice too? yes, i do, because that exists even outside of rich ppl... do i think some of them are actual self proclaimed satanists - oh im sure theres some, theres plenty of crazy shit out there.... is it the 12 bloodlines and (insert anti-semetic world conspiracy)? no, its not. is there a global satanic conspiracy? i really doubt it, i think most of these fucks arent either into the occult or theology enough for that. is it the hillary clinton pizzagate in a pizzaria that doesnt even have a basement? nope, nope - and the conspiracies draw away from the actual issue of child sex trafficking
one/new world order/shadow governments - is it true that the rich and powerful of most governments have more in common with each other than common people? yes, absolutely. is it true they all for the most part want docile populations? yea. do they make shady af deals with each other? yuppp. are there people controlling things behind the scenes who are very powerful and we dont know of? yes, absolutely. is the idea of a new world order letting corporations rule everything that ridiculous considering... corporations do rule more and more...? hmm. is it however (insert anti-semetic conspiracy theory here) no. is it reptilians, no. is it aliens, uh i mean, 1% chance im not betting on it. is there a master plan we should focus on to combat this supoosed 12 bloodlines takeover?...... we should probably focus on more practical things
*sidenote to this, i actually find it interesting that conspiracy theorists are afraid the higher classes "kabal" is selectively raising and breeding perfect children while thinking the rest of the population shouldn't have children because were overpopulated...... it is literally happening rn as we speak that some rich ppl are selectively having fetuses and genetically engeneering for "higher IQ" "higher pay bracket" "no depression no health issues no imperfection".... this is real.. and these same rich ppl are part of weird groups which hold only they should have children and raise them in weird special ways (look into elon musks natalist ideas :) )... again...is it 12 satanist bloodlines... uhhhhhno. but yea, it is some sort of issue
chem trails - this one is fun bc yes the chem trail stuff gets taken out of hand. theyre trying to make us all stupid with them or gay or etc etc etc. But the Fun Thing is!!! there Are actually companies which are using chemtrails (releasing chemicals from airplanes) to try to combat climate change witnout telling anyone or civilian approval..... and in at least in one case an american company did this in a northern euro country without approval and definetely not population approval.... fun, right? so, as far as we know to a degree chemtrails are real, just very likely not the way people think
the water turning the frogs gay - this is hysterically enough based on something true. a farmland fertilizer company was having runoffs into a river, where the frogs started displaying high rates of intersex conditions and homosexual behavior, causing the population to decline. when scientists rung the alarm, the company used its money to shut them all down. watch a video on the youtubers Okis Stories on this, its a brilliant documentary he made.... is the government putting stuff in the water to use a "gay bomb" and make ppl gay? lol no. but was there a case of fertilizer chemicals being used turning frogs gay? yes, kinda
mind control, sound wave mind control, and implants for mind control - yuppp. these are real too. obviously MKULTRA as well as several other programs were real (and as far as im concerned are still happening). there is indeed real scientific proof that frequencies, sound waves, brain implants, etc can control very complex mammals such as apes to a terrifying degree (force an ape mother to ignore her crying baby, spark agression, force a bull to stop charging)..... and yes, the human brain itself has its own series of frequencies and energies which can be manipulated. sorry to say, the idea of government mind control and being afraid of frequencies is actually not complete bogus......... idk how much walking around with tinfoil on your heads is gonna do much, and blaming every little thing on this is uhh... paranoia. but i truly do understand why ppl who look into this a long time fall into paranoia, bc it makes me paranoid too. because there is indeed truth to it, and we have no way of knowing how good government tech is
the gov is involced w the occult - not 100% of the time but the CIA's and Soviet governments extensive research into astral projection, telepathy, etc, and the CIA literally writing about meeting higher interdimensional beings should uhhh. make it clear at one point they were and likely still are..... again tho... are they all satanist baby eaters... doubt it
alien abductions - just gave my thoughts on this
project blue beam - the idea as a whole is absolutely hysterical but hologram technology has indeed become insane, look it up. but nah that aint happening. also, yes, the government is likely using the ufo stuff as a distraction and way to increse military spending and to take eyes off of military tech.... staged ufo invasion and rupture tho? doubt it
cryptids are genetially engenered abominations/the gov is doing genetic engeenering/we should be scared of it - you know, i did biotechnology for four years and promised to never touch it again. if i had the money i would bet thousands of dollars that there are both government and private companies doing Insanely unethical and fucked up shit...... we have made goats which produce silk out of their uteruses..... there is donkey dna in your strawberries..... human ears are grown on lab rats...... i have no idea what theyre doing. and i can't say if theyve made human-animal hybrids.... but i will place all my money on very messed up shit happening 100%
modern food and water is bad for you/ chemical fertilizers are bad/ gmos might also be bad - this aint even a fucking conspiracy. they just are. rates of cancer are through the roof. the shit were using today is insane. and on gmos.... idk what to say abt them being dangerous, even after years of biotech, i rly dont. but they taste like shit and i dont... morally like the idea of fish dna in my fruits. call me old fashioned or puritanical, i know theres good sides to it. we learned plenty in biotech of the bad sides tho
the government will use any excuse (covid, crime rates, whatever) to increse its surveillance and control on the population - this one is also true and we saw it all over the world (china, per example). yes covid was absolutely real and dangerous..... yes the government used it to gain more control... both of these things are true
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catacomb-chaos · 11 months
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So sad to hear your game is glitched 💔 tbh the whole Elsie quest is a mess, I got stuck too, albeit at not bring able to get to Mabel cuz Cooper refused to let me into their shared bedroom (low hearts lol) and it took forever for some fireside event to trigger to get that woman out of that room. Bruh. But aside from that, what did you think of the update? The sidequests? New npc stories? I love how everyone instantly went feral over Unsuur after that one quest ahcbvjsugjbj
it is quite a shame... but it's probably time for me to take a break anyways... been really hitting it hard trying to get to the newest content (last time I had stopped during the Clearing the Air quest) <3 Hopefuly it'll get patched soon. This response is going to be long, sorry <3
On Elsie...:
Listen... I'm not really the biggest fan of Elsie so I really didn't care about helping her (hence... not going out of my way to bring her fish, I'm not really very keen on the fishing tbh) but after that nonsense I knew I had to help her only because the Developers literally told me to do it LMAO. Although, I will say, her finding herself and still coming back is (theoretically) a nice progression in her character arc, yknow? We'll see.
OKAY BUT literally the SAME thing happened to me with Mable being locked in the room!! I just happened to be very close to making Buddy status w/ Cooper, and managed to get in within like the same day... I had a harder time finding the Oregano to begin with tbh AKSJAAKSD it literally vanished as soon as I needed it, I swear!
Alright so... new content thoughts... that I can remember... up until the Fallen From Grace quest: (ps this contains spoilers)
Main Townsfolk Thoughts:
I didn't quite get the hype over Unsuur until I played it LOL and then I got all his letters + the cutscene at once so I was superrrr confused as to what was going on... but exploring his house while he narrated was pretty funny. I'm quite fond of him now. Had to give him lots of rocks after all that so that we're best friends for real (aka it says so in my little notebook)! :)
Tbh I just kind of love the majority of the townsfolk, but I'm happy to see Unsuur & others getting more fleshed out.
Mentioned it before but I love a little bit of "We thought you were dead!" angst... so coming back to the memorial was a good time for me. <3 All of them were really nice, some were even heartwarming! (And then there was Yan... Wish I could've kept my gravestone as a souviner tbh! )
Fang beloved <;3 !!! I got Fang content, of course I'm very happy w the update for that alone /hj I loved seeing Fang try to come out of his shell & start trying to talk more, not just for X but for himself too. Being patient is not for everyone (especially not when there's plenty of townsfolk who wouldn't think twice), but I think it really pays off to be patient w Fang.
As for the Fang Romance content... the dialogue after rejecting the heart knot & then the check-up scene the next day is very heartbreaking... "Are we not good like this :( ?" Learning his backstory after the fact really puts a lot into perspective & I just 😭.
Also... PATHEA you can't have a man walk away from me literally sobbing and not expect me to run and grab him, what am I, heartless??? /hj. X seeing his two favorite people upset and deciding to cause problems on purpose, I love him too <3
I'm trying to befriend CoCo and adopt her so we can have the happiest family ever I stg <3
I love the idea of the romance trigger quests like Fang and Arvio have. I hope they add more for the other characters (Like Justice etc.) at least one pre-dating quest that leads to dating or like a special event after you're already dating.
Justice <333 if you're dating him he'll call you honey <3 There's also the part where it's literally the "STOP TELLING EVERYONE IM DEAD" meme, love him for that. Also he's so funny "We shouldn't get involved in the mutant animal kingdom's political strucutre!! (proceeds to get involved, albeit reluctantly.)
OHH the Catori "date that wasn't supposed to be a date" after I made her a snackshelf... walking her home & kissing her goodnight is sooo cute <3
Amirah calls you darling when you're dating. :) and regardless of your status... if you tell her about Arvio's business plans (with the glazing machine & packaging machine), she'll promise to keep the secret <3 Look I couldn't lie to her!
Qi is so funny. Heidi PLEASE let him pilot the robot drill, I think it'll be entertaining!
Thank fuck for Rosy. I've been wanting to change Cricket's eyes for a while now it was bothering me. Her quests are kind of funny too. (TWO OUT OF TEN..... THREE OUT OF TEN... love how she goes "Two out of ten. Thank you master." when you give her a gift she dislikes.)
General Quest Things I remember:
The Snow White Mouse & the Seven Moles set up is alright, very silly- very My Time-esc... but I am very fond of the evil queen rat, miss Rosy the Mirror & the french mole, Ged. Hope we see Ged & the princess again at some point. :)
Hated the part where I had to platform?? Like WTF??? Couldn't figure out how it wanted me to jump farther?? or higher?? And the game took pity on me and skipped me to the end of the level because I kept falling to my doom LMAO.
OKAY BUT THE CAPTURING RAMBO QUEST?? THE FIGHT W LOGAN (I lost it 3 times. Didn't have the greatest weapon on me tbh and then just barely snagged victory SKDFDJS) !!! THE REVEALSSSS!!! I loved the design of the hideout (very flashy, very memorable) & it was fun. Honestly this part of the quest came about at the perfect time because I was starting to get a little tired, but after this I was super excited to see what happens next.
My favorite part of the new(?) content so far is the Capturing Rambo Quest tbh.
Musa deciding to fund the tunnel to Portia was exciting!!! & so was seeing Albert but ehh.
I love how everyone keeps talking about the Portia Builder & even getting a letter from your mother that's like "you guys should meet!" (Extra funny because in my canon, my Portia builder is actually my Sandrock builder (Cricket)'s older cousin LOL.)
Lying to Nia after joining the Outlaw Gang Operation... it's really funny to me that she bought up the newspapers so our family didn't worry though ngl.
Oh. Found out that the way Miguel's hair is styled is on purpose actually AJSHAD.
Random Nonsense Thoughts:
I was super curious if flirt options would still come up with other Townsfolk after you started dating someone else. Well, I met Logan and found out! (It hasn't come up again but I THINK the answer is yes)
I'm so glad that Greeno randomly changes Mount Color.... still haven't gotten a black stallion yet but I kind of gave up because the white horse is also nice (I named it Phantom so). BUT HEY... at least I finally I bought a horse finally. but not before I spent 25k on a grey camel. So you know, I guess I'm winning
My point is the new mount colors are very nice.
I FINALLY BUILT MY MANSION HOUSEEE. I was very confused by why some townsfolk kept getting random +5 affinity. It was the house. They stopped to look at my house. (It's not the best tbh, the interface for house stuff is not super intuitive and also it's almost unusuable w a controller)
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biggiedraws · 5 months
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OH. i get the ending of tristamp now. i thought that final scene was introducing a new character, which is why i complained about it being sequel bait, but this time the name "eriks" tipped me off. (it is still sequel bait btw but it's less egregious than introducing an entire new character lmao) honestly the fact that i didn't catch it the first time means that the scene still doesn't really work on its own merits - it should be a little clearer for people who don't get the reference imo. get his hair out of his face a LITTLE. draw literally any attention to the missing left arm. honestly i get that you wanna be subtle but there's such thing as too much subtlety
and you know what, this isn't the only time i've had this issue with the show either. the first time i watched it i had a real hard time with the timeline and the past/present versions of characters - partially because the ages of the twins aren't really clearly communicated for a while (which is fine - it creates intrigue), but also because of stuff like. when present-brad shows up, he doesn't even get a closeup to be like "hey! this is that guy from vash's past! remember him? he's old now!" which is especially frustrating because like 30 seconds later, the lady DOES get a closeup. which i guess makes sense bc she was the more important character, but as a result i didn't even recognize brad. and i had the same issue with the doctor guy who's with knives - we meet him in the present first, but when he's introduced in the past they don't call any attention to him and he's not even the focus of the scene. idk maybe i'm just bad with names, but i feel like this shouldn't be this much of an issue? especially since the characters in question all look distinct and play fairly major roles.
and like, i'm not saying you have to be all heavy-handed with it, like "why hello [character] i haven't seen you since [event]! wow, you've changed so much!". you don't have to do all that - you CAN rely mostly on character design to convey who someone is, especially when your characters look so distinct. a closeup shot of brad when vash sees him for the first time. someone addressing that doctor guy by name when we first see the younger version of him. a closer shot to show eriks' missing arm, or enough of a part in his hair for the closeup that we can see maybe his eye and the mole on his cheek. i'm not asking for a lot here, just a little bit more clarity when you're trying to communicate who someone is without outright saying it! like i get that the show is really short and this probably wouldn't be a problem if these characters had a bit more screentime. but as it is, it just doesn't work
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and you have a right to be mad at the finale!! we all were!! it makes no fucking sense for them. it hit so hard esp since i watched this live during the pandemic and god for a hopeful show, i felt it was so out of place it ended the way it did, esp for THEM. i cant stress it enough. they shouldn't have ended it up like that. i love them so much and the shitty ending won't take away what was built up til ep 14 idc. idk those ppl in the last 2 eps. take some time away from it and watch it again (preferably only to ep 14) it'll feel empty but its a drama i always come back to. im like on my 4th rewatch but i now skip older heedo scenes 🤷🏻‍♀️
Hi anon! this is bit late but i've been busy and wanted to have time to reply bc i knew i would need to rant about this lmao.
god yes i saw mixed reactions to finale with some people saying it was realistic, but to me it wasn't. like you said for such a hopeful show to end it like that? yeah no (god i cant imagine watching this in real time and during the pandemic, im so sorry)
heedo and yijin breaking up and never speaking again makes no sense after establishing during 13 episodes that the whole fundation of their relatioship was mutual and inconditional support (like, i could understand them breaking up at that point for a bit bc they were both young, but never coming back together and not being in each other's lives anymore ????) (and i hate to compare them like this because i really liked them as a couple but yurim and jiwoong making it through yurim moving to rusia but baekdo not making it through new york?) i think what i find more upsetting is not them not working romantically, but that they are not in each other lives anymore after being so important and so fundational even before they started dating. THEY WERE EACH OTHER'S WHOLE SUPPORT SYSTEM, literally in heedo's words he was the only person who rooted for her even when her own mother didn't, WHICH GETS ME TO MY NEXT POINT
the more i think about it and the reason i dislike the finale the most is that older hee do seems to be so lonely? that aparently she doesn't keep in touch with ANY of them? these people were the only family she had in her teens, her first support system after her dad died. she was so lonely when we started the show and i feel like we ended with older heedo just as lonely. and the thing i hate the most is that the final message of the show is that it is inevitable to lose those things when you get older. that friendship and love are things you only get when you are young. im in my late 20s and things do get more complicated as you grow and it is harder to mantain friendships but it is not impossible if the people are important to you. so i refuse to believe the show telling me that by the time im in my forties im going to be alone. i don't think the heedo we spent 16 episodes with, who grew up so alone and was resigned to live like that before starting the show, deserved to end up in her 40s with only her mother and her daughter (and married to a man we don't even know the name of) and with such bleak outlook in life.
ok this got very long, sorry and thank you for giving and excuse to get all this out anon. aparrently i had a lot to say lmao. as for rewatching the show, im a huge rewatcher of things, but my first reaction when it ended was that i was never going to rewatch it because I was very sad. but rn im on a maybe i could rewatch it skipping the finale because i actually really loved the show and the characters but idk idk let's see. also lol at you skipping older heedo's scene, same THAT'S NOT MY HEEDO.
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southfarthing · 2 years
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MERLIN 1x05: LANCELOT
introducing: lance-a-lot!
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blueblue-glassmoon · 2 years
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I read Solomon's script during the past days and I'll summerize something here. I already did the same on my twitter account so it's basically a repost from there but whatever
- Script is 33 pages, each page has three columns
- Nasu leaves notes for CloverWorks in the script. In the Marisbury/Solomon scene he writes "on screen" for Solomon's words because "(you couldn't use Solomon's voice yet)"
- THEY CHANGED ROMAN'S FIRST SCENE HE WAS ASLEEP IN THE SCRIPT LIKE HE WAS IN GAME
- I'm leaving the whole translation of the Lev/Leonardo dialogue because it's AMAZING and she snaps SO HARD against him:
“Roman, in the control room, has no objection and looks at Lev on the monitor with a pensive expression.
Da Vinci, on the other hand, cannot tolerate Lev's sarcasm and refutes it.
Da Vinci: "Of course, of course. You could not have known Romani's humanity. After all, this guy didn't trust anyone until I was summoned to Caldea."
Lev, hearing da Vinci's objection, frowned: "What?”
With anger at Lev and resentment at the life of Roman, Da Vinci speaks.
Roman is surprised by Da Vinci's uncharacteristically emotional response.
Da Vinci: "I don't know why, I don't know who the enemy is. There is no guarantee that it will happen in the first place.” He believed in such a" crisis of mankind "and threw out his entire life."
- Follows a Roman pov placed in his past:
// I keep waiting, believing that something that shouldn't happen will happen.
// I can't let the enemy know that I'm aware.
// So I can't talk to anyone.
// I don't know what to learn for that time (for then it'll come)
// So I'll learn everything I can–
- At the end of the first Servant sequence Nasu literally wrote "depends on the costs it's up to you to decide if they'll speak or not" LMAO
- Nasu really doesn't care about the servants in Solomon. In almost every scene with them he basically goes "ok, you chose what to do, I'll continue writing the important stuff".
I'm not kidding, in the first Servants vs Goetia fight he makes A LIST OF SERVANTS and tells "you choose which of them you want to use for that purpose".
For example, the first Servant purpose is "following Mash running to the throne" and Nasu wrote "Geronimo or Paracelsus" (I'm sad, I would've LOVED to see Paracelsus in the movie!!!)
Another example: purpose is destroying Solomon's magical barrier. Servants in the list are Altera (which was the chosen one) or Kintoki. Same thing for the second Servant vs Goetia fight, but in that one there are some servant that Nasu absolutely wanted in the movie.
The Rider was Ushiwakamaru, the Caster was Amadeus, the Berserker Asterios and THE ARCHER WAS DAVID!!!! I'M HAPPY NASU ACTUALLY ASKED FOR DAVID TO BE THERE 😭😭😭
For other classes, there was a list of 2-3 servants
- another interesting thing I want to clarify is that Baal is there /in the script). It's not just a random Demon Pillar who talks to Goetia, it's Baal. I'm saying this because many people think the next FGO adaptation will be Shinjuku because of Baal
- While Mash and Fujimaru are heading to the Temple there's a dialogue in which Fujimaru says he want to come back to Chaldea with Mash. She doesn't answer. In the script Nasu states she was scared, that's why she doesn't speak
- No servant dialogue in the Seven Servants vs Goetia scene either
- “Mash's voice is quiet but dignified. There is no hostility in it. It is not an attempt to denigrate Goetia, but purely an assertion: "I wanted to live like that".”
- Mash thinking "you're so lonely" when Goetia asks her to understand him
- There's a beautiful Fujimaru pov after Mash's death. I'll leave it here as well:
“He runs to Mash's shield, grasps the grip of the shield to see what remains of Mash, and falls to his knees.
Fujimaru's face is shaking with anger. His hostility towards Goetia and his resentment towards himself are driving him crazy.
(Fujimaru's disappointment is not that he has failed to fulfil his promise to return with her, but that Mash, who has helped him, has told him that she wanted to help him at least once.
She has done more than enough. She has done more than enough for me. She helped me. And yet, in Mash's mind, she had not been able to repay me in any way.)”
- Roman leaving Chaldea is 1:1 to the original game I SWEAR NASU WROTE "FROM HERE IT'S THE SAME AS THE GAME" AND I REALLT DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY
- “Solomon (M) (Actually, after this incinerator was resolved. I dreamed of being able to live freely as a person.)” NASU I HATE YOU
- Ars Nova is VERY WELL explained btw. The movie cut literally everything here, it focuses more on the emotional side (which is also in the script of course)
- The dialogue between Guda and Solomon is 1:1 (movie/script) except for a thing: Guda grabs the hem of Solomon's garment (💔💔)
- The final dialogue between Roman and Da Vinci is REALLY LONG. Nasu wrote that he knows it's long but he tried to shorten it as soon as possible AND IT LASTS THREE PAGES ANYWAY. You can clearly see Nasu loves Roman and his name and it makes me really happy!!! It's the same as the game but with a more detailed description, like Da Vinci's sad smile or Roman trying to be brave
- Also, when Roman explain the meaning of his name (“I wanted to live that way”) Nasu writes a note below:
“//of course, he won't have the freedom to live that way”
I'M CRYING THANK YOU NASU I REALLY HATE YOU WHY DOES ROMAN HAVE TO SUFFER LIKE THIS
- Roman says the most meaningful thing he has done in his life was watch Guda grow up into a reliable Master I CAN'T TAKE THIS ANYMORE
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karasunology · 4 years
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❝ AM I YOUR LOCKSCREEN? ❞ ❝ YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO SEE THAT. ❞ with KUROO TETSUROU !
How about “Am I your lockscreen?” “You weren’t supposed to see that.” kuroo getting caught by his crush who's also his best friend HAHAH
❝ ― submitted by @ nonnie <3 ❞
-ˏˋ ➶ character(s) ━ kuroo tetsurou <3
[ trigger warnings ━ crackhead jae in the house writing at 3 am😔✋ ]
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KUROO TETSUROU.
➜ having a phat juicy crush😋 on kuroo was hard for you
➜ not only has it been going for awhile now, but it has also developed through the mid stages of your friendship
➜ but like ,,, who wouldn't lmao
➜ kuroo is literally such a good friend and somewhat flirty & affectionate to the point that the line between best friends and lovers was just a blur
➜ he would carry your bag for you, help you with your failing grades, reason #2525 why you don't got a significant other😔✋ a thread by jae, & even introduced kenma to you which actually seemed to enjoy your company even if it may not seem like it
➜ he cares a lot about you and does not hesitate to show it, but the problem being was that you didn't know what his intentions were
➜ were they friend based? or perhaps he had other intentions?
➜ these stupid questions that SHOULDN'T even be on your mind, raced along the folds of your brain as all that you could think about was kuroo
➜ and it pushed you in the brink of insanity
➜ and whenever you would hang out alone with kenma, either talking his ears out as if you were a podcast, while playing from his psp, and kuroo would walk in ─ kenma being the observant guy he was, noticed the change of your behaviour
➜ as he noticed that you would prefer hanging out with him alone now rather than with both him and kuroo
➜ being the good best friend he is, and being too tired of this bs and just DATE ALREADY FFS, he arranged a plan of getting you two to atleast be in the same room as each other
➜ and it didn't even take him a hot minute to think of it since bb boy was just too big brain energy and ugh
➜ the power he holds😍
➜ you : i'm so tired of this
➜ kenma : imagine how tired we are? imagine how tired we are of this
➜ the three of you were set to go out for shopping but kuroo and and you knew how kenma was kinda bad with crows so you guys separately offered to go with him not knowing the other was coming
➜ but it was only then when you arrived at a house and being welcomed by the sight of kuroo in casual wear and not of the sounds of kenma's game boy made you rethink all your life decision
➜ you : waIT A MINUTE, WAIT A GODDAMN MINUTE
➜ but then a storm said aight imma head in and you didn't have any choice but to accept kuroo's offer of you staying in his house until storm calms down
➜ ugh honestly, kenma + mother nature = matchmaker duo that nobody asked for but needed✋😔😩
➜ there was a weird stuffy and somewhat awkward atmosphere between you two & kuroo was aware of it
➜ you guys watched netflix but didn't chill😔👊
➜ we'll get em next time boys
➜ but doing these made you feel at ease, as you could FEEL the vibrations of kuroo's laugh whenever you would jump on a scene while you unknowingly scooted closer to him
➜ and of course kuroo being kuroo, he never lets this chance of teasing you escape from the window
➜ nosirrr
“ not gonna lie, you could have just said you wanted to get a bit closer to me and i wouldn't reject the idea of cou ─ ” you punched him as he shrieked in pain
��� everything was going well and UGH i could even go as far as saying that you were cuddling, intentionally or not
➜ sadly, the storm decided it was enough fun for now and ceased, and now after hanging around with kuroo normally for the first time, you didn't wanna leave
➜ but of course you had no reason to stay
➜ as you walked to his front door ready to leave, you remembered you had forgotten your phone on his bed as he quickly went back for it
➜ while looking for your phone as he called it using his, he saw it under the overs. pulling it out to slide on the [ decline ] button, his face was met with a picture of both him and you, but of course all that he could see was him
➜ blinking, he closed the phone before opening it again, making sure that it wasn't just him seeing things
➜ and when it confirmed that he wasn't dreaming, he cover his face with the palm of his hand, burrying it there as he silently screeched with all his might not to come all undone with just that
➜ THIS BOY MAY SEEM LIKE A TOUGH HUGE DOM GUY THAT'S NOT AFRAID TO PUT YOU IN YOUR PLACE, but honestly mans is just a softie for you and is a huge dork don't @ me
➜ running down the stairs as fast as he could with a grin, he handed it back to you, but before you could thank him he spoke first
“ am i your lockscreen? ” his grin widened as he could see a blush tinting on your cheeks while you simultaneously averted your eye contact with him
➜ because suddenly, the most interesting thing as of rn was the wall
“ you're not supposed to see that. ”
➜ you regretted saying it once you saw the shit-eating grin yet bashful expression tugged on kuroo's face
“ uh anyays let me just go now um ─ ”
➜ you went outside his house as you strongly pull the front door shut on the way out, leaving kuroo in a lovesick haze as he grinned all the way back to his room dancing along the halls to a non-existent music, making sure to thank kenma
➜ because you bet that he was going to ask you about it the next day
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Unpopular opinion: Makoto should've been angrier with Haru during that fireworks scene. Actually, I think Haru was a bad friend (throughout S2) tbh.
Here we have a friend who has been with Haru through thick and thin, even during the time Haru and Rin had that little beef when they were kids. In Makoto's POV Haru suddenly became upset to the point where he doesn't want to swim, suddenly quits the club and distanced himself from all his friends. All without any context. So what does Makoto do?
He simply quits the club too, wasn't able to keep as close contact to his friends like before, and stayed by Haru's side all till high school- that's three years. And btw, he STILL didn't pry or ask Haru about what exactly happened to get him in such a state, he silently respected Haru's boundaries and was there for him.
So to have all his kindness and generosity of basically tending to Haru's needs before his own, thrown back at his face when Haru accused him of "meddling" and telling him to "mind his business"- EXCUSE ME? Are you KIDDING ME? He's been there for you since DAY 1, HARU. All he wants you to do is think about your future! He never even told you to have a job, he literally said "if you're happy with it, then I won't force you" but he knew you were just SCARED!
And I'm sorry, I get that Haru was just overwhelmed in the situation and felt he had no other choice... BUT- the fact that Makoto, for once, put his own life before anyone else's and found a dream for himself; he wanted to tell Haru immediately but got shot down multiple times. Only during the scene did it come out because Haru, WITHOUT TALKING TO HIM, assumed Makoto didn't figure out a dream (then said "why aren't you speaking"- lmao okay Haru real classy) and the response he gets is his most precious friend RUNNING AWAY FROM HIM.
-Like I can't explain how nonsensical Haru's accusations were in that damn fight. "Meddling?", Haru he literally never knew what got you so down during middle school but never asked to respect your boundaries. But the one time he wants to help steer you in the right direction, he's "meddling"? Okay YAH SURE.
For me, that little moment they had after the airport scene, where Haru is like "I'm sowwy 🥺"- yeah no that doesn't cut it. Makoto shouldn't have even been there at the airport. Haru should've done a little more than just words, and actively made it up to him. Because I know for someone like Makoto, words like that cut deep. It's hard to get over knowing all the time you stuck by your friend, practically boyfriend, was thought of as "meddling".
TL;DR: There should've been at least half an episode where Haru did a little more to apologise for what he said to Makoto, and I mean literally ANYTHING more. I get Haru's not like that, but if he really was sorry I feel he would've gone out of his comfort zone to convey how much he means that. Makoto, though could've forgiven him already, shouldn't have just forgotten the fight immediately, I know he's perfect but he's also human. It's fine for him to hold a grudge once in a while, especially when it wasn't even fully resolved. Maybe then it wouldn't feel so... undeserved? Having that "Okaeri, Tadaima" scene.
Honestly I could talk about this scene for days but I've already written a whole essay I'm so sorry-
Hmm i understand your reasoning completely, the things Haru said were unacceptable and we definitely shouldn't have just had a brushed aside apology.
But isn't that the apeal of Makoto and by extention Makoharu? The selflessness, the silent understanding, the immediate forgiveness? I completely get wanting a conversation with Haru begging for forgiveness, especially for calling him meddlesome. @caffernnn and i have talked endlessly about a good apology scene for the fireworks scene, bc you're right Haru was bang out of order, he knew the impact of his words, and he chose them specifically to hurt Makoto as much as possible. That's a terrible thing to do especially when, as you also pointed out, Makoto was the only one who didn't actually push him to become a swimmer but just wanted Haru's happiness.
But, Haru is borderline depressed at this point, and the one person he thought wouldn't press the matter, the one person who's always been his safety away from the prying minds and overwhelming questions and pushing and the pressure seems to now also be the same as everyone else insisting that he find a dream and just be what everyone expects of him. That kind of, what must've seemed like to Haru, betrayal must've hurt something terrible. Not saying what Haru did was right but you have to understand the pain he must've been feeling. Haru's not just Makoto's most important person, Makoto is the same for Haru. So of course he's gonna be broken, and of course he lashed out.
As for the airport scene, i completely completely disagree. That scene is SO important to me. It's integral for the Makoharu, bc they are after all home for each other. They need to have the safety of messing up without the fear of losing each other. That's what sets them apart from every other dynamic I've ever seen. They're teenagers they’re gonna do things wrong (Makoto asking Haru to race him was also EXTREMELY fucked up, and we didn't even get an apology for that; the show literally just forgot it happened) but they need to be able to stumble and fall and make mistakes without the fear that the other will lash out like Rin or become withdrawn like Ikuya.
Haru has had such a bad experience racing a friend before, and he lost Rin bc of it, and Makoto is infinitely more important and losing him is Haru's biggest fear. Yet when Makoto asked, he put aside his own feelings and fears and pain, and put Makoto's feelings first. So why wouldn't Makoto, after the fight, put aside his own for Haru's sake? When he knows better than anyone how sorry Haru's gonna be bc he knows Haru better than himself?
Basically where i agree with needing more, a better apology where Haru apologises specifically for the words he chose and the hurt they intended to cause, i don't think Makoto shouldn't have gone to the airport or been angrier and not forgiven him until Haru apologised properly bc then how is he any different to anyone else is Haru's life? The whole apeal of makoharu is their unbreakable bond and selfless love, and if they don't have that, if they don't love each other unconditionally, if they don't understand why the other lashed out or did something awful (be it the fireworks scene or the race), if they're not there for each other through every bad thing in life then what's the point?
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thedeviljudges · 3 years
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So sorry thought I was done but there's more! (I've really enjoyed your analyses.) Thinking bout YH possibly being involved in SH's death and reasons he could be: callback to ep 8 convo bout doing whatever it takes, plot twist for sake of it, vindicate SH's anti-Yohan agenda, make audience suffer. Reasons he SHOULDN'T be: character development (see same convo!) - it would undo all his progress, everything he said about letting Gaon make his own choice, Elijah would never forgive him, etc. (1/2)
It should be evident to YH from Gaon's actions/words in this ep that he's still on side re. fighting the corrupt world - there's no pressing need to get rid of SH to get him back on track. Also YH being guilty would vindicate Min Jung-ho's anti-YH agenda, and so far I don't feel the show has invited the audience to sympathise/agree with him so that would be a weird turn around! Plus if SH had found out something bout YH wouldn't she have tried to tell Gaon in her last moments?? ...here's hoping!
Ahhh, thank you!!! I’m glad someone enjoys my annoying posts about this show, lmao. It’s just so much fun and hard not to constantly think about it when you’re always finding new little things.
And I think all of your points are very true, and I totally agree. I think the scene in episode 12 where they “break up” was enough for Yohan to realize that what he said and what he continued saying drove Gaon away. Gaon’s confession about Soohyun being his world and realizing that Gaon chose her over him was already reasonable and logical enough for him to understand that if Yohan did anything to her, Gaon wouldn’t be on his side. Gaon would go after Yohan, even without a plan - I firmly believe that.
Gaon rushed to the hospital and checked up on her when she got heart, for example. Him and Yohan fought over the possibility of Yohan attacking her, and Gaon found out it wasn’t him and apologized for making the assumption - that Yohan had no need to actually go after her. On top of that, Gaon even admitted to the professor while he was in the hospital that Yohan wouldn’t have attacked him, and yet he got mad at Gaon for taking Yohan’s side again.
And the thing with Soohyun’s attack - that would’ve been a great time for Yohan to go after her if needed because at that point, him and Gaon were still on shaky ground in their relationship. Yohan didn’t understand his own feelings for Gaon, and he wasn’t at the point of considering other people and/or changing is ways (to an extent).
I’ve also posted previously about how Soohyun and the professor use confirmation bias to convict Yohan of things he hasn’t done - and this is just another example of the professor pointing fingers at Yohan to justify how wrong he is without seeing the bigger picture. That sounds way more in line with the professor and even with Yohan’s characterization of being misunderstood by literally everyone.
You’re very right in that the show hasn’t done anything to invoke sympathy for the professor’s side of the argument. In fact, he takes the side of the government if we’re going to compare him. He doesn’t even see the clues and make the connections between the president and his lackey’s, which truth be told, is right in front of his face - even Gaon pointed that out to Jinjoo because it’s right there. How would the professor not have seen Choongsik if Jinjoo has seen him, for example. I don’t remember if they publicly announced Choongsik leading the virus protection, but Gaon made it sound like they had, which again means the professor simply wasn’t paying attention, and I wonder why that is.... people just love Yohan, lmao.
To that, we can also note Gaon’s pointed statement during their meet up when Gaon tells the professor how much he failed in his position of power. “You should’ve done better. If people like you did better… If you did better as a chief justice, people wouldn’t need to do this. If only the people who are in charge of justice did their jobs well.” And yet he only has eyes for Yohan, still. Patterns!!!!
You also make a very, very valid point I hadn’t considered about Soohyun trying to tell him about Yohan in her last moments. That’s a very interesting thing to consider because normally when death like this happens, the character dying is always trying to get something important out, and this time, it’s just a play on Soohyun’s constant confession when Gaon cries.
I think for me personally, my biggest thing is that if they truly make Yohan the villain here, or do anything to seriously fuck up, then what lesson or point will that make? What profound notion will the show end on after everything we’ve been through because to me, the way the show is right now, it's set us all up to believe that Yohan is not the monster he’s made himself look like. Would they do that to his character for shock value? Because at that point, I feel like that’d be the only reason they’d do it - like, what else would be that justification of him going after bad people if he himself is that bad, too?
Anyway, I can talk myself in circles here. Cheers to waiting just a few more hours to find out. I just want to have hope the writers did the right thing, but we’ll see!!
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lovecolibri · 2 years
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maria’s jacket was absolutely ridiculous and atrocious. and while i’m here complaining, i don’t hate max or really even dislike him, and i’m very happy for liz/max but wtf was that “guerin, we need to help the woman i love” line or whatever he said (ik it was something more complicated than that LMAO) like??? i’m sorry but i laughed out loud. you can’t call her liz? aren’t y’all in a hurry or?? and since when has max called michael guerin literally EVER? i’ve seen people saying they might’ve shot it with tyler there the first time and then when they reshot he wasn’t there and honestly that would make more sense than whatever tf that scene was 😭😭😭 like it just felt weird and ridiculous. are we supposed to believe alex opted not to come with kyle/max after literally tasing jones and just wanted his friends and the love of his life/person he would “burn the WORLD down for” to fend for themselves??? WHAT!!! the more i think about it, the more my brain hurts. (also why tf was michael MINING turquoise and yelling at max a couple minutes after m-ria literally stapled his huge stab wound. the jokes write themselves at this point)
I really liked Echo at the beginning like, a LOT, but NGL the Malex love story is so much more compelling to me and while I don't dislike Echo and I'm happy they got together, it's definitely not grabbing me like it did at the start of season 1. But yeah that line was...weird. Like, if they are going to only have two writers at a time working on only their script, they for sure need a 3rd person to look over everything and catch these weird name things. Max does NOT call Michael "Guerin" and neither does Michael call Alex "Manes" and we are on season 3 so this really shouldn't be that hard to remember or keep track of. IDK about Tyler being there originally but I think the re-shoot was only about the scene Liz shot Jones because they had her shoot the wrong one (which, the real "good" Max was in white, Jones in black sooooo, not sure how everyone mixed that up, but 🤷‍♀️), so I don't think the ring of fire scene would need to be re-done unless they had the wrong "Max" (incorrect costume) the whole time and had to re-shoot multiple scenes.
But I'm for sure with you on the more I think about it, the more my brain hurts. It's a shame because I think the major issue with the finale is it was too much happening all in one day or so (with ZERO accounting for travel time BTW. How did Jones leave Michael passed out in the junkyard for who knows how long, had him rescued, patched up, and THEN leave for Deep Sky and yet Michael arrives at the same time as Jones and already has the machine?!), without giving anyone or anything time to breathe. That plot would have worked much better spread out over like, 5 episodes to give us time to sit with things, to allow time to pass and experiments to happen in the background while our characters talked to each other, and allowed us to see some of those missing scenes and get some missing info. But sure glad we made time for all those vision episodes at the beginning that they want me to believe was actually Kyle's funeral and that Alex and Liz would actually be like that in the face of Kyle's death and that they would even bother trying to cover up a totally human murder by a totally human murderer under totally normal human circumstances. I mean, where would the season be without that plot? 🙃🙃🙃
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