if you had told 2012 me that 12 years later i would be watching a prestige television show and be blown away i would have said 'yeah, that tracks, i do love tv'.
and then if you had told me that when i googled the show, nine episodes in, i recognised a familiar name in the cast, i would have said 'well no shit bitch, i love to google things and remember meaningless detail'.
but if you told me that the reason the name was familiar were because the guy playing blackthorne in shōgun 2024 is also the guy who made the gay pirates song that was popular on tumblr circa 2012, well. 2012 me would have bet their entire overdraft that you were lying.
after confirming rafayel is the next 5* rate up (i do not want him) i allowed myself ONE singular 10 pull for xavier. ONE. the only 10 pull i was giving myself for his rate up.....