#oitnb season 5

[jades-vipers]

Hey guys!!! I wrote a thanksgiving GloRed Fanfiction feel free to check it out!!!

#gloria mendoza #selenis levya #galina reznikov #red reznikov #oitnbimagine #oitnb #oitnb season 5

[eventideintrigue]

Im watching oitnb again after a long time and just got to s5

Man, big boo in that suit truly is the only happiness we get on this one, hm?

#oitnb #oitnb season 5 #love me a butch wife in a suit baby

[aflawedfashion]

Piper & Alex | Orange is the New Black 5x09

#orange is the new black #oitnbedit #piper chapman #alex vause #tvedit #wlwedit #wlwsource #lgbtedit #filmtv #tvandfilm #wlwgif #dailylgbtq #piper and alex #vauseman #taylor schilling #laura prepon #aflawedfashiongif #affoitnb #oitnb: season 5 #oitnb: 5x09

[murcielagatito]

so i just finished.....

#tears not even dey #seasons 5-7 are not canon to me #orange is the new black #oitnb

[lillholmen]

Rewatching OITNB and honestly I'm just glad that Susan Fischer wasn't there during the riot. idk if she would have been a hostage or manage to get out of there

What do you guys think?

#tbh i think she was the nicest guard out of all of them #I'd like to think that they would let Fischer go because she treated the inmates like human beings #oitnb #orange is the new black #oitnb season 2 #oitnbseason 5 #idk im just saying my thoughts

[fightingdragonswithwho]

still recovering from the events of the season 4 finale, might take me forever to accept

#just can’t process anything ): not the event not the reactions just nothing #on to season 5 and scared #you told me i would be heartbroken and you were correct #ana! watches oitnb #not cm #.txt

[rockclimbinglover12107]

Unpopular OITNB opinions because I’m bored and procrastinating

I had little to no interest in Taystee and found her outright annoying at times. She was okay in the earlier seasons and my idea of her was that she was good character that I didn’t like due to personal preference. However, in the later season, I felt that she could be irritating, irrational and depressing in an unenjoyable way and that she got far too much screen time for what I considered to be a rather dull plot.

I find it hilarious when people try to complain about people on the show being mean or bad people. Like yes, that’s why 99% of them have landed themselves in prison. The funniest examples of this complaint are when people say that Lorna, someone who grew up Italian-American in New York, could sometimes say racist things or when Flaritza, two girls who probably couldn’t even legally drink before they went to prison and, in Maritza’s case at least, didn’t seem to have parents who cared for them, could sometimes be bitchy and immature. These comments are even funnier when whoever says this then goes on to say that they love Frieda, Carol and Barb.

In my personal opinion, Season 2 was the best season quality-wise but Season 4 was better when it came down to drama and entertainment. Season 3 was actually one of my favourites aside from Alex’s whole paranoid arc and I didn’t really mind the panty storyline. Season 1 was obviously good, if a little slow and boring at first. Season 5 shouldn’t have dragged on for so long, if they were only going to cover three days, although I probably would have enjoyed it if it hadn’t felt so absurd and weird compared to previous seasons. Season 7 was depressing trauma porn from start to finish and Season 6 was dreadful n every single way and a terrible conclusion for the riot.

I felt like the family dynamics became way less cohesive it’s the show progressed and people that had once gotten on perfectly well were suddenly at each other’s throats and vice versa. A good example of this was Spanish Harlem which went from a clearly outlined family where Aleida and Gloria acted as parents, Blanca was not a part of the group and the other four ( Maria, Daya, Maritza and Flaca ) pretty much did whatever Aleida said. Contrast this to Season 4/5 where Aleida leaves but Flaritza and Maria don’t seem to even notice, Gloria just let’s Maria have control over Harlem with no complaints whatsoever, Maria and Maritza seem to be at each other’s throats one second and back to there seemingly rather good Season 2/3 friendship the next, Blanca is suddenly an active member of the group and Gloria only cares about Daya. This faulty dynamic is true for all of the other groups as well, and never gets the chance to recover after they are sent to Max.

I didn’t like how some of the seriously traumatic stuff that happened to some of these characters, especially in Season 4, was never addressed by the show again and seemed to forgotten after the episode ended by both the writers and the character themself. You’re telling me that Maritza was creeped on, forced to eat a live animal, held at gunpoint and repeatedly harassed but she bounced back after throwing up like twice and hugging Flaca. In reality, she would probably take a long while to recover or feel truly comfortable in her own skin again, maybe even experiencing some PTSD, which could have been an interesting storyline to take her character down through Season 5, instead of relegating her back to comedy bits and pop culture references.

That’s all my opinions for now, although I will probably make a Part 2 for this post. Hope you agreed with at least one of my takes and that you don’t want to kill me for some of the things I said.

#oitnb #unpopular opinion #flaritza #anti taystee jefferson #maritza ramos #flaca gonzales #gloria mendoza #aleida diaz #maria ruiz #blanca flores #dayanara diaz #why did we need carol #or barb #just no

[warningsine]

Hm.

Unfortunately, season 5 is not living up to the hype of the strong season 4 finale.

They are struggling to balance the slapstick comedy with the serious subject matter and no wonder. They really wrote themselves into a corner when they decided to incorporate the BLM movement, because the expectations are naturally high. Dealing with the riots and finding a resolution for them must have been no easy feat.

So far they've been more preoccupied with the spectacle of the ladies taking control of the prison rather than with the bigger implications and questions that short-lived power raises for these characters.

As I'm not binge-watching the season, its slow pacing is not bothering me, but I hope they didn't do that thing where all arcs and subplots are unneccessarily dragged for several episodes and then everything happens all at once in the last one, because that is tricky and can backfire.

"Yellowjackets"--to mention another series with an ensemble cast--executed this perfectly in the first season, but the same cannot be said for its second one.

Back to OITNB.

The charm of most characters remains intact.

The focus on Danielle Brook's Tasha and Selenis Leyva's Gloria was an excellent choice, because both actresses' performances are outstanding. That being said, I wish they had given Laverne Cox something more to do as she is also great. Sophia's dynamic with Gloria has had me on a chokehold for two seasons now.

Another welcome surprise: Janae was finally given a more unique voice. Now had they done the same with Alison, I would have been ecstatic. Although well-intentioned, their depiction of Muslim women is not very nuanced.

Additionally, Uzo Aduba is killing it, but what else is new there? Truly loving what they are doing with Suzanne.

Last but not least, is the evil corporate lady going to briefly date Carrie? Hell yes, I've been waiting 5 seasons to see what a smitten Boo looks like. Of course I'm into them since they are not going to last. (Hi, Soso/Poussey and Lorna/Nicky.)

As for the weaker points that hopefully will have been addressed and/or resolved by the end of the season:

Whatever happened to that recurring theme of imprisoned mothers craving to talk to their families? Why are the ones that own phones now not calling their children?

Why are the white pride skinheads hanging out with the women they hate?

The recycling of Piper/Alex's will-they-won't-they relationship--as if there had ever been a chance they would not end up together, please!--is getting exhausting. As a viewer that actually likes them individually and as a group now, I keep wondering: did they not know what to do with them? At all?

As for Nicky and Lorna, I'm trying to leave my monkey brain and biases aside in order to ask: will they ever give them new arcs? Because season 5 is not saying anything new about them. Nicky is still pining over Lorna, who lives in her own imaginary world and refuses to see what is right in front of her. This has been going on-and-off for four--five actually, but alright--seasons now except Nicky is sober yet again. (Good for her.) Lyonne and Stone are amazing, why waste their talent like this?

When OITNB fucks up, it fucks up badly. Pray tell, why is Tiffany still having a relationship with the CO that raped her? They had already made a point about her response to her trauma in seasons 3 & 4. Either there is a deeper message about abusive relationships that is flying over my head or I'm just impatient and this subplot will be completed soon.

#orange is the new black

[elliebartlets]

Just finished season 6 of OITNB so here are some random thoughts. Just gonna put it under a cut in case spoilers (which I doubt cause this has been out for 5 years lol) but also for those who don’t care and just want to easily scroll by :)

• Carol and Barb were much more interesting than any of the new characters they introduced. Part of me wishes they were still gonna be in season 7, but another part of me is fine with them not being in it, because what would they have done with them/how would they have been utilized in a way we haven’t already seen? Also, their entire flashlacks/backstory could’ve been a movie. That whole scene where they murdered their sister was so messed up, I keep thinking about it from time to time since I watched it. As always, so impressed with the casting of the younger and older selves looking alike.

• What they did to Blanca was so cruel!!! The only time I teared up this season!!

• I liked when the scenes were juxtaposed to show the inequality and unfairness of the Justice system with Piper and Taystee (Piper getting released early when she originally wasn’t going to, compared with Taystee being found guilty of a murder she didn’t commit.) I feel so bad for Taystee and I’m so glad Caputo tried to help her. I hope he keeps fighting and the guy that actually killed Piscatella goes down.

• Nicky is still my favorite. I need more of her and Red. However I don’t really like how they wrote Red this season? Like she acted so brashly when she attacked Frieda and it’s like I get it, Frieda threw Red under the bus, but she chose to attack Frieda for stealing 10 years of her life she could have spent with her grandkids…right before she was going to visit her grandkids.

• If “Badison” is in season 7 I really do not think I will not watch. Or at least mute her scenes. Out of all the prisoners on this show I could always name at least one redeeming/positive thing about them, or at least tolerate their screen presence. I could not do either of those things for Badison. Every time she was on screen I wanted to start clawing at the wall like a feral cat. No offense to the actress, but please don’t make me look or hear her ever again.

#oitnb #orange is the new black #carol denning #barbara denning #nicky nichols #red reznikov #badison

[olivieraa]

I'm 5 eps into Avatar and I'm very... mixed

Now Avatar is one of my most precious shows. For the longest time, Avatar and Sex and the city were my only shows. And then Stranger Things and Barry entered my life and they all became my top 4 (would love a fifth but Lost and OITNB ended so terribly)

These are non-animes ofc

Let's just say my Avatar weekend was planned months ago, and been getting through a few a day

By the end of ep 3 I had thoughts, and by the end of ep 5 I had basically the same thoughts

My biggest con with the show, bc I cant, currently, understand the motives behind it, is... why are they showing season 2 scenes??? And characters??

Like... season 1 of the animated series has 20 eps that are 20 mins each, and season 1 of the live action has 8 hour long eps. There is enough content from season 1 of the animated series to fill your show, no???

Like Ozai's reveal is season 3, but we knew of Ozai's casting quite early, and idk, I dont mind them showing him. But Azula? And Mei and Ty Lee? Why??

And the Owl??? Why??????????? Is it to make Toph the only big reveal/new character in season 2 or something? I've no clue.

But anyway. The bulk of the changes I actually dont mind. I think they did it in a way that flows well. However, they kinda cause something that is truly essential to the story to like... not happen.

So in ep 3, they go to Omashu. Instead of it being like in the OG, they decide to combine the Jet episode and the Northern Air temple episode, INTO the Omashu episode so that the 3 main characters go off and do their own thing. Aang with the wheelchair kid Teo up the mountain (tho they didn't fight off any firebenders which is a fave scene of mine in the show), Sokka with the mechanist talking about the blimp (accurate enough), and Katara off with Jet (accurate enough but would have liked their hideout to be up in the trees, would have been awesome scenery and also made more sense, y'know, being a hideout).

So what this created was separation, and the characters had just gotten to know each other by this point. With the show being only 8 eps, I kinda need to see them connecting more lol this show has a heavy friendship and love theme. Aang and Katara have literally only talked about waterbending every time they've spoke (and Aang has not waterbended once even tho he was an immediate natural at it, but whatever about that).

Again, I didn't mind that they made all these stories happen at Omashu, instead of one of them being Omashu, one of them being at the Northern Air Temple, and the other being in a pretty forest. Missed out on great scenery but, again, wtv.

The most important thing to me is that I need these characters to build their bond first and foremost. Then those changes would matter less.

Even the ep after that, the ep that Omashu should have originally centred around, was Aang meeting Bumi without Sokka and Katara. And instead of Aang and Katara in the love tunnel (since they're basically implying Aang and Katara are not gonna be a thing), they show Sokka and Katara's sibling love as a mean's of escaping the tunnel.

So we're at ep 3 and 4 by this point and they've been separated from Aang the whole time.

Changes from what I can remember off the top of my head (that I want to assume, are for a reason, so I'm not going to say they're changes that I hate, I just, currently, don't get them):

Aang is mildly playful, but defo not Aang level of playful. I'm not expecting him to go penguin sledding or ride the elephant koi, but idk........... something. Anything. It would have been fun if they made him play airball at least. I'm glad there was at least a brief BRIEF scene of them using the mailing system in Omashu.

There's no room at the air temple that shows all the past Avatar statues, which glow when Aang goes into the Avatar state which basically alerts the world he's awakaned. People just kinda........... learn he has awakened. Somehow. But Kiyoshi's statue on Kiyoshi island glowed and it led to a cool scene.

Again, Aang not knowing any waterbending. I wanna believe they've a reason for this.

Zuko doesn't have any moment where he shows any sorta, idk... respect or fear of Aang? Like he hasn't witnessed Aang show power enough to impress him

Zhao and Zuko didn't fight, another fantastic scene to show Zuko's character

Currently no pirates or foretuneteller, but may happen in the next

Iroh's dialogue is a bit... well... its different...

Changes I thought were fine:

Aang can sorta fly

Their discovery of Appa not being as dramatic was fine to me. Classic OG series moment of Sokka realising Appa could fly but I didn't mind them just getting straight to it

Aang not revealing he's the avatar but Gran-gran doing it instead

Aang already having the bison whistle given to him by kid!Bumi

The air temple backstory and Gyatso's speech to Aang not being in a flashback but in the spirit world

Zuko has a briefly important journal

The scroll being given to Katara by her gran instead of stealing it from pirates

Idk why Suki has a mother, she's not really relevant, but its fine

Azula shoots arrows, which is cool

Azula's reveal was half-cool and half-bad. I liked her in the scene, everyone else was an idiot. Did they think it would be that easy?

Aang and Iroh have had two scenes involving a prison together

Koh the face stealer was introduced early instead of during the North Pole eps where he tells Aang who the moon and ocean spirits are, which means he's going to find that out some other way in those eps.

Kioshi giving Aang wisdom before Roku

Katara and Sokka dont come down with a random illness which results in Aang looking for frogs and getting captured by Zhao and saved by Zuko

Scenes I really wish they'd kept:

Okay, this one was really important to me, bc it was the exact moment I fell in love with the show in 2005. Aangs first Avatar state moment.

In order, Aang playfully escapes some firebenders with some slick moves. An alert is made that he's escaped. Him and Zuko have a brief fight (Agni Kai music heck yeah), Aang escapes and attempts to jump off the boat with his glider, Zuko stops him and attacks Aang and then he falls into the ocean. Katara calls his name, he awakens his Avatar state and knocks out Zuko and the firebenders and then Sokka and Katara save him. And then Zuko and Iroh attack Appa and Aang redirects it.

Instead, Aang fights absolutely nobody. There's no alert that he's escaped but Zuko somehow knows?? Aang jumps off and successfully uses his glider and gets onto Appa. Zuko attacks and Katara uses BIG waterbending to save everyone.

That moment adapted well could have sold this show for me.

In addition to that:

The "Avatar" test that proved to the Air Nomads that Aang was the Avatar. Instead they just kinda showed that he was more gifted than everyone else so that's how they knew.

The big change I think most people were a fan of:

Kiyoshi's appearance. Bad. Ass.

What I like:

Sokka and Zuko. I think the casting is fantastic for these two.

Appa and Momo.

People actually being burned alive. Idk, it shows the brutality more in this version

Azula has potential

What I h a t e:

Okay. Ep 1 31:38. This scene kinda shows a few things at once. Its just so… strangely written and acted by everyone except Sokka. Aang overacts (throughout the show), Katara underacts (throughout the show). The way Aang plays with the kids is odd. The way he doesn't even have any sort of reaction to seeing Katara for the first time sucks. Katara looks depressed most of the time and she just stands around a lot without a word to say. Tbh she doesn't even really know how to stand without looking awkward.

Katara did not give Aang her motivational and heartwarming speech at the air temple which basically told Aang that the three of them are now family. He just sorta… calmed himself down. All she did was call his name

Again, the lack of relationship these two have

Ozai continuously praising Zuko and Azula being insecure? So so SO early???

The season 2 stuff. There's enough to gather from season 1 so this makes no sense to me. They've basically shown the swamp ep already. And the swamp ep is where Aang first see's Toph, y'know, super important fan favourite character. Which means she's going to get a different introduction.

Bumi's "tests"? WHERE WERE THEY? HE KEPT SAYING TESTS BUT NONE HAPPENED. ALSO THE LAST ONE IN THE ORIGINAL WAS ABOUT GUESSING WHO HE WAS, BUT AANG KNOWS WHO HE IS THE SECOND THEY MEET. SO HIS CHARACTER WAS COMPLETELD CHANGED. WHY THO.

Uh, that's all I can remember off the top of my head (I just went to check that one timestamp, but other than that, this is all from memory).

I've one ep left and then the last two will be in the North Pole eps.

I know the one ep left before those two will feature Roku's appearance (hopefully on a dragon but prob not) and Zuko as the Blue Spirit as a combo ep, which I think is also combining the Sokka and Katara sick episode but instead of them being sick, they're about to be eaten by Koh (which makes him more menacing, something the OG show didn't do so I'm fine with this). I just hate that these characters are separated so much.

BUILD THE BOND GODDAMIT.

#ill redo this post when I finish #they need to do Aangs big fish moment justice #I'm expecting the most amazing effects

[daughter-of-sapph0]

irt your question about OITNB, from somebody who watched most of it as it came out: it’s good! It’s not perfect, undoubtedly some of it has aged poorly, and if you don’t like Piper you’re unfortunately stuck with her being the main character. But much of what it has to say about the prison system, particular for women, is important. And it had some funny and heartwarming moments along the way!

I stopped watching after season 5, and reading up on the end makes me glad I did, but I enjoyed the ride while I was on it!

(I strongly recommend looking up TWs for episodes before going in, the cast has been through a lot

okay cool. I might check it out

#dostxt #asks #orange is the new black #oitnb

[aflawedfashion]

Piper & Alex | Orange is the New Black 5x04

#orange is the new black #oitnbedit #piper chapman #alex vause #tvedit #wlwedit #wlwgif #wlwsource #lgbtedit #lgbtqgifs #dailylgbtq #cinematv #tvcentric #piper and alex #vauseman #otp #aflawedfashiongif #affoitnb #oitnb: season 5 #oitnb: 5x04

[bnt0]

💌 | Forget about sims, lets learn about YOU! Tell us one fact about yourself, and then send this to 5 other Simblrs to do the same

Thank you for the ask ❤️

Fact about me is. Hm. I rarely ever finish multi-season tv shows bc I don’t want them to be over! I just stop half way through and get back to it eventualllllyyy. No spoilers for anything after s3 of breaking bad or oitnb pls

#nonsims #other

[icegoddessrukia]

OITNB

favorite male character: Cal Chapman

favorite female character: Piper Chapman

least favorite character: Humps, closely followed by Piscatella and Carol Denning, and Maureen

prettiest character: Piper

funniest character: Cindy Hayes

favorite season: Season 5

favorite episode: Tattoo You

favorite romantic ship: Vauseman

favorite family ship: Cindy, Taystee and Suzanne

favorite friend ship: Suzanne and Piper

worst ship: Red and Healy or Suzanne and Maureen

#oitnb #Piper Chapman #Vauseman

[tragicotps]

I was tagged by @hawkhills thank you ! I never get tagged lol so this is fun 🤓

RULES - List eight shows for your followers to get to know you better.

Since this is mainly my fangirling over His Dark Materials blog I'll obviously leave that one out... I don't think I can choose 8 favourites but I'll try! 1. The X files (obviously) 2. The Witcher (only 1 to 3 HAHA) 3. Yellowjackets (haven't seen the newest season yet though) 4. Stranger things 5. Arcane (saw this in previous post and almost forgot how AMAZING this was) 6. The handmaid's tale (still crying over every episode) 7. Lost (Sawyer x Juliet 😭) 8. Severance Honorable mentions for Slow horses (so good!), The good place, Carnival row, Dead to me, Good girls, Killing eve, the haunting of hill house, OITNB, Russian Doll, Over the garden wall and Hanna (I probably have 10 more fav shows that I can't remember right now..) Also RIP 1899, The wilds, The OA, I am not okay with this and Raised by wolves 😭😭

#text post #me #this was fun! #thanks for tagging me! #im a fantasy fan can you tell #not tagging anyone since i have like 5 followers on this blog #but anyone's invited to do this

[except4bunnies]

Ten Characters, Ten Fandoms, Ten Tags

Thank you @dragodina for tagging me. Those come to mind immediately:

1. Julia Grosz (Tatort Hamburg). Insanely good looking, very smart, dry humour, tragic past, a little gloomy, bruised but not broken. A voice that’s more soothing than a lullaby. I thought she was queer and then she truly became canonically queer – that’s not how it goes usually with me and television.

2. Derry Girls, all of them. ( Erin: „Och, Mummy, they don't come separately.“ Michelle: „Aye, we're pack animals, Mary.“)

3. Britta Perry (Community). Insanely good looking, especially in a flannel shirt, a little gloomy … there might be a pattern here.

4. Debbie Eagan (Glow). See pattern. I love her anger and her passion.

5. Buffy Summers (BtVS). See pattern. She’s a leader, but a reluctant one.

6. Dina Fox (Superstore). Very blunt, very determined, loves her birds more than other people. In real life I would be very afraid of her.

7. Dorothy Zbornak (Golden Girls). Sarcastic, smart, compassionate. In real life I would love to have her as my neighbor.

8. Piper Chapman (OitnB). Much flawed but I can’t help it, I rooted for her in every season. And the ending with Alex Vause was, oh so, perfect. They have some of the best fanfiction, too.

9. Nico von Lahnstein (Verbotene Liebe). Haven’t thought of her in years but I liked her very much during my soap watching days. And I found her very hot. (Fun fact: Verena Zimmermann did play a gay woman once, in a queer German short film.)

10. Addison Montgomery (Grey‘s Anatomy). I mean: Kate Walsh!!! I shipped Addison hard with Izzie Stevens and still have some old fanfiction from livejournal bookmarked.