#s3 without story

[occidentaltourist]

bbc: Some sweet #Silvacre content for your FYP ❤️

#silvacre #suranne jones #rose leslie #vigil #the bbc making a silvacre fan edit was a pleasant surprise :) #i saw the streaming numbers for vigil 2 were very good (understatement) #which makes an s3 at least a possibility #if they can write a story suranne and rose would sign on for #i'm counting on what suranne said that the continuation of the love story is a big part of what brought her back #the series does a good job creating dramatic tension and conflict within a happy relationship that doesn't involve cheating or one dying #if they do a 3rd season i hope that continues #i mean the series started with amy in the worst possible place emotionally and psychologically so surely they wouldn't go there again #s2 with its wlw mlm solidarity/parallel storyline and giving us more insight into amy and how far she's come since s1 #on top of all the other things i liked this season (which i enjoyed quite a bit in addition to the ship) #at heart it's very critical of the british government and military/war machine and some reviews seem to have missed that part #anyway i'm pleased as punch that a prestige bbc drama has two women in love at its center and a lead as compelling as amy #and that it's pulling in the numbers even without the submarine and claustrophobia (admittedly a cool premise) #keep making the fanvids bbc social media team we appreciate you #queue

[novantinuum]

gnawing at the bars of my cage

can we please Stop telling SU blind reactors all the fandom drama and SU crit that came out of every episode so we can allow them to just enjoy the show like a normal person at their own leisure and make their Own opinions thank u

#anyways if i see a SINGLE person comment anywhere from SU s3 to s5 that 'warning the end of s5 is rushed' i will rush right in with #'IN YOUR OPINION' #bc like i know i've beaten this dead horse against the wall a million times but It's Not Rushed Honey it's literally just Fine #it's an Ending #it's Entirely Serviceable #rushed would be if steven pulled a deus ex machina out of his ass at Garnet's wedding and magically healed all corrupted gems by himself #with the power of uwu or whatever #but NO he has to work for his healed corrupted gems #the ones that caused the damage Fix the damage as reparations for the harm they perpetuated #steven learns he is Not His Mom and gains a more stable sense of self #that's all p good and thought out shit to me #i think the ONLY thing that i can remotely point to as potentially 'well damn that was a lot all at once' #was the new fusions one after another. but like come on. why you gonna be mad about that. just enjoy it and have fun brenda #they thought they literally had No More Story and wanted to leave the fans this one last gift #and instead what they get is fans whining that it's 'rushed' #rushed has a shit ass connotation these days #why can't we just say what we mean and call it 'lean storytelling' #it's all the story we needed to get a cohesive ending but without any fat #and like i LOVE me some fat sometimes #but like!! even non fatty meat tastes good! #my god #jen rambles #edited tags to clarify my meaning ahahah

[bombshellsandbluebells]

Ok putting it out there before the finale: I really, really hope that there’s going to be some kind of closure with Sam and all the bad things that have happened to him this season and Akufo and his restaurant. It’s the only story thread I’m worried about them not addressing at all :/

#genuinely all the rest of the characters are in good places to me #the only other ones that need to get addressed are Nate and Ted abd I know they will #I’m worried for Sam tho. bc ending his s3 story without SOMETHING more will be frustrating #Ted lasso #sam obisanya

[yannaryartside]

The table scene: I will hold the world for you

Promises and friends with insecurities

This scene was the culmination of their arcs in this season; their arcs, in some senses, had nothing to do with each other but everything about wanting each other and figuring out how this partnership was essential to each other. Another long one.

Under the table is their relationship, trying not to collapse under the burden of the table, the world, and their trauma. 

Sydney had started the season wanting to be a partner to Carmy and finding a partner with him; he was, for her, a vehicle/support to tackle the big wolf of her insecurities, thinking her failures were her own fault, her burden. She was tired of feeling alone and not enough to walk the path of hurt, trials, and disappointments that her life has been. Carmy was also tired of feeling alone, of feeling unlovable. He saw a way to heal that in Claire and took it. In the process, he disappointed Sydney in his lack of commitment to the restaurant (and her); both were jet to decipher the true feelings they hold for each other, a truth that was to be set in the background, simmer and simmer, and then explode.

The explosion for Sydney occurs inside; she realizes little by little how much Carmy reveals to Claire. The explosion for Carmy went the inside out, the panic attack scene showing him what he had suspected all along. He was forced to confront the fact that his bond with Claire, even if he had feelings for her, was not enough to push away his fears and trauma (this was not a secure attachment; it was never based on two people actually knowing each other, or healthily supporting each other). I LOVE Carmy's face in this scene btw; he is so happy to see her in his mind; the fucker is like, "Oh, there you are; wtf can you do this to me? But thank god you do"

Sydney experienced Carmy pushing her away more and more as the season advanced, all while Carmy grew in discomfort with his "relationship" with Claire. Carmy and Syd tried their ways to make the situation more bearable. Sydney tried to communicate her needs for support in this scary process of creating a restaurant (trying to ignore her feelings); Carmy, being a clautrofuck of emotions for getting what he wanted for so long, to still feeling shit about it, was terrified of losing Sydney and tried to create a menu "for her" instead of "with her." But they never reached each other truthfully, even after this point, because they were so afraid to lose that glimpse of security they provided each other that they never went to the core of their fears. (they abused the "I am sorry" sign, made assumptions, and held to reservations and resentment).

They are walking on shifting sands, uneven terrytiory=uneven table.

AND THEN, THE TABLE SCENE

The blocking of this scene is phenomenal. They changed positions when they were changing about subjects in the conversation. All while they are trying to fix an uneven table. It is uneven because neither of them knows where they truly stand as partners, and yet, the scene manages not to be about partnership, but about relasionship, and frienship.

In the beginning, when Carmy shares his "burden" for this season: his relationship with Claire, the fact that she is excellent, but he cannot separate his trauma from her, not knowing what even a secure attachment is. Carmy is lying on the ground, his being exposed and vulnerable, resting. Sydney is holding the table when he explains all this to her while he is fixing "his side" of the table, his trauma, and his mistakes that had damaged their harmony. He acknowledges it and promises his entire focus from now on. Sydney also takes a moment to recognize that whatever Carmy has with Claire is something that he needs at some level, regardless of how that makes her feel (helathy or not, she sees that at some level, he wants it). She is holding the other side of the table. She is preventing it from collapsing on him, like he is giving him a space to feel his feelings, regardless of the pressure they both endure, as she has done with her actions all season. 

This is not about why she is carrying the restaurant herself, and neither is a way to imply she had to do it in order to be a good friend, of course not, but that is not what this scene is about. I think the conclusion of service in Service in Friends and Family is a more appropriate conclusion for Carmy's absence, and a better "punishment" even if she has yet not expressed how abandoned she felt by him, and all the ways he failed her, and let his trauma handle his time and his partnership with Sydney like shit. They may not be ready to be able to talk about that, nor do they know how to fix it. The service scene served for him to understand how badly he was not around. Decorated with the fact Sydney was able to guide the kitchen relying on others, being the true leader the restaurant needed.

The table scene, for me, is not about resolving any of that, it is about promises. Promises to find answers and realizing what they provide for each other.

The table scene is about two friends talking about their insecurities.

She holds the table while he confesses something he has never said out loud to anybody. Sydney is providing Carmy in this scene something he has never had: "a person to trust, to understand and to understand him, a person to know everything about, a best friend," anybody that he tried to form this with has hurt him at some point, Mickey being the most painful example, whatever he has wit Nat, or even Richie, doesn't come close by miles, he still carries reservations around them. He seems to have tried to establish that with Claire, surprised at how empty it left him anyway.

But when Carmy says "say more," asking her to change positions, now she is the one underneath, fixing her side of the table, laying on the ground, vulnerable, while he holds the other side. She lays down her fears of her past failures collapsing on her all at once, all the reasons she has always suspected she is not good enough for this, and he is the one reassuring her, holding the other side of the table, preventing the world (the pressure/trauma) from collapsing on her, giving her a space to confess without judgment. He gives her exactly what she needs; not only is she good enough for this, but not only does he know the desire to help people that drives her, but if fear creeps in, whatever obstacle or failure they face, he will hold her, and "they" will work on it. All this, all the things he gets from her too, he sees her, understands her, believes in her, and promises to be there for her, a best friend.

If anything, regardless of the context of what they need to do this in the first place, particularly on Carmy's part, even if is only promises for the momment, the table scene is a beautiful description of a partnership: you are not on uneven territory anymore; I will be the ground you walk on, I will build you up, I will give you a space to feel your feellings.

I couldn't do this without you I wouldn't even wanna do it without you You make me better at this I wound't let you (fail)

The harmony is restored, the ground of trust is settled, the table (the world/the trauma) is not collapsing on anybody, they both are compromised on a goal: supporting each other, whatever that leads them. Whatever that will mean in the future, finding new boundaries, ways to complement and help each other, maturing emotionally. These feelings? I don't know how to deal with them, but I will stand beside you.

Most importantly, they both realized that this security they give each other...they want it; they only had an idea of what their partnership could be at the beginning of the season, and now it has been revealed to them, just a taste, enough to get their hearts...wanting for more. 

You are not alone

#I know btw I am cutting Carmy a lot of slack #but I will make every post two paragrapths to long talking about his emotional inmaturity #but really this is such a great description of partnership #providing ausemnet #support #wtf #at least as long as is healthy. nothing like the “no apologies” bullshit please and thank you #sydcarmy promises for s3 my dude I cant wait #sydcarmy #sydney adamu #carmy berzatto #the bear fx #the bear #carmy the bear #carmy x sydney #the bear meta #carmen berzatto #sydney x carmy #the bear is a love story on such an essential level that it doesn't make sense without it #also if you see a typo in my tags no you didnt #english is not my first language #I am not putting gramarly to my tags my dignity cant take it

[hummingbee-o0o]

oh, fuck me, Izzy is an anchor that keeps Ed grounded and allows him to stay on land and be an innkeeper.

I'm gonna be on the floor for the next two to three business months if you need me.

#just when I thought I couldn't be even more mentally devastated #ofmd s2 spoilers #Izzy Hands #they better give us some Izzy flashbacks in s3 because I cannot deal without Con O'Neill's magnificent presence being part of the story #our flag means death

[izzysillyhandsy]

So Izzy's grave really is the last we'll see of this show, huh?

All those loose threads I expected (or hoped) they'd pick up in S3... this is fucking depressing.

(also, I'm still waiting for Ed's and Izzy's backstories, goddammit!)

#ofmd #izzy hands #my beloved - goodbye #I'm not surprised really #but it still hurts #the ending of S2 felt like they fast forwarded through their planned S3 arc #but still... #even without Izzy there was so much more story to tell 😭

[thisisadonaldduckblognow]

if i had to stop at only one headcanon about casey jr and future raph ever its that middle ground where casey did know him just when he was younger so the vibe is 

someone asks about future raph at some point and with ALL the same reverence of talking about greatest ninjas greatest inventors mystic masters amazing commanders and their big heroic battles etc etc casey is just like “he called me little snapper bc when i first met him i was like 3 and i tried to bite him. when i was 7 he looped a rope around his arm and stood there with it held out for hours so i could play on a swing. he was my best friend.”

#rottmnt #rottmnt raph #rottmnt casey jr #i just think theyre neat #idk that its my voted most likely headcanon at all #i feel like if they did s3 and explored it it would be that he didnt really know him and therefore didnt mourn him #and maybe it makes it easier to be around him sometimes bc all he knew were little stories and mentions etc #but i do love the idea that like for a while raph was just Resistances Best Uncle and he never lost his big soft heart or gentleness #and that his legacy after he was gone was one of love and kindness and protection #little moments and not so much epic heroic fights #(i mean im sure future leo and mikey and donnie and EVERYONE left legacies w casey that arent just Epic Future Stories) #(hero worship and fresh grief and trying to bolster them without being like oh ur dead the future SUCKS sucks aside) #but this post isnt abt them it is abt the raph angle #the rise raph legacy of he made it feel safe to laugh he made it feel like he could carry anyone through anything if they needed him

[crownspeaksblog]

You know what, i actually don't think izzy would've gotten this arc (at least not this fast and not this drastic) if it weren't to set him up to die.

To me, it feels like we jumped third of the way into this arc. The transition between 1x10 izzy and 2x01 izzy feels so abrupt. One day he's having the time of his life, giving orders to the crew while destroying stedes belongings and the next he's crying while being comforted by them. "He's our dick" when did that happen?!! Why did they all of a sudden care about him? In 1x09 they were gonna throw izzy of the ship (wasn't he tied to an anvil?) And in 2x02 they were willing to save his life, protect and hide him from blackbeard!

Why do all of this?? Why give him an arc this big?? Why this fast?? To set up his death to be something the characters (not just ed) will care about and be affected by (for the audience as well). Sure you can "kill" blackbeard without having to kill izzy, but his death also sets up the third act of the story, now the characters have a personal vendetta against ricky and the English, i also think his death is one of the biggest reasons stede quit piracy so easily!

I keep seeing people say, why give him an arc just to kill him.. well, because story! Maybe this arc wouldn't have happened in the first place if it weren't for the story. We don't know what the writers plans were for izzys future while making season 1, i doubt they even knew at that time, because season 1 doesn't hint to what will happen with his character in season 2, he was just an antagonist to ed and stedes developing relationship. This death, isn't really the slap in the face some of you seem to think it is, it very much might be reason we got this arc, that we love so much, in the first place!

#now to be fair if i loved izzy as much as other people do i also would've hated his death. i wouldn't have cared if it made sense. #it's okay to be sad about the death of your favorite character period. it's okay not to like it. #but it's just wrong how some people talk about his death like it's meaningless. like the story did it for the sake of doing it. #like David Jenkins said there's no s3 without izzy!! #ofmd #ofmd s2 #our flag means death #ofmd spoilers #izzy hands #tv shows #👑

[grahamcarmen]

#graham calloway #gifs #many thoughts #first i was thinking how i hate the way s3 ends #the reveal deflated my enthusiasm SO much but i always begrudgingly accept it because #at the end of the day its thematically cohesive and helps move the story fine and thematic cohesion matters more to me #the crackle rod reveal however! is thank ! he's not dead + does not negate the choices and consequences of dark! carmen getting it #and reveals that he has changed in ways that impact people other than carmen and of his own volition since NO ONE KNEW HE DID IT #and this choice ends up saving his life and allowing him to have a true fresh start #plus add another to the headcanon that carmen won a little too easily on the train because gray knows how to throw a dude his size #and who is actively resisting him #Attempt is still an attempt and she should absolutely take it personally but for runtimes sake aside its laughable how short the fight is #no offense to miss carmens own fighting skills but almost every other agent she goes against can hold their own a bit longer #and i don't think gray is technically any worse than them #also gray and his absolute conviction in what type of person he is and slowly changing for the better anyways #little dude #digs a hole to rock bottom and then goes hahaha what if i became less terrible without anyone noticing #carmen sandiego 2019

[aberfaeth]

now you might be thinking hey casey don’t you find it odd that ted lasso wrapped up half its arcs in one rapid-fire epiphany montage? and that despite the increased runtime, so many important moments informing character arc happen offscreen in a way that feels more lazy than artful? and yes. yes i do find it odd. ok moving along

#i’m not sure why i haven’t had the same incensed reaction to the utter nonsense that is the overarching plot of ted lasso s3 as i had to #neverafter even though i think they suffer from the same key writing deficit: being too goddamned big #i’m sorry ted lasso you’ve got too much story there and you stretched yourself thin and kinda fucked all of it #but maybe my brain is so worn out on media crit bc i can still look at last nights ep and go aw sam and jamie :))) without getting pissed #seriously why did they bring akufo back. would have been so much neater of a plot to have sam not get chosen bc he’s still protesting stuff #the nigerian government does #i just hate everything about how they write akufo it always comes off so fucking weird #anyways #tl #ted lasso #c.txt

[littledeadling]

Cant get over how hard they’re biffing it with the Mandalorian. God. Ouchie

#THEY HAD THE PERFECT SHOW GOING & THEY RUINED ITTTT #s3 should have been him on his own slowly realizing he can’t live without Grogu /knowing he’d never be able to see him again #and ON SCREEN we see him go back to argue w the Jedi & take him home. beautiful family reunion ON SCREEN. w the BREATHING ROOM IT DESERVES #& both of them learn to value each other & their connection more than anything else. #& Din’s repression & rigid barriers are slowly but surely eroding #it should have been a story abt how not everything needs to be tied up in destiny & the skywalkers!!! #it should have been the story that demonstrated that star wars could be more & the world can have space for different types of stories! #smaller scale stories! #bitch this bro literally does not care about the darksaber or any of that shit?! #he should have left that thing on the ground somewhere and dipped. or dropped it in the ocean #Now Din is just a guy who doesnt care abt the marvel plot he’s stuck in. *jenny Nicholson voice* oh what a good trait for a protagonist!!!! #they didn’t stop at any point and go hm... maybe that means we’re taking this in the wrong direction????? #literally so stupid #it should be about Din realizing he craves love and connection more than he is beholden to his creed #and going back to Tatooine to fuck a cowboy sloppy style #who said that #bz bz #mandoposting #oogh do u see why i had to go and write a 10k+ word fic to do something about all this #if u agree w me i think u moight loike it 🤭

[scattered-winter]

ok. this might be slightly insane but uhh...how do you feel about doing all 4 pevensie kids (or however many of your choosing) for character bingo? i know they're probably not, like, blorbo status but your narnia posting around thanksgiving made me think of them. (if not them, i propose: owen bc your owen rants delight me, and judd bc. judd <333)

AKSJLDFKSHDGISLRIJSKHG UR SOOOO VALID ACTUALLY !!! i'm gonna do them all <333 because i want to <333 i've actually never read the narnia books so these are all the movie kids <3

lucy, edmund, susan, peter <3 you've awakened something in me <33

everything on this is derogatory <3 i have a rich inner world where owen is a genuinely interesting character with a genuinely interesting narrative but i also don't give a fuck about him so i'm probably never gonna talk about it <3

judd <333333333 my beloved <33333333333333 the only wrong thing he's ever done is support owen in any way shape or form and that's just down to the writing constantly propping owen up and so i choose to ignore it all <3

#someday we need to have a conversation about how the characters in lone star aren't allowed to have any stories/arcs of their own #without it revolving around owen somehow #like. i know there are a few non owen-centric arcs but they're all so so so minor and are resolved within the episode #but GOD. it's so frustrating when the characters act ooc in order to make owen look good #like. they constantly prop him up as Their Leader The Captain The Best Man Ever even though he's canonically. done some shit. #and he's just obnoxious as hell. #and idk. owen's continued Main Character Disease is an act of hatred towards me specifically #but god. GOD. the narratives that could be possible if they let other characters take the limelight. if owen wasn't front and center #every goddamn episode. #JUST around owen himself!!! he would be so much more interesting if they just!! gave it a REST!! #the arc in s3 where he came to terms with his trauma regarding being on the front lines of 9/11???????? #that would have been SUCH a compelling arc !! but by the time i got there i was soooo fed up with every single thing #being about owen in a show that's supposed to be driven by an ensemble cast. #i was SO frustrated by all the owen bullshit that when they had a genuinely good storyline for him it just flew over my head #because it was Just Another Owen Centric Thing. #idk if im making sense im tired and fed up with owen's shit #i've been wanting to rewatch lone star for the longest time but im putting it off because i dont wanna have to deal with owen again lmao #pros: carlos and marjan and judd and tk and mateo and paul and nancy and tommy and michelle and billy and all the amazing characters i love #cons: OWEN'S ANNOYING BLAND BITCH ASS #anyway. anyway #leo 🌻 #i looooove peter pevensie so much he's so <33 #the way he tries so hard to keep his siblings safe in the first movie ???? when he doesn't know what's going on ???? god. #its the siblings in media that always fuck me up #and edmund is just a little shit (affectionate) #i'd beat him up on the grounds that he reminds me of my little brother. which is reason enough <3 #susan <3333 i love a smartass <3333 #and lucy is just. so sweet. and hopeful. i <3333

[titansarmy]

not to be. that person. but like, everyone who says ej’s character was ruined, have you ever considered that his story is not over?? 

#i feel like he had no storyline s1 #and half a storyline in s2 #and s3 kinda of had one #and tim likes LONG RUNS y'all just like fast told stories #when it is still very possible that we will see a true EJ arc next season? #like there's no girl and he has kind of confronted his dad #i can't help but think that his story is sort of similar to nini's as in be alone #but in his case is figure out who you are without anyone else's influence on what or who you should be #like idk ej saying 'do what you want even if you parents dont approve' in the finale #yeah that idk idk idk idk i actually do want to see EJ in s4

[kateis-cakeis]

Honestly? The Dream SMP's best moments took place from the 24th July 2020 to the 2nd August 2020 and it all went downhill from there into absolute oblivion.

No, I do not take criticism.

#dream smp #dream smp critical #the later stories in s1 and s2 and not really s3 but the animatics is what made it good really #and we all know it #sadist is what made the dream smp what it is and like lets be real it would have been nothing without the warriors animatic #actually really edited videos in the first place is what made it good too #Wilbur's videos for example anddd the war 2 hour video of the disc war and revolution that i watched way back when

[tea-earl-grey]

finished watching Enterprise!

on one hand – season 4 was so so so good y'all. i mean i'm still annoyed that it felt increasingly less like an ensemble show (poor Travis and Hoshi) but i really liked the mini-arc pacing and format and i wish new trek could get back to that. it feels like a nice balance of telling complex stories with multiple parts without being bogged into one singular 10 episode story that inevitably becomes convoluted. some of the Augment stuff was a little boring but the Vulcan reformation and the Terra Prime episodes were incredibly good.

on the other hand – youch y'all weren't kidding with These Are the Voyages being one of the worst Trek episodes. i'm more than willing to watch some so-bad-it's-good scifi but this just felt genuinely disrespectful to everyone who worked on the show. i'm so glad that it was just holodeck rpf on the Enterprise D and it's entirely not canon and Enterprise's finale was Terra Prime :))))))

anyways... i only have about half of TOS and TAS to watch and i'm all caught up on star trek!

#anyways i know ent has a bad reputation but i generally enjoyed it (with some caveats) #i think it was often too boring or played it safe or simply didn't stories to some of its characters #but the worldbuilding was good! i generally like what we got of the characters! #the post 9/11 politics was uhhh not great esp in s3 but s4 really fixed some of my problems #but dear god tatv was bad #i know they wanted to do a tribute to all of the long 90s trek but there's ways to do that without decentering the actual characters! #like 1) i love tng but having a tng crossover is not a tribute to all of the long 90s treks #2) as per finale tradition they could have done some sort of time travel plot ending with the crew getting a glimpse of the future #they helped create and actually GETTING THEIR REACTIONS. instead of just riker lurking in the background #plus enterprise does time travel plots All The Time #anyways sorry for angry posting #enterprise #my posts

[cairhienin]

pouring one out for jackie taylor tonight. these first two seasons, it has been her that moved the story along. they would have never made it to nationals or gotten on that plane without her scoring that goal in s1, her death started the cannibalism in s2. hard to see how that trend can continue in s3 now that she’s super mega dead. she’ll continue to haunt the narrative, but we’re officially at the end of a girlfail era 😔✊

#rip queen #yellowjackets #yellowjackets s2 #jackie taylor #mine