Favorite Books of 2022 (so far)
Favorite Books of 2022 (so far)
For the first half of 2022, I read 89 books (which I know is rather extreme, even for me). Instead of waiting until the end of the year to round up my favorites, I decided to put together a list from the first half of the year. I list all the books I read each month on one of my goodreads groups–the good, the bad, and, yeah, the ugly–but I will only list my favorites here. Two of the books I…
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The Doctor's incarnations have fears associated to what caused their regenerations
Two acting childlike and whimsical because he's afraid of growing old again. He's scared of becoming a crotchety old man that will die alone. He surrounds himself with friends just as he much with surrogates, to help him feel like he isn't too old to be running about having adventures.
Three having a lot of complex and mixed feelings about the Time Lords. He resents them for what they did to him and his companions, but also very scared of facing that fate again should cross their path once more.
Four can't stand spiders. They didn't directly kill him, but damn did they play a big part leading up to his regeneration. They give him the willies and Sarah Jane and Romana always have to take care of invading arachnids while he is perched safely on the center console.
Five hating heights might actually be canon, he's shown freaking out on a cliff in Castrovalva and hating every minute of a plane ride in Time Flight. Boy likes to keep his feet firmly where he doesn't risk falling. He'll get vertigo if too close to a ledge.
Six being scared of getting sick. While this one is more vague, it was the fever of Spectrox Toxemia that kills, so I could see him being panicky and over compensating when it comes to illnesses. Pulls manflu pity every time: bed rest, tea, soup, hot waterbottle on the forehead, reciting rhetoric about his woes. Poor Peri and Mel has to tend to his drama. I can also see him hating bats but in a "why can't you fuckers make more than a tiny vial of milk, asshole???" kind of way.
I think Seven's might also be canon (in the books at least) with the way he mentally locked away his Sixth self in fear of the Valeyard. Though he wasn't really a cause for regeneration, he certainly set the Doctor on the path to it.
Eight terrified of medicine and hospitals. Aspirin is already deadly to Time Lords, anesthesia fucked up his regeneration. This boy won't go to a medical professional unless he's dragged in unconscious. He will look at broken leg twisted out of shape and claim he can walk it off.
The Warrior/War Doctor scared of failing people the way he did Cass. His spirit for hope and brighter ending to the war broken when he regenerated. He became the one that got his hands dirty because he was too scared to let anyone else die under his care.
Nine scared of war. War Doctor held off his regeneration for years to keep fighting, and Nine clearly does his best to step away from the incarnation he hated being more than anything. Like he said, "Coward, any day."
Ten is a bit tricky. He's scared of Daleks, losing companions. He's scared that people around him will be willing to sacrifice themselves for him. Scared of the heart of the Tardis, the very soul of time itself ripping away what/who he loves. After Rose is safe from it he was very careful to never let anyone open it again.
Eleven scared to see another Time Lord again. He's heartbroken about being the last of his kind. Romana, Brax, Damon all gone. The Master's plans had gotten so much more violent and destructive and insane than they used to be. The other Time Lords so desperate to escape the Time Locked war that they'd destroy time to do it. He's scared of everything ending if the Time Lords return.
I haven't really seen enough of Twelve or past that to give proper interpretations on them, but I'm pretty sure Twelve is determined not to be seen as an old man. It's like he sees this new cycle as starting over so he's trying to act like he's the young, rebellious first incarnation? idk
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twdg characters favourite colours.
Which color has the best group and which has the worst?
Red: Mark, Christa, Rebecca, Walter, Conrad, Aasim
Blue: Lee Everett, Omid, Ben Paul, Javier Garcia, Violet
Yellow: Katjaa, Doug, Carver, Arvo, Tennessee, Minerva
Green: Kenny, Larry, Carlos, Jesus, Mike, Kate Garcia, Willy, Alvin Junior
Purple: Clementine, Carley, Dr. Lingard, Ava, Eleanor, Ruby
Black: Lilly, Alvin, Nick, Mitch, Omar
Orange: Duck, Luke, Bonnie, Uncle Pete, David Garcia, Louis
Pink: Sarah, Mariana, Joan (secretly, says she likes green instead), Molly (secretly, she says she doesn't have one), James
Doesn't have one/Will say I don't know: Chuck, Jane, Max, Tripp
Grey: Marlon, because he wants to be different
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Is this thing on? Been a lonnnnnng while, but I want to test the waters to see if there's an audience for country music on Tumblr 2023.
I've been making a weekly playlist in lieu of a radio show for a couple months now. Figure that'd be a good place to start.
If you like country music that's outside the mainstream, check out this playlist. It's full of new and recent releases. I kick it off with a classic country song and send it off with Willie Nelson. In between you'll find music from artists making country music in their own way with their own style. While the music changes every week, the playlist stays in the same spot. Plus, there's an archive where I retire the old playlists.
If you find something you like, let me know and give the artists a follow on instagram.
Track list:
Ray Charles - Georgia on My Mind
The Waymores - Greener Pastures
Christopher Seymore, South Texas Tweek - I Can Get off on You
Amanda Donald - Get in Line
Marty Bush - Turn Down the Lights
Nora Kelly Band - Rodeo Clown
David Quinn - Down Home
Zach Bryan, Sierra Ferrell - Holy Roller
Turnpike Troubadours - A Cat in the Rain
Sarah Jane Scouten - Wanderlust
Nick Shoulders - All Bad
The Two Tracks - In the Morning
Jim Lauderdale, The Po' Ramblin' Boys, Del McCoury - Long And Lonesome Letting Go
Sentimental Family Band - Never Love Again
Willy Tea Taylor, The Fellership - National Treasure
David Garnham and the Reasons to Live, Gleny Rae Virus - Long Way Round
Nathan Mongol Wells - Honest Drinking
Lola Kirke, First Aid Kit - All My Exes Live in L.A.
Abbigale Dawn - Ex Boyfriend Blues
Christian Parker, Earl Poole Ball, JayDee Maness - You Ain't Going Nowhere
Miss Georgia Peach - Silver Threads and Gold Needles
Vince Gill, Paul Franklin - Walkin' Show and Thinkin' About Her
Madeline Hawthorne - Neon Wasteland
The Howdies - Buddies
Katie Mae & the Lubrication - Hard Livin'
The Deslondes, Sam Doores - Howl at the Moon
Brit Taylor - If You Don't Wanna Love Me
Izaak Opatz - Shampoo
Ruby Oland - Life Without Love
Lucas Hudgins - All in My Head
S.G. Goodman - Space And Time
Woody Woodworth & The Piners - When Them Dogwoods Bloom
Zara Alexandra - Greasy Spoon
Televisionaries, Les Greene - Airbound
Megg Farrell - Damaged Goods
Willie Nelson - I Never Cared for You
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If Danny is adopted, I like the idea of Jazz having been adopted by the Fentons, too.
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What is your favourite Doctor Who story?
ROUND 1 MASTERPOST
synopses and propaganda under the cut
Wartime
Synopsis
Benton and his driver, Private Willis of the Regular Army, are transporting through the peaceful wooded countryside outside Bolton a shipment of radioactive material to UNIT H.Q. by Land Rover. But the journey somehow takes Benton into his own past where he confronts the ghosts of his soon-to-be-widowed mother; his father, an army sergeant killed during the Second World War and whose approval he desperately wanted; and his younger brother Chris, killed in a fall from the high wall of a ruined tower when they were boys and whose death he feels guilty about. Benton must fight his way out of a nightmare world where past and present are one, before he is lost forever, and back to reality where an armed and dangerous criminal is intent on hijacking the shipment...
Propaganda no propaganda submitted
Zygon: When Being You Just Isn’t Enough
Synopsis
They've been stranded on Earth for 20 years, so Zygon commander Kritakh, and his second, Torlakh, have had plenty of time to re-create their world.
The trouble is that Kritakh, aka engineer Mike Kirkwood, has lost his sense of purpose. Can Torlakh, aka mass murderer Bob Calhoun, get him back on track.
Enter sexy Psychiatrist Lauren Anderson, first, to be tempted by her innermost desires and then to face her greatest challenge.
Can a violent heart really be tamed by love and what is the ultimate price to be paid?
Propaganda
zygon porno. need i say more. (anonymous)
Downtime
Synopsis
The Brigadier and Sarah Jane Smith investigate New World University, a sinister school run by none other than Victoria Waterfield and a gateway to Earth by the Great Intelligence which has taken her over.
Propaganda no propaganda submitted
Sil and the Devil Seeds of Andor
Synopsis
SIL is worried, very worried, which doesn't keep his reptilian skin in the best condition! Confined in a cold detention cell on the moon, awaiting a deportation hearing for trial on drugs offences on Earth, he faces a death sentence if the application is successful and he is found guilty. And his employers at the Universal Monetary Fund aren't pleased either. Not at all.
As time runs out and friends desert him, SIL must use all of his devious, vile, underhanded, ruthless, and amoral business acumen to survive.
Can he possibly slime his way out of this one?
Propaganda
that one picture of jeremy corbyn holding the blu ray. i rest my case. (anonymous)
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If you were to do that reaction fic you mentioned, with TWDG characters either playing the games or reacting to them, what characters would you go with for the reaction, at least to start out? And if it's not too much trouble, why would you choose those particular characters?
I've always liked the idea of reaction fics that give every character a chance to react, most especially antagonists that can possibly be redeemed (like Minnie, Marlon, S4!Lilly if you choose to spare her). I’d pick nearly every character per season, I believe. Such as:
Season 1 – Lee, S1!Clem, Kenny, Katjaa, Duck, Carley, Doug, Lilly, Larry, Mark, Ben, Christa, Omid
Season 2 – S2!Clem, Luke, Pete, Nick, Alvin, Rebecca, Sarah, Carlos, S2!Kenny, Sarita, Bonnie, Mike, Jane
Season 3 – S3!Clem, Javier, Kate, Mariana, Gabe, Tripp, Eleanor, Conrad, Dr. Lingard, David, Jesus, Ava
Season 4 – S4!Clem, AJ, Marlon, Brody, Louis, Violet, Aasim, Ruby, Mitch, Willy, Omar, Tenn, James, Minerva, S4!Lilly
My inspiration for those picks stem from reaction fics I used to read from other fandoms I was/am in, where even characters that die in the future have an opportunity to react and comment on the events to come. And characters that do wrong by others, but have some way of redemption whether it be canon or not can have the chance to see the consequences of their choices and actions, and mayhaps have a moment of reflection.
On top of that, I’ve always liked reactions to characters in the future witnessing pass events surrounding someone they’ve met way after the fact. Like, what would the Ericsons kids reaction be to a small Clementine? Or The New Frontier’s reaction to Clem having always been able to make the tough decisions from a young age?
Another part of me wants to make 2 versions of this, one for canon and a another one in the future for DoTWD, but I’m primarily focused on the canon version at the moment.
Then there's the decision on how to go about doing the reaction. Have each MC per-game play their respective seasons? Or make it like a movie? What choices would I put in each fanfic? Since we're not working with a directly linear story like the comic or the TV series, but a choice-based game, y'know?
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Cal Reacts Masterlist
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DUNE
Tag: #cal liveblogs dune
Dune 1
WELCOME TO NIGHT VALE
Tag: #cal in night vale
Ep. 1 the first and the last, never again
TWILIGHT PRINCESS MANGA
Tag: #cal reads twilight princess
Book 1
Book 2
Book 3
THE MAGNUS ARCHIVES
Tag: #cal in the archives
Season 1
Ep. 1 Lawnchair Anglerfish
Ep. 2 The coffin wanted orange juice
Ep.3 Chicken Doppleganger crossed the road
Ep. 4 Spooky book with lightning smells
Ep. 5 Penguin Bin Man
Ep. 6 Tiny Tim and his exploding girlfriend (cw. Body horror)
Ep.7 Clarice, The Pie Man, and Willy, who is not better than me
Ep. 8 Handy Manny and the arsonist who was a tree
Ep. 9 We're here for the cult stuff
Ep. 10 Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Ep. 11 Wildest Dreams by Taylor Swift
Ep. 12 TWAS I WHO SET THE HOUSE ABLAZE
Ep. 13 Nomi and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Ep. 14 Hungry Hungry Hippos
Ep. 15 Pocket full of Johns (cw. Potential claustrophobia trigger)
Ep. 16 The Itzy Bitzy Spider (cw. Spiders)
Ep. 17 Jared but not the one we like (cw. Body horror)
Ep. 18 Wtf Toby
Ep. 19½ Handy Manny comes in clutch
Ep. 20 The other part, Handy Manny couldn't save him
Ep. 21 Unlicensed Chiropractor
Ep. 22 Reverse Escape Room
Ep. 23 Not the one with the Ponies
Ep. 24 Well that escalated quickly
Ep. 25 Fuck Natalie, we hate her
Ep. 26 The Wiggly Wobbly Friemd
Ep. 27 This is apparently normal Paul behavior
Ep. 28 Sarah keep your pants on
Ep. 30 I got pancake mix on my special pajamas while Davey had a mental breakdown
Ep. 31 Irresponsible pet ownership
Ep. 32 Jane talks in circles
Ep. 33 Second-hand Horror
Ep. 34 Baby Chicken Spiders <3
Ep. 35 Emo in a basement
Ep. 36 The Walls are closing in now
Ep. 37 Apparently, more than just Jon take issue with Gertrude's filing system.
Ep. 38 Married to Odysseus (Run, run as fast as you can...)
Ep. 39 Puzzle Pieces of doom falling into place
Ep. 40 Season One ending, Not-Sasha must die.
Season 2
Ep. 41 Well that was stupid
Ep. 42 Well ya shouldn't have done that
Ep. 43 I'VE CONNECTED THE DOTS /ref
Ep. 44 Gertrude reads my story this time and the circus doesn't kill anyone for once
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masterlist 【!】
• Harry Potter (main)
- harry potter - ron weasley - hermione granger - draco malfoy - pansy parkinson - blaise zabini - tom riddle - fred and george weasley - sirius black - remus lupin
• Euphoria
- rue bennett - cassie howard - jules vaughn - maddy perez - kat hernandez - fezco - nate jacobs - lexi howard - elliot - chris mckay - ashtray
• Life is Strange 1 2 True Colors & Before the Storm
- max caulfield - chloe price - nathan prescott - victoria chase - rachel amber - warren graham - kate marsh - frank bowers - sean diaz - alex chen - gabe chen - steph gingrich - ryan lucan
• The Umbrella Academy
- luther hargreeves - diego hargreeves - allison hargreeevs - klaus hargreeves - five hargreeves - ben hargeeves - viktor hargeeves - lila pitts
• The Sparrow Academy
- marcus hargreeves - ben hargreeves - fei hargreeves - alphonso hargreeves - sloane hargreeves - jayme hargreeves
• Supernatural
- dean winchester - sam winchester - castiel - crowley - jack kline - rowena macleod - lucifer - gabriel
• Stranger Things
mike wheeler - jane hopper - lucas sinclair - erica sinclair (platonic) - will byers - dustin henderson - max mayfield - billy hargrove - steve harrington - robin buckley - nancy wheeler - jonathan byers - eddie munson - joyce byers - jim hopper
• The Walking Dead
- daryl dixon - rick grimes - maggie greene - negan - michonne grimes - carl grimes - glenn rhee - rosita espinosa - king ezekiel - jesus - abraham ford - shane walsh
• Outer Banks
- jj maybank - john b routledge - sarah cameron - pope heyward - kiara carrera - rafe cameron
• 13 Reasons Why
- clay jensen - hannah baker - jessica davis - justin foley - tony padilla - zach dempsey - alex standall - tyler down - skye miller
•Slashers/horror
- stu macher - billy loomis - jennifer check - colin gray - ethan landry - [will be adding more i just dont know how to write for some other movies cause i dont know all the lore for them 😭]
•Jackass/Viva La Bam
- bam margera - johnny knoxville - ryan dunn - chris pontius - chris raab - brandon dicamillo
• Pitch Perfect 1 and 2 (i don't like 3 i apologize)
- beca - emily junk - chloe beale - stacie conrad - ashley - cynthia rose - jesse - bumper - benji - pieter kramer - kommissar
• Avengers (+Loki and Valkyrie)
- tony stark - steve rogers - peter parker - natasha romanoff- thor odinson - bruce banner - loki laufeyson - valkyrie
• Guardians of the Galaxy
-peter quill - gamora - nebula - rocket raccoon - drax - mantis
• ATSV/ITSV
- miguel o’hara - hobie brown - miles morales - peter b. parker - gwen stacy - pavitr prabhakar -
• Youtubers
- colby brock - sam golbach - jake webber - johnnie guilbert - tarayummy - anthony padilla - shayne topp -
• Wednesday
- wednesday addams - enid sinclair - ajax petropolus - xavier thorpe - bianca barclay -
• Miscellaneous
- theodore finch - pete davidson - david wooderson - joel miller (show & game) - jake peralta - tate langdon - willy wonka (timothee chalamet) - felix catton - oliver quick
[will probably update in the future!]
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Infinite Pau Hana - June 28, 2023
Hour 1
Morning Paper - Smog
Hazey Jane 1 - Nick Drake
Lazy Line Painter Jane - Belle and Sebastian
Love-A-Rama - Leon Bass and the Keystones
When I Paint My Masterpiece - Bob Dylan
Pretty Saro - Bob Dylan
Remember When (Side A) - The Back Keys
Miss Sarajevo - Passengers
Evening: The Sunset, Twilight Time - The Moody Blues
99 Miles from LA - Johnny Mathis
Sorrow - The McCoys
Maybe the People Would Be the Times or Between Clark and Hilldale - Love
Que Vida! - Love
Hour 2
Ride Into the Sun (Instrumental) - The Velvet Underground
The Revelator - Gillian Welch
The Enemy - Jim Ed Brown
Sing Me Back Home - The Flying Burrito Brothers
Country Honk - The Rolling Stones
Angel Flying too Close to the Ground - Willie Nelson
I See a Darkness - Bonnie "Prince" Billy
Mainline Prosperity Blues - Mimi and Richard Farina
Our Way to Fall - Yo La Tengo
Bad Girl - Devendra Banhart
It Gets More Blue (live) - Girlpool
Back in the Crowd - Tom Waits
Hour 3
Only Love Can Break You Heart (live) - Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young
I Wish I Knew and Keep (live) - Sharon Van Etten
Bridge Over Troubled Water - Roberta Flack
Both Sides Now - Joni Mitchell
Streets of Fire - The New Pornographers
These Days (live) - St. Vincent
What Kind of Fool Am I - Sarah Vaughn
'Round Midnight - Betty Carter
Between the Bars - Madeleine Peyroux
Hey Jude - Wilson Pickett
KTUH - 90.1 FM Honolulu, 91.1 North Shore, ktuh.org
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Radio NET Bulgaria (December 12, 2022)
23:56 ACOUSTIC ALCHEMY - She Speaks American English
23:51 ALEXANDER ZONJIC - Musaic
23:46 MICHAEL LINGTON - Oh Holy Night
23:42 TONY SAUNDERS - Unlimited Access
23:39 FUNKTASTIC PLAYERS - Glad I Met You Tonight
23:34 JIM ADKINS - See the Light
23:29 NILS - Catnap
23:26 JODY MAYFIELD - The Little Drummer Boy
23:23 LES SABLER - Keep Pushin'
23:19 BLAKE AARON - If You Were Mine
23:14 AVENUE BLUE - The Conversation
23:11 BRANDON WILLIS - In The House
23:08 DIRK K - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
23:04 GREGG KARUKAS - Club Hopping
23:00 MISZ - Our Place
22:58 E ONE, ARUNA - Still Holding On (Aruna vs. Conjure One Chill Mix Lounge Edit)
22:55 TINA COUSINS - Wonderful Life (Ballad Version)
22:50 DOWNTEMPO GROOVERS - Smooth And Sexy Mix
22:44 VIVIAN LACOSTE - Clair Del Mar
22:42 CHICANE, KATE WALSH - Playing Fields (Original Mix)
22:38 SWEET EUPHONY - After We Close Our Eyes (Chillout Version)
22:35 SENSPROOF - Starflight (Alex Atmospheric Chillout Remix)
22:31 ALY & FILA, JWAYDAN - We Control the Sunlight (Chill Out Mix)
22:29 MOKITA - Monopoly (Acoustic Version)
22:24 SAGI REI - Fall Again
22:20 SUPERTANGOX - Last Tango In Paris
22:17 TYDI, AUDREY GALLAGHER - World's Apart (Album Mix)
22:10 NO HORIZONS, SHEEMA - Summer Son
22:06 SOLID SESSIONS - Janeiro (Chiller Twist Blue Line Remix)
22:03 JOEL HIRSCH, ROXANNE EMERY - Neon Dreams (Cinematic Version)
21:58 LAUGE, BABA GNOHM, SARAH LYNN - My Innocence (Original Mix)
21:54 PRIME CIRCLE - As Long As I Am Here (Cafe D'Afrique Mix)
21:49 LEMONGRASS, JANE MAXIMOVA - Frozen Boy
21:46 LEO ROJAS - Chaski
21:42 DEEPER SUBLIME - I've Got You (Original Mix)
21:36 SUNLOUNGER, ZARA TAYLOR - Try To Be Love (Chill Out Mix)
21:31 JOSEPHINE SINCLAR - Paradise Deluxe
21:25 DIDDY, KEYSHIA COLE, B-STAR - Last Night (Slow Version)
21:20 ZETANDEL, TIFF LACEY - Cosmos (Original Mix)
21:15 ATB - Let U Go (Schiller Remix)
21:11 DJ ELECTRA - I Feel You (Acoustic Version)
21:05 BLANK & JONES, STEVE KILBEY - Revealed (Bliss Mix)
21:02 SCUBBA, IVETTE MORAES, RONAN - The Sweetest Taboo (Remix)
20:57 BLANK & JONES, CATHY BATTISTESSA - Miracle Man (Afterlife Remix)
20:52 MATT DAREY, KATE LOUISE SMITH - See The Sun (Original Mix)
20:47 INUSA DAWUDA - Dreamily
20:42 ENVIO - Touched By The Sun (Rusch & Elusive's Chillout Mix)
20:38 GORDON GECO - Fade In Away
20:35 DJ PAULBASS, DJ GORODNEV & P.KOLVINKOVSKY - Call Me (Lounge Mix)
20:30 BENNY BENASSI - Illusion (Taras Bazeev Chillout Remix)
20:24 CIARA, JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE - Love Sex Magic (Chillout Mix)
20:21 DJ SALAMANDRA - I Want It All (DJ Alatiz Remix)
20:16 351 LAKE SHORE DRIVE - Seabeam
20:09 GREEN POINT ORCHESTRA - Miriam Dub
20:06 STIPPLE - Evening Coast (Original Mix)
19:58 EUPHONIC TRAVELLER - Crescent Bay (Original Mix)
19:54 KRONO, CIMO FRANKEL - Sweet Goodbye
19:49 HARD GREY, HOUSE REPUBLIC - Music Sounds Better With You (Eat More Cake Remix)
19:44 GOLD LOUNGE - She's Arriving
19:40 ATB, TIFF LACEY - Missing
19:34 HEADSTRONG, KIRSTY HAWKSHAW - Love Calls (Floris De Hann Chillout Mix)
19:30 ALY & FILA - Rosaires (Chill Out Mix)
19:27 ASSMONKEYS, LYCK - Embrace My Heart (Bassmonkeys & Jenna Donnelly Moonlight Mix)
19:22 NUAGE, N4M3 - Sunday Morning (Original Mix)
19:18 EL SEGUNDO - Blue Marlin (Juan Padilla Serve Chilled Remix)
19:15 ATB & TILSEN - Faith (Original Mix)
19:11 LEO ROJAS - Flying Heart
19:05 ARROJAS - Textpectations
18:58 LERRY MULLER, ANETTA GRANT - Dreaming (Original)
18:51 AUROSONIC, KATTY HEATH - My Good Place (Mark Otten Downtempo Remix)
18:45 SIMON LE GREC, DENISE GUTTENBACH - Touch Me (Original Mix)
18:41 SEVEN24 - Oasis (Original Mix)
18:36 FARUK SABANCI, JOSIE - Wake Up (Zetandel Chill Out Mix)
18:31 THOMAS LEMMER - Through My Father's Eyes
18:28 LAZY HAMMOCK - Star
18:22 YIRUMA - River Flows In You (N-Drew Fate Remix)
18:17 YULIET TOPAZ - Frozen
18:13 MOBY - Porcelain
18:07 MENZI - Aufbruch
18:03 COLLIN MCLOUGHLIN - Stereo Hearts (DJ Lime El Project Chill Remixes)
17:57 R.I.B - I Look At Sea Horizon
17:53 LO TIDE - Quietly Here (Original Mix)
17:48 BISCAINE - Sunrise At Paradise Beach (Original Mix)
17:43 DJ SHAH, ADRINA THORPE - Who Will Find Me (Acoustic Version)
17:38 SANGRE DE LA TIERRA - Antigua
17:35 CJ STONE, ANNA TURSKA, SHERLOCK - Believe Me (Chill Out Classic Mix)
17:30 351 LAKE SHORE DRIVE - Summernights
17:25 MATHIEU & FLORZINHO - Life Is Just A Dream (Levitation Remix)
17:18 VECHIGEN - No Fear (Summer Vibes Chill Mix)
17:13 THE DO - Too Insistent (Trentemoller Remix)
17:08 AMEDEO BIANCHI - Spring Water
17:04 DJ A - Let Me Love You (Andreas Agiannitopoulos Remix)
17:00 RUTH ANN - Beautiful
16:56 SAM RUCKER - Down on the Inside
16:51 KIRK WHALUM - Ruby Ruby Ruby (feat. Earl Klugh)
16:47 REBECCA ANGEL - Just the Two of Us
16:43 EUGE GROOVE - Slam Dunkn
16:40 JONATHAN BUTLER - Away In A Manger
16:36 JEFF KASHIWA - Creepin'
16:32 TONY SAUNDERS - That Beautiful Lady
16:29 JESSY J - What Child is This
16:25 BRIAN SIMPSON - When I Say Your Name
16:21 FUNKTASTIC PLAYERS - Feeling Happy
16:17 GEN SAX - Trapped in the Beat
16:13 DANNY LERMAN - Snoopy's Dance
16:09 VALENTINO MALTOS - The Christmas Song
16:04 WAKANA - Go for the Sound (feat. Darren Rahn & Koh Mr.Saxman)
16:00 ISAAC BYRD JR. - Rebirth
15:57 NELSON RANGELL - Look Again
15:52 NICK COLIONNE - Born Again
15:49 LES SABLER - Sunrise
15:45 JOYCE COOLING - Whenever the Rain Falls
15:41 KIM WATERS - My Christmas Wish
15:37 LISA ADDEO - High Heels
15:33 PAUL BROWN - Strollin'
15:28 BRIAN CULBERTSON - Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer
15:25 JAZZ FUNK SOUL - Count Me In
15:21 RICHARD ELLIOT - Living Inside Myself
15:16 MOTOWN MOE - Living My Best Life (feat. Nick Stone & Nils)
15:12 FRANK MCCOMB - Cha Cha (For Ramsey Lewis)
15:08 JAY ROWE - What Child Is This
15:04 CHICO MARIO - Need You In My Life (feat Konstantin Klashtorni) (Smooth Mix)
15:00 DEON YATES - In The Moment (feat. Nathan Mitchell)
14:56 FRANK MCCOMB - Patrice (For Patrice Rushen)
14:52 UNDER THE LAKE - Bridgetown
14:47 TIM BOWMAN - Into The Blue
14:43 DANA FIELDS - O Come, O Come Emmanuel
14:39 DEE BROWN - Pop The Question
14:35 ADAM HAWLEY - Cruisin' (Feat. Brian Culbertson)
14:30 SHIN GIWON CHRISTMAS CAROL COLLECTION - Jingle Bell Rock
14:26 KONSTANTIN KLASHTORNI - Walking on Dream
14:21 KIM SCOTT - Give Thanks
14:17 BOBBY WELLS - End of Summer
14:14 JOHNNY JAMES DR. J - Foolish Heart
14:09 DR. SAXLOVE - Winter Wonderland
14:04 EUGE GROOVE - Mr. Groove
14:00 J. WHITE - Believe
13:56 BONEY JAMES - Full Effect
13:52 BOB BALDWIN - Be Blessed
13:49 SAM BASSMAN JENKINS - Can You Feel It
13:44 JACK JEZZRO - Happy Holiday
13:39 BILLYRAY SHEPPARD - On My Way Now
13:35 MARCUS ANDERSON - A Brighter Smile
13:31 CHRIS 'BIG DOG' DAVIS - Santa Baby
13:27 SPONTANEOUS GROOVIN' COMBUSTION - Double Deuces
13:23 PHILLIP DOC MARTIN - Groove Love
13:18 JOHN E. LAWRENCE - Just Chillin'
13:14 JAY KING - I Want Your Love
13:10 CAROL NETHEN - Silent Night
13:05 ROB MALETICK - Give It Back
13:00 RHYTHM LOGIC - There for You
12:56 LISA ADDEO - Never Enough
12:53 PAUL BROWN - The One You Lean On
12:49 ELAN TROTMAN - Memories of San Jose (feat. Warren Wolf)
12:45 ARIEL B - Last Christmas
12:41 RICHARD ELLIOT - Chill Bill
12:36 JOHN E. LAWRENCE - Step into a Dream
12:30 MARION MEADOWS - God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
12:27 GARY PALMER - Coast 2 Coast
12:23 NORMAN BROWN - Let's Get Away
12:17 496 WEST - Maputo
12:13 KONSTANTIN KLASHTORNI - Humble and Kind
12:09 DAVE KOZ - White Christmas
12:04 DWIGHT SIRLS - Time
12:00 JAZZ FUNK SOUL - Windfall
11:57 BEN TANKARD - Goodness Gracious
11:53 VINCENT INGALA - Hypnotic State
11:48 DIRK K - Can't Let Go
11:44 JEFF RYAN - Tenderly
11:40 IN GIWON CHRISTMAS CAROL COLLECTION - Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
11:37 GARY MEGGS - Cuban Nights
11:32 SEAN U - Second Wind
11:28 ABAIR, VINCENR INGALA, LINDSEY WEBSTER, ADAM HAWLEY - I Can't Wait For Christmas
11:24 EUGE GROOVE - XXL
11:20 JULIAN VAUGHN - Always in My Heart
11:16 DARREN RAHN - With You By My Side
11:13 496 WEST - Cflat
11:09 PROFESSOR RJ ROSS - On This Silent Night
11:04 ADAM HAWLEY - Detroit
11:00 3RD FORCE - Day Into Night
10:56 PAOLO RUSTICHELLI - Mondorama
10:51 EARNEST WALKER JR - Bourbon Chill
10:47 KONSTANTIN KLASHTORNI - Let's Fall In Love
10:44 J. WHITE - Juicy
10:40 SYLVIA BENNETT - Christmas Lights
10:36 UNDER THE LAKE - Another Mothers Day
10:31 BLAIR BRYANT - B's Bounce
10:28 JEANETTE HARRIS - The Little Drummer Boy
10:23 JACKIEM JOYNER - Round The World
10:20 BONEY JAMES - Sway
10:16 PAUL BROWN - I Say a Little Prayer
10:11 PAUL TAYLOR - The Hills
10:08 BRIAN CULBERTSON - Deck The Halls
10:04 ELAN TROTMAN - Tatianna Nale (feat. Julian Vaughn)
10:00 NICHOLAS COLE - Can You Stay
09:56 RICHARD ELLIOT - Move Ahead
09:52 GREGG KARUKAS - Soul Kisses
09:47 CHUCK LOEB - ... Of The Moon
09:43 DANA FIELDS - My Favorite Things
09:38 ROBERT HARRIS - New Beginnings
09:33 NAJEE - Bella Vista
09:29 FRANCESCO DIGILIO - O Little Town of Bethlehem
09:26 BROOKE ALFORD - Shine
09:21 AMANDUS - Love Will Be Our Strength (feat. Uli Brodersen)
09:16 SONNY EMORY - Latina
09:12 MARCIN NOWAKOWSKI - Feelin' Good
09:09 CHRISTMAS CAROLS - Ave Maria
09:05 ROB TARDIK - Synergy (feat. Vincent Ingala)
09:00 PATRICK YANDALL - One Last Look
08:56 MEKIEL REUBEN - Corey
08:51 DR. DAVE, THE HOUSECALL BAND - Carefree (Revisited Version)
08:48 RON OTIS - Kiss Me
08:43 BRIAN BROMBERG - The Christmas Song
08:39 REZA KHAN, DAVID MANN - Under the Moon
08:34 NATE WHITE - Up Close
08:31 DAVE KOZ - The First Noel
08:26 TIM BOWMAN - Candy's Groove
08:21 3RD FORCE - Breakout
08:17 KIM WATERS - Boo'd Up
08:12 WARREN HILL - Under the Covers
08:08 SMOOTH SOUL HOLIDAY - Come All Ye Faithful
08:03 LES SABLER - Crescent City Strut
08:00 WILL DONATO - Universal Groove
07:56 DREAMING IN COLOUR - No More Goodbyes
07:52 LOWELL HOPPER - Resurgence
07:48 DEON YATES - The Sample Life
07:44 UNDER THE LAKE - Breaking Through
07:41 NICK DUKAS - Through Their Eyes
07:37 J. WHITE - Driven
07:33 BRIAN SIMPSON, STEVE OLIVER - What The Wind Knows
07:29 NELSON GARCIA - Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
07:25 RICHARD SMITH - First Kiss
07:21 CAROL ALBERT - Stronger Now
07:17 GREGG KARUKAS - Rocky Peak
07:12 EJAZZ ARTISTRY - To Love You More
07:08 OLI SILK - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
07:04 KONSTANTIN KLASHTORNI - Autum's Edge
07:00 PHILIPPE SAISSE - And So But Then
06:55 KIRK WHALUM - Courtney
06:51 SAM RUCKER - Nothing's Too Hard
06:47 FUNKTASTIC PLAYERS - Free Your Soul
06:43 KENNY BOBIEN - Silent Night
06:37 JEFFERY SMITH - Shake It Up
06:32 BONEY JAMES - You Can Count on Me
06:28 ROB TARDIK - Christmas Morning
06:24 JAKOB MAGNUSSON - Next To You
06:20 JEANETTE HARRIS - Ja'licious
06:16 BRAD ALEXANDER - Missing You (feat. Jackiem Joyner)
06:12 EUGE GROOVE - Hide And Seek
06:08 ALVIN GARETT - My Gift To You
06:04 MARK JAIMES - Sidetracked
06:00 DANNY LERMAN - The First Time
05:55 BRIAN SIMPSON - Something about You
05:50 GEREY JOHNSON, RAMON YSLAS - Oceano
05:45 STEVE WATSON - Maria
05:41 YOLANDA RABUN - That's What I Want for Christmas
05:37 ROBERT HARRIS - Making Road to Las Cruces
05:33 JEFF KASHIWA - August Nights
05:29 RONNY SMITH - One Snowy Night
05:24 JOY RIDE - Fly By
05:20 BLAKE AARON - You're My Miracle
05:15 AL DEGREGORIS - All in Good Time
05:11 JC SOL - Our Groove
05:08 BEN TANKARD - My Favorite Things
05:04 NAJEE - Luna
05:00 DOCTOR X - Train to Granada
04:56 PAUL BROWN - In The Shadows
04:52 RICHARD ELLIOT - Camelia
04:49 KEN NAVARRO - The Meeting Place
04:46 PEET PROJECT - Show You My City
04:41 DAVID GARFIELD - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
04:37 GREGG KARUKAS - Daylight
04:33 EJAZZ ARTISTRY - Never Too Much
04:30 ARIEL B - Don't Wake Me Up ('Til It's Christmas)
04:25 DAVE KOZ - The Bright Side
04:20 OLI SILK - Rest Assured
04:16 PETER WHITE - Mister Magic
04:13 JEANETTE HARRIS - Can't You Tell
04:08 BROOKE ALFORD, DAN BARASZU - Christmas Time Is Here (With Love and Strings)
04:04 ROBERTO RESTUCCIA - Liquorice Pizza
04:00 FREDDIE FOX - Still Lovin' You
03:55 PATRICK BRADLEY - In the Heart of the Seas
03:51 MARC ANTOINE - Corto Maltese
03:47 BK JACKSON - Feelin' Saxy
03:43 KIM WATERS - Christmas Day
03:39 KONSTANTIN KLASHTORNI - I Need You
03:34 EUGE GROOVE - Summer Stroll
03:30 NICK DUKAS - This Is Christmas
03:26 MARK JAIMES - Evenin' (feat. OLI SILK)
03:22 MARCIA MIGET - Over the Rainbow
03:17 MICHAEL MANSON - A Ray of Hope
03:12 BRIAN SIMPSON - One of a Kind
03:09 DAMIEN ESCOBAR - This Christmas
03:04 TIM BOWMAN - Rapture
03:00 JOHN E. LAWRENCE - Don't Stop
02:56 LINDSEY WEBSTER - I Didn't Mean It
02:52 ADAM HAWLEY - 35Th St. (Feat. Eric Darius)
02:48 RICK BRAUN - Notorius
02:43 GERALD ALBRIGHT - Hark The Herald Angels Sing
02:39 FUNKTASTIC PLAYERS - You Make Me
02:34 JAKOB MAGNUSSON - Karlsson's Arrival
02:30 CAROL NETHEN - Pat a Pan
02:27 JIM RICHTER - Peace III (feat. Michael Cornett & Jack Jones)
02:22 KEITH MASON - I Wanna Thank You
02:17 KEN NAVARRO - I Wish I Knew
02:12 DAVID PETROSYAN - Feeling of Breath
02:09 CHRISTMAS CAROLS - Bianco Natal
02:04 PAUL TAYLOR - Pleasure Seeker
02:00 JEFF KASHIWA - Thanks To You
01:55 JIM ADKINS - Passing Through
01:51 SHAKATAK - Blue Christmas
01:47 VINCENT INGALA - What's Option B
01:42 KIM SCOTT - Landscapes
01:39 PETER WHITE - All I Want
01:34 MARCUS ANDERSON - Gotta Move On
01:30 MAYSA - Christmas Time Is Here
01:25 GREGG KARUKAS - Azure Dreaming
01:21 RICHARD ELLIOT - Sly
01:17 BRYAN LUBECK - Top Down
01:13 SAM BASSMAN JENKINS - Give It To Me
01:09 MARK MAXWELL - Winter Wonderland
01:04 LOWELL HOPPER - Ever Lasting
01:00 WILL SUMNER - Return To Todos Santos
00:56 ADRIAN CRUTCHFIELD - Can't Let You Go
00:52 BIRDS OF A FEATHER - Westward
00:48 DANA FIELDS - Togetherness
00:44 ANDRE DELANO - Why Not
00:40 PIECES OF A DREAM - Smoothing Out
00:36 THOM ROTELLA - Feelin' It
00:32 PEET PROJECT - Heavy Rain
00:28 ANTOINE KNIGHT - Christmas in Maputo
00:24 DEON YATES - For Hosea
00:20 GHOST JAZZ TRIO BAND - Looking Good (feat. James Morgan)
00:16 JONATHAN FRITZEN - Lullaby (feat. Darren Rahn)
00:11 KONSTANTIN KLASHTORNI - Nice and Easy
00:08 YOLANDA RABUN - Twelfth Night - O Mistress Mine
00:04 NICHOLAS COLE - Conversations
00:00 FUNKTASTIC PLAYERS - Always
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Top Final Sentences of 2021
15. Tell them that you appreciate them so, so fucking much, ‘cause they’re your chosen family. - Michelle Buteau, from “Friendship”
14. And I think I can survive anything, even you. - Eliza Jane Brazier, from If I Disappear
13. I challenge us to change, because as Charles Darwin once observed, “It is not the strongest species that will survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.” - Harriet A. Washington, from Medical Apartheid
12. But maybe I don’t have to figure it all out right now. - Nita Tyndall, from Who I Was with Her
11. Not today. - Connie Willis, from Passage
10. Something new was thundering in her soul - it felt like hope. - Anne Schraff, from Lost and Found
9. When he looked at her again his face was filled with such an extraordinary gladness, and the third time she kissed him it was for love. - Silvia Moreno-Garcia, from Mexican Gothic
8. I am a person figuring out how to be the best version of myself, one step at a time. - Kelly Jensen, from “The Light Bulb, the Broom, and the Work They Don’t Tell You About”
7. That’s the witch I have to learn to be. - Sarah Hollowell, from A Dark and Starless Forest
6. And if you were of the lucky sort, sometimes that life chose you back. - TJ Klune, from The House in the Cerulean Sea
5. ‘I hope so,’ she said. - Alexander McCall Smith, from Tears of the Giraffe
4. ‘I think we’ve both waited long enough to turn the page in this story, don’t you?’ - Dahlia Adler, from Cool for the Summer
3. My mother was wrong and not wrong,
like the calf who approached the monster
and licked the blood from its fingers. - Traci Brimhall, from “The Last Known Sighting of the Mapinguari”
2. When you notice a cat in profound meditation,
The reason, I tell you, is always the same:
His mind is engaged in a rapt contemplation
Of the thought, of the thought, of the thought of his name:
His ineffable effable
Effanineffable
Deep and inscrutable singular name. - T. S. Eliot, from “The Naming of Cats”
1. The key is to keep asking yourself the same question, again and again and again: this is your life - what do you want to pay attention to? - Catherine Price, from How to Break Up with Your Phone
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what do you headcanon different characters heights as?
Some characters actually have official heights, but I headcanon a few of them.
It's canon that Larry is 6'4, and I believe that Tripp, Lingard, Ben Paul, Jesus, Alvin and Nick are probably in his vicinity, making them the tallest characters in the game. Lee SHOULD be 6'2, according to the drugstore's barometer. It's also confirmed that Ruby is 4'9, probably making her the shortest out of anyone who isn't a child.
Season 1:
Larry and Ben are 6'4
Lee Everett, Chuck and Kenny are 6'2, 6'1 at worst,
Stranger and Doug are 6'0
Christa is 5'11, Lilly and Mark are 5'10
Carley is 5'6 and Omid is 5'5
Duck is like 4'8 and Clem is like 4'3
Season 2:
Alvin is 6'3
Mike and Nick are 6'2
Carver is 6'1
Uncle Pete, Carlos and Luke are 5'11
Jane, Rebecca and Bonnie are 5'7
Arvo and Sarita are 5'6
Sarah is 5'4 and Clementine is 4'8
Season 3:
Lingard and Tripp are like 6'5, Jesus is 6'4
David and Conrad are 6'1
Javi is 6'0
Kate and Eleanor are 5'8
Gabe is 5'4
Ava and Joan are 5'1
Clementine is 4'10
Mariana is 4'8 (shes supposed to be 10...)
Season 4 (they're all midgets understandably):
Flashback Lee would actually be the tallest character lmao, I think Clem imagines him taller than he actually was. Anyways
Abel is 6'1
Lilly is still 5'10
Marlon, James and Minerva are all 5'7ish
Mitch is 5'5
Louis and Aasim are 5'4
Brody is 5'2
Clementine and Violet are 5'0 (Vi has bad posture so it fluctuates)
Willy and Tenn are 4'9
Ruby is 4'8
AJ is about 3'8 probably
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Top 5 Character Deaths That Made Me Side-Eye the Writers
There are a lot of character deaths in TWDG... obviously. It a series about the literal dead walkin’ around and eating people, so as you’re playing, one of your favorite characters is bound to meet such a fate. To give this series credit, it does have quite a few well-executed deaths that, while I hate them, they have a purpose in the story that works.
The best example of this is Lee’s death-- we all hate that Lee dies, but it’s well-done. It serves its purpose, it acted as both a shock and a slow-burn for the player, and left us all an emotional mess.
However, we’re not talking about the “good” deaths today. No, we’re talking about the character deaths that are poorly executed, cheap, lazy, and just plain dumb... they’re the deaths that make me side-eye the writing team and wonder what the fuck happened there.
By the way, it was reeeeeeal fun narrowing it down to only five deaths, because it seems like for every great death, there’s at least two bad ones.
5. Mariana and her death that ruined ANF’s potential story
I’ve talked at length about Mariana’s death and how much I hate it. Like, I get it TWDG... you love your sudden deaths and you’re so edgy for killing off a child character because you’ve never done that before... but maybe consider things a little further before pulling the trigger?
Yeah, killing off Mariana the way they did got a reaction outta people when it happened, and we got the burial scene if you stayed with Clementine... but you didn’t consider the future of this storyline? You pretend you did by name dropping Mari when it’s convenient, but then throw it out the window when it comes to characters like David or Gabe.
Listen, I know that ANF is a mess and what’s the point in telling the mess that it’s a mess? Well, I’m still annoyed at the writers for wasting the biggest opportunity for this game’s story, something that could’ve saved it from being a mess.
And I get it, you gotta make a death quota, so instead of killing Mariana off... why not kill Kate off instead? Oh no? We don’t get the stupid love triangle that no one actually enjoys or is engaged in?
Instead of this dumb story about Javi falling in love with his sister-in-law but oh no David’s back.... we could’ve had a story about Javi losing Kate and being left to care for two children by himself. Mariana and Gabe are all he has left, and he going to do whatever he can to keep them safe all while the three of them are mourning Kate.
Then David comes back, and he immediately takes these kids away from Javi.
There is no stupid storyline with Kate, but an actual conflict between two brothers who were never on the same page and two kids caught in the middle.
Plus, Mariana herself as a character really could’ve brought something to the table. She could’ve brought out a lot in David’s character since she seems to be more like Javi.
Her death is just... annoying. It’s frustrating when you know they could’ve told a better story with her alive, something ANF desperately needed.
My side-eye is one of disappointment and annoyance.
4.Luke and his easily preventable drowning
Ugh.... where to even begin?
Luke really just gets butchered as a character throughout the second half of S2, and the writers end up demolishing the set up they placed at the beginning of the season for a Luke vs Kenny thing.
Why? Well, Luke vs Kenny was the initial ending they were gonna go with, but because this season went through all kinds of bullshit, they scrapped that and replaced Luke with Jane... and it’s so dumb.
Hell, it kind of ruins a lot. Not only did it ruin Luke, a character that many players loved, but it forces the new character of Jane, who we only get two episodes to get to know, so they can fade Luke out.
But that’s not all.
His death is so... ugh. It’s stupid, okay? Stupid and easily preventable, but noooo... we gotta kill Luke off for reasons because all we know is that S1 killed off a lot of characters and we’re gonna do that again but worse because we failed to understand what made those deaths impactful in the first place.
Lots of character death and despair = good game.
Yep, uh-huh. Okay.
So we all know that Luke’s leg is hurt, yeah? Great, so you’d think that the group that has an injured man and a new born baby would be extra cautious and go around the frozen lake. Yeah, Arvo says that it’s safe but let’s not take any chances.
But no. We gotta go across like a group of dingdongs and whattya know-- the ice begins to crack beneath Luke’s feet. Now, even here, we coulda got him outta there safely... if Bonnie wasn’t a dingus.
Think about it. If we shot the walkers who were coming towards Luke with all their weight, he could’ve slowly scooted away, even if he’s already fallen through. BUT NO. Bonnie either guilts Clementine into going towards him, adding more weight to the already fragile ice as Luke tells her to stop, or Bonnie will go over there herself... and she’s a full grown woman soooo her weight breaks the ice.
Good job, you dipsticks.
When you have to make your characters into morons in order to move the plot along and kill off characters....maybe do some rethinking, yeah?
3. Mitch and his shock-value death
This death is so dumb... so incredibly, dumb. Even now, I can’t help but give full side-eye to the writers every time one of them tries to justify this death.
I’m sorry, but this death didn’t have the impact you wanted it to have. And because there’s always someone who says, “Mitch didn’t die for shock value, you just can’t tell the difference between a good and bad death” lemme tell you a thing.
What was the point of killing of Mitch? Well, according to those who worked on TFS, it was to show that Lilly and the delta are serious. This is when shit gets real, and when Lilly is established as a bad bitch who will do whatever it takes to get what she wants. We should be scared of her now.
Except no.
This scene doesn’t tell me that Lilly is a bad bitch. It tells me that she has good reflexes, and going off her reaction after killing Mitch.... I’m not fucking scared of this dumbass. If anything, this scene says more about Mitch than it does Lilly. It says that Mitch is also a dumbass for running at her like he did.
Y’know what would’ve been more impactful? If Mitch didn’t immediately get stabbed in the throat, but instead, actually got her on the ground and struggled with Lilly. Then, Lilly gets the upper hand and when you think she’s about to send Mitch to the cart, she fucking murders him in front of everyone to prove a point.
There’s no remorse, it’s slow enough for Lilly to actually process what’s happening and show that she does know what she’s doing. That would scare me. That would show me that these people aren’t fucking around and they’re willing to kill some of them if that means getting the rest for their army.
You still get your shock value death but it actually does something other than kill a character off.
I’m really supposed to believe this is the same Lilly who can order to have Louis’ tongue cut off?
But it doesn’t end there. No, no... there’s another part to Mitch’s death that annoys me, and it’s how insistent everyone was that his death is going to have a greater impact on the second half of the story. It had a purpose within the story, we did it for a reason.
...I mean, it has an impact on Willy and his arc for the second half.
But that’s it.
Oh... oh, what’s that? Oh, you were referring to those throwaway lines about Tenn? “He was screwing up again, just like when he got Mitch killed.”
OOOOOH.... I see, that’s what Mitch’s death was really amounting to... some lines dealing with whether or not AJ shot Tenn. Well, I guess I was wrong. Mitch’s death wasn’t just shock value. It really had a big purpose. In fact, Mitch’s death has the biggest impact on the series. Fuck Marlon and Brody’s deaths, and Lilly and James, and hell, fuck Tenn’s death, too. They’re meaningless compared to Mitch’s death. You did it, guys. You really did it.
....Okay, I’m done. I’m just... salty, I fully admit.
Being serious again, Mitch’s death is probably the worst in TFS as far as unpreventable deaths go and the real reason I side-eye the writers is because they tried to tell us it was going to have this huge impact in the future and it just... didn’t.
2. Nick and his offscreen death.
I’m sorry, but what the fuck happened here? Why- what are you- how the hell did this happen??
I’m actually baffled.
Someone wrote this.
They set up at the end of ep3 that Nick is shot.... then ep4 comes and we find him like this. I just... did someone on the writing staff not wanna do their job that day? Someone was working on the story and at the last minute forgot Nick was a character, so they were like “Eh, he’s not important anyway, and it adds to the shittiness of everything so we’ll pretend this was 100% intentional.”
Nick was one of your more interesting characters and you really thought killing him off like this was the way to go, huh?
Like, his first death is shitty, but in the very least it kind of makes sense.
But this?
This is horrible. If I wrote this, I’d be embarrassed.
I just... I’m so tired of S2 right now.
This is at #2 because it’s just lazy, bad writing. At least with Luke, Mitch, and Mariana, we got to see their deaths and they had some, even if just a little, impact on the story afterward.
But Nick?
Nothin’.
Even Luke, who is the closest person to Nick, name drops him maybe twice? It’s just.... nothing.
And yeah, you can come at me with the “oh well not every death has to have meaning!”
This is a story, okay? This is a story crafted with characters who have arcs by people who wanted it to be a success, and usually that means having satisfying conclusions.... or, intentionally unsatisfying if that acts as a natural conclusion to their story or is a reoccurring theme.
Nick’s death is just the writers falling flat on their faces and hoping no one would notice.
1. Sarah and both of her shitty deaths.
Ugh. UGH.
Okay.
I’m not even side-eyeing anymore-- I’m fully glaring.
I don’t have to tell you how shitty both of Sarah’s deaths are. We all played S2, we all know that no matter what you do, Sarah dies in ep4. You can try to save her, she lives a little bit longer, and then falls to her death... and both deaths have her being devoured alive by walkers.
Now, this is enough to annoy me. First off, I guess my choices don’t really matter. Sure, you can justify this as one of those “sometimes you can’t save someone, no matter how hard you try” ...and fine. Sure, if they had bothered to execute that point well, then great.
But I disagree that the writers had that in mind when they were killing Sarah off.
In fact, I know what what going on in their brains-- “God, can’t wait to kill Sarah off! Give us any reason to do it! She’s so damn annoying!”
The writers have openly admitted that a lot of the team were just waiting to kill Sarah off, waiting for any reason, so when the major part of the community who take everything at surface level because why think? kept complaining about Sarah, they jumped on the opportunity to kill her off.... but the deaths are dumb.
Listen, this isn’t like when the writers planned on killing Lee off. You can plan a death and even be excited about it because you’re excited about the story and execution of it all. You can be excited to see the heartbreaking end of this character’s story that you crafted because you know you put everything you had into it.
These deaths were lazy and the product of a team who didn’t care about the character. Sarah dies and no one cares.
Sure, you leave her to die the first time and Jane does her thing about how you can’t save everyone, she talks about Jaime, and then Luke exposes himself as the fake Luke by agreeing that leaving Sarah behind was probably the right thing. Like what?
Now as much as I hate that first one, the second one is even worse.
For some reason, Sarah is standing in the corner while they’re trying to fight off the walkers instead of being inside with Rebecca... y’know, where she would be if this was logical.
Then the deck breaks and Sarah falls, trapped under a pile of wood. Jane, despite being the one who sees Sarah as a liability, goes down there to try and help her after Clementine begs her to.
But because the writers don’t know what they’re doing, Jane gets hit by a random piece of wood and can’t get Sarah out in time, leaving her to be eaten alive by walkers.
Then AJ is born and no one cares about Sarah ever again.
I just....
Could’ve had an interesting story arc with a character who just lost her father in such a gruesome way, a character that already deals with anxiety and other problems that you never bothered to explain other than “she isn’t like Clementine” and you could’ve had her grow.
But I guess that would’ve taken effort.... and screen time away from Kenny, and god forbid we ever do that.
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Honorable Mentions
-Ava falling to her death in the most comedic way possible, made even more hilarious by David’s two seconds of mourning.
-Omid.... because hope is dead. Do you get it? Hope? is dead? Because Omid means hope? Do you get it??
-Honestly you could put most of S2′s deaths on this list because oh my god.
-Ben because I’m still a salty bitch.
-I also wanna add Louis and Violet’s deaths on the bridge mostly because they die, Clem is sad for two seconds, Tenn says sorry, and then no one cares. Yeah, yeah, they mourned off screen and I call that lazy bullshit.
-Hell, throw Tenn’s death on here, too, for similar reasons-- no one but Louis/Violet and AJ seem to care. Even Clementine is like “whatever” after it happens.
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Y’know, picking this one seemed like a good idea at the time, but by now I’m just annoyed by all these dumb deaths. So, what are your thoughts? Are there any deaths that make you question the writers that didn’t end up on the list? Do you agree or disagree with my list? Lemme know, we can have a friendly discussion about it.
Have any suggestions for future T5F’s? Feel free to send ‘em in! :D
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Top 5 Favorite Louis Moments
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