#we'll see if that changes as i continue my rewatch

[monstersqueen]

im a simple gal i hear the opening of the dark era anime and i start crying

#myposts #just wanted to rewatch the last scene of the first episode #to see if dazai really just switch from 'ango has betrayed us or at least lied to us' to 'oh a mimic soldier. please kill me.' #and yes he does. (it's a lot mroe flagrant in the anime than the book #but also the anime gives us odasaku reaching for dazai in the same shot we'll see dazai reach for him at the end #so. really. fuck that scene) #anyway. dazai has zero idea how he feels about ango betraying them in fact. #the whole 'find ango/take care of ango/ no matter how it's translated #is ambiguous as fuck. find him and then? take care of him as in make sure he's safe? #or take care of him as in take care of the problem ? #(he's asking the mafioso who doesn't kill so in fact i think he knows. but he's still using ambiiguous language #this for the guy who'll go 'oh you think you'll live here alive? *smiles*' #and then immediately '*adverts his eyes* leave before i change my mind *continues with one of his most genuine moments*' #ah dark era. ... very good opening theme too #bsd march 2023 not lb

[eudikot]

OKAY YEAH, MOGAMI ARC IN THE MANGA IS WAY BETTER

#No I have not finished it I am at the finale where they're going to fight #But HECK that last chapter??? Like I need to rewatch the anime again to see exactly what they cut out but Mob I love you so much #never change #Once I read the last bit expect more thoughts from me #One thing you can get right now is that the beginning did hit a bit harder but at the same time I still felt the same as when I watched it #But when Dimple comes through and everything that follows just hits so much harder?? #Idk how to explain it I need to sleep and we'll see when I have the time to continue reading and then sort out my thoughts #mogami arc #mob psycho 100 #mp100

[chipsncookies]

Bravern ep 9 spoilers)

I've been dumpster diving on twitter in search for supe fanart (I didn't find many) but i came across an interesting analysis. Ep9 has shown that the popular theory was right, there are multiple timelines, and this user claimed that we've seen multiple timelines in past episodes. There are some evidence that look really convincing.

In ep 2 smith busted the door to the torture room open, but after that the door looks completely fine

In the scene where they changed lulu's hairstyle, the background changed drastically (seaside + runway turned into buildings, with isami watching) they shouldn't have walked that far for the place to change so much

In japan, the command people were first shown observing the events outside by binoculars, but then changed to monitor. Why go inside? If it's safe to observe in the beginning why bother going inside

Also, remember the risque scene of smith with lulu? It seems the bg also changed between what seemingly looks like seamless scenes. The green duvet is messy in the first scene, but neat and undisturbed in second scene?

Also, this is my own observation, but the place where superbia meditated also changed. In the beginning the place is completely clear, but in ep9, there are many dead trees very close around him.

You could argue he moved, but if you look closely he's on top of a rather tall hill(?) and there's no other place with the same height in immediate vicinity. He'd also made the decision to sit there and think, plus (from what i understood) he could get a good grasp of the situation with bravern vs deathdrives so it's not like he changed place to get a better view

There's a post by another user pointing out that hibiki's injury has changed from head to hand (or vice versa? I don't remember) but I couldn't verify this yet.

There are many more things pointed out in the thread, but they're non visual stuff that require checking and might be affected by subs. Please check it out yourself. I think bravern really needs rewatching after all the revelation.

I think it makes sense that there are different timelines. Because these different timelines could be based on smith/bravern's memories (before and after transformation). But I wonder if we'll continue seeing these in ep10 and so on because starting from knuth's explosion, he can't possibly see what happens in the future

#bang brave bang bravern #bravern spoilers #seeing all these differences feel like im being gaslighhted (?) or having berenstein bear effect(?) #since these are things we never notice but once stacked up amounts to huge difference #chipsays #join me in the most difficult find the differences game ever

[sageandred]

The "Real" Message of The Show

No matter what, people will be determined to classify someone as "bad" when a new series drops. like people can't be viewed through the lens of being "neutral" or "good people who make bad decisions"...despite that typically being how people are???

When I watched season one, I only really paid attention to Wille and Simon, but when I did a rewatch, I really saw all the moving parts and how much YR was a super cohesive story with intertwining of all of the character's experiences. At the center this show deals with different societal classes, upbringings, etc and we do actually see how that affects who these people are and what they do as the show goes on, and it's not meaningless/out of the blue.

Because no matter how much people want to act like it's not as impacting as it is: People are a product of their experiences.

Wille- If we're being real we saw him for a very small portion at the beginning of the show before everything blew up-him being super adorable, sweet, and awkward. Since being under his strict lifestyle and pressure, he's been going on this downward spiral-he has literally been becoming more and more in the image of his royal family since season 1 (and season 2 he was a lot of the same as 3, it just gets glossed over by his thoughtful decision at the end).

Since I first watched the show, it was clear to me how all of the backstory with August's character was not throwaway information. Tbh, what we know of him in season 1 was never enough to make sense of where his bad decision came from (I guess his insecurity..). But this season, they just gave so much more. And it's strange to me how strongly people react for either argument- of August being actually evil, or having to identify him as a good person [tbf I never thought he was a "bad" person per say, which is my whole point of writing this because for every character of a series (look at the reaction to Wilhelm this szn) people immediately have to sort them into good and bad columns on the judgement of morality and not just take story for what it is: story]. Again, with August his backstory has always added reason to why he is the way he is, but now knowing what we know with Erik, and being 1? 2? years older than Wille, his experience does make sense of what he did (when it's almost exactly the same thing with Wilmon). Because hurt people hurt people.

And with Sara, it's never been warranted the amount of hate she gets that insinuate she is evil. The show tells you very early on what her arc is gonna be: she places value on external things-she wants expensive clothes and to live in the fancy school and will try to impress to fit in with her new group of girl friends. And the irony is she lost it all after everything came out at the shooting range. She wanted what she never had and made decisions, because she thought that was what was important. She's a product of her experiences and it's also her experience-because she was bullied-that August's letter means even more to her and results in her kissing him.

Simon- has literally done nothing wrong (we're not talking about his decision to sell, because that's not really a choice that badly affects ppl other than mostly only himself).

Felice- has literally done nothing wrong; had the biggest positive transformation between seasons 1 and 2, because she stopped caring about external accolades (and that is also a representation of her being a product of her environment because of her mother).

And, to be clear I'm not saying people can't change how they are. Because, yeah Felice is a good example. August has surprised many people this season. Maybe August continues to change; maybe he doesn't. Wille has surprised people in his own way. Maybe we'll get more shocks in the final act. This show has always dealt with the subtext of personal experiences that lead to how people react.

#bit of scattered thoughts but had to talk about this as it all comes to a close #young royals #young royals s3 #prince wilhelm #august of årnäs #sara eriksson #simon eriksson #felice ehrencrona #wilmon #august horn #sargust

[smytherines]

I went through my big Starkid era over the last like six months or so. I had seen Spies Are Forever once a few months back, liked it, but it kinda got buried by life stuff. Maybe a week or two before the tinlightenment kickstarter started up, I remembered SAF and decided to rewatch it, and seeing it again with the context of the full story just really spoke to me in a way I cannot shut up about.

I love Spies Are Forever. I love how funny and tender and gay and hilarious it is. But as much as I love SAF, I'm most grateful that I've gotten to make so many friends bonding over this show. Friends who are working so so so hard to promote the kickstarter because they love Tin Can Bros stuff as much as I do. We have had so much fun on streams, making up ridiculous inside jokes, posting sandwiches and asses in bios and the Sacred Text.

When I found out about the kickstarter I went and liked all the socials, not even thinking about funding it if I'm honest, but I wanted to share stuff at least. That has changed in a big way. I just increased my pledge today, actually!

Anyways I kept rewatching SAF and appreciating it in new ways. I watched Solve It Squad and Grunch and Wayward Guide. I started engaging with the tinlightenment posts. I asked my partner for the 54 Below digital ticket for Valentines Day. I made a new tumblr for the first time in years so I could post hyperfixations about SAF. I made a Diane Lopez-Richter meme that still makes me smile every time I see it, and now I'm just doing as much TCB promo as I possibly can because I really believe in what they're doing.

Theatre is hard. Independent theatre is so much harder. I spent 8 years in a children's community theatre company growing up. My mom did their books in exchange for my tuition. It was always a hustle to keep the doors open. I can say without question that it saved my life. It gave me a space to safely have my big ADHD feelings. Theatre gives you space to feel huge things in a safe way, and TCB provides free, fully original productions to anyone who can access youtube.

I backed the Tinlightenment kickstarter because these original shows and songs and characters are rare and precious, given to us FOR FREE in the hopes that we'll continue to choose to support all of these wonderful creators when they do these big fundraising campaigns.

Corey, Joey, and Brian have spent ten years working hard as fuck to bring us new things for our goblin brains to latch onto, and I want to see more. They have been working so hard on this kickstarter to give us SEVEN events for 200k, which is basically nonsense. An irrationally small amount of money for what they are planning to do. And I want to see them get there.

If you can't back the kickstarter, that's totally cool. Everyone has their own shit going on, nobody is going to hold it against you. We love you we love you we love you.

If you can afford to throw a few bucks towards the kickstarter, please please do it. Independent theatre only happens if we fund it.

>>> Tinlightenment <<<

(Reposting the Diane meme because I love watching her get new treats)

#tinlightenment #spies are forever #tin can bros #curtwen #joey richter #do it for diane #solve it squad #wayward guide

[hikennosabo]

#tristampparty day 2, episode 2: the running man

day 2 of @tristampparty!! i have less to say about this episode than the first one so hopefully this will be a shorter post than yesterday LOL

iirc this is 98 knives's seiyuu on the radio, right?!!! i am only about halfway through my jp 98 watch and can't recognize him by ear (yet) but i think it's very neat that the original seiyuus have cameos :')

also vash keeping the photo with him What If I Ate Rocks

he is such a kicked puppy of a man

why does roberto say revenge. what does he mean. what does he know. what has he figured out from knowing vash for maybe like a few hours. or is he just throwing that out there without realizing how close he is to the truth. partially, anyway. he didn't guess the savior complex part.

i'm not entirely sure what meryl means by honor...? but money is a pretty normal reason to want a plant, as we've seen and as we'll continue to see.

i like how meryl has a fear of bugs... i can relate lol. i think this character trait comes from the manga when she was kidnapped by zazie and was grossed out? i think here it also serves to reinforce her being sheltered, still unfamiliar with the world at large since worms are everywhere--WAIT HOLD ON.

PAUSE. ZOOM. ENHANCE.

RAI-DEI SPOTTED?!?!??!?! this rewatch is becoming an I Spy game with the wanted posters, jfc.

man i'm so glad i finally downloaded tristamp so i can appreciate the visuals without the crunchiness of streaming video... i can't do the animation justice with just screenshots but i love watching vash scamper around like a... i don't know. he scampers like a cockroach in 98, but this is giving a different vibe. like a... something. like a creature.

i also want to take a second to appreciate how gorgeous the backgrounds are, like,

i loooove the backgrounds, it looks like... maybe a mix of markers and colored pencil... i love the detail and the colors are so pleasing. this is such a gorgeous anime to look at, i don't know how anyone could possibly say it looks bad without them just blindly hating it because it's 3dcg. god i'm getting so distracted looking at the backgrounds that i'm missing the action AND the subtitles LOL

wasn't there a post somewhere that actually calculated how much a bullet is worth based on this information. i don't remember what conclusion it came to. but i'm thinking either food is expensive (tbh, likely) or bullets are inexpensive and vash is just poor (also likely). also it's funny that the dub changed this to donuts. ...where are the donuts at in tristamp anyway...

roberto lmao 😭😭😭😭😭 i guess that's one way to guarantee it doesn't spill

roberto up until this point has acted like meryl is dragging him along unwillingly, but here he's the one telling meryl to get in the car so they can get a move on, lol. yeah yeah we all already know he's actually a softie and that he really cares underneath his aloof demeanor.

which brings us to this scene... i don't want to say that he has vash "all figured out" because obviously he doesn't, but he's got SOME of vash figured out at least. definitely more than meryl atp. he knows vash is running from knives... i wonder how this conversation would have gone if they weren't interrupted.

yeah i don't really have that much to say about this ep, relatively speaking... i don't have any deep thoughts about the nebraskas, they're just comic relief villains anyway, i don't care about them that much, even though tristamp kind of tries to make us care a little bit by the end of this episode...

next episode is gonna be a doozy though. ohohohohohoho.

#tristampparty #trigun talk #june speaks #i need to not do these right before i go to bed lol

[crying-over-cartoons]

INTRODUCING:

The Elemental Serpentine AU!

In this AU, each Serpentine species is getting reworked! They're all getting new, more varied designs, and I'll be making a lot of new species to align with each elemental power in the show!

I'm also reworking much of the lore surrounding Serpentine, since what we are given is inconsistent, and quite vague.

As of now, I have new designs for each of the Serpentine species that appear in the show! Designs for new species to go with the missing elements will come later.

Please note that this AU is a work in progress; the designs I have here are subject to change!

Details about each species are included under the cut~~~

GENERAL AU STUFF

I decided that I want all of my Serpentine to have tails, instead of just the generals. If they have legs, they end up looking more like anthro lizards than anthro snakes. I'll let them keep the arms, though.

In the show, the Serpentine are covered in intricate details. As nice as these details are, they make it difficult to draw Serpentine in 2D. So, more for my own sanity than anything else, the patterns are getting toned down.

CONSTRICTAI - EARTH

I genuinely hate a lot of aspects of the canon design for the Constrictai. Their non-existent necks and random spikes make them look more like horrible little dinosaur gnomes than snakes. For my design, I let them keep the spikes, but moved them so they weren't sticking straight up out of their head. Most important of all, I gave them necks.

Inspiration: Boa constrictor

HYPNOBRAI - MIND

In spite of how it may seem, I did not remove this species' hood! Real snakes with hoods only 'hood up' as a threat display. I decided to incorporate this into my AU. It's not visible here, but my design has false eyes on the back of the hood. I noticed that the original design has snakes in the patterns, so I've incorporated that in a few places. I think I may have gone too far with simplifying their design, so we'll see how it changes as I continue to iterate.

Inspiration: Spectacled cobra

VENOMARI - POISON

This one has received some of the biggest changes in the AU. I felt the Venomari's extra eyes looked quite out of place in my new lineup, since it would be the only one out of a now larger number of species to have four eyes, so I lowered the number to two. I don't like the original colour scheme all that much, so I decided to take a page out of the poison dart frog book and make them bright and varied in colour. They can have a variety of colours and patterns. Like the Hypnobrai, the Venomari have a hood that can't be seen in this image.

Inspiration: African bush viper

FANGPYRE - FORM

I changed the shape of the head pretty drastically, but the colours are the same, even if the pattern is different.

Inspiration: Coral snake

ANACONDRAI - LIGHT

The colour-changing ability of the Anacondrai is so underutilized that I literally forgot about it until I started rewatching the show with my brother, so I've decided to make it more prominent. In this AU, Anacondrai change colour as a method of communication and expression. They can also change their colour to disappear, just like in the show.

Inspiration: Green anaconda, RainWings from the book series Wings of Fire

VERMILLION - FUSION

Each of the Serpentine are born or hatched without visible limbs, appearing as ordinary snakes to the untrained eye. While most species undergo a metamorphosis at a young age, emerging with two limbs, Vermillion do not, and remain in a larval state for their entire lives.

Inspiration: Garter snake, axolotl

MAARAY - WATER

According to the fan wiki for Ninjago, these guys are supposed to be eels, but I thought they were Serpentine when watching the show, and they have the same head model as some of Aspheera's lackeys, so I've made the executive decision to make them Serpentine in this AU.

Inspiration: Yellow-lipped sea krait

#ninjago #ninjago serpentine #ninjago constrictai #ninjago hypnobrai #ninjago venomari #ninjago fangpyre #ninjago anacondrai #ninjago vermillion #ninjago maaray #ninjago elemental serpentine au #crying over art #btw PLEASE google some of the snakes i used as inspo they are so beautiful #especially the african bush viper and yellow-lipped sea krait

[marveladewithice-blog]

i think the lore has changed since that game buuuuut here's this anyway cause I thought it was funny

the purple guy sprite hands reminded me of the hands of sincerity in clone high, so yeah he's doing that lol

also I am no joke lowkey getting back into my fnaf phase because I've recently been rewatching zajcu37's sfm series and I'm like,,, actually seriously invested???? like its so good????? i binged it all in like two nights and I regret nothing. but anyways, we stan zajcu37 in this household for continuing to create fnaf content after like eight years or sumth idk for sure but like wow I love him sm he is my childhood and presenthood hero

but yes that is all. btw I'm hoping to have my childhood dreams come true soon and ill be able to present them in a drawing later soooo.. we'll see what happens with that (dw its like really really dumb)

#haha #hehe #hoho #july art challenge #july art challenge 2023 #fnaf #william afton #purple guy #clone high #hands of sincerity #ultimate custom night #tbh ive only been keeping up with the lore in zajcu37s series #so maybe im not reeneting my fnaf phase but rather my zajcu37 one #which no complaints here really

[hotasfahrenheit]

I need to rewatch both episodes that are out so far to really dig into my speculations but I've been thinking about Only Friends all day obviously and @poetry-protest-pornography is camping so I can't talk to her about it so There's so much to figure out and question about Top and he's the one that's really had me the most skeptical of his behavior after the second episode (Mew was top of the list in the first ep obv) especially with the preview for next week having the fateful car encounter from the trailer.

I've been skimming posts on here on and off since watching the 2nd episode earlier today and I've seen people speculate on Top's claim that he can't sleep alone, his potential addiction to sleeping pills, whether he can be trusted, if his need to have someone sleeping next to him is the cause of his patterns of finding hookups and people to sleep with so that he isn't alone, how he's lonely and really wants a long term relationship and Mew is finally his chance, etc. I feel like it's easy to get swayed into Top being painted in a sympathetic light by heading down those paths of thought, but I just can't trust him yet and I feel like his behavior is still too questionable to be giving him too much credit yet.

People with addictions will lie to help cover their habits- it'll be interesting to see if the story of why he takes sleeping pills comes up again and if the details change depending on who he's telling or when he tells it. It was important enough to get a flashback so we'll see where that goes. His anxiety might be real to a degree, it might be an excuse.

I'm also conflicted about the shower encounter with Boston. He seemed conflicted too tho really- he fluctuates between looking smug, looking bored, looking like he's into it, and looking irritated; he tells Boston to stop only once, but after things have been happening for a couple minutes, and doesn't actually do anything to stop him- Ton actually stops when they hear Mew calling Top's name and they both freeze and panic.

I'm still not sure how Boston gets into the other shower stall without Mew seeing him and it's unclear if Boston's shorts are still just on the floor- this post is getting long and I've got a thing about that I'll do separate but anyway I don't trust Top and I saw speculation that Boston manipulates him into banging him in the car at the party and might be holding something over his head, but he might be just appealing to Top's need/desire for sex since Mew is continuously telling him no but Boston is ready to go at all times, and getting that next piece of the puzzle is going to say a lot about what Top's actual motivations are as a person since all we can do so far still is guess.

#only friends the series #only friends #ofts #topmew #topboston #only friends series #ofts spoilers

[unhumanrights]

Thinking about T'Lyn a lot over the last few days. It's funny, I didn't even realize I'd seen her before until I rewatched the series and saw her in "wej Duj". And now suddenly she's my favorite character.

I think what did it for me was her replicating room temperature water, because that's what I would do!

I haven't written fanfiction since high school. I've actually been considering it because of my recent fixation on Lower Decks (which I can unironically say is my favorite Trek). And I am very interested in exploring T'Lyn as a character. We'll see if I actually end up doing it, though. As an adult, I've always felt inadequate when thinking about writing with characters and settings that aren't my own, like I'll really goof it up and people will hate me. That's social anxiety for you.

Some thoughts I had:

T'Lyn is used to being apart from her peers, so she must expect the same on the Cerritos. The unexpected acceptance she has experienced so far must have caught her off balance. Imagine serving on a Vulcan ship for so long, probably rarely interacting with non-Vulcans, if at all, and having one of your first interactions on the Cerritos be just a blast to the face with the sunshine cannon that is Tendi's enthusiasm.

T'Lyn did refer to her beliefs and feelings as such in her first appearance, but she also sometimes camouflaged her feelings as logic. I am interested to see her explore her feelings more and to see if she continues to use the logic camouflage or if her language will change.

I wonder if her experience with challenging authority and what repercussions they have brought to her life might make her hesitant to do so on the Cerritos.

I saw this bit of info the other day: "According to Mike McMahan, T'Lyn was the Vulcan version of Beckett Mariner. (LD Season 2 DVD, Lower Decktionary: Season 2)." And now I want to see what happens when these two get together.

I guess I've rambled enough. I don't usually share my analyses and thoughts on here like this, so I hope it makes sense.

#star trek #lower decks #star trek lower decks #t'lyn

[olderthannetfic]

I've recently read your write up on why "queerbaiting" as fandom uses it isn't a real thing in large-scale media production, and it was interesting and enlightening. Do you think there is any growing chance of more media execs learning about how fandom and online spaces use "queerbaiting" as a term and what they might think about it? And do you think there is a chance that the BL-type buddy cop dramas people in fandom are looking for will be created purposefully by Western companies?

--

Queerbaiting anon part 2: And do you or anyone else here have any idea about why things like the movie Bros wasn't widely watched by fandom-type people when on the surface it seems to play around with similar iddy tropes in romance circles that people would like?

Big Hollywood execs don't care about us because we're not numerous enough. That isn't likely to change.

Things like Heartstopper do demonstrate enough audience compared to budget to be viable. I think we'll continue to see more canon queer things, but they'll be in proven niches, like youth-oriented real world dramas.

I haven't seen Bros. My sense is that the level of cis gay male culture may not be what a lot of fandom is into. QAF did have a big fandom of slash fans, so that's not universal though.

It may have more to do with the fact that most single movies don't get much of a fic fandom. Serial media is what generates this type of engagement: gaps and then new canon. People who love straight fanfic also don't tend to write it for one-off romcoms. To the extent that those have a fandom at all, they get referenced in future romcoms or rewatched annually by fans.

I did hear about fandom watch parties for that gay Christmas movie. People were approaching it fannishly. They just weren't making it one of their fandoms, writing fic for it, or thinking about it more than 10 seconds after watching.

[jjxkiaraxpopexcleoxjohnbxsarah]

Quick obx fic

This is based on OBX season 1 episode 8 I think when John B goes back to the chateau after escaping from ward and is looking for the gun

I wanted to make it more angsty and didn't want JB leaving cos that's what I do

I don't know if it changes the whole plot of the show but I still wrote it😁

Btw I haven't rewatched this episode so if something's are different to the real thing I apologize

Kiara wakes up to find herself trapped under JJ's arm. Still half asleep she turns her phone on to see that it's only 7 in the morning.

She looks at JJ who's facing her,still asleep, and memories of yesterday night flash through her mind.

She feels her eyes sting as she continues looking at her blonde friend.

Suddenly he looks so young and vulnerable.

His peaceful face is a stark contrast to the dark purple and blue bruises scattering his body.

Kiara sighs as JJ moves away from her turning on his back and smacking Pope on the face.

He wasn't aware of it obviously still asleep but Pope groans slowly waking up.

"The hell"Pope says as he sits up rubbing the sleep off his eyes.

"Morning to you too"Kie says as she gets off the bed, gently placing the blanket back on JJ.

Pope walks out of the room mumbling something about taking a shower.

Kie stays for a second her gaze focused on JJ before leaving too.

_______________________________

Pope just finished making breakfast with the stuff Kie bought earlier.

He takes the plate of pancakes outside to the porch where JJ and Kiara are sitting on the couch

Well Kiara is sitting down with JJ resting his head on her lap as he stares into the distance.

There's a far away look in his eyes, like he's not actually here.

It makes JJ look vulnerable.

"Foods ready"Pope says as he places it on the small coffee table.

Kiara smiles,"Thanks Pope"

Pope sits on the other side of JJ placing JJs feet on his lap.

"Don't you wanna eat Jajge?"Pope starts as he looks at the Maybank boy.

JJ looks defeated,like all the fight has left him and the usual energy that comes with him is not in sight.

"not hungry"

Kiara sighs as she places a hand on JJ's cheek, slowly tracing a small bruise that wasn't there yesterday.

"You've gotta eat something."

"Please Kie"

"Ok"Kiara resigns- there's no point arguing with an emotionally unstable JJ and to be honest Kiara's scared that if she says the wrong thing then he'll run away or have another breakdown and she can't have that. She can't see him in pain anymore , especially of her own doing.

Her thoughts are broken by the sound of footsteps coming closer and soon John B is walking towards them his face full of anger. JJ sits up beside her.

"JB,I thought you were fishing with Ward."Pope says as he stands up.

"Yeah well it turns out Ward is a murderer"

Kiara shares a confused glance with Pope-JJ is staring intently at John B and his eyes are shining.

"He...Ward killed my dad!He killed him and-and I have to kill him now cos it's not fair!"John B yells making JJ flinch.Both Pope and Kie notice.

"Keep it down,JB"Kiara starts as she walks towards him,placing a hand on his chest."What do you mean Ward killed Big John?"

John B looks away as he finally lets the tears pour out of his face.

"We were on the boat and then he was trying to hurt me and he started talking about dad and he said that he killed him and I was getting away and I don't know what to do,I-"

"Shh,calm down, it's okay we'll figure it out"Kiara replies her own eyes glistening with tears- this is too much for only less than 24 hours.

"I have to kill him "

"Let's think this through okay,killing Ward isn't gonna help anyone" Pope answers,sitting next to JJ who is shaking all over."Jajge?"

"I-I'm fine"JJ says as he covers his ears with his trembling hands.

John B only notices him now and sees the cuts and bruises on JJ's face.

Realising the situation,he walks the short distance to JJ and engulfs him in a tight hug,allowing JJ to cry into his shoulder.

"They know"JJ sobs,tightening his grip on John B's shirt."I needed you,JB"

"I know,I know"John B answered with the most gentle voice he only ever uses for JJ."I'm sorry"

Pope and Kie share a look,both of their faces stained with tears.

They stay like that for a good twenty minutes before JJs sobs end and in its place are quiet snores filling the silence that had enveloped the pogues.

John B is the first to move, carrying JJ in his arms easily as though it was a regular thing for him-maybe it is.He places JJ on the bed and then lays down next to him.Pope joins them,laying on the other side of JJ and Kiara opts for sitting on the chair to look at her three boys.

She sighs as she rests her head in her knees - she's not tired so she'll protect her boys

Her family

#wth is this #jj maybank #john b routledge #jiaraweek2023 #obx #kiara carrera #outer banks #pope heyward #jjdeservesbetter #mine #obx fanfiction #please notice me #jj x john b #jjandjbbesties #what is this #what am i doing

[flutishly]

GGF rewatch, part 2

The thing with Green Gables Fables is that it just sort of... flows. It works. I wrote this in my previous rewatch post too and I'm left feeling like there's not much to add at this point. Anne leaps from mishap to mishap, usually with minor stakes that she dramatically enhances in a way that works perfectly for the character. The adaptation choices are often nimble and sweet. The inclusion of Matthew is wonderful, particularly given how many amateur webseries often felt like they existed in universes fully populated by teens alone (with the occasional young adult). And I love how the many side characters are gradually introduced onscreen. Anne lives at home and talks to Matthew a lot; why wouldn't he be roped into her videos? Diana and Jane are genuine friends who are aware of Anne's whimsies and vlogging quirkiness and join in on occasion. Ruby is initially a somewhat distant friend-from-school who floats into her first video with confidence and ease (in what I think is genuinely the best version of this particularly character I've ever seen) and gradually takes on a meatier role, as we'll see moving forward. And now - as I finish watching "I Hate Rain" - the elusive Gilbert makes his first appearance. He spends most of his time on camera looking at Anne, even as she steadfastly refuses to meet his gaze and continues to address the camera (even when speaking to Gilbert himself, her body remains trained toward us, her audience), Gilbert only glancing at it at the very end.

GGF doesn't feel dated. Sure, I imagine the teen references would be a bit different today (One Direction fanfic...?), but for a show that's 9 years old, it has a timelessness that is rather impressive. As I mentioned in my last post, I can't help but feel that unlike LBD where the vlogging style itself has changed so much since the show first aired, here there's something about Anne's obvious DIY style that feels entirely contemporary. Anne's filming choices also feel much more in tune with how modern casual videos are filmed, albeit hers are obviously far less edited and polished than many contemporary short videos. But would a teenager who's making videos for fun necessarily have clips that are that much more polished? Would Anne have the patience to make those sorts of videos? I'm not sure.

And so the rewatch continues, with little to add on my end. Not because there's nothing worthy, but because Anne of Green Gables is a wonderfully fluid text that doesn't feel like it has the standard Major Plot Points that need to be addressed, so much as an episodic series of events. "I Hate Rain" and the next video in line "Not Happening" are dramatic events for our sake, but there's nothing so drastic in-story in terms of having Gilbert on camera for the first time. There's no tension like with the Lizzie Bennet Diaries' "Darcy Day", in which Darcy himself introduced major drama and his very presence on camera added onto it. It's another Anne mishap, after all! It's what she does! But the viewer can enjoy this first appearance and appreciate it. Truthfully, the biggest dramatic event in GGF will happen much later (...Matthew), and the show becomes a lot more plot-driven in its second season.

For now, let's keep flowing...

#webseries #green gables fables #ggf #Longer Thoughts #The Great Webseries Rewatch #rewatching projects #anne of green gables

[joshhhhhhhhhhhhhhh]

KyoAni groupwatch continues with a rewatch for me - I don't believe I've watched Tamako in about 5 or 6 years and so I felt up to rewatching it for this, ideally hoping to see my opinion on the show end up a little more positive than it already is. Although after this first episode I'm not super optimistic that'll end up being the case, the supporting cast are still really lovely but the show is more interested in Dela and his lame comedic chops, so I imagine I'll just feel like I wish the former appeared more and the latter appeared less, which is basically how I felt the first time around. But the groupwatch is young, so we'll see how things change. Certainly forgot just how good the character designs were, so we'll take that.

#tamako market #21.3.24

[undercover-barsoomian]

Last week, nearly four years after I started the show, I finally watched the series finale of Friday Night Lights. And man, I'd heard the finale was emotional, but I had no idea. I have never once cried like that over any piece of media. Fellowship of the Ring is the only thing that really competes, and FNL got me even more than that. (Return of the King may be a different story whenever I get around to actually watching it, but I reckon we'll see). I rarely cry over media (or anything tbh) so the fact that it got me that good was kinda mind blowing lol. Anyway, the show exceeded my expectations in so many ways. The characters, the realism, and themes absolutely blew me away. It has its flaws, but it's definitely still one of the most well-made shows I've ever watched. Not to get sappy on main, but it got me through some stuff the last couple years, and I do think God used it and continues to use it to help me become a better person through the ups and downs of life.

I'm gonna start rewatching it again tonight and I'm really excited tbh. I haven't seen some of these episodes in years, and I'm excited to see if/how my perspective and enjoyment of it changed between now and when I first started. Especially cuz I actually hated the show when I started it LOL. But yeah I'm excited.

#if I get any sappier you could collect my sap and make syrup #fnl is kinda worth it tho #to me #friday night lights #clear eyes full hearts can't lose #tv shows #the barsoomian speaketh #ari rewatches fnl

[koholintnightmare]

finished a (partial) rewatch of the 1.1a anime

yes, they made some things different but i didnt really pay much attention at the time. mostly because i wasnt as in Deep as i am now

i am going crazy with new context/info from playing the other games since the anime aired. will be jotting down whatever the fuck i think of as i think of it

rest under a cut because im a bit Uhhhh

futaba and yotsuba in a2s flashback making it seem like theyre gonna go with the route where a2 meets the red girls and show their meeting in part 2?

i said this^ as a joke recently because i forgot a lot of what happens in the anime, but. in the last episode of the anime, i thought she said "entertain us, 9s" but no. she fucking says "entertain us, no.9" meaning that they KNOW about what the original no.9 did and his relation to 9s and how theyre going to activate the virus backdoor to further their plans

the fast glitchy scenes at the end that show 9s being killed by 2b, implying we'll see one of his 48 executions

he also had a previous glitchy moment where a weird memory overlaid itself on top of 2b as he looked at her in the present, making it seem like he remembered her killing him before

that memory was near the shopping center, and the final scenes of the anime were also at the shopping center. wondering how far theyll take this and show every time shes killed him

the church mod of course but adam having access to WCS victims and just??? keeping them there???

one of them looked like brother nier???????

the fucking hexcodes

im going insane with the hexcodes

the church mod, while i havent played it, apparently put the statues of the intoner sisters from drakengard 3 in the background. haha, neat detail right.

BUT with yoko taros decision to include church mod into the anime and also be aware of it, he could have some Fun with the anime. he did already specify that itd differ from the game

The Fucking Hexcodes are actual messages with reports about the androids (collective) and their fight against the machines

but as it goes on, the way theyre written sounds more and more like another individual who Records things

"Record", "Report", "Old World", "Magical Weapons", "Timeline "Branch", "Divergence", "Singularity"

Gee I Wonder What Other Observatory Android Talks Like Tha iiiiits fucking accord. Its Accord. Accord is watching the automata timelines and their branches now.

a drakengard character is in automata and seems to be More Involved (to the limits of an observer, at least?) rather than just some flyers related to her shop, and an npc mentioning her

WILL WE GET ACCORD IN AUTOMATA-- WAIT THIS IS NOW GOING OFF

i juST REMEMBERED THAT IN TJE 1.3AA PLAY WHICH IS BASED ON A2S BACKSTORY BUT THE BOYS VERSION, THEY HAD ACCORD? ACCORD WAS IN THAT. ACCORD IS ALREADY INVOLVED IN AUTOMATA.

UHHHHH. SHIT WELL ANYWAY CONTINUING FROM THAT. pascals despair is going to be worse this time because instead of the kids having a group death, they seemed to be eating each other instead

devola and popola backstory and their exile due to the actions of the other units who failed project gestalt

probably more references to replicant as a whole??? considering the flashbacks they put in? they also showed angelus impaled on Tokyo tower but i missed that part of the rewatch. i only watched a few episodes w my friend and missed that

literally EVERYTHING going on with the change from adams death to eves death???? seeing adam become more fleshed out as a character as he is based around hate, realizing his brother meant everything, LOSING said brother, and then going berserk while also indulging in the hatred hes so obsessed with. be it towards other machines, the androids, or himself for allowing himself to miss sight of his own treasure (eve)

my brain is fizzing out and my hands ar estarting to hurt because of how much i typed and how cold it is but. holy shit i am obsessed. its so good. it all just keeps going. and going. and going

#natm lb #Uhhhh hm thays a lot of obvious fhings probablg but i just love the depth this gave??? #i will also have to see if someone got the entire concert scenario written up and if its comparable with any of this #like how the church ties into the rest