#yes half of this is shots from the montage

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I’m the same way, I can’t turn it off either... and nothing matters more, even if it should. HACKS 2.05 | 2.06

#hacks #hacks hbo #hacksedit #hacks spoilers #ava x deborah #ava daniels #deborah vance #photoset #yes half of this is shots from the montage #but can you blame me #the rest of the eps just weren't providing me enough two-shot content

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TTEOTM Easter Eggs Part 2 (Production Details)

Anyone still rewatching Till the End of the Moon? Here's another round of easter eggs!

(1) Does this shot look familiar? In Ep 1, we see a visual reference to the first teaser poster released back in Nov 2021.

(2) In Ep 1, we already see Xiaoyao Sword formation, which Cang Jiumin learns from Zhaoyou in Ep 30.

(3) In Ep 2, we are introduced to Ye Bingchang, who is feeding the poor. What is she serving? Congee. (Not poisonous, of course)

(4) Throughout Ep 3-7, there are many shots of observing crows which explain how Tantai Jin gets his intel, e.g. the location of the dream demon's forest, his maid Yingxin's plot to poison him, Ye Xiwu's plan to set up her sister with the unplesant fifth prince, or Ye Xiwu and Xiao Lin's conversation about TTJ.

(5) When we first encounter Mingye in his dragon form, he is shown holding tightly onto a broken clam shell.

In addition, the dragon has two eye colors: TTJ enters Bo're dream through the black eye (half god) and XYW enters through the red eye (half demon), foreshadowing Mingye and Sangjiu's fate.

(6) Sangjiu actually manages to drag Mingye (drugged and drunk) all the way back to her own bedroom to complete her wedding night.

(7) Tantai Jin finds out that the congee Ye Xiwu cooked for him is poisoned through the butterfly that dropped dead after tasting the congee. As you may recall, TTJ's mother has an affinity to butterflies. There's a fan theory that this is his mother protecting him.

In fact, the butterfly also shows up in Ep 6 when Ye Xiwu goes on an acid trip conjures an illusion to cheer up Tantai Jin.

(8) During Tantai Jin and Ye Xiwu's wedding night where the Dragonheart Shield flew out to protect Tantai Jin from the three final nails, we briefly see Mingye's eyes as though he is protecting him.

(9) In Ep 36, an impressive one-shot-through sequence is shown to represent the evil and suffering of the world. We follow a sick man who is too poor to buy medicine. We've actually seen the man and the montage before as he was kidnapped by the dream demon and his experiences harvested to grow nightmare flowers in Ep 3.

(10) In TTJ's own Bo're dream, we see YXW's father walking around with crutches even though he was physically fit and died fighting TTML's army. That is because the dream was created in TTJ's mind, and TTJ never found out that he was faking the injury the entire time.

(11) Sangjiu and Mingye's wedding is an exact mirror of Tantai Jin and Li Susu's wedding, from the entrance on a flying carriage to the procession. Even the dancers are the same!

(12) Ye Xiwu's grave in the Jing mausoleum says "beloved wife of Tantai Jin", but TTJ's grave only says "husband of YXW". TTJ wasn't sure he was loved by YXW at that point (but it would also be slightly presumptuous of him to etch that after the events of Ep 39.)

#till the end of the moon #black moonlight holds the be script #luo yunxi #chang yue jin ming #cdrama #chinese drama #tteotm #bai lu #tantai jin #ye xiwu

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My Demon - 7/10

The announcement of My Demon literally created chaos among the k-drama fans. The Song Kang-Kim Youjung pairing was making everyone insane. The hype was unreal. But did My Demon live up to it? Well, the answer to that would be… yes or no (kissy if u read that in Na Bora’s voice). My Demon did have a very interesting plot line, good enough characters and it was successful in getting the audiences hooked with the first few episodes. The cinematography was the most talked about among the viewers and rightfully so. The wide shots of Jung Guwon’s (Song Kang) office, the underwater scene, the slow-mo shot of the waves forming a portal around Guwon and Dohee (Kim Youjung), the Dohee-about-to-fall-off-the-balcony scene and so on. Another thing that filled twitter was the fashion. And not only the female lead’s this time, but also the male leads. Guwon has secured his place among the very few male leads with impeccable fashion sense. When most male leads are shown in sophisticated suits, Guwon was rocking cropped jackets and scarfs. But then again, I don’t think most male leads are Song Kang.

Nevertheless, My Demon stands as an example that if you start with a bang, your ending should be a banger. This is where the drama failed. In the second half, it started to feel like the story line was being stretched. The cinematography and direction which was so good in the start had taken a back seat and love making montages were put in for the action that wasn’t happening. And by action, I mean just anything that would contribute to the plot. The plot was moving, but at a very slow pace. Sure, Guwon and Dohee make the best couple, the greenest flag couple, the entire amazon rainforest couple, but where is the drama? I wasn’t necessarily waiting for anything bad to happen, but for a time being literally nothing was happening. And I was mad about that. Until towards to the end, everything happened. The new trend of k-drama rom-coms only having 12 episodes, My Demon should’ve followed that. Because the more they stretched, the more Song Kang’s bad acting showed and also the writer’s inability to stitch it all together. I honestly loved Song Kang in Sweet Home, not that he had any more than 2 expressions 3 dialogues in it, but still. Jung Guwon is far more expressive, and Song Kang couldn’t do justice. He shines when the camera requires for him to be the slayest demon to walk this planet, but when it is time for the playful babygirl Guwon to get on stage, his acting feels like… acting. It’s not terrible, it’s just not the best. Also the entire past life plot is becoming more than obvious. The moment I saw Guwon dreaming of his past, I KNEW Guwon and Dohee probably died in the past life and one of them thinks it’s their fault and they will try to distance themselves from each other. You know which other drama did it? See You in My 19th Life and Destined with You and maybe more but I don’t remember. Like can we please move on? This is equivalent to the 2016 era dramas having the oh we’ve actually met in childhood and not forgotten each other since trope. But then again, they have given us the most iconic dramas, can’t the same about these though.

However, I loved the way they showed Jin Gayoung’s character coming full circle. She is probably the only one who started a certain way, learned her lessons, had character development and got her happy ending. So yeah, My Demon definitely isn’t the best drama for me. I am not going to put in on my re-watch list. But I will recommend it. It’s fun, and sweet, and great for fashion inspo!

Another thing I want to add is that My Demon is compared to Doom at Your Service a lot for having a similar concept, so I’ll just say that DAYS is a much better drama, for all aspects – storyline, acting, romance, comedy, THE FUCKING AWESOME THREESOME OF THE SECOND LEAD THRUPPLE, even the song (If Love Sight by TXT doesn’t play in my head when I look at my future partner, I’ll know they’re not the one). Except My Demon is going to take the trophy for best costume.

Ok that’s it now let me play Hyunsu’s “What should we do?” until Sweet Home S3 comes out hehe!

#kdrama #korean drama #my demon #my demon review #song kang #kim youjung #doom at your service #sweet home #kdrama review #kdrama recommendations #netfli #my january watchlist #my 2024 watchlist

[myheartalivewrites]

A VERY INCOMPLETE LIST (PART 2)

I've finally had enough time to finish rewatching the second half of RWRB! Without further ado, here's my very thorough, ACD x HGEJFMW list of things, both tiny and huge, that I loved about the film:

(Yes, I DID think this would be shorter than the first part. I was very, very wrong.)

(here's part 1 if you want to check it out!)

The wide shots of Texas landscape

How excited Alex is to get to work when he gets there

Alex and Henry’s Texas emails

Alex leaning against a building like Jordan-freaking-Catalano, added bonus of his t-shirt sleeves pushed up 🥵

“…and then, I want to lick it off”

White button-down tucked into chinos, sleeves neatly rolled up, bracelets 

The New York hotel room and Henry hopping to get his shoe off and then falling on the bed

“You ever been on Grindr?” “Once, unsuccessfully” and the way Henry laughs when he says that

“Swooniest” 😍

Alex squeezing Henry’s thigh when he talks about his dad

The very obvious bottle of lube and condom wrapper on the bedside table in the morning

“It’s all chill, Zahra”

Zahra full on climbing on the sofa, heels and everything

Henry straightening his shirt as he climbs out of the closet, then neatly closing the doors behind himself with the dignity of a prince (even when faced with Zahra)

“I’m sorry to interrupt your process of becoming”

Pretty much everything Zahra says, but especially the way she says “Your Royal Highness” after threatening and cursing for several minutes

Alex’s very serious face while he tells his mom

“She’s also a he…”

Uma Thurman talking about anal and bottoming and PreP - truly a highlight

“I cannot believe they gave you the nuclear codes!”

The Lake House *swoon*

“You can call me Congressman” “Well, in that case, you can call me Your Royal Highness”

The music in the lake house montage sequence

Henry doing kick-ups

Sharing a hammock and reading 😍 (Yes, OLS and Girl, Woman, Other)

The look on Henry’s face when he goes into a regular bar

Henry’s dorkiness on stage

The “Alex is so in love he could die” moment as he watches Henry sing terribly

How Oscar’s clothes are a lot like Alex’s, and you can see him taking after his dad there, being proud of it

Oh god, everything about them on the dock/raft/pier thingy: “shower time!” and Alex kissing Henry’s neck as he climbs on and Henry kissing Alex’s bicep; the easy, casual intimacy before everything goes to shit. The perfect continuity in how wet they are all the way through! (that kind of thing bugs me) Shorts. Wet body hair, legs, arms, chest. The way Alex glitters.

"I never felt this way about anyone" and the inevitable...

Henry closing off, pulling his hand away, his fake smile 💔

Floating in the water, as if he could hide from his problems in there

Alex’s sad, confused face as he calls out “Henry!”

Oh god, Henry's sad face as he lies in bed in the lake house 😭

“What difference would it make if I did?” and Henry’s holding-back-tears face, the tight little smiles

The picture above Alex’s bed

The soft, vulnerable “What if he won’t see me?” whispered to Nora

Rain-soaked Alex saying “Can we please talk?” in a thick voice that sounds like he’s got a huge knot in his throat and is trying not to cry

“For once, I wish you could see me for who I am and not who you want me to be” and “Sometimes I don’t think you know me at all” 💔

“But, Henry. Nothing will ever happen to you.” Fucking bawling now, thanks

Henry and his key to slip out of the palace

Henry and Alex’s boots in the V&A (I don’t know what to say, I just like them)

Dancing ❤️🥹

History, huh? and his eyelashes 

Alex’s firm grip around Henry’s wrist in the morning, because he’s not letting him run away again

The airstrip: the ring, the key, that hug

“I’ll be as patient as you need”

“The forced conformity of the closet cannot be answered with forced conformity in coming out of it”

The montage of happy moments throughout Alex’s speech

“Mooning over the prince like a cow in labour” and “two lovesick homosexuals” and again everything out of Zahra’s mouth

“Baby”

“No. I’m not okay.”

Shoulder to waist ratio in a black t-shirt

God Save the King plucked on the piano 😂

“We really need to get you a book on English history”

Henry’s face when he says “and now they are faced with the reality”, so hard, so hurt

“I'm white and upper class so my affection comes with strings” and the way Henry cracks partway through and starts to laugh

The ring fiddling as they wait for the King

Ciggies and booze for the King

Stephen Fry’s accent *chef’s kiss*

OMG the King read their emails 😱 The horror

“Homossssexiual” 😂😂

The tears in Henry’s eyes and in his voice when he says “I love you”, finally, properly, for the first time

“We’re the blue team, right?” and “You just say the word, I’ll get your enrolled at UT Austin,” classic father/son-in-law banter and I love Oscar and Henry for it

CASEY MCQ!!

Holding hands in public, in Austin, yes sir

“Oh my god, I’m so grateful you’re here” and that hug

Alex’s bracelets, all the way through (have I mentioned them already?)

The return of that jacket and that hoodie for the final scene, my favourite and most quintessential, relaxed, fully themselves versions of Alex and Henry

“We won.” “We won.”

And of course:

Alex lending Henry his pinky so he can spin the ring on it and soothe himself (over the credits), which someone pointed out on here and it broke me fully

And never forget:

“Do you think anyone noticed?” and Henry’s clenched fists 

❤️🤍💙

#rwrb #rwrb movie #alex claremont diaz #henry fox mountchristen windsor #rwrb movie spoilers #red white and royal blue

[loquaciousquark]

4-Sided Dive Highlights - Critical Role C3 up to E52 (Mar. 22, 2023)

I will catch up with these if it kills me. No fluff tonight, only hard-hitting facts! Tonight's guests: Liam, Marisha, Taliesin, and Ashley. We open with a recap from the previous episode where the broom was murdered while the lights were out. A montage shows us all the times we featured Broomy on the show. Rest in peace, bristles. The rest of the opening is an in media res discussion about pickles and a Kentucky vodka/Koolaid/pickle juice horror. Ashley wins host and the script lampshades the irregular show schedule along with the chaos of the show at this point. Broomy gets a moment of silence and we are introduced to his replacement, Moppo.

What the Fuck is Up With That? We start with a discussion of creating Nana Morri. Ashley reminds us that the birdhouse her mom made (which looked like a hag hut) was a big inspiration for the character. The double-face situation and the ET neck were all Matt. Ashley did know she had two heads before everyone else; she sent him a whole doc of ideas at the start (tree house, creepy Swiss Family Robinson, Fearne's menagerie, beauty from a distance but creepy up close), and Matt came back and extrapolated upon it. Ashley loves the idea of all Fearne's wildshape animals being misfit idiots all the way down.

How did everyone feel about the Fey Realm? Orym was sad they had to leave so soon. Ashton loved the rule of chaos. Laudna loved Grandma and how creepy everyone was; Marisha loved the idea of having two heads to take over the work. (I haven't fully caught up in my show watch and I miss Laudna so much!)

Everyone thinks the break-in with the portable hole usage was fantastic. Everyone wants to know about the Fey creature riding the dragon.

Dani sometimes sends them lore updates during games: "y'all, that item is literally sitting on the table in front of you, that just happened an hour ago." Neat!

How did the Apogee Solstice go? Marisha: "medium." Matt said they went right down the middle, could have gone better and could have gone way worse. Ashley felt completely paralyzed by indecision; Marisha was proud she stuck to destroying the power sources. They wish they could have done more with their previous campaign characters.

Marisha felt like she was in a fugue state when Beau showed up; Liam was devastated he couldn't roll better. Ashley was really struggling against her personal desire to get them out of chains ASAP. Liam loved the "sweet sweet irony of Caleb being collared y Aeor tech." He was really excited about the idea of destroying Otohan's backback, frustrated in the moment with his rolls, and then on review still felt like he'd made the right decision pursuing that for his character.

Marisha was convinced she was going to watch at least one of her characters die. Liam short-circuited and couldn't talk for half an hour after the episode, and almost everyone (except Sam & Travis) couldn't sleep that night.

Liam had completely closed the door on Vax in his head. He never expected to see him again after the wedding. To have him show up now both flabbergasted Liam and blew him away with the recontextualized attack on Keyleth in Orym's backstory. Both Marisha & Liam kept looking back and seeing seeds that Vax might show up later having been planted very early in the story. "It's not the first time Keyleth's been attacked. Fuck!"

Would they be okay if either of their characters are dead? Yes, they trust Matt. Marisha would prefer Keyleth to die over Beau; Beau has more to do, and Keyleth's biggest fear was always "being the last leaf on the tree."

Liam always felt that VM was a complete, closed story, while M9 was more a chapter in those characters' lives. He feels they're often going to come together over the years.

Ashley felt she was too timid in the Apogee attack. She wishes she could take a second shot at it. Marisha was mentally tracking Keyleth's HP for the whole fight and panicked when she realized how close she was to death.

Liam loves the challenge of taking the straight man role (similar to Keyleth in C1), except EVERYONE is Grog. Everyone thinks Deanna and FRIDA will be a calming influence.

Ashley loves Aabria's range and ability to jump from comedic to serious on a dime. Christian is incredible and brings energy to the table.

Liam is jealous he doesn't get to play with them. Marisha laughs that every time she sits back and just watches the show, she's like, "damn, this is good." She never realized how much Travis has been emoting this season since she sits next to them. Ashley loves watching people perform and be at the top of their game.

The Tower of Inquiry! What has been your favorite scene not involving your character? Ash: Laudna & Imogen & the breaking rock. Tal: Chetney getting dark with the shopkeeper. Liam: Fearne & Chet sexual tension scene. Marisha: Chetney calling bullshit on Delilah, Fearne as a quokka.

Liam pulls again: What surprises have you discovered about your character? Tal: what punk in Exandria means for Ashton: "life's not fair, and you either believe that it's not fair because life is chaos or you believe life's not fair because there's a bunch of interventionist assholes above you who have decided that you don't get to be a winner. Is is it a world where there are winners and losers, or is it in a world where there are interventionist gods?"

Both Ashley & Marisha love Laudna's relationship with Ashton. Ashton brings up parallels Laudna wants to deny: "she really wanted to be past this." "Right! It's--how fucking dare you be past this? How dare you!" "Exactly!" Ashton chooses not to believe Laudna is past it, because otherwise that means it's a thing you can get past, which means Ashton is wrong, which is impossible. "It's amazing the way [Ashton] is obviously projecting."

Liam goes to Zephra a lot in his mind palace. He never expected how much he was going to think about Orym's dead family and wondering if they would meet again. He has synthetic memories of interactions of Orym and Will, Orym's mother...

Tal has enormous portions of Whitestone fastidiously mapped out in his head: he knows the library, the gardens, the clock tower, and the ruins to the east. He can walk there and back in his mind's eye.

Ashley has learned that she really enjoys making everyone else cringe, ahaha. She loves when she can feel Laura looking over in concern. Everyone LOVED her stealing Ira's spyglass. Everyone lists off Travis's tics that tell Ashley she's on the verge of going too far.

Character's daily routines? Every night, Laudna gets out her little house and tucks in the dolls and puts them to bed properly. "Pate has to die every night." Everyone adores Pate peeling his ribs open. Ashton's routine is medicinal chronic pain management and deciding every night whether he's going to get drunker or get angry tonight. Both Dani & Tal talk a little about their personal struggles with chronic pain and enjoying seeing Ashton learn to deal with it.

Favorite spell or class feature? Laudna: Form of Dread. Fearne: Sleight of Hand.

The Deep Dive! Orym feels completely played as regards Keyleth & the Apogee. Everyone agrees there were lots of failsafes to make sure Keyleth showed up even if he hadn't reached out.

Ashley is very curious to see how magic has been affected by the solstice, but she's more panicking that Orym is gone and she's off the leash (ha!).

Laudna will always be there to validate Imogen's feelings; it's okay to have these thoughts and questions about what if the Ruby Vanguard is right, examining whether the relationship with the gods is healthy or cyclical abuse. However, "we can all sit here and do a nice big thought experiment about what the world would be like without gods, but that thought experiment doesn't necessarily include all of the consequences of the Ruby Vanguard's plan...which is a world without gods, not necessarily a bad thing. Unleashing a god-eating-elder-old-one-type being, maybe a bad idea. Worse." Liam talks about how these people killed a bunch of people precious to him. Dani reminds us that the god haters killed Laudna and a god-lover (Pike) brought her back. "You can't deny the existence of the gods. All you can do is be really resentful of them." They're manipulative if you choose to take the cynical point of view; Caduceus, for example, takes the complete opposite viewpoint. Taliesin had to sit down and build a discrete theology for Clay.

Whenever Marisha and Taliesin's characters have conversations in game, she always thinks of things she wishes she'd said or phrased differently. Ashton really struggled with watching Laudna go through what he did, except with the support of so many friends. "Oh, fuck you!" It's an unhealthy, jealous anger. Liam loves the jealousies, the petty faults. Ashton probably does know abandonment more than anyone else in the party, but both Marisha & Laudna were affronted at his claim that he knew loneliness better than her.

Orym is worried about Dorian & everything going on in Tal'Dorei.

Fearne is terrified of Ludinus. Seeing what he did to Sumal put a lot of fear into her, which was a new experience for her.

For about five minutes, both Liam & Marisha had all three characters sharing a map. Laura had said something about how Marisha's characters keep showing up: "Well, I habitually keep making characters that have an issue not working and just won't retire, so they just keep doing things, and maybe that speaks more about me than it does anybody else! Everyone else lets their characters rest and go to sleep, and I don't! I don't know why I'm like this!" It felt personal, but also representative of eight years of work building up the company and the world and the family. It hit everyone very hard and made them emotional.

Ashton is conscious that their abilities are a metaphor. Ashton does not know how his abilities work, but if he doesn't understand them, then neither does your enemy. He counts on being unpredictable. He's scared to death that he cares about Laudna.

Liam: "the three strange witches, their three bodyguards, and a robot." Orym would killed the halfling who surrendered but would have regretted it. Ashton took the locket because he believed this was not a dad who had something to lose; this was a dad who had lost something. "This was not an orphan being made." Ashton does not feel good about it, but there's no second guessing.

Ira is a regular old schmo to Fearne, which is a word I've never written in my life. Laudna is very taken by his confidence.

Laudna HATES not knowing where Laudna is. She loves having Pate with her all the time. If Imogen had been there during the dreams, she would have just held her hands.

Tal: FCG thinks he's dangerous because he's going to turn on everyone. Actually, FCG is dangerous because he's going to keep running headfirst into danger and everyone else is going to try to save them. "It's a monstrously selfish robot." How will FCG deal with someone eventually getting hurt in their defense? That they keep volunteering themselves for dangerous/painful tasks is a selfish sort of martyrdom.

One day with your character? Orym: gym, ballet. Ashton: concert. Laudna: taxidermy class. Fearne: Disneyland.

What would your room in Caleb's tower look like? Fearne's room would just be her own room but more expanded. Ashton: a mid 90s 16-yo kid's room. Caleb would have everyone's rooms connected. Marisha: Children's Museum in St. Louis.

What moments made you really feel you were in Exandria? Tal: the trudge through the snow with Lucien. That was the most he ever felt like Clay. Liam: going to Rexxentrum with the rain and griffin riders and arriving at the church and shattering the stained glass windows. Marisha: the jungle backstory conversation with Liam with the lighting cues and projections and the fireflies and the rain; having everything green and lush in her head really cemented the moment. Ash: descending on Aeor and realizing how old everything was. Liam: the Matron arriving on the steps at the end of C1. Taliesin: "I can't remember what I had for breakfast yesterday and I remember every fucking moment of that day."

Favorite movie genre? Laudna: regency romance. Orym: Crouching Tiger, Errol Flynn. Fearne: soap operas. Ash: documentaries.

Post-Break Shenanigans: "Moving Out" on the Switch. I love silly little games like this and yet this one doesn't scratch the itch at all!

Orym understands Imogen's waffling about the Ruby Vanguard; he knows she wants a relationship with her mother. "It's a simple solution to a pretty complicated problem, though."

Ashton thinks Jiana Hexum is what he deserves. "I know a supervillain" is what he has to offer the group.

Fearne loved that Nana Morri came to her rescue, but just doesn't want her to get hurt.

Laudna loved the Fey Realm. She wishes they could have spent more time there. Liam wants the beating-heart topiary collection. Tal wants a mug.

Tal will drip out what happened with the kenku over the next five years. Ha! There's so much crosstalk; even with captions, this is awful, haha.

Fearne knows her position with the Ruidusborn means she might have been used as part of this plot. She's not excited about it, but it's such a complex problem that she's going to wait and see what happens. Fearne would be the least helpful in a move.

Laudna both misses Pate and his ability to heal her to full hit points. Everyone marvels at Matt's ability to rhyme off the cuff.

Orym is marvelling that the Wildmother finds him important enough to give him a sword. "I'm a real boy!"

The post-credits scene has an evil voiceover telling Ashley that she has no idea what's coming. Ominous!

ONE DOWN, TWO TO GO. Let's ride this train until the wheels come off!

#4 sided dive #4 sided dive spoilers #critical role #critical role spoilers #talks machina #long post for ts

[beatriceeagle]

HI ITS ME IM MAKING MY BOYFRIEND WATCH NMTD AND LOLILO AND I GOTS A QUESTION FOR METAING

What extent does Pedro's crush on Beatrice affect LoLiLo?

Ah, this is refreshing. I haven't overthought LoLiLo in such a long time.

If what you're asking is whether Pedro's NMTD-era crush affects LoLiLo, the answer seems to be straightforwardly yes. Pedro's crush leads to him asking Bea out in "All Round Great Guy," which leads to her rejecting him, which leads to him flipping out all over the back half of the series, which leads directly to the events of "one foot," and also indirectly to his protracted breakdown in between NMTD and LoLiLo. So the crush is foundational: Remove it and the major events of both series just don't happen.

However, I'm guessing you're asking about it in an ongoing way—that is, how much does Peter's old crush continue to affect events in LoLiLo? And that's harder to settle.

No one ever explicitly references Peter's crush in LoLiLo. "All Round Great Guy" isn't even included in either of Ben's ten-second montages! I assume the reason no one ever mentions it is the same as the reason that no one but Peter ever explicitly mentions the events of Hero's birthday—those are very emotionally raw events, and these people are all ostensibly friends who don't want to hurt each other.

But there are implicit references to Peter's crush. When Ben and Peter start locking heads in "RULES," for instance, Ben makes a roundabout reference: "I assume you're alluding to Rule #5, and my long-distance, happy relationship that doesn't need to be tangled with any more conceit from you, Peter." (And then, later: "And unlike you, I'm in a happy, stable relationship.")

We know from "one foot" that Ben is aware of Peter's motivations in "MAKEUP BLOOPERS"—he knows it was a kind of fucked up thing Peter was trying to do, and he knows that Peter was doing it because Bea rejected him. He knows Peter knows that, because they talked about it in "one foot." So although this isn't a direct reference to Peter's crush, it kind of dances up to the edge of being one.

Peter himself never even comes close to bringing the subject up—he references "MAKEUP BLOOPERS" briefly in "*CLASSIFIED INFORMATION*," but in a very lighthearted way that entirely elides any ulterior motives. But there are moments where it's clearly on his mind. I'm thinking of the shot in "*CLASSIFIED INFORMATION*" where the camera pans over to Peter looking at Bea and Ben cuddling, and of the stretch of "TEA" where he less obviously does the same thing.

Unfortunately, we never get much evidence for whether Bea is still thinking about it. But she can't possibly have forgotten.

I think that to the extent that Peter's crush influences LoLiLo, it mostly does so indirectly, by making up a small part of the tapestry of factors that determine how the characters feel about each other at any given time. Sometimes, with Ben and Peter, there seems to be some lingering resentment. Sometimes, with Peter and Bea, there seems to be some lingering wistfulness. None of this is really a huge factor in the present-day events, but the characters still remember it, and feel things about it, and sometimes those feelings bubble up in ways that likely do influence the plot. For instance, I don't think that Peter's old crush on Bea caused the rules, but I do think that it was one of a number of undercurrents in Peter and Ben's relationship that made their relationship unstable, which then led to the rules. I don't think that Peter seeing Bea caused him to start to pursue Balthazar in "TEA," but I do think it was one of a number of factors that led to him reconsidering that relationship. And so on.

#lovely little losers #meta #lolilo meta

[gillianthecat]

Walking up and down the stairs is exhausting right now.

Fahlanruk – episode 8

Ok, we're getting philosophical now. Whose voice is this?

I appreciate that Fah experiences all of his feelings in the shower. The actor did well on the body sculpting.

My favorite disaster child. You don't need to start this out by lying about Fah's game. Oh baby. Someone else stepped in to take care of him while you were gone pretending to be cool. Oh baby. You silly lying liar.

Is this the girl Tap went on one date with and then failed to hook up with before? If so, bold of him to call her to take care of him after that. Also she must really like him if she's willing to come help. Honey, I like you, but go focus your attention on someone more available please.

These goodbyes are cute. (So was Fah's and Sher's from the last episode). I love it when people don't want to leave each other, but things are too new for them to say it exactly, so they're just sweet and fumbling and reluctant.

Stalker BLs have got me trained: I fully expected that to be a box of photos of Gear. Instead it's just a product placement 😂 And barely a placement, more like they just interrupted the show for an ad that happens to star one of the actors.

The Significance of the Two Toothbrushes strikes again!

Is she going to check the closet too? Yes, she's checking the closet too.

All these BL boys are the neatest college students ever. I can guarantee you that my beloved disaster child's room would not be anywhere near that organized if he didn't have a set designer doing it for him. Perhaps the Ping & Tap labels; my boy does have a crush after all. But there would also be clothes strewn everywhere.

Oh shit 😂 She caught you sleeping in the café, disaster child. And she caught you lying about the tennis game 😂 The question is, what is she going to do with all this information? Is she going to look at this mess of codependency and decide it's not worth her time and go off and find some other cute boys to kiss? Or is she going to double down and become an interfering, manipulative faen fatale? Given the track record of this show I suspect the latter, but I can always hope.

Wait. Is this Mark's apartment from Love Mechanics (the second one)? The furniture is different, but the kitchen area and the shelf by the door look familiar. @callipigio, do you recognize it (visible around 10:35)? Should it get added to the list? Or maybe it's just a standard look for cheap modern apartments in Thailand. I'd have to look at Love Mechanics to check.

$25 Ping is drinking morosely alone.

Oh look. I owe myself $25 💳

Is that Rabitat shirt also from First's brand?

My babies 🥺

Also, I haven't said this yet, but I really like Ping's grey plaid pants.

My babies. Trying so hard to take care of each other and not get in each other's way 🥺

Was there always a voiceover? I don't remember it from previous episodes. Anyways, it's unnecessary, the actors and script are already conveying everything.

Ping. Oh my baby. Oh Ping.

Tap's pajama game is excellent.

Ooh, finally the tables turn and Fah is giving someone else relationship advice.

I think that every time Fah claims to be committed I'm just waiting for the inevitable moment that he grows bored or cheats or something. So I'm like Sher, apparently. I mean, presumably they end up together eventually but we do see Sher sobbing in the title montage every week, so clearly Fah's going to do something to break his heart at some point. All that is to say, it's hard for me to get excited about his expressions of devotion.

Also, I want to be happy for Pai to be shooting his shot with the campus hottie, but he's being such a creep about the whole thing that I can't 😕

Oh my god this fake ass injury and this fight 🙄😂 But who is this other tall super protective dude? Lol, for once Pink and I are on the same wavelength. Who is he? Not the mysterious Apo?

Ah, no. A "Charles" who knows Sher's twin. Lol, it's their half-brother. Thank goodness. It was either a relative or a whole new melodramatic plotline, and we don't need any new melodrama.

Speaking of which, where is Tam's amnesiac stalker ex? We haven't seen him in a while.

Sher, don't be so mean to poor Gear. Do make Fah jealous though, it's good for him.

Yay Prince! Set your boundaries. Don't start something with Gear if he's going to be jealous of your friendships. Also I like your blue shirt.

I would also say that Sher needs to set boundaries with a jealous possessive Fah, for the same reason. Except I like seeing Fah unhappy. Something about him just kinda makes me want to torture him. But also Fah, not cool, not cool at all.

Oh yeah Fah you fully deserved that slap.

And don't push Sher! He's got a injured ankle! I've returned from my brief vacation to Tolerating-Fah-land and am back in Loathing-Fah-ville. Get a grip dude. And wipe that pathetic look off your face, this is all on you.

Gossip about Fah that's actually relevant to their work and not just invasive nosiness? I'm honestly shocked.

Wait. Why is Charles there?

Oh Ping. My baby. You make me sad when you cry. At least you have a beautiful setting in which to be sad. It's probably good for them to have this rupture to move them to something beyond this pining stuckness, but it's so hard for both my boys. 50 missed calls 😢

Oh Tap. You are sad and confused both.

Oh god, everyone's heartbroken. We're having a cry-off. Prince, your tears make me sad too.

Fah. What the fuck. Are you doing. Is this an intentional thing to "get back at" Sher and try and make him jealous? Are you just living in your own head, oblivious to the people around you. I continue to not understand your brain.

Oh Sher. How I wish Fah was worthy of you risking your heart.

Wait. So no answer to the who is Apo question? It seemed like such a dramatic cliffhanger last episode I was sure they were going somewhere with that. Will we ever find out? Will the amnesiac stalker ex reappear? Only four more episodes to fit it all in.

Oh wait, looks like Apo at least will show up next week. And Fah is going to the creepy over invested girl for relationship advice? Eh 🤷🏻‍♀️

#fahlanruk ep 8 #fahlanruk #fahlanruk the series #gillianthecat reacts to bl #kind of like liveblogging

[29pageshomestuckeveryday]

Homestuck, page 2,626

[S] ACT 5 ACT 2 ==>

Song used: Homestuck by Mark Hadley

Song commentary:

Mark Hadley:

Plazmataz came up with a melody to use as an anthem for Homestuck, which they then used in Homestuck Anthem. While that was a very driving melody, I opted to come up with something that might be more suitable for credits (opening or end) or a title screen. I really like how this came out; it sounds a bit moody, but still optimistic, which is what I was aiming for.

Storyboards: http://readmspa.org/storyboards/02625.swf.html

Author commentary:

Here it is, yet another book hopelessly clogged with your favorite webtoon series, Homestuck. It's Book 5, which covers Act 5 Act 2. So in other words, a rare moment where the book number coincides with the act number. Don't worry though, that won't last long since this volume covers only half of Act 5 Act 2. So I guess it's…Act 5 Act 2 Part 1? I think I'm already getting a headache. Hey, is it too late to cancel these books? What's that? You're telling me it's too late for everything? We're all going down on this ship together? I see people in the crowd nodding their heads. Is what I'm doing by making jokes down here tantamount to what those guys were doing in playing classical music on the deck of the Titanic? Wait, I'm being handed a note from offstage. It says…yes. Yes, that's exactly what I'm doing. It also says I should keep it up, if I know what's good for me, Joke Boy. Joke Boy?? Come on, guys. This book is 480 pages long, so I've got my work cut out for me. Maybe jokes are overrated. Maybe I'll start with a poem instead. Here goes: Curtains are red. Curtains are blue. Here's some more curtains. Instead of one, there are two. /Bows, ducking under brick thrown at head./

Can we start over? The note on the first page probably sounded a bit unhinged. Time to pull my shit together, splash a glass of cold water on my face, and add some fucking VALUE to this book. I promise I will do my very best to be coherent, articulate, and funny on every single page from now on. Oh, what's that? NOW you start laughing? Here's an idea. I'll start making some remarks about Homestuck, and you can all chill out. Deal? A5A2 opens with a stately, low-key animation reintroducing us to all the plot threads and characters we put on hold for what must have seemed like an eternity but in truth was only a few months of real-time updating. It's a piece conveying narrative integration, a montage of transmission, redirecting the energy just generated by the engine of Hivebent into torque, which then begins turning the wheels of the greater plot. When this animation ends, we finally take our foot off the brake and peel outta here. Since we just took such a long detour, we need little reminders of where we left off, which was [S] Descend. One such reminder is delivered by showing direct evidence that baby John has, in fact, literally murdered his grandmother with the huge joke book he rode down from space after getting shot through a portal during the Reckoning. Perhaps I should add that ending the life of another human being via a vast collection of corny jokes is a proposition I can identify with on a very personal level.

The old threads we're being reminded of wind into the new threads we just caught up with, by way of reviewing the life and times of John Egbert through the eyes of our new and favorite buddy, Karkat. The old and the new coming together like this lets us know what we're in for over the remainder of Act 5, which by now we can infer is a Whopper Act by previous standards, because we've just been modestly informed that the rest of this act is labeled with an entirely new subdivision called Act 2. Layering acts within acts is a thing that we didn't even know Homestuck could do. But really, we should have known, because Homestuck is always trying to let us know it can do anything it wants, but we just keep not listening. When I do things like drop the label "Act 5 Act 2" on readers, maybe it seems like I'm just clowning on you as usual. Maybe it's all a big goof. If you think that, fair. But there's real purpose here. By signaling that this is the beginning of an entirely new act unto itself, yet one still contained within another act, I'm letting you know the remainder of the arc is likely to be substantial. The process of merging two major narrative rivers into one huge river is itself going to be a very substantial narrative undertaking, and the story isn't going to bother pretending otherwise. Fooling around with the story's partitioning system in this whimsical way is actually a direct, totally up-front mechanism for dropping that pretense. It is literally using bullshit in order to stop bullshitting you.

Every little morsel of John's life, no matter how mundane or foolish, is absorbed by an absolutely captivated Karkat. Every tiny increment of this strange and exciting alien boy's journey through childhood is feeding into Karkat's brewing hatred just a little bit more. We coast through a few endearing moments we hadn't seen before, such as when John met Jade for the first time. As one might expect, it was a simple "hi im jade! hi i'm john!" type of transaction that got their friendship rolling. We also get a peek at John's ludicrous Harry Anderson wallpaper. A few weeks before I typed this note, Harry Anderson tragically passed away. R.I.P. to this magician guy who barely anyone knows of, or cares about. We hardly knew ye, or cared about ye.

The gag here—okay wait, this isn't even a gag, it's serious as hell… Whatever this is, here's what's up with it. Basically, when Karkat discovers John for the first time, when he connects the dots and decides that this is the boy who is directly responsible for all his failures and problems, it's "hate at first sight." Even though this may not be a gag, it does serve as a pretty good punchline of sorts to all the buildup we just went through: getting to know Karkat through a long detour/review of his journey, learning about troll romance and how that system works, etc. Then we finally return to the A-plot, and we see the spades in Karkat's eyes, and…ah, yes. We get it now. This is why Karkat is infatuated with John and spews impotent rage through a clumsy reverse-linear deluge of hate-flirting. In a way, this is something readers can relate to, since we've had a similar experience in following John's journey and growing to love him. But for Karkat, that love transmutes into hate, due to his displaced anger and his culture. It must be very confusing for love and hate to be almost interchangeable emotions. When you add being a stupid teen to the equation, it's no wonder all the trolls are such hot disasters. And now we know all this, and so have valuable context for fully appreciating the A5A2 arc. It only took getting steamrolled by hundreds of pages of Hivebent to enjoy these dividends.

#video #Youtube

[alistairsprayerwarrior]

I Would Have Followed You

With the increasing song raging in his head, Alistair attempts to subdue it by reminiscing on Sereda; alas, that includes sour memories, especially of their 'discussion' that led to her being gone for him for three years now, and counting, which has left him brooding in Crestwood, far from the group that he once called 'family'.

WIP of a longer piece I want to work on of the bitter fight Alistair and Sereda have about her wanting to seek a cure for the Taint. Also just really wanted to write some angy Alistair because it gets me going~ 🥵🥵

Recommend listening to Mud by Delaney Bailey for maximum feels.

Part I | F!Cousland x Alistair | Pre-Inquisition, I'm bad with timelines...

The memory flooded back to him, filling his mind with a montage of moments. It was their shared dinner in the Weisshaupt mess hall when she'd first broached the subject. The savory aroma of roast boar and vegetable stew wafting through the air was forever imprinted on his mind, now tinged with bittersweet nostalgia.

The clattering of dishes and the din of chatter from the other Wardens had faded into the background as Sereda had leaned in, her eyes earnest and her voice barely above a whisper.

"There's something I need to tell you, Alistair."

He had frowned, sensing the seriousness in her tone. His jest about her not liking the gravy was cut off as she began to explain her plan, her voice steady, but her fingers fidgeting with the edge of her plate, avoiding his hard gaze.

He froze, his spoon hanging mid-air the more he listened. He stared at her, trying to find a trace of jest in her features, but found none. His spoon clattered back into the bowl, the loud sound echoing in the suddenly stifling silence.

"You're going alone into potentially hostile territory, chasing after a rumor?" His voice echoed his disbelief, his fear. "You can't be serious, Sereda."

Her response was as somber as a death knell. "About as serious as the Blight."

"So, let me get this straight," he began, his tone dripping with sarcasm, steepling his fingers against his face. "You're planning to traipse off into the sunset, chasing after a rumor that's about as reliable as Oghren's sobriety vows… Without asking me first?"

"Of course I was going to ask you," Sereda said, her voice steady but her eyes betrayed her anxiety with a half-smile. "…That's what I'm doing now."

His eyes, usually filled with laughter and warmth, hardened at her casual response. His smile was more of a grimace now, his usual humor replaced with biting sarcasm. "Well, thank goodness for small mercies. I guess we'll just schedule our next discussion about my possible career switch to nug herding over tomorrow's dinner?"

Sereda made a move to touch his arm with a half-hearted chuckle, but he retracted it quickly. "Alistair, don't be-"

"Ridiculous?" he interrupted, his voice rising with each syllable, earning a few sidelong glances from their comrades. "Sereda, I find your plan equally ridiculous!"

She shot him a look, her eyes flashing with irritation. "It's not like I'm going in blind, Alistair. I've done my research, cross-referenced accounts…"

"Oh, yes, accounts! Those wonderful troves of wisdom," he snorted, his voice laden with derision that rivaled the roll of his eyes. "Those never-ending fountains of wisdom. Because they have a sterling record of reliability. Almost as reliable as when we decided to poke the dragon. Literally. The dragon. Flemeth’s dragon form, right in the middle of a bloody Blight. Good times."

"This is not a joke, Alistair! This could be our chance at a cure, at a normal life," she argued back, frustration in her voice.

"Well, color me excited!" He threw up his hands. "Let's risk everything on a glimmer of hope. It's not like we've got anything else to lose."

"Alistair--" she began, but he didn’t let her finish.

"No, Sereda. You’re right," he cut her off, his voice dripping with bitterness, turning his face from hers with the taut fold of his arms over his chest. "We're Grey Wardens. We live in the shadow of death. But that doesn't mean we need to chase after it."

"Right. We're Grey Wardens, Alistair. Danger is part of the job description."

He rose then, pushing back his chair with such force that it scraped loudly against the stone floor.

"Well, I didn't sign up for... for this," He gestured between them, his face a mask of exasperation and worry. "I didn't sign up to be in love with a woman for seven years, to survive the fucking Blight, only for her to throw herself into danger because of some rumors she wants to humor herself with."

Without another word, Alistair turned his back on her and stormed out of the mess hall. The heavy oak doors slamming shut behind him punctuated his anger, leaving Sereda alone amidst a sea of murmurs and curious glances with the remnants of their meal growing cold, the taste of it now sour in her mouth.

#alistair theirin #warden alistair #warden cousland #dragon age #alistair #fanfiction #dragon age fanfiction #ao3 author #writing wip #writing

[stardustmorozov]

Review Time!

So, this isn't my usual bandwagon and will probably be all over the place but my friend and I watched Goncharov last night (her parents had the cassette apparently???) and this movie... Oh God this movie is blowing my mind.

It starts of a little confusing and too slow to my tastes (you know, the viewer being metaphorically shot in the face and then the story not getting on until after the whole montage of getting rid of the victim) but then, it is a Martin Scorsese film, who am I to make critisms this early into the movie, right?

From there, the movie meanders on, but for some reason the death of the unnamed victim haunts the rest of movie for the first fifteen minutes, adding a sense of dread about whatever is going to unfold.

When we finally meet the man himself, I am not gonna lie, I was kinda disappointed at first? I mean, he had the look of an angry wet cat if only that cat had slicked its fur back with two pots of hair gel. Though, that soon changed when he first met Andrey.

Like, you have this man, who is lonely, and at the top of his world in the Russian mafia with a wife that he absolutely adores ( and she adores him, like honestly they are so couple goals for the first half of this movie) but who could never understand his struggles and then he meets someone who's not only in the same profession, but in a pretty much equal place to understand what he is going through? Someone who can relate to him? If not the text, the subtext is most certainly so fucking gay. Esp the apple stand scene, fight me

From that point the movie kinda meanders for a bit before the next notable thing happend and of course it had to be the fucking Beer BottleTM. Don't get me wrong, I love Katya and she is an absolute girlboss but damn that scene was so gross, which is not immediately a bad thing, but I honestly think kind of out of character for her? Threatening Otto over a few pearls she knew were fake? Esp when it is nearly immediately contrasted with the scene of her threatening to shoot her husband. (Which is *chef's kiss*)

And also, the clocks. There are so many goddamn clocks in this movie, I am pretty sure there is at least one clock per every two shots and yes some have even more. Like goddamn Scorsese did you make it a challenge to shove as many of them into one shot or what?

And before I forget Lorenzo. Like, Scorsese painted him as a villain in this story (and I saw someone say he might have been a protagontist, which, yeah I can see that) but I can't help but seeing him as an antagonist? Like sure he tries to murder Andrey and Goncharov multiple times but mostly his actions only contrast those of Goncharov and Andrey. I have only seen this movie once though so my opinion on that could change upon rewatch.

Anyway, my conclusion on this movie is that it is amazing and that I will be drowing myself in Goncharov/Katya and Katya/Sofia fics and maybe even write some of my own. Who knows.

#Goncharov #goncharov (1973) #martin scorsese #the greatest mafia movie ever made #unreality

[alishamaybe]

Wrote down a bunch of thoughts in a notebook while rewatching Pacific Rim: Uprising last week. After some clean-up, here they are:

The colours in the opening scene actually match PR1's vibe

Hmm Hermann's workspace is too messy-I know it's from drifting with Newt but...really?

AHH there's a photo of him and Newt on his desk that's so cute!!

Newt's so mean :(

Direct inconsistency about Precursors' motives?? What.

"And now we're shouting. There's no need to shout." WHAT. NEWT?? Not being loud??

Mako laughing with Jake!! :')

Uppercut to Lady Avenger through the building was funny

Jake tearing up as he runs to see if Mako's ok ;-; (yay emotions! good acting John Boyega!)

"I really am sorry about your sister. Half-sister." Hmm...feel like tension broke for humour too soon

Yeah, not liking Mako's death. A Hero, dying like that? No.

"Activate Gravity Sling!" Ahahah it's what a kid would come up with-I think GDT would like this

The jaegers don't have as much weight as in PR1

Newt's littol run down the stairs. It's him! It's Newt!

Newt's flat is waaay too neat. How.

"The boss could have died. Would have been great, actually!" Yay Newt! It's him!

Good transition from the shot of Jake asking for permission to the shot of Siberia

Escaping through the ice was cool

Callback to Chuck in Leatherback fight :')

Jake talking to Amara after she got dismissed had good weight-even the humour landed well

"I have a mission? Finally!" I think the emotion is defo a Hermann thing but expressing it? I guess drifting with Newt means it makes sense

Quan has zero personality

Wait, why is Newt working in mathy stuff and Hermann in bio??

Oh wait, Newt can use drifting as an excuse but he just needs the resources for the Precursors' plans

"I will shoot you. I will shoot you twice. You're officially fired!" Ahahaa

Hermann trying to get Newt to snap out of it haha trope! but also ;-;

"Yes!" from Hermann after Shao shut down feedback grenade-what was that shot?? loll

We don't know the other pilots-there's this shot of one pilot launching some missiles from the jaeger's fist but who was it?? Feels very not GDT

I laughed at this then, I laugh again now-what is this montage?? rrrghh

Lol the visual of Earth being covered in red clouds already designed and programmed? Newt, was that you?

"Knew it'd work." Hermann should be more confident because he's like that

Anti-kaiju refuge lift goes down, lots of people don't get in? The jaegers are damaging buildings-what?? Not pacifist GDT, especially Saber Athena, just rushing up and slicing

Strike Whip? GDT-like.

Ok, but I guess Jake and Nate trying to see how much impact Raijin(?) can take works...

Car gently being hit callback joke. It works :) (reluctant smile?)

Nate should have been given a different name. Too similar to 'Newt'

Shots of the little kaiju crawling onto big kaiju + red smoke-nice visual, sorta GDT, yeah! nice colours, dramatic. Weight was almost there!! Especially with Newt sighing. But Nate just had to say, "He's pretty big." Sigh.

Oo cam movement from Tacit Ronin statue to Amara's pod was good

Amara jumping yess, good arc conclusion

"You got this, brother." :')

Liwen smiling and looking relaxed! I liked that!

Amara and Jake having a snowball fight-too early? Suresh died.

Uggh why do the Precursors have to be generic aliens who want to invade Earth coz That's What Aliens Do-I mean, that's what it seems like with how mind-controlled!Newt is acting ("We are never gonna stop! Lousy little world")

#not exactly a liveblog but #liveblog #Pacific Rim #Pacific Rim: Uprising

[not-close-to-straight]

HI omg i've been in the trenches of a fandom writing event (70k in one month is hell) and so i hadn't had the chance to catch up on BAB but i FINALLY got the chance last night AND HOLY SHIT

first of all FIRST OF ALL im gonna say this again: i love these two. these two in particular. your spideypool will always be my favorite no matter where you put them, but oh man these two.... there's so much that makes them my favorite but it's probably the viciousness of them, both in love and at others who've hurt them.

peter telling himself that the collar was a compromise, not obedience was such a good little piece of character development that made my heart ache just a little bit more for him.

i will always lose it over one of a pair losing their mind over others treating their partner like shit, even if it's unintentional. YES its not healthy and YES its still sexy as hell to watch wade break that dude's wrist bc he made a (correct) assumption about peter. he gives 0 fucks about staying hidden at this point bc his mate was just insulted. i just... it's so good.

and the wall scene??? where he just keeps saying "you're my mate" and all peter can say is "i understand" *melts into a puddle* they're so INTENSE and i love every second of it

OH OH AND THE FLASHBACK?? where they're all soft and gentle with each other becuase they're in LOVE and IDIOTS who refuse to admit to each ohter????? god damn golden.

and then wade LEAVING??? broke my heart (especially because i had to go back to work from my break and i was on a CLIFFHANGER!)

i know i've said this before but i will continue to tell you this because you do it SO DAMN WELL and i can only hope to emulate it: the way i can see the western movie montage of Wade zigzagging across the map, only music playing over the scene, as he slowly collects weapons and doesn't rest for nearly long enough. (oh and the little detail about the coin in the man's mouth for the undertaker?? i loved that so much!)

and i've left the best for last obviously: the way i can see the camera slowly pan up to see Pete staring down the barrel of the shotgun already half to feral in anger and heartbreak is one i will never forget. it's too good!! those bar patrons had no idea they were gonna get a show with their dinner that night lmao i love love fights like those where only one person is truly angry and the other makes it so so hard to keep it up when they're being so sweet...

and then 👀 wade picking pete's affection over getting himself off his *chefs kiss* the epitome of his character. i cannot WAIT to see what kind of hell they rain down on francis and the commander when they finally reach defiance. these two are VICIOUS and francis should be very very scared

okay, long ask OVER, i've loved these last few chapters, and i hate that i haven't had the time to leave you the proper showering of praise!! i hope you're doing well and having a great day!

Wow! Kudos on 70k in a month! That's great!

I totally agree with you-- the viciousness of Spideypool in love and in anger is what makes them great. The snap to violence from Wade, the answering violence from Peter, the way that even when they talk they aren't really saying what needs to be said, it really comes down to their ACTIONS-- the collar, the broken wrist, slamming Peter into a wall and Peter exposing his throat instead of getting defensive. Spideypool is all actions speak louder than words, and I love it.

THE REUNION SCENE. Goddamn I loved that shot of Wade finally giving himself a moment to really think about Peter and then that pan up to the shotgun barrel and Peter's furious eyes. I've had that line "you can kiss me, or you can come" planned out forever. My spideypool is always sort of intensely sexual, whether they fall into bed first and then it's feelings or if they just can't keep their hands off each other of (alot of the time) because of Wade's body image issues sex is a big deal for him and extremely emotional for Peter to want to touch him-- so Spideypool is always super intense when it comes to sex and Peter drawing that line between the act and the emotions is HUGE. Especially because he is a sex worker which means it's always been strictly physical between them and we've seen through flashbacks that they very rarely ever indulged in even a second of truth about their feelings.

So for this reunion when Peter basically tells Wade, you can have my body or my heart, and Wade chooses his HEART after all those years of turning away from Peter and denying their bond... UGH. IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL. IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL.

And the way Peter sobs afterwards, how angry he is about Wade this one time actually following the rules and choosing to kiss him, choosing Peter's heart and feelings and their reconciliation instead of brushing it away for the often easier option of just ignoring what is happening between them... ITS BEAUTIFUL.

Every time I write Spideypool there's always a scene or moment or line that ends up staying with me for ages and this scene in this fic is it.

[maroonghoul]

Terror Time 2023: Days 13 thru 19

Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood I'm now believing the hype with Kane Hodder's Jason. Full-on zombie look aside, even him just standing there is chilling.

Otherwise though; Okay I knew going in the kills were neutered, but I didn't expect it to be at the point where I literally can't tell how a few of these people even died. Hard to think the MPAA were ever the good guys on this based on how unreasonably petty the cut demands were. If they were actual moral guardians, they might've taken such measures before filming had started. At least, keep the filmmakers from being set up to fail. Instead we're left with a repeat of Part 4 for the first two acts, and not as good.

Though, apart from the mixed messages of the abuser Dad being summoned back to save the day, the third act was easily the best. Practically a long montage of Jason getting the crap kicked out of him by telekinesis. It's a shame they didn't follow up on Tina or introduce another copy of any other Horror icon. She could've been the Mothra to his Godzilla. (not the shipping part!).

I think for the next Friday the 13th, I want to go back a few entries. One where they actually allowed some blood. Before Tommy Jarvis...

Hellraiser(2022) I only've seen the first two Hellraiser movies before this, so my standards might be a little too high. Granted, yes, the cenobites here look amazing. Jamie Clayton is a great Pinhead (or should we call them the Priest from here on out?). And it again feels right to have all this happen because a selfish rich man ruins makes all of this everyone else's problem.

But I don't know if this a tad generic setup was needed for this with the rest of our characters. The first movie was a play on Faust and the second was about an escape from hell, at first figuratively then literally. This setup feels more akin to every teen supernatural horror movie made in the last 20 years.

Yeah I get the addiction metaphor, and the point here being if you're too careless with it, you can ruin your friends and family's lives too. But it still feels neutered with the sexual tension when compared to I and II. And I already pretty much got the addiction metaphor from Evil Dead 2013.

The ending felt right at least. After a certain point, the smart move is to stop using the monkey's paw. And there sometimes is no way to fix things. I'm not sure we need to see Riley again, but I would like a less generic set up for the next one.

Deep Rising Honestly, if it weren't for the nasty way it eats people, this is a movie where you can easily root for the monster. It's like if the bad guys from a Die Hard ripoff got ambushed by something from Lovecraft. Everyone's either a rich prick, a terrorist, a mercenary, or a thief. Which ironically keeps this pretty light and fast. Also points for having a comic relief (Benny from the Mummy!) be whiny WITHOUT being annoying! Also, did we ever really find out what creature they were supposed to find in the unmade sequel? King Kong? Wouldn't have made sense from a marketing perspective.

The Exorcist III: Legion With rewatching the original still fresh in my mind, I can compare these two a bit more easily then I have in the past. This movie feels strangely smaller, probably because there's just one main plot, rather then the two from the original. I get why, although it just makes the Father Morning character stick out like a sore thumb even more. I'm half convinced he never shot any of his scenes with the other actors. Even the demon and Gemini killer are more creepy then terrifying compared to Regan. But I did like there was a bit more of a plan here then the original. Sure in both of them, it's about causing despair to everyone around, but at least this one is more complex then setting up a rematch with Merrin.

I get why Blatty might've been pissed the studio interfered to make this more of a tie-in to the original. Every artist likes doing something different then before. But, in a rare instance, I understand them and think they actually make this movie stronger. This was set in the Exorcist universe, so that's the brand you have to use. And I do prefer they tried what did get sorta worked last time someone in this city claimed to be possessed. It goes about as well, but it still worked in the end. Better then a cop just shooting, for all anyone can prove, a mentally ill patient.

So with the original creator writing this story, plus executive meddling that actually makes sense; of course this is still one of the greatest horror sequels ever made, even if it strangely feels more like an epilogue of the first film. I have no interest in the second movie or the prequel. Maybe I'll get to Believer one day. (I'm just more of a fan of the Halloween franchise). I have heard good things about the television show, so that might be my next step.

The Town That Dreaded Sundown (2014) I saw the original film five years ago in this case, so my memory's bit fuzzy. Although I do remember that one wasn't really a story. This is a remake in a sense, everything from the original more or less happened in this movie too, but there's also an actual plot. It's pretty much Scream, especially with the meta angle, but still. In any other circumstance, I'd have a problem with a killer being inspired by a movie, but this is a movie depicting actual events that were sensationalized, in the same town, so we have a more sensible message then what we would've gotten otherwise. I even liked the killer reveal. They fooled me with the creeper love interest, only to reveal it was actually the cop AND the insecure first boyfriend. Sure, the finale was a pretty lame setup, but at least it wasn't too long. Sometimes, you just gotta leave a bad town.

Also, Hi Amos from the Expanse! Sorry you lost your head.

Dr. X (1932) This was kind of an interesting experiment compared to other horror movies at the time. Not just the coloring, but the plot structure. Told from the point of view from an outsider coming in looking for answers instead of the monster. Worked for the book version of Jekyll & Hyde. Also, it's a fun premise; one of many mad scientists is an actual murderer, so you send another mad scientist to catch him. Even the climax is like something out of a nightmare, in a good way.

But...yeah. Lee Tracy's reporter character is just annoying and pushy. Completely useless and obnoxious until conveniently at the end. Look, if you're going to call your movie Dr. X and he's not the villain, he should get a lot more screen time then this. I also don't feel they made the most of their mansion setting. I'm a sucker for old dark house movies, but I guess maybe my standards really are high. Well, now when I reaching for something when I'm alone, I might find myself randomly saying "Synthetic flesh!" for no reason. So I guess there's that.

The Strangers: Prey At Night The marketing for the originals scared me way too much to see it at the time. But I was a bit curious about hearing good things about this one. First act is very good at establishing dread, even a little bit before they reached the trailer park. But when it starts, it almost never stops until the night is over. The quest moments are few, but they make them count. Should've known Christina Hendricks, the only actor I recognized, was chosen to die first. Of course once she's gone, there goes your sense of security. One slight disadvantage about the setup is that this is no one's home turf. Sure, you never believe any place is safe, but it also feels like our villains act rather carelessly. I guess that's the point; this is when they got too cocky and so finally paid the price. Their demises were pretty cathartic, especially with the one homage to Christine near the end.

For this new trilogy they just announced, I wonder if it's going to be a whole new group of psychos or just a reimagining of the trio. I'm even curious to how it'll stack up to a certain other slasher trilogy we just gotten.

Mad Love (1935) I went in expecting what would basically be Eye from Body Bags 60 years earlier. Was pleasantly surprised to see that was a red herring and the real monster is something totally not relevant now; an incel! Though yeah, no wonder this was Peter Lorre's big break. You could not have picked a scarier character for him. Bonus points where the effects from the implant feel somewhat realistic, apart from their blood types conveniently matching apparently. Sure, the guy will never play piano as well ever again, but muscle memory gave him a new skill.

Well, my big takeaway from this; I need more Peter Lorre movies on my watchlist.

I'm a few days behind here, but I will catch up!

#friday the 13th part vii #deep rising #the exorcist iii #hellraiser 2022 #the town that dreaded sundown #The strangers: prey at night

[lonespektr]

SEPTEMBER 17TH HORROR WATCH

Eight or Silver (The Cursed) {2021}

The war of who when??

Trenches

Mustard gas

Tent surgery, limb bucket

Silver bullet in one dude 😮

35 years prior

Interior

Children fancy house

Not actually bathing whine wash room and you half nekkid splashing water hun if you don't puck up some SOAP atrocious hygiene number one most horrific element 🧼🧼🧼🧼🧼🧼🧼🧼

Creepa

Melt down coins

How you WASTIN silver

Not a grill??!!

With elongated canines with sigils??

Did you even get a gum/teeth mold

White people stealing roma land after not bathing 🧼🧼🧼🧼

Hire mercenaries to remove them from the land

Okay lots of short scenes

I really dislike shirt cut exposition scenes it's like a montage that's a homework assignment

I would literally rather read it, pick it up from context, or have longer scenes that FLOW

But just exposition CUT diff info CUT Another info dump scene CUT

I'ont like it

They running the Roma off

Burnt the lil camp

The laughing scenes sound like women WHIST

A woman is being carried off to be r*ped so that's a choice!??

There's only men having fun from tourment sooooo

Silver grill maker and grill receiver are caught

Gruesome literally hacked up man trussed him like a scarecrow

Woman is being buried alive

I WOULD appreciate the implication of white woman in this with the cut to them fancy in the house as in -this is all on their behalf

If not for the voiceover of women in joyus laughter while the men are committing the heinous

Tbd on these elements???

Magpies??

Young woman night mare

Undead scarecrow man now

New pathologist rolls into town, third shot of white boy training to be a colonizers

Magpies

He's digging now too

All the children having the same dream

In this instance sleep walking

He dreamed of both parties

Classic floating woman scene

Second eight for silver nursery reference

Apparently they have settlement banishment powers

The elders for id it?

Okay so all children have dreamed it

OKAY

Why would they bury it??

Whisper teeth curse?? Like the one ring type shit

Now he biting kids

BRUH you ignoring your children

They screaming and banging.

Boy bit wheezing, from???

His airway doesn't seem compromised.swelling infection?

Another jump cut dream

Who moves a sheet? She should have looked down or something

Vines??

Wtf

Lots of body horror

They literally let their children run off

Why is the biter normal and walking around??? Hello

He doesn't remember

Thirty pieces of silver

Now how YOU KNOW

Bruh u rippin the bible bruh

Teeth in the church

Ok the children are cursed cause they parents colonizers

U sure that's ed bro?

Is that barley?

Literally came by and ripped the hand off but it still works??

One down??

They brought the pathologist

Detective pathologist inspects the house and boards the windows

They making that lil girl ding

White entertaining habits are wild

She crying and the dad is mad at her

He's the only adult to dream (younger but absolutely an adult)

Bonus dream after digging

He dreamed mr scarecrow had his wife n kid

Wait now who did she ask was gon die??

His mobile old timey microscope is seeing molecules??

I have just googled and yes them old ass microscopes could see a blood cell 🤔🤷🏿‍♀️

My scincerest apologies to old ass microscopes

Mystery remains unanswered why would a wild animal break into a house?

I knew they were going to reverse that

Bro looking like the midnight mass vampire

Look the woman is useless and got attacked and fell and is screeching

Out the second floor

Rooted?

Cacooned

Odd ECOVAMPIRE

I appreciate the novelty

You get bit then you grow roots and get watered then cacooned

Now you are vampire

This mother fucker was listening outside the door waiting for somebody to say magic??

Peak WASP never talk about the problem proto WASP

Supress, deny, hide, disregard

He going hunting now

His fam got kit by the same curse back where??

He finally found the real body

A classic stick pit trap

Nice shot with the white trees

Birtch?

Already speared

Clearly humanoid bro

How do you get down there or back out after you pointy them sticks?

Not what's his face in a bit role

Bro what dod dragons rumor to look like back then

They not helping

He's a shit surgeon

There's the girl inside the body

Stil screaming

FIRST thing out his mouth is DON'T TELL

WASP SHIT

Hide it from your wife

It's body horror+ evo horror and jump cuts and the horror of colonialism

Bro just knock like a normal person why you gotta scare everybody

Them shiloh looking begals taking me out

Mam why are you out doing laundry we are on lock down

Raiding party this is your own fault

Another award winning screen that's what women do scream

And they of course cut to the laundry now dirty it's very women are useless

Like they can't even clean the laundry

What if when aren't like after thoughts in films

Maid made it, so now she van turn inside the home

Is this struggling class commentary will the poor kill the rich

Bro leave in the middle of the night???

Now you know the cost of greed

Bro you also can't stay in somebody house uninvited week maybe he meant in town

I'm bout to fall asleep I'm hella exhausted i hiked many miles today

Maid biting it

They usually bust out the winda though

Omg making coffee i thought he was making more silver bullets 🤣🤣

Maid bitin em

Fire

Maid shot

Lol i loved how genuinely awkward is was to light that torch on a run

Umm??.torch flir

Gas

Finally admitted he dreaming crazy

Torched himself in the lil barn without a word to family talking about tell Isabel, bro u could have said goodbye, it's not instant the shortest turn around time was like....six hours???

Wide Ave daughter are out of the house, the exact family ratio he used to have

#graywatchhorror23 #eight for silver #the cursed

[what-do-1000-swords-look-like]

(if you are excited about the prequel or you're an AA, then this post is not for you. Do not read. This especially means you, AA's.)

So...

Sigh, where do I even begin?

I have to admit that I have been extremely sus since hearing about the supposed plot leaks, then the casting (though I do love Meg Donnelly, watched her all 5 seasons on American Wife, she just does not fit the Mary bill for me, sorry), and just the overall reactions from every corner of the fandom. But this...this definitely took the half-underbaked and half-burnt cake.

Am I happy to see Dean again? Absolutely! I'm also curious to know when his time line allegedly takes place (many speculate it's in between 15x19 and 15x20), and why he has the drive to figure out the "truth" behind his parents' getting together and what that entails. For a second even, not going to lie, I had momentary hope when seeing him and then the Samulet hanging from the rear view mirror that maybe if it does take place after 15x19, then maybe he and Sam (though obviously Sam is MIA) are trying to figure out a way to get to the Empty to get Cas or maybe Dean is trying to locate Jack (I doubt it's Chuck) or The Empty or even Sam himself with the Samulet. (Yes, I am aware not everything is about Destiel or even Castiel, especially in a J/M prequel, but I was trying to connect the dots in my mind story wise as to why Dean is by himself on this "journey" for the "truth" about his parents despite knowing the real bts reason) And I thought for another hot second that maybe I was on the right track when we saw the split second scene of Cas' entry into the barn from 4x01. Why else choose that particular shot to put into the trailer when this prequel only has one episode in the can, right? Especially when they could have just as easily used other shots from the OG series? (I refuse to call it the mothership btw, that just sounds weird to me)

But then I watched the rest of it and...yeah.

The shots of Dean seem to me to be the darkest and grittiest, which makes sense based on the look of the OG show, Jensen mentioning they purposely used a different tint/look in this series to discern the two stories/shows, and the need to visually distinguish the timelines of Dean and then John and Mary.

The voiceover...gotta be honest, it's Dean's voice (obviously) but doesn't sound like Dean.

The first monster John and Mary face off against -- is this the famed Australian wendigo from the supposed script leak? To me, it looks like a guy in a badly burnt rubber Godzilla suit. That whole sequence has me feeling Indiana Jones vibes when it came to J/M.

The MOL book, while it's got the insignia, it just feels wrong. Maybe it's because we all know that John never knew about the MOL until 14x13. And we also know that if this prequel is going to stick to canon, that when it comes time for it to end, the only way they can connect back to the OG series is to have J/M effectively mindwiped in some way, due to a spell, the MOL, a Cupid, or Chuck/Jack/Heaven. But to me, while this is minute and maybe a silly detail to pinpoint, it feels like even the props used are different. The only thing that feels connected is Baby which is obviously with Dean.

I will admit that during the John returning home montage, some of the scenes gave me that old nostalgic SPN feel (especially the 'Welcome to Lawrence' sign). Even John's interaction with his mom. But that quickly goes away when Mary is first introduced.

While SPN has its comedic moments for sure, it needed time to grow into that in order to put that right out there as promo for an episode. Tbf, the 1st season of the OG series was billed as a horror show. We did see some laughable moments happen between Sam and Dean, even in the pilot, but ultimately it needed time before the show started its shift and we got comedy heavily promoted. For example, you didn't see a season 2 episode promoted the same way as a season 10 episode. But here, the comedy (which to be quite honest is extremely laughable and I don't mean that in the way they were hoping) is not only brought to the forefront (taking the focus off of the monster imho which again, if this connects to the "mothership" that should be the focus) but it's done in such a ridiculous way. The timing of these two actors was awful and the moment went on way too long for a trailer (which means it most likely will be worse when watching the whole thing). Maybe it will play out better in the episode but I tend to doubt it. This whole moment was meant to not only introduce J/M's dynamic and show John's inexperience and naivete to the world of monsters, but also to showcase Mary and essentially highlight her as a badass. Why else the music and the slowdown of the kick and focusing on her action?

It just felt off kilter tbh and it because it felt so off, it was hard to stay immersed in the rest of the trailer. I only saw Taylor from American Housewife has gotten some martial arts training, that's it.

Then she starts explaining they were just fighting a demon and John follows her, asking who she is. "You don't want any part of this life." Definitely something Mary would say but the way Meg delivers it, it's like...I don't know, it just really does not have the whole Mary/SPN vibe you know?

And sure enough, the rest of the trailer is spent introducing this new story (which is fine) but starts to feel like I'm watching a new Legacies or Originals series trailer.

And going back to the barn scene mentioned above -- why is it in there? Why after John asks Mary if she knew Henry Winchester? What was the point? (that's why I'm thinking it must be somehow story related, maybe to indicate Heaven "putting" the two together, but they literally could have used any other shot from the OG series to do this)

Mary is looking for Samuel, cue the eye roll. "Dad was hunting demons and now he's missing." Where have I heard that one before? It's one thing to call back to the pilot in a cool, creative way but this is just not even subtle. Plus, what do we see Mary in? A leather jacket. I'm assuming somehow this show will have that become John's at some point to connect back to the first show? Sigh. We all knew Dean was Mary's mirror but this is just so on the nose, it feels almost tacky and disrespectful to the OG show.

The only characters I felt interested to learn more about (and that's putting it kindly) was Carlos and Latika, especially Carlos. Now his intro scene in the trailer, that was interesting. If I had to pick a favorite part of this whole thing, that was it.

Then we see the rest of it which again just seems like more ripoff Indiana Jones vibes in a terrible mashup with the original SPN. Or like they pulled SPN characters into a parody of the IJ films.

The next monster -- maybe this is the Australian wendigo? Holy Toledo.

Then John tells Mary "When I was a kid, I always thought there was a monster under my bed. My dad always told me 'Don't worry, son. I know how to trap it.'" Again, where have I heard this before?

Btw nice casting of John's mom. Wasn't that Natasha from Dawson's Creek the same season Jensen was in? Interesting.

And here we go again with the Legacies/Originals vibes. If this wasn't proof that this prequel is really a reboot playing to the current CW teen audience (hence the vibes), I don't know what will.

Okay, there's the Australian wendigo, has to be. Or else it's one of the guys in an Underworld Lycan suit that also went through an unfortunate fiery incident.

And now, we are even starting to get slightly Walking Dead: World Beyond vibes (the promo of that show I mean). Once again, it's obvious the demographic they are targeting here.

"Saving people, hunting things, Mom, this is what I was born to do." Not only are they using that line, but now John's mom knows about it, too?

Once again going back to the tint/look, I now get even more why they kept the bluish tint for Dean's scenes. They're really looking to connect this to the OG show in some way still even though it's becoming more and more evident that this will be really tough for them to pull off.

And then the kicker:

When seeing this (after seeing this trailer), how am I supposed to take this seriously? That is literally a CW teen show title screen (and once again, I get it, the CW is doing the marketing/promotion). Look at it. Yes, okay, the swampy area is meant to indicate their location, I get it, but that title itself is fully CW teen. I mean, even right down to their promo pics:

I also get that this is CW marketing, again for the demographic they're really pushing for, but I gotta say, after seeing this trailer, it just really does not feel like it's something I'd personally be interested in watching. I'm an OG fan, just like I was of TVD, but this feels like it's going down the Charmed reboot path, the Legacies path, and while I'm not hating on those shows at all (I loved The Originals myself), they were intended for a very specific demographic/audience. Some OG fans did move over to those new shows (like myself) but that's a tough stretch for any OG fan of a 15-year running show. That transitioned to the new iteration of the network it had been on. That literally was the first of its kind in a way. And became a legacy show. I mean, what if Grey's Anatomy wrapped up this year, and two years down the line a new show started telling Meredith Grey's parents' love story, when they met in a hospital? Maybe that's not a great example but you get my point.

Dean is literally going to have to be the sun that all of these other things are going to be orbiting around. Which is setting these characters and this story up to fail. Big time. I'm not saying the show will not succeed in its run (meaning ratings wise) but if you think it won't go story wise the way Riverdale and Legacies did, think again.

I am so happy to see Dean again but at what cost? It hurts to feel this way about this project because I am an OG fan, I am a Jensen fan, I do love Meg (Idk anything about the other cast members tbh), and of course a fan of Robbie's, and I want all to do well and succeed in this venture, but this is just terrible. Perhaps another route taken story wise would have been the best way to go? A venture into another character's story? Maybe Bobby when he was married, then met Rufus, etc.? (they could have brought in a younger Ellen, too) Maybe Rowena and her centuries as a witch? Maybe even Henry Winchester's own story with the MOL? (expanded upon from what we saw in the OG show) Or even Samuel and Deana's own story? The Campbells are a line of hunters, right? They could have gone that way. Or doing what the TWD universe did (though tbf FTWD has just become awful these days) and creating two whole new story lines within the universe but then having it come back and all connect in the end. This way we don't lose our OG story line and characters, but the audience can become invested in new characters and new story lines (in addition to the OG) but that remain within the universe. Then it can connect to this 'one more case' series Jensen has talked about in some way. I don't know but it just feels like they could have gone any other way for their first venture out of the gate.

I thought maybe this was the condition W*B laid down for the Ackles with CM or CW, that if there was going to be a new SPN project, it had to have Dean/Jensen in some way (to help retain the original audience & to link back to the legacy show) & it would have to be entirely new to draw in newer and younger audiences, that would guarantee ratings, before the door could be fully opened to something down the line for Dean and Sam to come back and/or to tell other SPN stories. The CW tried and failed to launch two spin-off series in this universe and W*B/CW was determined that if they tried again, this time it was going to succeed, so they were going to ensure certain things occurred in this proposed spin-off aka prequel. I'm not in the industry so I have no idea how that all works but the more I've seen in interviews about this show, the more questions I have.

Look, regardless of my personal opinion on the matter, I do wish success for the cast, Jensen, and Robbie regardless. I'm not hating on any of them or even the show itself. Maybe by the time this thing premieres, I might feel differently and give this series a shot (for Jensen, Robbie, and the cast if nothing else), but as of right now:

I have to be honest and I never thought I'd say this because I am very protective of Yellowstone and 1883 by extension (you can't tell me that people and other networks haven't tuned into the success of that series/franchise and taking notes, just saying) and for obvious reasons but this looks more interesting to me to check out:

It's true, I love Katherine McNamara all by herself and I love the time line this is set in (as well as the cast, I don't know anything about the rest of them but I love the setup and dynamics in play already) but I have to say this looks very interesting. I have not seen one episode of Walker nor am I interested to honestly, but this one, I may just check out when it premieres. This looks promising to me.

I have no idea how it connects to the Walker universe set up by the original show (meaning Jarpad's version) but as a new possible viewer, this setup feels as if it's enough on its own.

#spn prequel critical #spnposts #dni aa's

[that-bi-bitch-writes]

Spill

Pairing: Isaac Lahey x Male Reader

Word Count: 950+

Warnings:Mentions of knotting, graphic sex (as best as I could), creampie, fingering, blowjobs

Requested by; briefly discussed between me and @inhumanshadows

Storyline: Stiles has a question. Isaac answers

A/N: Okay so this is really weird. I tried to play with time and point of view and step outside of my box. I don’t really think this will receive a lot of attention but I wanted to do it anyway. Let me know if you like it!

“Is that like a thing?”

“What?”

“You know”

“...”

“I’m not saying it out loud. I know you know what I’m referring to”

“I have no clue what you’re talking about Stiles”

“Isaac I don’t need to be a werewolf to know you’re lying to me”

“You’ll have to be specific Stiles, otherwise we’re just playing a guessing game”

“When you and [Name].. Y’know. Is there any unusual– swelling?”

“You’re asking me if I have a knot. Like a dog?” Isaac said unamused

“Yea– No not like a dog like a wolf human creature thing. Scott won’t answer me and I’d feel awkward calling up Kira in the desert to ask. Also she didn’t pick up”

“Why not ask Malia”

“Yes because I’m totally gonna ask my ex about her new bf’s dick”

“But you feel comfortable asking me?”

“Somewhat”

“And you think I’m going to answer you Stiles?”

“Pretty Please”

“Well..” Isaac started as he looked off into the distance

“... Are you doing some sort of flashback montage? I can’t tell what’s going on”

“I mean I could always try and stick my claws in the back of your neck and help you relieve the night yourself”

“I thought only alphas could do that.”

“Peter did it”

“Former alpha”

“Wanna give it a go?”

“Shutting up now.”

“There was this once, [Name] and I were fooling around. I started kissing on his neck and he moaned before pushing my head lower. I kissed down his chest and brushed my lips over each nipple. I’m very talented with my mouth.  He started pleading my name and I got so hard”

“You’re telling me, that [Name] is actually able to stomach moaning the name Isaac?” Stiles teased

Isaac shot him a glare before smirking “I know it might be hard for you to believe since you’re used to hearing ‘Stiles’ in exasperation and no one can pronounce your monstrosity of a first name. But I am very used to hearing–

“Isaac” [Name] moaned out “Stop teasing”

“You’ll have to tell me what you want. I’m not a mind reader”

“Lower” [Name] growled out “Go lower”

“Like here?” Isaac asked as he kissed down towards [Name]’s belly button, teasing it with nis nose. He traced around [Name]’s bellybutton tickling him before granting the request. “You smell good. Especially right… here” Isaac drawled as he nosed his way down [Name]’s happy trail kissing his pubic bone

“Isaac.”

“Hmm”

“More.”

“Your wish, is my command”

Isaac backed away from [Name] giving himself time to catch his breath. He’d always gotten off more serving his boyfriend. He didn’t even really need sex. Jerking himself off while eating [Name] out was enough for him, but he could tell [Name] wanted more.

“Strawberry flavored. Fancy”

“You like it when I lick your dick clean and I don’t like the taste of water based lube. Two birds, one stone.”

“Fair enough. But this time I’m going to be doing the sucking”

“Hmm” [Name] barely groaned out before he choked on a gasp. Isaac had begun teasing the head of [name]’s cock. Licking circles around it and hollowing out his cheeks before pulling back and exposing it to the cold air. Isaac noticed all [Name]’s muscles relax completely when he began swallowing more and more of his boyfriends’ cock. The blond took that as his cue to slip a lubed finger into [Name] slowly stretching him out.

When Isaac got his knuckle past the rim and [Name] relaxed a little more, Isaac slipped the second finger in, curling and finding [Name]’s prostate. [Name] thrusted up into Isaac’s mouth, and the werewolf made a sound that was half choke and half hum, sending vibrations down the cock in his mouth.

“Isaac please”

“But you taste so good” Isaac said around [Name]

“Isaac”

“Your wish is my command.”

Isaac pulled back and sat up straight, looking down at the reclined [Name] as he lubed his hand and stroked himself. [Name] looked away and tried to recompose himself but Isaac used his clean hand to grab [Name]’s chin and look him in his eyes. Isaac gave a couple more strokes before leaning over his boyfriend, kissing him as he slipped past the rim.

[Name] moaned into the kiss as Isaac began thrusting. They parted and Isaac curled his hips upward, searching for the spot he was abusing earlier. [Name] was so hard that his prostate should’ve swelled a little and the slightest pressure would cause him to shiver. Isaac alternated between shallow but slow strokes to scope out the prostate, and fast strokes that reached deeper. Isaac accidentally found the spot he was looking for when he leaned in for another kiss, and used that to his advantage, knowing [Name] was more relaxed and therefore more sensitive when being kissed. The two of them chased their orgasm finding release while kissing sloppily. Isaac’s moans echoed louder than [Name]’s as he swelled and pulsed. The two were surprised when Isaac continued to cum well after the euphoria of his orgasm had begun to fade.

“Pull out” [Name] screamed out in surprise

“I can’t”

“Why not”

Isaac looked down

“Is it stuck?”

‘No– I'm still cumming, I don't want it to spill.”

“You would rather spill it me instead”

Isaac smiled sheepishly and shrugged.

    “Okay! Okay! I get it. Don’t ask questions you don’t really want to know the answer to” Stiles said exasperated “I didn’t need to know that much about your sex life. I’m just gonna.. go”

“So Scott… why didn’t you tell me you had a knot?”

“What? Stiles who told you that”

“Isaac”

“You know he loves fucking with you and you believed that”

“Well, he had a whole story about the first time he knotted.”

“Stiles.” Scott said through laughter “Isaac is a bottom”

“Oh fuck me”

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