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I think about this a lot, we know that those operatives were brainwashed with suppressed criminal impulses and sent back to wherever they came from after getting caught, but unlike carm and gray who recovered their memories these 6 didn't, which means that they are still out there living their life as a completely different person for years at this point, and that's so sad, they've been living a lie for years, they could have families now, children, long time friends something they got from being someone else. Also gray wasn't a VILE operative for long, a bit over a year but a few of these have to have been there for wayy longer, so they just lost their memories of a few years, they've been living with a gaping hole of their life missing. That's just sad to think about.
And I am so writing a fic about it.
#carmen and gray went to visit them post-#canon you cannot tell me otherwise#but also adding on to the ethical dilemma#would you give these people there memories back?#they've built entire lives on a lie#they won't go back to VILE not just because it doesn't exist anymore but because unlike gray they didn't get an invite#and they must feel so betrayed and helpless#what about the innocent people in their lives#and mortified to lose years of their life#it's devastating#to think about#literal my life is a lie stuff going on there#anyways interesting stuff#carmen sandeigo netflix#carmen sandiego 2019#red crackle#purely for the hc#carmen sandiego#graham calloway#cs meta#cs details
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lisa does carla a disservice.
in fact, she does her more than one. she does this by believing what’s easy—that carla is a tourist and that she’s not proud enough and that she wants to hide away. because really, even after everything, isn’t all of that easier to believe than the truth? that carla would choose her and love her despite her failings and fuck-ups?
lisa swain cannot get out of her own way. self-destruction and self-sabotage come as natural as breathing to her. and for three years she has been so focused on her own fear, her own grief, her own pain that she is now completely incapable of taking people at their word. add to that her glaring inability to ever be Wrong and you get baseless accusals. misuse of power. no credit where credit’s due.
now, if she could step outside of herself for a minute, lisa might realize the gravity of what carla’s saying. because the whole blooming point of it all is that carla is well-used to the whispers and stares. she’s used to being misunderstood. what she’s not used to is wanting to protect other people from it. what she’s not used to is being seen. what she’s not used to is shucking off her tough exterior to finally admit to herself—and the people she loves—that there is more. that despite her big gob and confident air, she really doesn’t know herself as well as she thought she did. and that’s about more than sexuality. it’s about more than ‘denial’.
so she doubts herself. she apologizes. she lets lisa’s pride fester until she feels an undue sense of guilt creep in right next to the love and the hope and the want.
and it’s a conscious choice she makes: to look at this stubborn, pig-headed idiot and want her—to see the best of her and the worst of her and choose both. and no, it’s not pretty. it’s not easy. it’s not even right. in fact, it’s fucking uncomfortable. but it’s that discomfort that will make them both better if they let it—if only they can learn when to push back and when to listen and when to believe the best. and things like that take time. knowing yourself takes time. admitting you’re wrong takes time.
but with love, that time will come.
#i love mess! i love feeling uncomfy! i love not being able to defend actions!#doing something bad doesn’t mean you’re a villain but it DOES mean you need to grow and learn#and there is SO MUCH growing and learning to do!!#we must make space for it!!!!#swarla#cs meta#cs spoilers#long post
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I’m episode 4 x 06, Emma says something like “there’s more blondes in this world than just me”
Then killian says “don’t I know it”
And she gives him an affronted look and he gives her a flirty look.
And I can not decipher what that was supposed to mean.
Like, “oh yea I definitely notice (no I haven’t, you are all I ever noticed)”?
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Okay we all love when the morally gray villain first calls the girl he loves by her real name and not a nickname or surname, and we have that in captain swan anyway with him calling her ‘Emma’ when he’s worried or she’s in trouble but we also have the reserve; right before their kiss at the end of s3 Emma goes “I wanted to thank you, Killian.” And it pauses before she continues and you can see in his eyes like she just said my name, she’s called him hook all the time but now she’s calling him Killian and it is a big deal
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I love that Carmen, a strong, independent, and capable woman who saves so many people through what she does, is allowed to be saved herself by others in the narrative. She is human too, and worthy of being loved and cared for.
And the whump that comes out of it is fantastic.
#carmen sandiego#carmen sandiego 2019#carmen sandiego netflix#cs meta#yes this is about Stockholm and dark red arc#but also every time her family saves her from Coach Brunt#looking at Shadowsan specifically#but also the rest of her team and a stranger in Lupe Peligro#I get emotional over it#I was writing as one does#and was just overcome
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It can’t just be me who thinks that it’s too soon for chenford to have a baby- as well as getting married..
Like there is a lot of fans out there who says “omg I hope they have a baby in s6” but like if you think about it they’ve only been together for like 7-8months.. Lucy’s only just starting her career and Tim has started metro- and everything with Aaron it’s not the best time.
Obviously I would like them to get married and have kids but maybe in s7 IF they make one 🤷♀️🤷♀️🤷♀️🤷♀️
Oh man, I haven't seen this take yet! Obviously I know people are obsessed with giving them fictional babies but I didn't realize it was something people were actually expecting for S6. 😅
Meanwhile I'm over here with my little goal of them moving in together by the end of the season (if that), haha! Two types of people, I suppose.
#for personal reasons i'm not a big 'i really want my ships to have kids' girlie but obv respect to those who are!#i fully expect them to have kids down the line but not really anytime soon imo#though i do think fandom thinks they're both a lil more kid crazy than they actually are in canon#ask#anonymous#cs meta#chenford
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dyke-onic carla connor quotes:
"high maintenance, annoying, nearly fifty divorcee seeks ..."
"you mustn't put yourself in harm's way [...] not just for betsy's sake"
"lisa? lisa??? can we talk??? [...] i can wait!!! we need to speak about last night!!!"
"you think i'm a tourist, right? [...] surely that does us both a disservice, thinking that?"
"you need to stop using yourself as a punching bag"
"oh, well, if you're exhausted, you can always [apologise] another time"
"lisa, that's not going to happen [...] i'll make sure of it, alright?"
"these all your crisps?"
"don't get dressed"
"it's a good job i'm an angel, then"
"you can't apologise for living your life"
"i am not going to apologise. betsy, you get one life, and it's short, and what is so wrong in trying to wring some joy out of it?"
"oh, great, terrific, just what i need!"
“you can tell me anything, any time, know that”
“no visitors!!! [realising it’s lisa visiting] […] do i look alright?”
“get me those, erm… things… i needed”
"what if i've changed my mind?"
"... and they say romance is dead"
#carla connor#otp: in it right up to my neck#coronation street#not me typing this at quarter past eleven on saturday night bc the thought popped into my head when i was brushing my teeth ready for bed#& scheduling it to post on sunday afternoon while i'm still at work to avoid dealing w potential fallout .......#ngl i'm still so tired that i barely know if i'm making sense#but i wouldn't have been able to sleep if i hadn't got this down first#you may argue that some of these aren't inherently dyke-y#but i put it to you that they're still so funny in context that they belong in the list anyway#also please feel free to let me know if you think i've missed any#s#coronation street spoilers#meta*#cs spoilers
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You can take this as a question or a gif request (or both!) but what is the exact moment you think Carla’s feelings make the shift toward romantic?
been ruminating on this for a minute and i think there are a couple obvious ones. namely that first night at carla's apartment and the moment at the station where betsy assumes they're on a date.
however! while those definitely do function as clear Realizations—helping carla to contextualize her feelings outside of friendship—i don't think either of them were the original shift. in fact, i believe it was something much more subtle.
and, as per usual, it all leads back to roy.
it's right at the end of may that swain becomes lisa—and it actually isn't during the conversation in the car. rather, it's a few days later when roy comes to the factory to tell carla that lisa has convinced him to forgive her.
this moment, in many ways, is the beginning of everything. it's this shift, however slight, however unnoticed, that opens things up to become something more. we know this because of how much roy means to her. because of the fact that—after everything—lisa took the time to seek him out and advocate on carla's behalf. it meant that there was no resentment, that they surmounted their differences, that they understood each other.
it's also what spurs carla on to visit lisa later at the station. it's what fuels both her forgiveness and gratefulness. it's knowing that lisa was looking out not just for her, but her and the person she cares most for. that’s what allowed for those feelings to develop—even if she didn't have a name for them yet.
not only that, but it's what has her immediately looking for another reason to draw them back together. carla could have let it all go, but instead she offered betsy a job. and yeah, maybe she thought she was returning the favor, but certainly they were even by now? they could have walked away without owing each other anything at all.
instead, they walk away like this:
so yes, it's not as exciting or obvious of a moment as all the other ones, but there's something so... special about it. as if it all happened in the quiet—started brewing without carla even realizing it. and what's better, that it was filed away until everything else slotted into place.
because, ah, yes. things had shifted awhile ago, hadn't they? maybe she was only noticing it now.
maybe that's why the rest came so easy.
#it also makes it so much more poetic that lisa and roy sat at the same table at the cafe all those months later#that he convinced her to jump in with a full heart#it’s all so—#🥹🥹🥹#anyway i’ll be making ‘falling’ gifsets for both of them at some point#but am still waiting on some DLs so figured i might as well answer this now !!#swarla#cs meta
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Fave season of ouat. And y. Go. (Mine is 3 bc that’s when you see hooks softer/ but still flirtier side and the relationship growing). Although 5-6 come very close bc they are stronger and the proposal and wedding. Ahhhh. But omg when he asked for David’s blessing. That ep had me. But all the kissing in season 3. Oh wait, there’s other people other than hook and Emma in ouat? Nah.
Oh gosh.... (edit: i wrote like two paragraphs of this before realizing you just asked general favorite season, not favorite CS season, but I still turned this into a CS post.)
Season 2 is not bad. There's so much there for background to understand where emma was coming from, versus season 1 which was mostly us as viewers learning who everyone was in the enchanted forest and how the story we know was being reinterpreted. Now it was learning where Emma was coming from, where Killian comes into the picture and some of his background, where Cora comes from which lays the groundwork for how she raised Regina and where she is coming from. How they became the people they became today, the steps of their recent history. The continuous choices and situations that led them to where they were when they all came together. I love straight up evil Killian. It's fun. Him trusting her immediately, him being sassy flirty, him saying "just a I'm done with you" (pssh, okay my guy). but at the end, despite it being good writing, I'm just okay about it. I mean yea its got Tallahassee.... but I also am not a fan of how they handled the neal/emma relationship when they were young. Michael Raymond-James is NOTICEABLY an older man well into his 30s, and I could buy him being a rough 20 something, but Emma is VERY MUCH meant to be late teens and that entire casting situation and its implications followed by the pushing in later seasons for her to be with Neal by her family just makes me so very uncomfortable.
Three is honestly such a fair choice. I love season 3 with Hook starting to realize he needs to change and wants to change. But also still actively having to purge his villain tendencies. Rolling his eyes while volunteering to help Belle research. His snarky comments constantly that no one laughs at cause they're a little on the meaner side. But also the way he and Emma so automatically can read each other. She just has to tilt her head or nod and he knows what she wants him to do. The longing looks, the declarations. Nothing beats "when I win your heart, and I will win it. It will be because you want me" NOTHING. "I'm in this for the long haul" after saying he'll back off to give Henry the chance at a family, and won't inject himself into that. But also knows Neal will mess it up, knows he'll be on the sidelines for the second of an oppertunity. Knows that he DOES stand a valid chance if he wanted to fight. Like, just fuck me up. The shift in Regina's character and how she learns to become good, how that is different from Hook's journey but they both recognize it being the same journey. Her teaming up with Rumple to fnd Henry and it markedly NOT being villains teaming up, but her willing to do anything to save her son and the second she realizes its no good, she's gone. Learning more about the emotional backstory and early character moments in their lives, Hook, Emma, and Regina especially. Learning the complicate pasts, and seeing the steps they took to get here. I feel like actual writing wise- its the strongest season for them. Its also go the best lines. Like Regina and Robin also is SO GOOD in the flashbacks and I forever regret not getting more of them in that weird flirty hate each other stage but what we did get was SO GOOD. "Where you come from, they bath in the river and use pine cones for money" Lana... ma'am.... that is THE BEST LINE in the entire show for me. This season had all the potential, and for that it gets a lot of points. A lot of what was built didn't get delivered on as well as it should have, but that's not the foundations fault. And this season was the foundation.
Season 4 is prime them in love. I love the relationship part of most shows when they handle it well, and I think THAT aspect was handled well. Him obviously in love, her coming to terms with what that means. So much angst in a good way of him being the reason for some of the problems she has. Of him not having his heart. Of him realizing he can't keep making the same villain mistakes if he's going to be with her, if he's going to change. If he's going to be a better man. This is a great season just like... FOR him. You see the realizations that he's made these mistakes and he can't even blame his past self. His current self did this to himself. You see the beginnings of his self-loathing and how that builds the reasoning for the choices he makes. He's had his hook for centuries, he's learned how to work with it and around it. But for the date, the internalized ableism got the better of him, and he thought in order to be a better man, and the man she deserved, he needed to be 'whole.' Which is IMMeDIATELY disproved when she doesn't even realize he had his hand until its pointed out, and also doesn't notice its a hook again later because she loves HIM she sees HIM. Those outward shifts and changes are not important. She notices his clothing change because it represents so much more about him embracing this weird strange land and showing he's sticking around. But his hook? Well thats just part of him that she accepts because its part of him so when he changes it its not something she notices. (sorry, i have a LOT of feelings about this episode) And then the whole darkness inside him and the hand and him being a villain and being afraid of losing his happy ending. 4b is weak we all know that, but the emotions of it are so strong. "Don't you know Emma? It's you." MY GUYYYYYY. The kisses we got this season, the emotional leaps and bounds. Him admitting having her in his life is what keeps him on the side of the heroes. Him saying he hopes its his job to protect her heart even when no one is actively trying to steal it. Her discovering more about her past and really starting to share her history with someone, showing her past and being vulnerable with someone and allowing them to scale the fortress she's put up to protect herself. Learning that someone is there begging to be let in, and isn't going away, and even when she ignores him he says basically that he's not deterred so easily, she's worth it, he recognizes that, and he'll just wait patiently for her to be ready. He will always put her first. Will put her family first. Often at the expense of himself.
Now season 5. Look. Do I think its strong? No. It's some of the saddest writing (season 6 is the worst in my opinion) in that it had SO MUCH POTENTIAL. But it Never delivers it. Season 4 was their love story, so there's no need to focus so heavily on them in season 5, sometimes having them not even interact in scenes that make NO SENSE for them to not interact. Despite the fact that she's just told him she loved him before being taken over by the darkness and saying she trusts him to be able to reach her and save her. Despite the entire ARC being ABOUT THEM for BOTH HALVES, the actual day to day episode to episode is not about them at all. So little focused on them, on them interacting, on their story. It was such a mess. So much promise with so little delivery. Nothing was allowed to breath, nothing was allowed to sit, no one was allowed to have a single thought to work through what they were going through. He's evil for what? a single episode? and in the middle of it there's this entire hour about a character we don't know, with no one we care about, about something never mentioned again that holds zero bering on ANYTHING that happens or has happened. So much wasted time. I LOVE what 5 could have been. I LOVE the implications, and the shifts in narrative and expectation. I LOVE the discovery and acceptance of their relationship and the confirmations we get. I HATE nothing is ever discussed on screen. Everything is implied to happen off screen "like I told you" Did you tell her when the cameras were off? We're given nothing we should have. Everyone else is just set dressing, and yet have all the focus. Its disjointed and just lazy, and its only saving grace is whoever had the initial idea on the brain storm board and then the acting itself. But damn if this season doesn't give me inspiration.
Finally, season 6.... I'll leave at saying when its good, its great. All three singular scenes that are good. There's no follow through from whats already happened to these characters. There's no acknowledgment of their past selves, their past experiences. Hook is GENUINELY shocked that Emma understands why he didn't toss the shears knowing she'd hate him for doing 'the one thing that could save her' WHEN THAT WAS THE ENTIRE CLIMAX OF 5A!
All of this to say, I guess 3?
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*slowly claps*
This CS Meta is on another level. (Speaking from someone who's literally scoured the tag in my 4 years in this fandom)
This is like the equivalent of Devineaux's red string board: pinning certain pieces and connecting the dots. This one made a lot of sense so much that I'm throwing hands everytime a point comes across 🥹. God, I love how their characters intertwine each other in a way that it hurts so bad yet feels so good and satisfying!
Red and Gray in a Black and White World
Carmen Sandiego likes playing with colors.
In particular, VILE is black, while ACME is white.
This is why Carmen’s codename is Black Sheep, which later becomes ironic when she grows to be VILE’s literal “black sheep” and their thorn in the side. At the same time, Shadowsan too has a codename suggesting something dark in color. Of course, his name also foreshadows that he is the one protecting Carmen from the shadows.
Similarly, the ACME’s agent closest to Carmen is Julia Argent aka “silver”. She is not completely “white” and she is able to see the complexity of the world, differently from Devinaux and Zari.
As a matter of fact the whole point is that Carmen refuses a black and white vision of things. She doesn’t want to join VILE, but she doesn’t want to be a part of ACME either:
She wants to use her “wicked skills” for good.
This is a fitting theme for a show whose aim is to help kids learn about geography and how rich Earth is. It conveys the idea of complexity.
In other words, Carmen explores the world and its wonders at her own pace and with her own rules. This is expressed by her color being “red”. Everything about her is red. Her codename, her clothes and even her adoptive family:
Similarly, Gray is another character, who is neither black nor white, but (obviously) gray (duh).
This is made clear in Chief’s speech above and his moral complexity is also what makes his dynamic with Carmen so interesting.
Keep reading
#carmen sandiego#carmen sandiego meta#gray calloway#gray x carmen#red crackle#graham calloway#carmen sandiego 2019#carmen sandiego netflix#cs 2019#meta#cs meta
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gonna read into the reactions to krell. not only is krell possibly the only jedi (or a rare jedi) to act like this but even the natborn officers don't talk to the clones like this AND its possible the clones didn't largely have to deal w toughguy bullshit on kamino
bc to me once you learn to just not take certain stupid things personally, nothing can phase you. but this is also after years of other Jedi treating the clones like people and speaking to them normally, which probably mitigates or undoes characters like Bric and the kaminoans
also/more likely is that the shock is just cause Krell is a Jedi so its the double hit of him treating clones in particular like this and him acting like this in general. cause again he abusive to that one animal.
#ch posts#star wars#the clone wars#meta#not at the point where i can say anything of super substance but i do like that the clones are all quite expressive and saying different op#opinions on things#bc of two things#or more#theyre experts on warfare and yes theyre trained to be obedient but also theyre trained to fight efficiently#and frankly the efficiency training would win out over the obedience training#also bc they care about themselbes and each other and theyve apparently?#generally? stopped viewing themselves solely cs cannon fodder#like taking 2.10 rex into acct rex is v much/obviously concerned for his literal family lol
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Ten years later, and I’m still upset that they killed Neal in ouat
#like…. even without the swanfire of it all#terrible decision!!!#I’ve said it all before. but like.#rumple needed Neal there for his own story line#Neal connected the charmings and the golds in the story#and even if they want to go cs (a bad decision)#Neal didnt need to die for it!#they really kind of rub it in the audience’s face and show that he’s dead and not coming back#with naming the baby Neal. the grave visit.#AND RUMPLE DECIDING THAT IT MAKES SENSE TO LET NEAL ‘DIE A HERO’#SO HE JUST ERASES HIS MEMORY OF IT#rumple would never#and it was such a pointless death too!! Neal dying didn’t really help the heroes out much in the end#mine#ouat#nealfire#tag meta#yes. I am rewatching ouat. tysm for asking
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I’m new to Rookie fandom. What’s the general consensus on John Nolan?
The best way for me to answer this is to say there isn't one. 😂
No, no, I'd say most people just don't really care about him? The general consensus is that he's just kind of there. IMO, there's a lot of fans who don't invest in any character outside of Chenford, but Nolan is probably #1 in that for the majority of the fandom.
Some people really dislike him and then there's others in The Rookie fandom that only watch for him! Personally, I like Nolan. Not my fave, but not my least! He gets more enjoyable as the show goes on (and as they made him less savior-y, lol). I also think his friendships with Tim and with Lucy are some of my fave friendships on the show!
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The Mystery of Aaravos The Banter Lodge
So, recently an account called "The Banter Lodge" has popped up. April 30th, to be precise. You've seen it. I've seen it. We've all seen it. On Twitter, posting various images in the TDP official style.

A few nights ago, it debuted on Tumblr as well. "Coming May 2024" all of the promotional images and the website itself say.
Who is this account? Is it fan made, is it official? It's May, when exactly in "May 2024" is it coming?
Well, me and a few friends took some time to try to piece the mystery together, and so -- while it may still be 'coming', only dropping hints, I am here to tell you what I know now!
History
Website Code ( I love computer programming so I took the time to dive into that!)
Purpose
A. History
Who's Running the Banter Lodge?
To know that, first we need to delve into the history of the Twitter account.
Despite these images and site debuting less than a month ago, the account itself was founded way back in 2022, and originally called @BantherLodge, with an H, as it is in the show.
@BantherLodge is no longer available, and while it initially did not seem to be connected to The Banter Lodge, there are several interactions linked to the current one, Banter Lodge without an H.

In fact, here is the same tweets linked to the current (banter) account version.

Now we've established that @'BantherLodge' and @'BanterLodge' the same account with a changed name and identity, here is the most important past interaction:

@‘bantherlodge’ is mentioned here, and they are on this call. that said, WHO IS REALLY BEHIND BANTER LODGE? well based off the tweet, it seems that it’s 6 members of the cast and then 2 guests, @‘thebantherlodge’ and @‘ladytheebug’. But don’t take my word for it. Here, more confirmation:
Another person in the call happened to tweet about it too, this time with labels.


Now let’s take a closer look at these two guests. Sara @‘ladytheebug’ seems to be the one on the right, and by process of elimination, on the left is ‘bantherlodge’. aka:

Max….
Max the Mystery! ‘Sara’ and ‘Max’ isn’t really enough information to know more along with no connection to other socials so it’s hard to pin down who they are or what connections to previous fandom projects or creative projects in general they might have. However, they are still connected.
Besides the partially deleted various back and forths between these two accounts, this tweet about the Bait screensaver in the background is additional confirmation that this is @‘bantherlodge’ and @‘ladytheebug’: (note use of word ‘our’)

FURTHERMORE:

Said TV embodies this duo: A person who loves Bait (evident from so many of their tweets) and a person who loves the Banther Lodge…
Reminds you of something, doesn’t it?

“but hold on, just because there’s all these coincidences doesn’t mean the account could be passed on to someone else to run this.” Ok, but one last thing. If that was the case, why would they still be following Sara? In fact, it’s the Only person that they’re following besides TDPO?
(and their following has even been recently updated within the last few days as before then it didn’t include Eugene and Boone.) So, in conclusion,
Max of @‘BantherLodge’, and possibly Sara, (with or without TDPO but I’ll get to that later) almost certainly are the people behind the curtain of this Banter Lodge mystery.
Now, about said mystery… what exactly is the trail building up to?
well, to find out more about that, let’s glean what we can from the website.
B. Website Secrets
The website itself is very simple- A background, the image of the Banter House, and some text saying "Coming May 2024." But, beneath the deceptively simple surface, there was more to be found.

On May 1st Caprinae got this from the page. She also tweeted about it, after which the site changed to remove much of the css, including the part about the episodes and subscribe button. I was pretty excited about this as someone with a few years of coding experience, I wanted to mess around in VSC and see what I could find out.
After formatting the code the most noticeable thing is this right?

And when I make an element for it to apply to (since all that code is just formatting for stuff on the page like the title, images, etc, in this case- an audio bar) + adding in an image and an audio file:
We get this
AUDIO and an image. It looks exactly like a podcast episode. It turns out there’s actually a bunch of code for formatting that’s not used in elements in the site (elements that exist: the title or image), but it’s there, so I made some elements it would apply to. technically, it’s supposed to have a parchment paper background too, but I just chose some colors that you could see the text on.
Doing so, we get this!
(Here’s a video version.)
Plus, Original Code and Modified Code if you’re curious
Anyway, so the site (at least at the stage the code was taken from) doesn’t appear to be finished and there was no Java script written (or at least, linked) but there is definitely the makings for a website for a podcast— some sort of nav bar with the episodes, on an episode page, the image and audio, and then a subscribe link at the bottom!
C. Purpose
Time to speculate on the real identity and purpose of the Banter Lodge. So far, we know it used to be called the Banther Lodge. We know it seems to be run by [insert here.] We know it is almost certainly a podcast of some sort. But what, and why?
Here are some possibilites:
1.Official Content to Tide Over Fans Til S6 As we know, to calm the frustration of fans at Netflix/TDP for the delay of S6, the creators have been putting out content every day for the fans to puzzle over and figure out the season six titles.
Based on the current schedule, it’s set to end on May 13.—although it could be ending either May 13 or May 14 (depending when they do the last hint) after these drop, there will likely be a lull in TDP content, which would be the perfect time for the Banter Lodge to launch.
+ The Banter Lodge teaser campaign has already been perfectly timed for when a bunch of fans would be online on Twitter checking in for clues to begin with.

If this is official content, it would doubly make sense—it’d be timed perfectly to tie the fans over until the actual season six campaign starts (ie, trailer). Considering these two fans also somehow got to have a private panel with the cast, it’s not impossible that they’d be working with TDP on this content, additionally the teaser images put out this far have been somewhat reminiscent of TDP official content—ie, Callum’s lodge notebook->Callum’s sketchbook, Refractions->Reflections, Dear Callum letter from Rayla, design style, etc.
However, there is one big reason I don’t think this is the case: it’s a little too sloppy. For example, if they wanted it to be completely anonymous and unclear what was happening, the tweet mentioning @‘BantherLodge’ in the panel would have been deleted and there wouldn’t have been any hints in the code. Of course, these could still just be honest mistakes. However, it also seems like it is building off of the current world in a more derivative, fan-content fashion, not necessarily adding new material the way TDP Official tends to. It’s copying the official style,—but almost too much if that makes sense.
Like altering a shot from the show for a teaser.


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Don’t get me wrong. I love the way that they’re building off the world, I’m excited to see where it leads, but for whatever reason, to me, it just doesn’t seem official.
So assuming it’s made by fans, what kind of podcast is it? Second possibility—
2. Fan Made Talk Show
This seems like the most obvious conclusion, considering that The Banter House is a play on a location in TDP, and the word banter, which is synonymous with talking, but specifically back and forth, genial interactions.
Maybe it’s dedicated to analyzing the show or a particular aspect,—maybe centric to the lodge, crystals, Bait and Stella—maybe even interviewing cast/crew!
Well, to get a better idea of what niche it might be filling, let’s take a look at what TDP podcasts are already out there.
Hot Brown Morning Potion Podcast [2019-2023] Hosted by Tamika "Kuno" Williams and Hailey from Cartoon Universe. This podcast [is] full of answering fan questions, interviews, theories and all kinds of discussions on everything Dragon Prince.
News from the Breach [2020-2024] Your hosts Ceilidh and Yana are watching The Dragon Prince from start to finish. Each season of the podcast covers one “Book” (or season) of the Netflix series The Dragon Prince. In each episode we discuss two chapters of the series, except for the season finales.
Calm Chaos Club [2023] Join Kevlar and Lou each week as they discuss topics about animation, design, and all things related to The Dragon Prince on Netflix! With special guests brought on for unique topics and insights into the creative process, these bite-sized episodes will ensure you can get your TDP fix in anywhere and anytime.
There’s no harm in another talk show but as there are a few out there already (and for other reasons) I personally think this is not necessarily the niche the banter Lodge is going to fill. I mean, I do think that it’s still possible I mean, it could be centric to particular aspect around the lodge as mentioned.
However, there’s a possibility that excites me a lot more, that I’m hoping for the most….
3.Fan Made Audio Drama in the Saga Setting I have personally always been a huge fan of audio drama podcasts (TMA,TPP,WTNV) and if there was a dragon Prince audio drama podcast, I think I would just die on the spot honestly from joy. I also think it’s most likely because all of the clues so far have been very story/worldbuilding oriented, as well as writings from familiar characters’ perspectives. It seems as though a story is being crafted here, and I am all for it.
Y’know what? While we’re here on the topic of storytelling podcasts, we might as well throw in D&D/TTRPG or even Tales of Xadia as a possibility because yeah sure. Why not? I mean, tabletop role-play games also involve a lot of talking so it would fit the banter theme. Who knows.
That's all! What do you think? Any other thoughts, additions or other speculation? Feel free to add on!
Thanks to @bycaprinae for Twitter screenshots, html, and general inspiration, and to @parroset for other help with the website part and general support!
#tl;dr all evidence points to it being a fanmade podcast! Possibly launching May 15th!#CS Major core;#One of those things where I’m like. Should I post this#Well#I value…I promise the people freedom of information and so freedom of information is what they’re gonna get#This actually helped me learn/remember a lot of web design stuff haha#Yay#the dragon prince#tdp speculation#sort of#tdp meta
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Captive Prince: This is a World of Grey

Captive Prince makes you question your own morals.
Because no war is just. Because no victory comes without a graveyard behind it.
What happened to Damen: being sold into slavery, stripped of his identity, forced into servitude....was horrific. He was wronged. He was betrayed. He didn’t deserve it.
But being wronged doesn’t automatically make you right. He isn’t morally superior.
Because the truth is — he was the domino. He may be noble, He may be honorable , he may be loyal and He fights for his people, carries himself with pride. but he was still a soldier. Still a prince who killed. Whether he knew it or not, Damen was part of the machinery that destroyed lives.
The war might’ve been his father’s but the sword was in his hands.
You can’t justify war simply because you won. You can’t excuse destroyed lives because your cause was righteous. Victory doesn’t cleanse blood.
He didn’t abuse a child — but his kingdom’s victory made sure that child was orphaned, targeted, and left alone with a monster. His crown became the reason a 13-year-old was left defenseless.
Damen didn’t know. But ignorance doesn’t erase impact.
And when he finally does know, when he sees what his “honorable war” left behind, that’s when the story gets morally complicated. And that’s why it’s brilliant.
And Laurent?
Laurent may be cruel. He may be calculating. He may be a snake, a ruthless tactician, a dirty politician.
But you can’t say his hatred is misplaced.
He was thirteen when he lost everything. When he was orphaned, abused, and dismantled piece by piece.
You can’t call him a monster for not being a saint by the time he clawed his way to the end of that tunnel.
What kind of strength does it take to be surrounded by that much hate, to be abandoned by everyone who should have protected you and still not become the monster they made?
Laurent didn’t abandon his country, even when it abandoned him. He didn’t lose his mind, his purpose, or his moral compass, because somewhere, in the echoes of Auguste and their mother, that light stayed on.
And that tells you everything about who Laurent really is, and who his mother and brother must have been. Because even the most monstrous conditioning couldn’t wipe that out.
Captive Prince doesn’t give you clean heroes. It gives you people who were both victims and participants. It makes you sit with what it means to cause damage without meaning to, and whether redemption or absolution is possible when you’ve already taken everything from someone who deserved better.
It’s uncomfortable. And it should be.
This is a world of grey. No one is clean. And that’s the point.
PS. This post comes after many rereads. Kings Rising is my favorite of the trilogy, maybe because it finally feels two-sided, more fast-paced… or maybe just because it gives us HYN.
And honestly, that’s my eternal beef with books, movies, and shows: They give us hours, sometimes years of pain and conflict, and like two minutes of happiness at the very end. Like… didn’t I cry enough?? Give me more softness. Let me sit in the joy too.
Anyway. I guess I find some strange comfort in these boys and their anguish. (Might be a bit of a masochist, but here we are.) These are just my thoughts. There’s always more. Please add on if you feel something I didn’t say. 🫶
#the captive prince#captive prince#capri#damen x laurent#laurent of vere#damen of akielos#kings rising#captive prince meta#book meta#morally grey#dark academia#laurent defense squad#damen character analysis#this is a world of grey#everything is seen#bookblr#long post#lamen#cs pacat
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I've been thinking about how to push Hornblower to his breaking point recently and I think the best way to do it would be to put his compassion and his duty in conflict in a way where he could either be a good person and put his naval career in jeopardy, or be a tyrant but maintain his position. I think that these often come into conflict in the narrative, but he always finds some sort of loophole and manages to worm through without having to sacrifice either ideal. I think that it would be really fun to push him into a corner and make him choose, though. I can see both scenarios leading to interesting results.
#personally i do think he is actually often guilty of being less compassionate than he thinks he's being#which is also why i think he has a negative character arc. but that's just me#i do think he needs to be forced to choose between System and Ideals though i think that would be fun#i think you could make him desert like that it's the best i've got as a way to get him out of there#i understand that this is anathema to the adventure story protagonist who needs to always come out on top in every way#however. hornblower should not have been stuck in an adventure book he's wasted on it#perce rambles#percy yells at cecil scott#sorry for posting so much weird meta i just have a lot of Thoughts#side note: the doughty incident is one of the few cases where i think we nearly get this. however he doesn't ever face consequences#there's a couple of other points where i think it gets kind of close but cs forester always swerves at the last minute :/
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