#zero rewatching slayers

[zeroconnectxd]

Did Rezo install (roughly speaking) a function in Zelgadis's body where if Rezo does a spell he can control Zelgadis?

This was such an unexplored element in 1995 Slayers

[anjelia3]

"Buffy? What's going on? Where are we? I- I don't remember."

[kuramirocket]

@devotion-that-corrupts Thanks for the tag!

1. Luigi - Mario Franchise

Ofc, I have to start with the obvious- my current fandom/obsession. Fave character is Luigi because he is so relatable, kind, brave, silly, etc. How to not love 💚

2. Homura Akemi - Puella Magi Madoka Magica

I just knew from the moment she stepped on screen she would be my fave.

3. Oswald Cobblepot - Gotham

The true King of Gotham, Penguin!! He became my fave because while yes, he is the villain he also has a good heart and good moments. Also the nymobblepot one of the most painful ships to ever ship 😭

4. Smaug - The Hobbit

I love any and all dragons in existence, so, ofc, I love Smaug. Though I will say my fave character in LotR has to be Frodo Baggins next to Sam Gamgee.

5. Bill Cipher - Gravity Falls

It's been so long since I watched Gravity Falls, but knowing me I know for sure I liked this triangle. I tend to lean towards villains okay. Lol. I think my fave was probably Dipper too though. It has been that long since this series was one of my obsessions. I need to rewatch it. Lol

6. Jana - Wolfblood

Another series I have not seen in forever, but the first time I watched it Jana was my fave character and the wild wolfbloods were relatable. I just really liked their culture and how relatable their experiences were.

7. Danny Fenton - Danny Phantom

One of my older fandoms! I always loved Danny. The ghost powers are so cool xD

8. Tanjiro Kamado - Demon Slayer

Literally one of the sweetest characters too exist. Embodiemt of 'I saw a boy so beautiful I started crying.' Tanjiro is so kind, honest, hardworking and the bond and love for his sister Nezuko 😭❤👌👍 How could I not fall in love with him.

9. Liger Zero - Zoids New Century Zero

I grew up watching this anime on tv as a kid. My fave zoid was always the Liger Zero. Would be amazing to pilot Zoids, tbh. Haven't watched the other zoid animes, but they are on my to watch list.

10. Chise Hatori - The Ancient Magus Bride

My fave character from this series, Chise is so relatable. I love her and her character growth as the series has progressed ^^

10 Characters / 10 Fandoms / 10 Tags

pick 10 characters from 10 fandoms and tag 10 people. thank you for tagging me @ithinkthiswasabadidea :)

apparently you don't have to comment on them. HOWEVER, i love talking about my interests, and you've given me an excuse to do it, so let's go!

(not in any particular order, i love them all.)

constantin d'orsay (greedfall) baby boy. has done nothing wrong ever in his entire life. seeing him activates my knight instinct. i would fight lord and lady d'orsay for him. i would fight the high king guy for him. i would fight god for him. if he is wrong i would reshape reality to make him right. all of this to say, i love him a normal amount.

viego (league of legends / ruination / runeterra) if i had a nickel for every time a character i love was born a second son of a ruler and so was never intended to lead, yet became an heir after his brother's death, was supposed to die because of poison, had only one person he cared about deeply, in something between eternal love and obsession caused immense destruction for the sake of that person (who has never asked for any of this), had some sort of transformation during which his hair turned from fair/blond to platinum, his eye color changed, and there appeared some weird magic-related thing on his head symbolizing his becoming a villain (or, rather, making it clear that he was wrong all along), then i'd have two nickels. which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice. ok, now for a more normal explanation. bringing your kingdom & then entire realm to ruin for your wife? in grief, in hopeless attempt to revive her? i love this! i love it when love turns people evil.

camilla hect (the locked tomb) i don't have coherent thoughts about her. i simply adore her with my whole heart. here's to camilla hect, yet another of devotion's casualties!!!

gale dekarios aka gale of waterdeep (baldur's gate 3) i will kill mystra.

gabrielle de lioncourt (the vampire chronicles) there is much to analyze about her background and her relationships, esp with lestat, and i am most definitely unfit for this. let me just say that if i were a vampire, i would also ditch humanity and explore some jungle instead. and probably wear men's clothes.

millions knives (trigun) unhinged codependent siblings… <3

fang runin (the poppy war) my darling girl who fell in love with the war, and nobody told her it ended. i think she should get to burn the world down, as a treat.

breezepelt (warrior cats) i am including him because he is my og blorbo. 10-year old me really looked at the worst guy ever and said yeah that's the one. my love for writing about dysfunctional families and defying religion could probably be traced back to him.

constance blackwood (we have always lived in the castle) i NEED to teleport into the world of this book and ask constance her perspective. because she knew it, i mean, she knew what must have actually happened the whole time. i wonder what she felt after the accident, and if/how her view changed since then. i wonder what she thought of her parents, and of merricat, and of the life they came to lead. we get some of it from the dialogue and interactions ofc, but it doesn't stop me from contemplating all of this.

august (the wicker king) guard dog of a boy. 'I like following him. Following orders. Doing whatever he wants.' 'I’m always going to want to be at your heels, fighting for you. Hurting myself because you tell me to.' i hope belonging to someone else brings him peace.

anyways, i had to open the book to find these quotes, and now i want to reread it all over again. let me just tag some mutuals and then i'm gonna go read.

(no pressure!) (also you don't have to elaborate on them) @kuramirocket @grin-unsettling @boygirltwins @fairylightfairlybright @drizzit @msnormandy @darkvisionvamp @gardenbastard @cjflint @pups-2-dust & anyone else who wants to :)

[nnoragamis]

rewatching the gmg arc and i just got to the episode where the eclipse project is introduced, and i'm just thinking to myself…man, if the royal family had somehow gone ahead with their plan and actually managed to go back in time and kill zeref, they would have effectively nuked any opportunity of standing a chance against acnologia in the future—given zeref's heavy involvement in every single factor that led to acnologia's eventual defeat. zeref designed the eclipse gate to begin with, and the dragon slayers are only in the present era because of him—which enabled igneel to be here and significantly weaken acnologia before he died—anna traveled through the portal and came up with a strategy to entrap and beat acnologia—if anna had remained in her own era, there's no telling what kind of ripple effect that would have had on her lineage, and lucy might've never been born—so she wouldn't have been around to cast fairy sphere—even if lucy was somehow born anyway, fairy sphere itself would likely not exist because zeref was the one to teach mavis magic to begin with and she contributed significantly to the development of magic in fiore in general. again, no dragon slayers around to face off against acnologia when he eventually shows up to wipe out humanity. there's zero defense against him. all of this to say, i guess, that fiore is ruled by a bunch of fucking dumbasses, holy shit

[datlokibumtho]

EDIT: I said I'd add more, and so I shall. I swear, the more I rewatch it, the more abserdity crosses my mind. I forgot some, so I'll add those when I remember them.

Rewatching the Mugen Train Arc, and there are a few things I noticed that I shall now share with you. I will add more as I think of them.

▪︎Rengoku's mom is hot

▪︎You will never be able to convince me we didn't see Akaza's O Face during that final attack.

▪︎Why didn't Akaza just drag Rengoku along with him to escape? All that oomf he has, and you're telling me one dude is too heavy? Nezuko can carry someone easily while in baby mode and was strong enough to curbstomp Daki, and you're telling me Akaza, Upper Three, the fourth most powerful demon in existence can't drag one guy along for the ride while bailing? I'm calling that shit hard.

▪︎Tanjirou's VA knocked this shit out of the park.

▪︎I call bullshit that Rengoku didn't activate his Demon Slayer Mark during all that.

¤ Edit: I now know why that didn't happen, so nevermind this one.

▪︎While we're on the topic of Rengoku, can I just briefly express my confusion as to his dream of choice when Enmu put him to sleep? Out of everything he could have dreamed, all the scenarios his mind could have conjured up, he chose "that one time I did something extraordinary and my dad didn't give a shit" followed by any given day of the week. Tanjirou got his family back, Zenitsu got to spend time with the girl he loved, Inosuke got to do whatever the fuck that was...and Rengoku's got an alcoholic father who doesn't give a hair on a witch's tit if his kids live or die, a mom that's still dead from illness, and last Tuesday, the Tuesday before that, and the Tuesday before that, also known as his everyday life. Why? He could have had a father that was a presentable human being again, a mother that wasn't dead or ill, a happy life...and he bypassed all of that. Just. Fucking. Why.

¤Edit: upon further thought and some amateur analysis of his psyche, the dream probably revolved more around time with his brother, or his boundless optimism making him think every day is a gift or worth celebrating or special somehow. Or maybe he just has a really bad imagination.

▪︎Rengoku just gave Enmu his first brush with heartburn.

▪︎Look up the lyrics to Homura by LiSA, and I believe you will join me in saying fuck whoever chose the music. Why they gotta do that? Why?

▪︎Get you a man that's an absolute goober, a total badass, a complete and utter derp, a major sweetheart, and a super serious hot mess all at once. Get you a Flame Hashira. Get you Rengoku Kyoujurou.

▪︎"I'm a box lunch vendor" wasn't suspicious until he said it wasn't suspicious. Then it became suspicious.

▪︎Rengoku moving his ass like "Total Consentrstion Fuck You I'm A Hashira" speed mode activated. "Ecceleration Mode", for anyone that's up on older anine.

▪︎Pigtails runnin' her way through Rengokus dream world like the edge isn't invisible and she was at zero risk of slamming face first into it.

▪︎God damn, Tanjirou, right between the man-titties. Rude as fuck.

▪︎Tanjirou: smells blood in a snow storm, Muzan in the middle of Tokyo, identifies people by their scents after only meeting them once, can smell character traits

Rengoku: two cars down from them, chowing away at bento, unnoticed

Zenitsu: hears thing down to a celluar level and can figure out what something's species and intent are based solely of of their sounds of existsnce

Rengoku: two cars down from them, practically yelling "tasty" repeatedly, unnoticed

Inosuke: has super insane instincts and the ability to lock onto things miles away

Renkgoku: STILL just two cars down from them, living his best life with a crapton of bento, unnoticed

Tanjirou/Zenitsu/Inosuke: "Wonder where the Flame Hashira is."

▪︎Slasher demon: "No one's faster than me!"

The Other Speedy Stripy Boi Of The Mugrn Train Arc: "Destructive Death: Kick-Your-Ass-Faster-Than-The-Speed-Of-Sound-You-Scrub Type."

▪︎Rengoku's Dream World: sunshine, daisies, and fatherly rejection

Rengoku's Subconscious: flaming hellscape

Enmu's Lackey: "What the flip flap fuck is going on with this man?"

▪︎Enmu: shocked Zenitsu did anything while under his spell

The rest of us: "Yeah, it was always gonna go that way, chief."

BONUS: ORIGINAL WATCHTHROUGH THOUGHTS

▪︎My thought process through my original watchthrough eons ago: "Rengoku is a silly mans. Rengoku is kinda cool. Rengoku is utterly endearing. Rengoku is awesome. Rengoku is one BAMF. RENGOKU IS DEAD."

▪︎My almost simultaneous thought process through my original watchthrough eons ago: "I can't believe he dies, he's so amazing and wonderful and i love him. Ok, he dies in this fight, and now that i know the man, i instantly hate whoever did it. Oh no, he's HOT! My emotions are very mixed right now. My emotions are completely decided in their stance, and I am getting teary-eyed over yet another ficticious character."

▪︎My afterthoughts of my original watchthrough eons ago: "Akaza is the absolute worst, that pretty face, hot body and smooth af voice cannot change that. Wow, Muzan was mean to him after he did his damndest. My opinion can not change now that I have seen Senjurou, he is a wonderful little cinnamonroll, and Akaza must remain the worst. He can be terrible and still look good. I mean, are he and his utterly whorish waist and very lovely, somewhat delicately featured face really to blame or is Muzan or psychosis of some kind? Wow, that's a nice hourglass physique and horribly tragic backstory."

▪︎End conclusion from my original watchthrough eons ago: "My opinion of Rengoku has done a 180. I would die for Senjurou. I will probably never truly like Rengoku Shinjurou despite understanding that grief and disillusionment do strange things to people. Akaza is too hot, broken, and in a weird way endearing and lovable to hate. I loves me a tragic backstory and damaged man. I DO NOT HAVE A NEW SHIP I DO NOT HAVE A NEW SHIP I DO NOT HAVE A NEW SHIP"

▪︎I had a new ship

[lookingatacupoftea]

My fic: Spilling the Tea (T, 1/1) is a very short one-shot Good Omens finale speculation fic based on photos and videos of the February 2025 filming on location in Edinburgh. Spoilers abound, so beware!

Is There a Version? (M, 25/25) is my take on Good Omens season 3. It's full of plot and pining and mystery and the power of community to change the world and zero “I was wrong” dances.

My fic rec lists:

Post-S2/S3 Speculation Fics

My meta:

Aziraphale's anger

The common element among the s2 flashbacks

They're not talking (or are they?)

Musings from a chronological rewatch

Crowley's lightning tantrum

Why do they go to the pub?

What's up with Whickber Street?

How safe is the bookshop?

Why doesn't Nina know Crowley?

"Get thee behind me/after you" as an interpretive key to A&C's relationship

Gift-giving in GO

GO3 speculation (beware spoilers)

Does Good Omens have too many layers?

This blog: This blog primarily shares Good Omens fanworks. I reblog a lot, including fics I haven't read and fics that may not suit my personal favorite tropes or headcanons, because I want to spread creativity and build community. That fic that's a "not for me" could be the fic that changes your life!

I may share a few analysis posts about the book/show thus far or the finale, but my focus is on promoting fans’ creative endeavors, not NG.* I believe tangible action like donating, volunteering, and organizing for SA survivors is much more impactful than arguing online. If you can, consider donating to the Survivors Trust, the Good Omens fan fundraiser On Our Own Side, or Friends of Calliope.

Other interests: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Slings & Arrows, Our Flag Means Death, The Good Place, Interview With the Vampire (TV), The West Wing, All Creatures Great & Small (2020 TV), Kevin Can Fuck Himself, Jeeves & Wooster, Fleabag, Anne of Green Gables.

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What Even Is a Kara no Kyoukai?

Kara no Kyoukai is a series of anime movies put out by Ufotable between 2007 and 2013 based off of the light novel series of the same name written by Type-Moon founder and creative director Kinoko Nasu in the 90s.

That's it, that's the post.

But seriously, if you're familiar with Nasu's other works, you'd know that they have a reputation for being rather inaccessible, especially to those in the west and Kara no Kyoukai specifically comes with some extra content warnings that aren't as prevalent in some of his other works.

Now, this would normally be fine, however a lot of content put to the forefront as "primers" to the show by the anime community either focus too much on the metaphysics and how it relates to other Type-Moon media or is a detailed thematic analysis that gives away too much of the sauce.

I plan to do neither here.

Instead, I'll give a brief rundown of the show's traits. Then, I'll talk about the main cast of characters and I'll finish it off by giving the general premise of each episode. (And I'll lump all of the Extra Chorus OVAs together for this purpose.)

So, Kara no Kyoukai sorta paved the way for the trappings you'd expect of modern Ufotable. Even over 15 years later, the show is absolutely gorgeous and puts a lot of modern anime to shame with its production quality. The attention to detail, shot composition and immaculate backgrounds that you'd expect of a Unfotable production are all here. Except this was really the first work to bring those traits to the forefront.

Just on the merits of that, as an anime watcher its worth the curiosity. The triumphs of productions like Demon Slayer and Fate/Zero clearly trace their DNA right back to Kara no Kyoukai.

The OST for this series is... basically unmatched. Kalafina was founded to do the music for this show, and the general consensus seems to be that Yuki Kajiura did some of, if not her very best, work on this show.

Admittedly I'm a not a big music analysis person, but I will personally attest that the ambiance and immersiveness of Kara no Kyoukai's score is some of the best in any piece of media that I have consumed. Also the big theme songs for each film all absolutely rock.

Doing a little background research, it looks like a lot of those theme songs are on the Kalafina album Seventh Heaven, so if you're a fan of high-quality J-pop/rock, give that a go maybe. I mean, they're really good in a vacuum, better in the context of the episode they were written for.

Its paced a lot slower than a lot of other anime movies, leaving a lot of room for ambiance and quiet character moments. Also quite a bit of the series is just characters talking, be it about philosophy or metaphysics, but it's usually not egregious and if you're into that sort of thing (which I am) it's a good time. Also the cuts can be quite creative, especially in Paradox Spiral.

So, now that a lot of that peripheral housekeeping is done:

What the Fuck even is a Kara no Kyoukai?

It's a paranormal mystery, dark urban fantasy thriller seinen anime that explores themes of humanity, identity, sin and dichotomy. Oh and murder. Especially murder.

The general plot setup is more something you'd expect of a shoujo. Boy meets girl, the complexities and trials of their relationship etc.

The big twist is that the girl in this trope is best described as "one who murders" and the story is told out of chronological order.

It's set in a fictitious city in Japan called Mifune, mostly between '96 and '99. Supernatural phenomenon exist, but aren't common knowledge and the main focus of the subject matter is individuals with some manner of ESP or active psychic ability, though there's significant representation from elements of mysticism as well as more archetypal wizard sorts.

I strongly recommend watching the films in release order because its better thematically, however there's a lot of value on a rewatch and doing so in chronological order could shed some light on things.

As I'm about to transition into talking into some of the show's particulars, here's where I'll put the content warnings for those who would prefer going in blind and would like to know what horrible imagery they're about to be exposed to or would maybe be dissuaded by.

CW, suicide, gore, horror, sexual assault, domestic violence, cannibalism.

Who are the main characters in Kara no Kyoukai?

Shiki Ryougi is our main character. A young woman with an attraction to death and murderous impulses. She presents as stoic, but she's anything but uncaring. She's very nuanced, but as the main character a good deal of the series goes into exploring her, so I won't delve into her complexities. After an accident as a teenager that left her in a coma, she gained the ability to see death in the forms of lines that act akin to the 'seams' of living beings, objects and even concepts. By cutting on these lines, she can kill anything.

Mikiya Kokuto is our male lead. An intelligent and excessively kind young man who became hopelessly infatuated with Shiki in high school, only to suspect that she was the one perpetrating a series of serial murders. When Shiki was comatose, he wound up working as a private investigator of sorts for the Garan no Dou agency, but continued to carry a torch for Shiki.

Touko Aozaki is our mentor character of sorts. More than likely the greatest doll and puppet maker in the world, Touko is also a mage and a lauded polymath, excelling in basically any field that proves of interest to her. She runs the Garan no Dou agency and employs Mikiya for his investigative prowess and later Shiki for her combat abilities as her sole employees. She's a chainsmoking girlboss who can be overly verbose and pretentious. Despite some unscrupulous morality, she legitimately cares about her subordinates.

Azaka Kokutou is Mikiya's younger sister who vehemently opposes her brother's relations with Shiki. Certainly the "4th wheel" of the cast made worse by the adaptation greatly condensing her chapter to laser in more on the Shiki and Mikiya dynamic. She apprenticed herself to Touko as a means of inserting herself into the workings of Garan no Dou. Azaka is smart, expressive, headstrong and funny. Touko is teaching her flame manipulation, as that's what she has the most affinity for.

I'll omit the antagonists here and encourage folks to watch the show as my little blurbs here give the jist of the cast, but really doesn't do them justice. The cast for the most part is really well characterized and much in Nasu's style, even when he plays to a trope there's a lot more to it than that.

What Exactly am I in for?

So, there's (depending on your definition) 8-9 films and a few ~10 minute OVAs. Unfortunately, the light novels have never been localized and there's only an incomplete fan translation and a somewhat inaccurate machine-assisted translation.

The film series adapts every part of the series except the side-story Final Record, albeit Azaka's chapter, Oblivion Recording, was greatly altered for the film adaptation.

The main series ran from '07 to '09 and includes episodes 1-7 and the Epilogue. Future Gospel and the OVAs came out in 2013 and they're a few side stories with the main act functioning as an epilogue of sorts to the epilogue.

So, the films post their position in the timeline at the end of each instalment, but I'll post them upfront here for the purposes of making it easier for one to keep track and using this piece as a guide.

I - Overlooking View (Sept '98) A series of suicides committed by schoolgirls jumping off of the roof of an abandoned apartment building catch the interest of the members of Garan no Dou. Some supernatural effect causes Mikiya to fall into a deep sleep and when Shiki investigates the building, she sees the ghostly figures of eight girls in the sky.

II - Murder Speculation Part 1 ('95-'96 schoolyear, ending in March) Mikiya becomes classmates with Shiki, who he immediately becomes infatuated with despite her less than accommodating personality. A series of murders happen in the city and Mikiya, suspecting her to be the perpetrator, tries to prove her innocence.

III - Remaining Sense of Pain (July '98) A young woman is viscously assaulted and the perpetrators are turning up dead, their bodies horribly mangled. Garan no Dou is presented with the case, but due to Touko's monetary problems, Mikiya resorts to freelancing in the short term. Shiki intends to put the murderer down, claiming them to be similar, albeit one of them is out of control.

IV - The Hollow Shrine (June '98) Shiki awakens from her coma after the accident, feeling hollow due to what she lost and now possessing the ability to see death. Mikiya is barred from visitation, as it's restricted to the family, so Touko sneaks into the hospital to check on her and takes immediate interest in Shiki's new perceptive abilities.

V - Paradox Spiral (November '98) A young man murders his mother in self-defense and winds up being helped by Shiki. Mikiya investigates some suspicious tenants of an apartment building that Touko designed and some old associates of Touko's are in town, one of them with a bone to pick.

VI - Oblivion Recording (January '99) Garan no Dou is asked to investigate a suspicious suicide at Azaka's boarding school and some lapses in memory around the incident in question. Shiki is dispatched, much to Azaka's displeasure and the two work to uncover a mage using fairies behind the two events.

VII - Murder Speculation Part 2 (February '99) Shiki, feeling perturbed, hasn't been frequenting her apartment. Meanwhile the serial murders from '96 start back up. Mikiya, trying to prove Shiki's innocence, begins investigating a drug ring related to the incidents and the events of the unsolved '96 murder cases finally come to light.

Epilogue - The Boundary of Emptiness (a few weeks after the events of Murder Speculation 2) Two people have a fateful meeting where they discuss some particulars of the events of the series, metaphysics and philosophy. It's literally a half-hour conversation. It's classified as an OVA, but it's almost as long as The Hollow Shrine.

Future Gospel (August '98 & Summer 2010) A serial bomber with the ability to see the future winds up targeting Shiki after proving unable to kill her meanwhile Mikiya has a chance encounter with a girl with a similar ability. Later, an elderly woman who tells fortunes attracts the negative attention of a crime syndicate.

Future Gospel - Extra Chorus (After the events of the summer of '98) A series of short vignettes, about 10 minutes apiece. Shiki takes care of a cat. A girl feels guilty over the death of her best friend. Mikiya and Shiki celebrate New Years.

The Future Gospel stuff, being a side story has a very different feel than the main series (I blame most of the events happening during the day and it being notably less gore-y than the earlier parts). But it's still a very fun watch. In a lot of ways it acts as a means of tying the series up in a bow with a nice "10 years later" segment and some flashbacks to the '95 school year. If you're going to skip something, skip it, but seeing as you've presumably made it that far already, you deserve a treat because it's just fun.

But yeah... this is my favorite anime series. I just finished a rewatch last night and felt urged to type this up. Hopefully it helps people or encourages folks to give the show a try if they've otherwise felt daunted.

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2x20: "Go Fish"

Buffy all melancholy staring at the ocean, my poor baby

Insecure boy would rather suffer than accept help from girl. Shocking.

Is that fucking Leonard Snart?? It is, holy shit, I forget how many actors I recognise had background roles in this

The bloody shedded skin lying on the beach?? Horror movie much?

Not Snyder pressuring Willow to falsely pass a kid who's failing on account of putting in zero effort just because he's on the swim team?? You know damn well he's doing it because he thinks he can get away with intimidating the people-pleaser seventeen-year-old. Frankly, I would've liked to see him try that shit on Jenny.

Buffy, this boy ain't shit, you know that

"Oh, it's not me I'm worried about" - that's my fucking girl, y'all!!

He actually used the "look what she's wearing" justification, this whole episode makes me so fucking angry, he deserved what he got!!

"Try to dress more appropriately" - I'm going to fucking scream!

One of these days I'm going to write an essay on rape culture in Buffy

Again, one of the only times I agree with Xander

And it's the Creature from the Black Lagoon!

"From whence it came? I'm spending way too much time around you."

Ah, yes, perfect father-daughter bonding activity: fishing!

Something about the toxic sports culture

Priorities, Cordy, fucking hell

This is fucking horrific, even understanding it as a metaphor for how the patriarchy perpetuates rape culture.

So often I think of Giles' line from "I, Robot, You, Jane" - "Still, if you'd been anyone but the Slayer..." - like, I shudder to think what would have happened to Buffy in most of these situations if she'd been just a normal girl

I love Cordelia so much

2x21: "Becoming, Part 1"

Oh Liam was such an unappealing douchebag, wasn't he?

Darla was hot as fuck though, I'd let her bite me

Something about how turning a vampire is so often portrayed as a sexual act

Xander just lying there 😂

I want Angelus dead. Like, immediately. Smug motherfucker.

Giles being "the best authority on obscure relics" in the entire museum and heritage sector, that's my man

I love him so much, finally someone who doesn't just say "sure, let's open the ancient artefact we know jack shit about!"

Oh Snyder's such a killjoy

Drusilla was so sweet and scared. She deserved to kill Angel for what he did to her. My poor Cassandra-coded baby

"I don't want to be an evil thing" - he couldn't just kill her, he had to make her into the one thing she never wanted to be

"A devil child like you" "God is watching you" - he puts himself in the role of God and Drusilla in the role of the devil, even though its the opposite, but is it really? She becomes what he makes her, in his image.

The way she knows how to play him for a fool with her visions and Spike never falls for it

Buffy's little "Wah!" and tossing her pencil. It's childish, because she is a fucking child and we cannot forget that.

Willow should've become a teacher tbh

Jenny Calendar is sooooo Can't Catch Me Now coded

Xander pisses me off here. He only cared about what Angel's done when he can use it as an I told you so

Oh, I loved Kendra so much, my poor girl

"It's a big rock. I can't wait to tell my friends. They don't have a rock this big!" Spike ilysm ❤️

"We're about to make history... end" is a baller line though

I don't care for the Angel flashbacks. I don't care enough about Angel to be interested in them. I'll accept it when it involves Darla or Dru or the Kalderash but not just him

Wtf do you mean you fell in love with this girl when she was 15?? That'd be like Spike getting with Dawn

Oh Buffy was just a little girl, who the hell decided to give her the fate of the world?? Even Whistler acknowledges she's just a kid.

"Look at you. She must be prettier than the last Slayer." SHE IS FIFTEEN YOU FUCKING CREEPS

"Someone wasn't worthy!" in a sing song voice I love this little shit

Mr Pointy! I love Kendra, she's also just a little girl. Oh, she should've lived long enough for Buffy to get her that stuffed animal.

The way Kendra dies for a role that was never truly hers

The way Buffy takes Kendra's hand 🥺

2x22: "Becoming, Part 2"

Ah, finally, accurate cops!

Oh fuck you Snyder

"You stupid little troll" - atta girl!! That's my baby

The way she hugs Xander though 🥺

The fact Willow does all this shit in the rest of the episode while badly concussed?? Again, that's my baby

The horror on Buffy's face when she realises Giles is unaccounted for

Angel was always a fucking creep, Whistler, let's be real

Oh, Spike coming in like the world's worst hero!

"I'm talking about your ex, pet. I'm talking about putting him in the bloody ground" - and that's why I love him

I love that Spike wears nail polish

The way he just wants his girl back 🥺

"I hate you." "And I'm all you've got." Another baller line

How it's Xander saying "You're my best friend, I love you" that brings Willow back from her coma, and it's the same thing that will eventually bring her back to herself after she goes dark

Oz and Willow are so cute

Something about how Angel always called him Giles but Angelus calls him Rupert, and the only other person who ever did that was Jenny

Spike and Joyce sitting there awkwardly 😂 "You hit me with an axe one time"

"You'll never hear from us again. I bloody well hope."

To be entirely fair to Joyce, she obvious regrets what she says to Buffy the second the words leave her mouth

"You must perform the ritual in a tutu. Pillock" - That's my fucking man.

Do we think Spike figures out what would break Giles because he knows what would break him?

Oh, seriously fuck Snyder. And fuck the Mayor too.

The fucking sad music here?? "I thought I'd lost you"?? Excuse me, I'm crying!

This is very "Suffering" from Epic the Musical coded

And Buffy right now is very "Nothing Left to Lose" by The Pretty Reckless coded

When she fucking catches the sword!!! That's my fucking girl!

Spike getting the hell outta dodge with his girl. Quite bloody right.

As much as I aggressively do not give a shit about Angel at times, this ending always makes me upset. Just the way Buffy's face goes from horror to realisation to resignation as she understands what she has to do, and she holds it together until it's over and then she breaks

The way they all just get dressed and go to school because what else are they supposed to do?

[lanalaynetalks]

Oracion Seis Arc time. If you are new here I am rewatching Fairy Tail and posting some thoughts. I really don’t vibe with this arc. I don’t know why. Is this an unpopular opinion? Like does everyone like this arc besides me? This is the first big story arc in my opinion and I think you can tell. Like this arc has the most lasting effects of the series.

1. I really don’t like this arc. I don’t even know why I just have never liked it or understood it. I will say this is probably the worse story arc (not the worse arc because filler arcs to exist)

2. I don’t even know why I don’t get it. I thought for a long time that I was just so young when I watched it so maybe that’s why I don’t understand it. I don’t even know what I don’t understand about it. I’m just so confused when I watch it.

3. My favorite thing about this arc is the intro of Wendy. She is baby girl and I will die on the hill that she is the strongest dragon slayer. I also think it’s crazy she is the only 1st gen dragon slayer not to get an extra power. Plz give her poison dragon slayer magic! Plz! (That is another post for another time)

4. I liked we did see relationships between guilds!

5. I hate celestial magic. Ok. I feel like it’s so under developed for it being one of the magics a main character uses. Again this is another rant for another time. Like ya it got better with the star dresses, but I still have issues with it. Again another post for another time.

6. This arc has the worse pacing of the acrs so far. I think it’s just bad pacing out of all story arcs.

7. I just really don’t like this arc. I don’t really have a reason to it just never did it for me.

8. I love the Oracion Seis guild members. I love that they do tie back into Jellal and their lasting standing in the series as a whole. I hate Brain/Zero tho.

9. Sherry and Ren tho I love them together.

10. My favorite fight in the whole arc is Racer Vs Gray and Lyon.

11. I do really like the ending of the arc tho. I always forget the ending I feel like the beginning is very memorable for me, but not the rest.

12. Did Hawkeye ever reunite with Wally?

13. I love Erza and Wendy. She is her big sister/mother.

[pyract0]

Updated blog info and req info/ rules! Blog Info! Requests open! (Please read beforehand)

Been away for a while due to stuff coming up and hitting a writers block for a while. Will likely be more active for the next few weeks and looking for requests as I'm currently out of ideas. :)

Rewatching KnY currently so would be happy writing for it, along with the others listed below

→Demon slayer (Main cast/Hashira/demons)

→My Hero Academia (Pro heroes/villains/class 1a/ other major supporting characters)

→Attack on Titan (Main cast/ Marley)

→Genshin impact (Playable)

→ Honkai Star Rail (Playable)

→Zenless Zone Zero (Playable)

→Wuthering Waves (Playable)

→The walking dead (to be decided still, will base off requests)

Have a good day <3

[redrikki]

Teen Wolf Rewatch - Season 1 Review

Season 1 of Teen Wolf serves the same blend of camp, horror, and teenage coming of age drama as my youthful fav Buffy the Vampire Slayer, but by making the monster the protagonist, it changes it up in interesting ways. Scott is a fascinating choice for the lead, not just cause he's a werewolf, but because he's not a hero. He doesn't want to be there, he's only involved in the plot to protect himself from it. He's the victim of people who would be the heroes of monster hunting shows like BtVS and Supernatural or the antihero protagonists of a roaring rampage of revenge film. Making Scott the main puts Teen Wolf into interesting conversation with those other genres and shows.

This season does a good job of setting out the themes that will define the rest of the series. Revenge is an open spiral of destruction. Monster is as monster does. Power is an obligation to act and the pursuit of power hurts everyone including you. Poor communication kills. Violations of characters bodily autonomy and mind makes for compelling suffering.

Returning to season 1 and reminding myself of where Scott started gives me more appreciation for where he ends up. He changes so much! Yes, he's still a dorky sweetheart, but his priorities are radically different. Season 1 Scott is a selfish, immature child. He refuses to give up a sport he loves and worked hard on just because playing endangers himself and everyone around him. He plans to kill a man, not for justice or to protect, but so he doesn't have to live with lycanthropy. That's a far cry from season 6 Scott who gives up college to protect Beacon Hills and tries to save the lives of his enemies. Insert that's growth.gif here.

Hey, you know who else in season 1 is selfish and immature? Literally all of them! Stiles is out here living his Hardy Boys/comic book fantasy with zero thought as to the impact of his adventures on everyone else. Allison is so desperate to be strong she's putting arrows into people over it. Derek is so into his trust issues he alienates everyone who might have willingly helped him by trying to intimidate and manipulate them into it. Lydia is using her "friends" and cutting off bits of herself for just a sliver of validation and do not gets me started on Jackson. They all grow so much from here and I'm looking forward to watching it all over again!

Scott/Allison is central to the season, but I was kind of cold on it until the last episode. As an aromantic asexual, I have been bewildered, bored, and exasperated by teen romance drama since I was a teen. It doesn't help that their relationship isn't based on anything more solid than lust. Scott needs Allison to feel normal and in control at a time when he has none, but he doesn't trust her enough to share what he's going through or respect her enough to make informed decisions about her safety or their relationship. It isn't until the moment in the season finale where he trusts her to help him fight Peter and where she knows what he is and decides to love him anyway that I really started to ship it.

The vibes on this show are impeccable, but the cracks in the writing are already starting to show. There's all these continuity errors. When was the fire? How many died? What classes are the kids in again? And don't even get me started on the timeline. This show desperately needed a show bible, but whatever I guess.

[h0neyst4rz]

my emergency watchlist??

rewatch / watch / finish / finished

zero day

the perks of being a wallflower

the days

but im a cheerleader

gilmore girls

american horror story

xmen chronology

mcu chronology (see most recent)

supernatural

teen wolf

star vs the forces of evil

buffy, the vampire slayer (movie / series)

the maze runner

dead boys detectives

agents of S.H.I.E.L.D

inhumans

your friendly neighborhood spider-man

the spectacular spider-man

ultimate spider-man

marvel's spider-man

the rocky horror picture show

pan's labyrinth

10 things i hate about you

update - june 3rd, 2025

[cercasinomeworld]

ANIME WINTER 2023

Blue Lock

Buddy Daddies

Bungou Stray Dogs season 4 🔥

Giant Beasts of Ars (wtf)

In/Spectre season 2 (boring)

Malevolent Spirits: Mononogatari

My Hero Academia season 6 🔥

NieR: Automata Ver1.1a

Play It Cool, Guys 🥹

Revenger

The Ice Guy and His Cool Female Colleague

Tokyo Revengers: Christmas Showdown

Tomo-chan is a Girl!

To Your Eternity season 2

Trigun Stampede 🔥

ANIME SPRING 2023

A Galaxy Next Door

Demon Slayer: Swordsmith Village Arc

Dr. Stone season 3 🔥

Edens Zero season 2

Hell's Paradise

Heavenly Delusion

Insomniacs After School

My Home Hero

My Love Story With Yamada-kun at Lv999

Skip and Loafer 🥹

The Marginal Service

Tokyo Mew Mew New season 2

ANIME SUMMER 2023

Bleach TYBW 🔥

Bungou Stray Dogs season 5 🔥

Edens Zero season 2

Horimiya: The Missing Pieces

Jujutsu Kaisen season 2 🔥

Malevolent Spirits: Mononogatari season 2🔥

My Happy Marriage

The Girl I Like Forgot Her Glasses

Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan

ANIME FALL 2023

Attack on Titan - Final Season part 3 🔥

Dr. Stone season 3 part 2🔥

Jujutsu Kaisen season 2 😭

Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan

Spy x Family season 2

The Apothecary Diaries 🤩

Tokyo Revengers: Tenjiku-hen

Undead Unluck 🔥

Bonus: anime watched during the year

One Piece rewatch (from ep. 1 to ep. 579)

One Piece (up to the first part of Dressrosa Arc)

[isleofair]

10 show gifs, 10 people

@seaofolives was handing out free tags for this cool game, so of course I jumped at the chance! (Thank you!!! 💚💚💚)

Add 10 gifs from your favorite shows and tag 10 people

1 - Tiger & Bunny

(Yes, that's my own gif, no, I don't know how to make them look pretty. I'm sorry)

Could I start with anything but this one? I think not. Beloved show, most beloved OTP, endless inspiration... I love you so much 😭😭😭💖💖💖

2 - Yuri!!! on Ice

I think, in spite of all that Tiger & Bunny has given me, Yuri on Ice is still my favorite show ever. It made me feel a joy that cannot be described. If you haven't seen it yet, WATCH IT. I MEAN IT. You'll be so happy that you did. 💙

3 - Star Trek: The Next Generation

My childhood obsession (not the only one, but probably the main one). I think it's a significant part of the reason I am the person I am today. Here's Data (my beloved 🥺) being even more relatable than usual thanks to his cat Spot. 💛

4 - Stargate Atlantis

This show was the nerdier, sillier younger sibling of SG-1, which was the much nerdier, much sillier child of the Stargate movie. I love all three, but Atlantis is my favorite, due to the aforementioned nerdy silliness, and to the socially maladapted dork pretending to be a cool guy pictured above.

5 - Brave Bang Bravern!

The latest thing that broke my brain. Watch it (unspoiled!!!) and then curse me forever for the bucketload of sanity you will never get back. I think you might still find that it was worth it.

6 - Starsky & Hutch

They just don't make 'em like they used to any more.

7 - Sailor Moon

Seeing this show when you're a 12-year-old girl is extremely good for your soul. (And seeing Haruka when you're a 13-year-old girl is extremely good for your future queerness.)

8 - The Good Place

I honestly think this is a show everyone should watch at least once in their life.

9 - The X-Files

Hi, teenage obsession. You and your oversized '90s suits will always be famous.

10 - Slayers

This show is so. Frigging. Cool. And a huge ton of fun. I haven't rewatched it in over twenty years... I should do that sometime.

I am tagging (with zero pressure!) @zimithrus1, @imaginatorofthings, @youngerfrankenstein, @tempkiriri, @hearjessroar, @saltedpin, @thekuraning, @horikoshi-secret-ao3-account, @pearlnareff, and anyone else who would like to play!!! 💗

[nonhumanhottie]

The force awakens rewatch

I told my housemate I'm sorry for the person I'm about to become while we watch this film

I have this on blu-ray and even the menu gives me nostalgia

Poe dameron I love you sir

Kylo's theme is so good

Kylo really said delete it old

Poe has zero fear

Rey is so cute like shut up

God I actually missed this Joss Whedon-esque dialogue

The instant bestie-ification of Finn and Poe

Kylo and Hux: Co-workers who hate each other iconic

Finn is so impressed by Rey's spunk

Non-consensual hand holding to best friends pipelines

I miss Sass King kylo

Why would Finn be taught Han is a war hero lol

Serial killer stare Kylo

One BOY yeah okay sure he was totally a boy when he burned the temple

Local bitch sees trees for the first time and loves it

Maz is perceiving!!! She is perceiving you!!

I love Finn's arc so much

Sure would love to know who the Knights of Ren are!!

Someone finally came back for Rey

That's what sneeping and snooping gets you girl don't touch the youngline slayer 3000

Hux's speech is so topical lmao fascists sure do suck

Finn and the lightsaber!!

Snap and Jess!!

Kylo making her faint is like so wild truly horror villain

Threepio!!!

Leia you're so perfect I love you

Homosexual lip biting by Poe Dameron

Why is Kylo squatting like that

Y'all need to put your seatbelts on

Finn saying fuck you to his meal trooper mom

Dude them naming their child after Obi-Wan hits so much harder after the Kenobi show

Fuck him up Rey!!

Forehead kiss!

This movie makes me happy!!