Me: is the soccer show good? No. Not really. It takes itself so seriously on the most ridiculous things it comes across as a comedy most of the time. Everyone has a different shade of mental illness. The guy who genuinely thinks a monster lives inside of him is one of the most normal people in the show (I love you bby). Only a couple of characters are actually fleshed out, and most others are bits masquarading for personalities. There is sexist humor. The themes also contradict the stated goal of the series. Oh, and if the fact that they basically kidnapped 300 teens under the false pretense of giving them a bright future only to actually crush their careers wasn't enough, there's also a scene where they reveal their suits have built-in electric charges which they used to zap a kid for trying to punch his teammate. They also put said kid in a straitjacket right after, and this was never commented on.
This is a show about high school soccer.
Everyone acts like it's life or death when they play. If someone actually died in a match it would still be less dramatic than some of those plays. The stakes are simultaneously way too high for no reason, and not high at all because you can absolutely tell who will progress and who won't. Except for that igaguri guy, for some reason.
Also me: *gets meta brainworms for this show in the middle of the night*
Me: must a show be good? Is it not enough to be stupidly entertaining, pointlessly dramatic, and overall way too intense?
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Have you ever found yourself thinking, "You know what I wish there was fanfiction of? 1948 political protest song (Charlie on the) M.T.A., popularized by the Kingston Trio, now unofficial Boston anthem and the somewhat sinister backstory behind their public transit cards' mascot!" No? Well, someone in the 2023 Yuletide exchange did!
And it wasn't even my assignment but I could not stop thinking about it, so check out 'Neath the Streets Of Boston on ao3 for 2k of trains, literary references, and a sad little New England cryptid.
now you too can read fic about. Him:
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I started Fields of Mistria (awesome game btw) and I was just a little disappointed (but like I get it) that I had to choose one pronoun I use (most games I pick he or she and again it's fine I get it) or 'any' but that any made me think hey maybe they could do other variations. Anyway they added two variations? Of my pronouns (he/she and she/he)? Last week??? So I did cry about that IMMEDIATELY upon reading the patch notes.
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romantically, this girl is on sabbatical. literally can't take any more emotional damage this year lol I've run out of any capacity for nonsense :-) if anyone is interested, they'd have to be willing to wait, because -- and I cannot emphasize this enough -- my heart is so exhausted. SO exhausted.
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I'm sorry but CAN WE TALK ABOUT HOW LORD HATER IS SO ADORABLE IN WONDER OVER YONDER OPENING?
I will never stop loving this goof of a villain
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