#SO ILL ABOUT THIS EPISODE /POS

[tgwdlmreprised]

bojack (the guy) being so self aware makes me so so fucking sick. he tells penny shes too young. he tells sarah lynn to stay sober. and then the minute He doesnt get what He wants (running off with charlotte or the oscar) NOW its ok to completely throw away all morals to feel better

[little-mari-on-a-roof]

Along with finally airing the season 5 finale, Tfou released a version of the two last episodes commented by the writing team!! So, as I already did with the commented version of Evolution, here's an overview of what they said!! It’s quite long given that it was two episodes and they talked a lot so I will put the parts I think are the most interesting in bold!! Obligatory disclaimer, this is my own interpretation and translation so take everything with a grain of salt!

At the beginning, the writers recall that the first episode of the season 5 finale, Conformation, starts with Adrien and Kagami supposedly arriving in London "like rock stars". However, it is actually just an illusion made from the scanned version of them and the two teens are actually being sequestered in London. At this moment, Thomas says "talk about good parenting" in English, which I think is very funny. The team explains that they were first put in regular apartments in the previous episode but are now in rooms without windows after both of them escaped. This is also done to protect them from what will happen, as Gabriel is about to put his plan of akumatising the entire world into action.

The writers say that Gabriel had been imagining his plan ever since Animaestro when he was seen signing contracts with Tsurugi, and has been putting it in place since the second episode of season 5 (Multiplication). They say that he also tested the first part of his plan, to put nightmares in everyone's heads, in a previous episode.

The rest is under the cut!

Talking about previous episodes, they then say that as was the case with the Risk - Strike back - Evolution - Multiplication - Destruction series of episodes (aka the longest day ever), the 5 last episodes of season 5 (Collusion - Revolution - Representation - Conformation - Recreation) go together and there is a direct continuation between them. (However, one of their rules as Miraculous writers is that these episodes can also be watched and understood independently.) Therefore, season 5 both starts and ends with a series of 5 episodes (quintologies as they call them).

They note that Marinette's nightmare at the beginning is reminiscent of the episode Weredad from season 3. At this point, we can see that Marinette starts to understand who the villain is although she's not fully conscious of it yet. Thomas says that you can read it in two different ways: if you don't take the previous episode into account, she's starting to intuitively link things together but if you did see Representation, you know that she knows who Monarch really is. (They say that to highlight the fact that even though this is the 4th episode of a quintology, all episodes can be understood on their own as mentioned before.)

They then talk more about Gabriel's plan. He gives everyone nightmares on the same day and we can see the different characters suffering because of that (for example, Marinette's mom who thinks Tom is overprotective). He will then offer a solution which a sort of relaxation application directly inspired by the different yoga apps people have on their phones nowadays. This app helps them relax, but also makes people addicted since their nightmares come back as soon as they don't use it anymore. They joke about the relevance of this in today's world with people being "addicted" to their phones or people in positions of power spreading poisons and then monetising the antidote, or the corruption of capitalism selling things we don't need or causing mental illnesses to make people addicted. They ironise that nooo they couldn't possibly be referring to all of that, not in a children's show!!

During the scene that leads to Adrien wearing the Alliance ring after being reticent to it, they say that they had a conflit when writing it as they had to find a way for Adrien to not become his superhero self, cataclysm the walls and go help his lady in Paris. The end result is that Adrien is reminded of the devastating effect of his power by the nightmare and would therefore do anything to avoid hurting people, and so he wears the ring. Mélanie says that he "could become Chat Blanc" and the others add that even though he does not remember and has never lived it, Chat Blanc still has an influence on his actions.

Thomas mentions that Plagg (who he calls "Plaggo" and "Plagounet", which are sort of funny and affectionate nicknames) doesn't show up on cameras, and Sébastien jokes that there could be kwamis around them as they're talking but we just can't see them. Speaking of Plagg, Sébastien jokingly calls Fred the "queen of cheese" as she's the one writing the cheese puns and mentions that there are way more cheese jokes in season 5 than there were before, which makes him think that she is getting retributed by cheese industries in exchange for writing them. Fred then replies that she's getting paid directly in cheese.

The writers say that while the episodes are often narratively dense with science fiction elements, Plagg allows them to add humour in the scene and keep a lighter atmosphere for small children (you know, when he shows his butt to the camera while Adrien is having an existential crisis).

Anyway moving on lol, the writers then say that they had actually planned since 2014/2015 that Chat Noir would not be there to defeat Hawkmoth as they wanted a very particular power fusion to happen (aka Marinette wielding both the ladybug and black cat miraculous and becoming Bug Noire).

Fred then talks about how ever since the start of the series, they have incorporated the symbolism of fairy tales with the sleeping princess and the knight coming to save her. However, they're switching the genders in Miraculous as Adrien is the princess and Marinette the knight (while Gabriel is the evil dragon). They add that they already explained this in a previous episode (in season 4) but they're showing it again now in Marinette's nightmare.

In the scene where we can see that Tikki ate all the croissants, they joke that she did well given everything that is going to happen afterwards. They also jokingly tell the kids watching that they shouldn't do like Marinette and hide in trash cans but eating bananas and croissants is ok (trust me it's funny when they say it). They add that if Fred is the cheese queen, Mélanie is like Tikki because she loves cakes and anything sweet.

We then see Nathalie's nightmare in which Gabriel successfully makes his wish, and therefore manages to accomplish his evil plan which Nathalie knows about. We can see that she's looking very bad and the writers again jokingly give recommendations to the children watching, here to not use a damaged peacock miraculous.

They then talk more about Natalie's past, in which she was a treasure hunter. They say that someone should let them show the fabulous story of Nathalie, Gabriel, Émilie, Audrey and André when they were younger. Indeed, they already wrote what happened in their youth as it is the origin story without which they couldn't have written Miraculous. When Natalie looks at the picture of her in her "Lara Croft outfit", as they call it, from when they were chasing the miraculous and found the peacock and butterfly ones, they jokingly ask what they were chasing and why and say that you have to watch the rest of season 5 to know (basically, they're strongly hinting at sentiadrien).

They say that Gabriel/Hawkmoth and Tsurugi have been allies for a very long time, but it has only been revealed rather recently in the show and we can see it now in a scene where they're plotting together and rising the tension.

In the following scene, we can see all the kids ready for the "miraculisation", except Mylène who is not wearing a ring because while she is not fully anti technology, she is more wary of it and vigilant of its excesses. They then focus on Ivan, who would also like to resist like her but for whom it is too hard. They add that he has "things stressing him out" but that we will only learn about them in later seasons 👀👀.

They take a moment to appreciate the "exceptional" direction and lighting done by Wilfried in the scene where Nathalie threatens Gabriel with a crossbow. Thomas also makes a reference to Citizen Kane but I've never watched it so idk what he meant by that sorry I'm uncultured haha. The writing team says that while they are the ones writing the scenes, they need a director to make the scenes look like what they imagined, and that it's not always easy.

In the next scene, we can see Ladybug looking around in Nathalie's room to find hints about where Adrien could be and finding her tablet with all the information about the miraculous, which makes Marinette realise that Nathalie was Monarch's accomplice right before they enter in the room. They joke about how OMG THEY NEVER COULD'VE GUESSED that Adrien's father was actually Monarch the whole time. We can see Ladybug recording a message for Chat Noir where she reveals his identity, but she never ends up actually sending it.

They talk about how this scene is a huge climax as it is rare to see Ladybug in the Agreste mansion. It had already happened in season 1 during the episode Simon Says where they already played on the dramatic irony of Hawkmoth being Gabriel (which people did not know at the time). This is the second time that Ladybug is in the mansion, while Marinette has been there before a few times (including the iconic pancake moment). While they talk about Simon Says, Fred looks really smug saying that they had planned everything since the beginning.

They say that the scene during which Nathalie gives Ladybug her phone with the pictures and videos of Émilie explaining all of Miraculous's backstory is beautiful, and that if we as viewers had this phone, we would know everything about it (👀👀👀). In addition, they mention that since this is the final episode of the arc, a lot of things happen to get all the final outcomes of the different relationship between characters.

When Gabriel shows the video of Ladybug and Chat Noir kidnapping Adrien and Kagami on everyone's Alliances, the writers explain that people are so disoriented and stressed that they'll believe anything we tell them. They are therefore receptive to any controversy presented to them, just like how people nowadays will engage in numerous sterile debates on social media.

We can then see Monarch using things he obtained in previous episodes: the cataclysm dust from his deteriorating hand and the magical charm Ladybug gave him. We can see that Gabriel had been planning everything from a very long time but that because of the cataclysm he suffered from, he has no choice but to carry it out now. Coincidentally, it is this very cataclysm that allows his to have Chat Noir's quantic signature and put his plan into action. They jokingly compare what he is doing to making a dog sniff a sock, but in a cyberquantic version.

The quantic signature allows the miraculised people to find Ladybug and Chat Noir, and the team says that when they were writing the scene where they detect Ladybug in Gabriel's mansion, they were all going omg omg omg trying to figure out how they were going to get away with it. They say that while Ladybug is trapped in the villain's lair, the writers trapped themselves with the story.

They once again give a shout out to Wilfried's direction when we can see Ladybug getting attacked from all sides by the miraculised people, notably because of the camera motions. They also acknowledge SAMG's amazing animation especially in the scenes including a lot of characters.

My unculturedness shows again when they say that Marinette hiding in a cupboard under the sink is a reference to Jurassic Park. The reference I do get however is when they say that Plagg not being able to shift through the door with his ring was the plot of Mr Pigeon 72.

The action then reaches a maximum as Monarch knows that Ladybug is hiding somewhere in his house, detransformed. We now get to THE moment they had been waiting for since the beginning: when Monarch discovers that Marinette is Ladybug and she transforms into the fabulous BUG NOIRE!!! They keep talking about how cool she is and that they left the best for last: the final fight with Monarch does not happen with Ladybug, nor with Chat Noir, nor with Chat Noir and Ladybug but with BUG NOIRE!!!!!

Fred says the season has a particular taste of closure, even though there is still a next part, and warns to hold on because the latter will hurt a lot 🥲🥲.

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Now, onto the the second episode, Re-creation !! (Yeah the first 2k words before that were on Conformation alone. I am bad at summarising. 😭)

At the beginning of the episode, when we can see Lila laughing when she sees Alec having an akuma induced nightmare on TV, the writers say that it is because she has known who Monarch is for multiple episodes now. They mention that it is because she read something on people’s lips in Evolution (episode 501) which allowed her to discover things. She also stole a case from Tsurugi so she knows who Gabriel really is.

Then, they focus on the fight we "had all been waiting for", and Mélanie mentions that her favourite lucky charm is the piano crashing on Monarch. They say that while they have spent multiple hours finding intelligent and sophisticated lucky charms for years, this one is just simple and exhilarating.

They then talk about how the resistance is fighting against the miraculised people, and how this happens all over the world (in China, Rio, New York) and includes a LOT of different characters. This explains why it takes a long time to deliver the episodes and they joke about how they’re blowing up their budget. However, despite all the superheroes fighting all over the world, it is still not enough.

Indeed, the outcome doesn’t play out in the giant arena outside, but in the KITCHEN. They joke about how they waited long enough to finally get it and that the resolve should therefore happen there, and even nickname the episode a « kitchen-two-room episode » (the joke makes more sense in french since we define homes according to their number of rooms, not just bedrooms).

They say that in the fight between Bug Noire and Monarch, both are so evolved in mastering their powers that neither of them have limits (Monarch can use as many powers as he wants at once thanks to his rings, and Bug Noire can use as many lucky charms and cataclysms as she wants). They lovingly say that our little Marinette from season one has grown a lot 🥺. She’s now super badass (they kept talking about how cool she was) and has learned so much.

They add that the scene where Bug Noire uses her handcuffs lucky charm is a reference to Kung Fu movies where characters fight while being chained to each other (once again, I’ve watched like zero movies so I’m gonna trust them on that lol). They once again mention the amazing direction and get very excited when Bug Noire slams Monarch through the wall.

During the fight scenes outside, they joke that Doorman (the USAmerican superhero whose power is to open doors) and Fang (a literal crocodile who knows Kung Fu) were essential in saving Paris. However, despite all the people fighting outside, the miraculised people remain too many and there is only one person who can save everyone from Monarch’s perfect plan.

Back in the Agreste mansion, Bug Noire is losing and her only escape is to cataclysm the floor which makes them land in the crypt (which was right under the mansion all along !!!). She then sees Emilie’s body and understand why Gabriel is doing all of this. When talking about his motive, the writers joke that if he succeeded, it would be hard to explain to Adrien why his mom, who has been dead for a year, is suddenly back and that while it would be unjust for Gabriel to trade her life for someone else’s, he doesn’t care and would just make Ladybug go away.

The team explains that in the following scenes, there is an alternance between the outside (in Paris) and inside (in the crypt) fights, with the dialogue happening inside continuing while we see what is happening outside on screen. They don’t do that often, which gives this scene all the more impact during the finale. They talk about how this kind of thing is a trademark of Miraculous: the episodes are quite dense despite their short length, thanks to the fact that the story continues when the action is taking place and the emotion continues to be conveyed. They oppose it to classical action movies where some scenes are dedicated to dialogue/story while fight scenes are just about fighting.

The writers say that from the moment Bug Noire gets her glue tube lucky charm, they are already working on the plot of season 6: when she manages to steal the butterfly miraculous from Monarch, she does not actually retrieve it because of how far away she is and it falls in the water below (cf Lila retrieving it which will be relevant in season 6).

At this moment, Gabriel loses and the resolution of the battle is not what we could’ve expected: we don’t have Ladybug winning by thrashing him, but she instead simply talks to him and even detransforms in front of him. It is not Ladybug who defeats Monarch but Marinette. This echoes to a message they have been trying to convey since the beginning : that in the end, it is not violence or strength that wins, but people talking to each other and opening up about their feelings. It is when people are not subject to their emotions, but instead try to understand them to think better and take the right decisions. And this is what Marinette is hoping for here by showing Gabriel the video of Émilie saying that she never wanted him to become evil, and instead just hoped for him to take care of Adrien (which he didn’t do lol).

In the end, Marinette and Gabriel’s main goals are the same : making Adrien happy. She takes a huge risk and detransforms to see how much he loves Adrien, or on the contrary how much he would rather bring his wife back. This is the only moment where we see Gabriel being truly emotional and understand why he has been doing all of that. Fred adds that he is a character who thinks love goes beyond good and evil, and oversteps every boundary, including moral ones. Therefore, Marinette is trying to solve a crisis of feelings by using feelings.

Back to the episode, we can see Marinette taking the biggest risk in her life and extending her hand to her nemesis, even the kwamis tell her that she’s insane. The writers joke that well, they were right, as Gabriel steals both miraculous and it does not end well (or at least not for now). Gabriel has now won as he can do what he has been wanting since the very beginning.

The team mentions that the next scene is one of the biggest reveals of the show, as we can finally see how the wish happens. We discover that the kwamis are not actually little plushies but take this appearance to avoid scaring their wielders, and the writers actually hinted to that in Dearest Family when Tikki ate all the galette des rois. One member of the team jokes that when the kwamis reveal themselves, they become a Swedish hit from the 70s : Gimmi (as a reference to Gimme ! Gimme ! Gimme ! by ABBA of course).

Moving on from the dad jokes, when Gabriel removes all of his miraculous rings, Marinette is released from the bee sting and can now witness her defeat. But the fact that Gabriel laid down his weapons shows that she has actually won, even though it is only shown and not said.

However, they say that there is still some doubt : we do not actually know what he wishes for as his words are cryptic and we only see the outcome of his wish. They do say that Émilie will not be brought back to life as Gabriel has finally mourned her death, which Adrien has already done for a long time. But Gabriel cannot live without her and decides to die with her.

In order to accomplish the wish, they explain that the world has to be destroyed and then re-created, which leads us to the aftermath of the wish a few weeks later and the pool party where everything seems to be going well. Then comes probably the most enigmatic shot of the episode with Nathalie and Amélie/Émilie. The writers say that they’re not telling us who it is but I think we can guess pretty easily based on what they said right before 😭😭. They also add that with Nathalie next to her we can guess what Gabriel’s wish was, but that it is "not what we think" and that there is a trick.

They say that with the final wish, they have arrived at the end of what they wanted to tell in this arc, which is a revolution of the minds. They said that each played their role, including the villain because he gave up on his power with which he could do anything to make his son happy. They add that the new world we are seeing shows the premise of season 6, which will have a "different taste" and in which they will talk about different things.

They say that at the end, some lies remain as Gabriel is presented as a hero. They say that Marinette gave Adrien the twin rings, in what frankly looks like a wedding proposal lol. Then they go insane because it’s time for LE BISOUUUU, and a real lovey kiss that they remember for once, not like in Oblivio, and not a desperate kiss like when Adrien left for London. However, even with all this cute romantic stuff, we can see some ominous butterflies flying around them…

In the next scene, we can see Marinette taking the miraculous that have been standardised and industrialised by Gabriel and putting them back in shape. The writers specify that this is a parabole about craftsmanship vs industrial production. The miraculous will now be adapted to every person, but we can’t see what they look like just yet! In this new world, the powers are all shared, among people who they trust and know will work for the common good. They joke that the "Avengers" shot at the end with all the heroes is something they’d been dreaming of.

In the last scene with Lila, they joke that it’s never really finished because there’s a bunch of epilogues one after the other. Thomas add that the school described at the end is how he thinks all schools should work!

And we’ve finally reached the end!! They don’t reveal anything in the scene where a weird flash appears in Lila’s room to keep the suspense, and just all scream going OMG WHAT’S HAPPENING!!!

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I hope this was helpful to learn more about the writing team and some stories behind the episodes!! Don't hesitate to add stuff if you think I forgot something or ask questions if I wasn't completely clear :)).

[ember-owlet]

the way you can see caitlyn struggle to keep a brave face before she reaches out and crumbles in vi's arms,, practically throwing herself into vi's embrace with the full trust that she'd catch her!! vi truly is her safe space in this moment and i couldn't have asked for a better scene between them. the way vi hesitates to fully enclose the hug before they both relax and allow themselves to be vulnerable with one another!!

THE WAY CAITLYN LEANS INTO VI'S TOUCH MIRRORS THEIR SCENE IN HER BEDROOM WHEN VI FIRST LEANS INTO CAIT'S TOUCH?!?! i will never be over this scene oh they make me so ill. /pos

the part that really gets to me is how small cait looks here, taking away the regression aspect just physically she seems so small in vi's arms (despite being significantly taller) and her little sobs as she leans into her chest pain me so much it was only episode one but GIVE MY GIRL A BREAK OH MY GOD.

as much as the agere fandom likes to make vi the main regressor and cait the caretaker (which don't get me wrong i am 100% in support of as well vi is baby) i'm so glad we get to see glimpses of what caitlyn would be like in their dynamic if she regressed. hell, i hope we see it more as the episodes progress because she's in dire need of support through her grief, from anyone who truly cares about her.

[mochiwrites]

That wild life episode huh….i immediately ran to you mochi cause i have a feeling you’d be reacting the same way as me- screaming/pos -🌸

YEAH. YEAH….

first of all. scar’s thumbnail. and episode title. why is he like this. secOND. HIS AND GRIAN’S I CAN SHOW YOU RHE WORLD BIT???? WHAT IS WRONG WITH THEM !!!!!

also there’s something about both grian and scar being on red together and kind of like…. Corroborating I’m so… I think they deserve to kill people together <3

outside of the scarian bits I’m SKFKDKKFLF I CANNOT BELIEVE MUMBO AND SKIZZ. AND MUMBO KILLING GRIAN????? THE BETRAYAL IM SO ILL. grian went on a Rampage and it was so deserved. I kinda forget sometimes how dangerous grian really is and then he goes and becomes Determined to kill and he strikes oh my god

this was such a good session oh man. Oh Man. I have a feeling next session is gonna be the last one

[alexthemacaronian]

II EPISODE 15 RELATED STUFD

INUSTFINISHED II2 EP15 AND OH MY GOF I AL ASCENDING????THAT WASACTUALKHB SOHOOD

I CANT MAKE COHERENT SENTENCESRN SO IM NOT GPMNA PICK APART THE EPISODE (YET) BUT MAN. ALSOI WAS WAYYY OFF WHEN ITALKED ABOYT THE TRAILER LMAOAOAKSO

THWYRE SO FUCKING STUPID I HOPE THEY EXPLODE AND DIE /VVVPOS

WRITERS HOW COULD YOU WRITE THIS YOU. YOU.

IM NOT EVEN MAD LB GOT OUT THAT WAS THE MOST WHOLESOME SHIT EVER ARE YOU KIDDING ME???

ME RN v

ALSO TT MAKING LB A PEN TO CLICK WHEN ANXIOUS THAT SENDS OUT A DISTRESS SIGNAL??? ACTUALLY HOW DARW YOU.HOW DARE YOUUUU (/VVPOS)

YALL WERE NOT SLICK KN THE SLIGHTEST WITH THIS PEN DESIGN

"I came as fast as I coul" SHUT UP YOU GODDAMN HOMOSEXUAL (/VVVPOS, ALL OF THIS IS POS IM GOING TO STOP CLARIFYING RHAT FROM NOW ON BUT JS SO YK)

I HATE THEM SO MUCH I HOPE THEY EXPLODE can yall tell who my favs are ikik it's very hard

ALSO TACOS MUSICAL NUMBE????HELEPRO???????THAT SHIT WAS FUCKING FIRE I NEED IT INJECTED INTO MY BLOODSTREAM

ALSO TACO AND MEPAD AS A DUO I HRHRHGGRGGEGRGTHRHHRHRHRHSH

ALSO COBS????HELLO???? wRITERS STOP TORTURING MEPHONE HES CLEARLY STRUGGLING TO COPE AS IS LAMALKWKQNAKQMJEJKEJEHWHWHHWHEHQHHWHE

OKAY ILL STFU NOW,ILLBEBACK WHEN IM REASY TO TALK ABOYT THIS EPISODE IN FULL LAMOWJEH

(I PROMISE I CARE ABOUT EVERYTHING ELSE IN THE EP TOO BUT I NEED3D YO GET RHIS BRAINGOOP PIT FISRT 🙏🙏)

[duchessofostergotlands]

Jess,

I was reading your latest posts and my heart aches for you. I wish I could tell you that everything is gonna be ok, but that is an uncertainty. What I can tell you is that when a man treats you poorly the first time, he will do it again and again. They get an image of you asa person that doesn’t change over time. And that surgeon guy is a POS! (Sorry for my French). When a guy cares about you, he doesn’t hurt you physically and emotionally; a lot less talks about intimate details with his friends. Reading how you feel about yourself brings memories of me in my late teens, earlier 20s. It took me years and a lot of work to improve my self esteem, and to see myself as worthy; I know you don’t see the light at the end of the tunnel right now, but I’m sure you will surpass this awful episode and grow stronger and wiser.

I really appreciate that. And in particular I appreciate the line about not being able to say everything will be ok. When you have a chronic mental illness you hear constantly about how everything will be fine, and it's well intentioned but bull. Sometimes it's not fine!

But what you say about the man treating you poorly over and over is accurate. Since this all kicked off I've realised that part of me knew. We had these occasionally flirtatious messages over the years but when he got back in touch recently I was initially hesitant. It took an incredibly long time for me to agree to meet him because I didn't really want to actually see him. And I thought to myself a few times "you don't want this, you don't want him." But at the time I was actually trying to put into practice some of the other life lessons people have tried to share with me over the years: "why not? Get out there, enjoy yourself, say yes to more things!" And now looking back I see so many moments where I should have asserted my boundaries or cut him off and I didn't because I wanted to feel wanted. I'm going to try and learn from this in the future but it's frustrating because I've lived with this for so long and I knew it wasn't healthy but the fear of being alone and the shame and self hatred is just so strong that it wins every time. After 14 years I'm not sure how you change that. Plus when you're in your 20s you have a lot of tunnel left to go. But I'm 32 so when it comes to relationships I'm pretty much at the very end of the tunnel and I'm not seeing much light! Every day it gets a little harder to believe there is anything good coming, you know?

[yb-cringe]

its time.

PRE-VIEWING PREDICTIONS:

Last time HALF the cast died so I'm expecting the same turnout. Or. well fuck there's an odd amount so like a little less or more than half. I think Joui and Arthur are gonna be our only survivors here. Even if Thiago survives the battle (assuming theres a battle) he's gonna die anyway. so.

I mean they have to fight the blacksmith right. They're gonna have to kill that guy. Here's hoping kenan gets the final blow I think he deserves it

I HOPE THEY BURN SANTO BERçO TO THE GROUND. GOD I WANNA SEE IT BURN OH THESE MOTHERFUCKERS MAN.

is there still stuff to figure out. still dont know where the rest of the scientists went. you know i hope agatha somehow makes a shoehorn appearance in this episode and she's somehow killed them all bc idk shes sick like that /pos

Someones gonna have to tell sr. Verissimo about everything and he's gonna have an aneurysm finding out not only did his once Best team get murked but so did this one and also there's STILL a threat of at least 3 other scary symbol shits out there. (ill be honest. i know this one only bc of qsmp i already know the fears SO . this wasnt a surprise to me but itll be a surprise to him kadsjfdsf)

if joui survives i hope he keeps the lusidii thing. not because i think he'd like it but i think looking into the mirror and knowing he can become the very thing that killed so many of his friends and equipe kelvin and whatever will absolutely kill him. joui jouki, so scared of being morally corrupt, looks like the perfect image of a villain in his eyes and that'd be awesome

if arthur survives i need him to see ivete again and get a hug and a prosthetic or something i need him to play guitar again or ill go insane with grief like someone diagnosed with hysteria

I pray Liz doesn't survive seeing everyone killed again because i dunno if she can take it.

Also I've been told somehow after this episode it'll be clear where the ship lines are drawn. Which is vague enough that it wasn't spoilers and ill be honest if its already happened i am not aware. but my one prediction is that thiago is gonna have to leave/die and liz gets in one last kiss either that or liz has to die and arthur gets in one last kiss :thumbs-up: that's the only way i can even imagine such a definitive line in the same could be drawn

idk how cellbit would narrate this but i hope mariana drags miguel to hell. sorry. actually im not sorry. i hope it hurts <3

[nijigasakilove]

Another really fun episode with some great Maomao moments.

Creepy one eye glass dude from last week is back and looks like he’s taken an interest in Maomao after overhearing some people talking about her exploits.. really bad vibes from him.

“People naturally pay attention to stories that are interesting” “you always cut me off mid sentence” 😭 man why Maomao always gotta do my boy Jinshi so dirty. No wonder he get insecure about her lol.

The pufferfish poisoning case was really interesting and still relevant today. In many parts of SEA it’s still eaten as a delicacy and very much runs the risk of severe illness or death. Just a couple of months ago, my mom was telling me about a lady who went to a restaurant and ended up dying from eating it. Why you’d risk your life for some food I have no idea, but it is a thing

Love how Maomao just tests the potentially poisonous seaweed with absolutely no hesitation whatsoever. She’s a riot

Speaking of stupidity, killing your brother over inheritance stuff is also a tale as old as time and looks like the case was as open and shut as that. As soon as Basen and Maomao got there and the young master got all suspicious, I knew it had to be him.

Case might have been predictable, but Maomao’s faces and antics during this episode made it great. Jinshi bashing his head up against the wall because of how cute Maomao’s maid cafe style greeting was.. don’t blame him at all lol.

Yea, this Lakan dude is a POS. Bragging about considering raping a courtesan because she didn’t want you, and “lowering her value” what a scumbag. The courtesan shown in the flashback almost seems like she could be Maomao’s mom with the same coloured hair, similar personality etc… I wonder.. I doubt the inheritance puzzle he wants her help with is as simple as he’s made it out to be too.

Next episode should be really interesting

[risingscorchingsuns]

OHHH MY GOD YOU CANT MAKE ME WAIT A FUCKING WEEK FOR THIS. YOU CANT MAKE ME WAIT A WEEK FOR THE MUZAN KAGAYA CONFRONTATION YOU CANT DO THIS TO ME. FUCKING HELL OH MY GODDDD

hiiiii im feeling so normal right now!!!!!!!!!!!! *barely contained frenzy of biting and screaming*

anyway thoughts on this weeks ep!!! <3

- tanjiro. please. please i love you baby but i will never understand why you decided it was a good idea to go “🥺 are you fighting about ohagi? ill make lots!!” tanjiro honey they are TRAINING

-/pos btw. I love him he’s iconic for this

-shoutout to giyuu for immediately finding out about Sanemi’s favorite food and being like “:) if I bring some to him we’ll be best friends :)” giyuu sweetheart i love you. ive been waiting so long to see this scene animated god I love them. im not even much of a sanegiyuu shipper i just think this whole scene is iconic

- the ECHOES of muzan’s FOOTSTEPS right after Sanemi realizes they’ve been infiltrated????? holy fuck it is CHILLING. ohhhhhh mygoooodddd. oh my god im going INSANE

- holy shit, I feel like it’s massively under-discussed how dark Gyomei’s backstory is. Like… the whole scene really pounds it in how brutal his experiences were. His disgust at having to fight, much beyond what a normal human would tolerate. He likely had to keep caving the demon’s head in over and over because it kept regenerating. Holy shit. The color choice of everything being monochrome except for the blood is particularly chilling. I love when media uses that palette and KNY does it so good

- AUGHHHH his smile when he pats tanjiro 🥺🥺🥺 he thinks about Sayo…. GOD I love the Hashira

- I’d love to read more character analysis on Gyomei. I feel like we didn’t get as much context for his character as we deserved- why he continued to fight, despite how disgusted he is by his own strength, why he trained Genya despite his general distrust, especially towards children? Ultimately, I believe it comes down to Gyomei being a genuinely gentle human, and I’d love to read more analysis on how he maintains that. Maybe his own repetitive action helps him. I wrote a big paragraph about questions about his character, but wound up deleting it because I found myself answering them as I wrote. Regardless, if Gyomei is anybody’s blorbo to the extent that Kyojuro is mine I would absolutely love to hear your thoughts on him- I think he’s a massively underrated character and I’d love to understand him deeper!

-OUGHHH THE MUSIC!!!!!!! god I am LOVING the theme they did with the sanegiyuu fight that shit went CRAZYYYY. and the ANIMATION. look im biased because i love the way water breathing looks but godddd its so pretty. also drop ripple thrust mentioned!!!! we haven’t seen that form since Susamaru!!!

-is the next episode gonna be the last in this season?????????? where are they cutting this off?????? god i wish i could reread the manga but i lent the set to a friend so he could read it pain agony MY CROSS REFERENCES

- [MANGA SPOILERS BEYOND THIS POINT]

-I’m presuming Zenitsu’s letter was about his Master’s suicide, and Kaigaku’s transformation. I think it was really clever of ufotable to put this scene in Gyomei’s episode, and put spotlights on Kaigaku being the kid that first betrayed Gyomei- I think that fact was only actually mentioned in a Taisho Era Secret. That’s gonna blow a lot of minds in the finale arc lol

-I wish we got more development on Zenitsu in this arc. His processing of the letter, his departure from Tanjiro and the others. I think Zenitsu is also a really misunderstood character, and this arc doesn’t exactly do him many favors in that regard. I wish we’d gotten a bit of filler vis-a-vis his development, but I’m hoping we still get that in his fight with Kaigaku.

[tomyo]

Dungeon Meshi perfectly captures love and bonds developed between found families. At the start you expect a bunch of people who mostly reluctantly deal with each other, especially with how much things were falling apart only for the story to slowly tell you these people were once a hugely solid venturing group.

There really is a gentle beauty to the way the story slowly unveils the love they share for each other, Laois often going out of his way to protect Marcille who is one of the most integral people in the party. In another series they’d probably be the ones shipped if it weren’t for the obvious lesbianism. While she’s initially portrayed as whining and high maintenance, as the story goes on she’s very practical and determined to help their chances by teaching Laios magic. There’s also small details at the start like comforting back pats when Laois makes himself ill on bad cooking. A later episode I love is when he willingly ventures into her nightmare to help her from bad nightmares. The show makes a point that being in good condition is tantamount to surviving the dungeon but the motivation obviously lies more around her mental suffering. To me Laios and Marcille are also the standout relationship in the red dragon fight, they act like they have the most tightest bond of the current members. I want to liken them to a lady and her knight but also in how again, the series subverts the obvious dynamic of partners with romantic undertones that usually would get put onto them. Laios deeply cherishes Marcille but in the way one would cherish their sister (fitting since he is an older brother).

Chilchuck stands out as being especially distant and anti social with the others, the most likely to criticize the others. Albeit even before he is clocked as loving his teammates you can see the dad in him pop out at many points, more specifically his girl dad ness rubbing off on his relationship with Marcille. A cute early moment where she tiredly insists to got with him for the water refill but he refuses only then to get in trouble and believe she’ll be no use when in reality she was already waking up the others to find him. The irony is her thinking of him as younger when she really hovers around him like a daughter would around their father. He protects her innocence over the mermaid eggs for instance. A commonly seen spoiler is he is the one to braid her hair when she looses the ability to desire that. You regularly see him being the one to patch gear as well. His moodiness if often attributed to his age but it was mentioned somewhere he intentionally calorie restricts so he doesn’t set off traps and it wouldn’t surprise me if he experiences regular hunger.

Finally when it comes to Laios, I find him surprisingly profoundly sad. Despite being the biggest source of comedic relief, his oddities come with a sense of profound loneliness. It’s natural for a big brother to be determined to save his younger sister but flashbacks often sell me the idea that Falin is the one who truly gets him the most. There’s a higher range of emotions flash back Laois shows, sometimes feeling like a completely different person. A goofy child, a broodish teen, and a cautious young adult, always with Falin alongside him in his memories. But as a full adult he expresses happiness and light levels of sadness but often a lot more subdued contemplation is involved, likely why he is also the presumed party leader. In some ways it can feel like that lack of expression was in part the sense of a neurodivergent beat down into normalcy. Despite his comfort around his party, he never tells them of Kensuke’s nature. But Falin was shown to adore her brother deeply and share interests in dungeon culture with him. They never seemed to fully develop a “I ‘hate’ you” sibling phase. While mostly keeping calm about rescuing her, you can see a desperation suddenly appear when he finally takes on the red dragon.

The loss of Falin clearly has a big effect on all of them as possibly the heart of the group. You first feel it around the ghosts appearing when Chilchuck realizes she isn’t there to protect them. Someone who warded off the mental hardships for her comrades, such as the one to teach Laois about nightmares. Loved by Shuro and considered accepting his proposal despite not sharing his feelings. Loved by Marcille so much that she committed a crime to bring her back even though it lead to them never being able to leave the dungeon. Her return completely takes the edge off the group. It’s the defining jump from silly antics to more tender family moments. The group more or less surrenders their lives above for her sake. There’s something beautiful about that when we see from Marcille’s memories, she was also seen as a bit of a freak by her peers.

On the opposite side, there is Senshi who often exemplifies a lack of familiarity with the group. His relationships are defined as a common interest with Laois, an ignorance for chilchuck’s maturation, and often at odds with Marcille. In a lot of ways he stays an outsider for a long part of the first half of the anime, rarely presenting a character growth moment until the kelpie instance. Despite overall being agreeable, he acted somewhat arrogant over his understanding of the dungeon and his beliefs. One of the few ways he had to grow thus far is accepting his views weren’t always the truth.

The newest member Izutsumi was a great means to display the bond developed thus far, basically creating an outsider view of a family they have yet to belong to. Her story questions the norm we accepted of people who eat together from the vantage of someone who never was in a familial situation but rather a living piece of property. This time Senshi is playing the role of the father, teaching her manners for her food while Chilchuck is a bit of a pissy uncle until they manage to bond over a fight leading to him making her her own bag, and finally Marcille trying to be caring to her needs. What got me the most is what can be said from how in tune they were together with creating a sauna and how comfortable they were being semi nude with each other in a tight space. A different series would have taken the opportunity to exploit Marcille and Izutsumi for a moment of cheesecake. However we never really end up with a lingering shot or a comment on the situation because no one there is sexually interested in each other that way; they are a family after all. Great place to point out the difference in tone compared to Falin and Marcille’s bath scene, two characters considered to be the rare non platonic instance. Beyond that, there is some warmth to the way the all join in with each other for a meal as Izu watches on; Senshi feeding the blind Laois his food while Chilchuck joins his surrogate daughter (Marcille) who smiles at his presence.

I feel like I could go more at some point into ep 20, the overall dynamic, and the sadness of Laois but I’ll falling short rn.

[callsign-relic]

relic i can see why u were so excited for me to watch the next few episodes and i also see why season 1 was WAY less memorable than this season because holy FUCK. i was NOT PREPARED !!!! for any of this!

episodes 9, 10 and 11 here!!

S2 EP9 (36)

Code of Hero... who is this ep going to be focusing on 👀

typing while the dramatics of earth animals go on: probably not SB, because. he had last ep. MAYBE introducing new character but also..... HEY WAIT WE NEVER SAW WHAT DINOBOT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE DOING LAST EP... 

yesssSSSS!! DINOBOT EPISODE!!

oh!! OH!!!! THIS IS IT theres the Dinoclone pelt on his wall!!! WOW that was a LONG time ago. anyway you told me to tell u when it happened! here :]

its also kinda thematically appropriate if the ep is focused on "code of hero" because his righteousness/code of conduct was smth that came up in the fight w Dinobot and his clone... 

I really love how cinematic these shots are holy shiiiit

what was he doing... because uhhhhh that. looked a while lot like the pose in which you would uh... commit seppuku.

THE EXPLOSION IS MOVING INTO THE FUTURE...? 

AND THATS HOW CYBERTRON WILL FIND THEM?!?!?!

Rattrap :( 

ohhhhhhhhhhh....... Rattrap is lashing out because he was hurt by dinobots betrayal.... AUGH

OH NO DINOBOT MONOLOGUE AGAIN (/lh) 

AHAHSHRBRNNGKRNGMEBFKGBGEL i love his monologues BUT ALSO ITS EXTREMELY UNDERMINED BY THE IMAGE OF "AN ELEVATOR DESCENDING, REVEALING A DINOSAUR HOLDING A GUN" Hrjtkfhdkfndk

Dinobot is going after Rampage and Megatron!!!

oh i like the transition being the antelope/pronghorn. hanging about near Dinobot then next u see one in the web...

"ahhhh~ Dinner is served! [nasty noises]" i love Tarantulas so much hes such a freak.

OAUAIIKRHFJF DINOBOT SURPRISE!!!!!! im even more appreciative of that transition now <3 

there goes dinner :C

AHRKFOEKMWBFKENFKE HES RIDING?? TARANTULAS?????

genuinely this is such an underused thing in tf media. let them ride each other around more its fucking hilarious

shdjfkdjekfnfkdjsk BIG DINOSAUR MEGS SCARING ALL THE. uh. i assume these are what will become humans.

oh the Lore................ 

Rampage :( 

MOUNTAIN GONE!!!!!!! OH

*oh...* the future CAN be changed 👀👀 ohohoho hoooooOOOO

IS HE PLANNING ON TRYING TO WIPE OUT HUMANITY BEFORE IT CAN EVEN BEGIN...

oh my god !!!

YES get squarshed Tarantulas!!!! LMAO

i have favs where im like I NEED NOTHING BAD TO EVER HAPPEN TO YOU AND FOR LIFE TO BE GREAT ALL THE TIME (Silverbolt) and others where im like YESSSS CRUSH THEM Again !! (Tarantulas) 

"my choices are my own... and how ironic, for now i find... i have no choice at all"

ITS SO CINEMATIC IM GONNA CRY /pos

its so cool. FUCK THATS COOL

oughhhh,,, Dinobot gets to be SO so so cool this ep

hey we also get an interior cannon shot from rampage like the one we got w Megatrons mouth. also really good.

AHRKFOFJSKSB HE STUFFED WASPINATOR INTO RAMPAGES CANNON HEHEJEKFG

the musical beats are so so so delightful

worst weirdo has arrived. (QS) "dont bother gettin up, ill just ah, kick you while you're down :)"

OUGHHGH... DINOBOT,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

DINOBOT,,,!!!!!!!!!! YOUR WARNINGS!!!

NOOOOOOOOOOOOO DONT TELL ME DIES THIS EP NOOOO

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

"you were weakened before you started, dinobot. weakened by... compassion." fucking sick as hell

FINAL WARNING,, AOAIUUGH

HE GOT THE DISC- 

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHB

Fuck hold on i gotta take a sec i cant fuxking see through my TEARS EXCUSE ME

AUGHGHHGDHHHHFHH,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

rattrap and dinobot are still bantering,, ahhhrhhhhrhh

HEYM. HEY. EHY DINOBOT YOU DONT GET TO HAMLET ON ME AGAIN. I RECOGNISE THAT FUCKUNG LINE YOU CANT DOOOO THIS TO ME

"and the rest is silence" THATS THE LAST WORDS HAMLET SPEAKS BEFORE DYING DINOBOT NO

his spark...................

AUUUUUUUUAUIUHHAHHHHHGBFBBBVDB IM CRYINGGGGG

oh my god. he gave humans tools/weapons.

dinobot :((((((((((

I HAD TI TAKE A DAY TO RECOVER BUT RWADING MY NOTES AGAIN MAKES ME SO SADDD i wasnt prepared!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

S2 EP10 (37)

Episode title... Transmutate :0

I started properly paying attention to the episode titles and now i can't stop its so fun i love trying to piece things together 

what. the fuck is Megatron splicing into his veins while hes sleepin.

Rampage's spark!!

OHO hes gonna try for it!!!

OH GOD I JUST REALISED THAT THE THING HOLDIN HIS SPARK HAS SPIKES IN IT. that's even worse and really good what the fuck

earthquake...

silverbolt not findinf rattraps puns funny is fantastic shfjfbsj,, does he just not think theyr funny or does he Not Get It.

?!?!? Cheetor saved rattrap but WHAT happened 

OH NO THEYVE BEEN BURIED(

Pod!!!!!!!!!!! POD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! UAIDOFKFJDK POD...

RAMPAGE!!!

fuuuuuuuuuuuck fuck his voice is so good i love it ohuuikkwjkgmmnngmmfnm,,, im,, hjrnmnrejh,,

OHH?!?! silverbolts almost outta commissio-

GREAT AUNT ARCEE? RATTRAP?

:000000000 NEW CHARACTER...

Oohhahhhh??? Transmutate....!!

Rampage... hes so soft w them... even though he wants them to follow in his footsteps (violence) hes so. hrgh,,,

Megatrons floating head again.

oughh THE WAY THEY ANIMATE TRANSMUTATE... so cool. they look so unnatural and janky but its really really good

:000 🥺 :(( dont be mean to them... 

Transmutate cannot transform...

HRJSKAHFKS??? HE GAVE THEM AN IMPOSSIBLE TASK

Rampage,, hes cunning,,,, and smart,,, and cool,,,,,,,,,,

SILVERBOLLLT NOOO

:00000... this is so fascinating... 

transmutate ily,,

awwwh..... silverbolt standing up for them 🥺🥺🥺

rampage!!!!!! AHH

i!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

BURSTS INTO TEARS A SECOND TIME!!

TRANSMUTATEEEEEEE NOOO

rampage and silverbolt,, in this moment we are brothers... hhhrhhgrgh......

I DONT HAVE WORDSSS FOR THIS EP TJEY MADE ME GET SO ATTACHED TO A CHARACTER THAT SHOWS UP FOR LIKE 10 MINUTES THEN DIES IM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

AHHHHHHH

i was not prepared x2!!!! AHH,, doubly devastated.

S2 EP11 (38)

AOUGH this ones a multiparter... The Agenda :0

OHH theyll be detecting the explosion soon!!

WHERED RHINOX GET A PARTY BLOWER

rattrap???? "the servin bots are walkin around minus their torso plates if you know what i mean" HEKAHFKFHE?? whyd he look towards Cheetor and lower his voice. is Cheetor too young for this???????? HOW OLD IS CHEETOR. 

RHDJDKDJSK OKAY NVM HES BABY. SIX LASERS. is this the mech equivalent of Six Flags... he just wants to go to an amusement park

Blackarachnia on screen! GAMBLE? what is Megatron gambling on...

ARE SILVERBOLT AND BLACKARACHNIA GOING TO HAVE A DATE

!!!!! they ARE??!?

"you could be reprogrammed" oh yeah how romantic.

OH THEY KISSING????!?!?!

>:0 the blast hit a Predacon outpost...

who the fuck. are these

THAT RENEGADE... Megatron...........

FASCINATING lore. also RIP the Predacon Alliance still wants to take over and they aren't alerting the Maximals...

who is on their way!! who are they sending !!

RATTRAP. AGSKSDKHDSKDHK???? "scoutin the enemy... find any new positions?"

they really could say anything in cartoons back tgen <3 

FUCK!! battle time again!!

everyone is so MEAN to rattrap. stinkyyy man

!!!!!!

whos THIS!!

MYSTERIOUS STRANGER 

OHHHHHHH???? theyre undetectable...

FORMER DECEPTICON...

im trying to think of characters that exist that have this power 

WAIT. 

IS THIS RAVAGE????

IT IS ?????????????????????????

genuinely more surprised that i got this right than surprised by the reveal itself

BUT SERIOUSLY RAVAGE ????

WHYS HE RUSSIAN

whats BA doing...

tarantulas .... hes shootin off somewhere too...

AW POOR CHEETOR

Gasp.... silverbolt cant shoot his gf :(

awhhhh.......

OHHHHHH?!!!?! Ravage ARRESTED Megatron

i'll send the next 2 when i wake up tmr hopefully this isnt too long lol. I FINISHED THE SEASON (!!!) and im YELLING the entire time!! i thought i knew cliffhangers BUT THESE ARE CLIFFHANGERS.

- init

AAAHHHHFHFJF YEEESSS!!!!!! These are some of my all time favorite episodes in the whole series so I’m so excited to have read your thoughts on them finally :D

AUGHH CODE OF HERO….. Dinobot :( fun fact— the reason this episode looks so cinematic is because it is the only episode in the entire series to actually have proper storyboards made before animation started. Normally when they make an episode the animators just got the scripts/recorded lines and could animate the characters however they wanted (given the direction of the story ofc), but they actually did proper storyboards this time because they knew this was a very important episode, and they wanted to do it justice.

OTHER FUN FACT! I have a physical copy of said storyboards :3c the very first originals were auctioned away years ago, but someone on eBay somehow got a copy and made a physical version that they sold and I purchased :D it includes wonderful faces such as. These

TRANSMUTATEEEE…. MY BABY. I LOVE THEM SO MUCH. Lemme just share this bit from tfwiki:

So I personally like to refer to Transmutate as “she” but ofc anyone can do whatever they want :D Transmutate she/it icon (/hj /silly)

And YES…. THE AGENDA!!! This arc is crazy I can’t wait to see your thoughts on it. RAVAGE!!! I LOVE how they bring back “older” characters. I know you already finished the season by the time you sent this in but I wanna say more when I actually see the things you said for the next episodes HEHEHE

[sageandred]

A Hollyoaks Debrief

some thoughts I have on Lucas/Dillon/Frankie

-re:the episode where Dillon breaks up w/Lucas, he's definitely guilty and avoiding owning up, but it's like he's punishing himself before Lucas even has the option to leave and break his heart back

-These hayray plots are silly and classic, predictable soap ideas, but if I'm treating this plot like it's good + looking at their relationship from an analytical standpoint, it makes sense for the underlying issues in their relationship. could've gotten there a different way, but... Before the jump, the stuff coming back up now seemed pushed under the rug, though they'd grown simultaneously. I always expected a breakup: Lucas has always been less experienced than Dillon; he's literally his first relationship. The aftermath w/him crying on Ste's shoulder, and the recounting of memories, that very much determine his own wellbeing confirms that he puts way too much of his happiness in Dillon and he treated him as the rock during his sexuality journey so soon after so much personal trauma.

-Lucas violent tendencies being brought back up 🙃😾😮‍💨😒; I guess it makes sense, again, from the standpoint of he never really dealt with it. I think when that horrible folly moment happened, it woke him up in a way that was quicker than if he would've kept going down that path, but Lucas has always had anger issues; going back to new Lucas' show entrance, he's never handled his emotions well and he never had any kind of remedy/help to cope that would be effective down the line (again, replacing Dillon as a remedy/relying on Dillon to determine his happiness...not good).

-The biggest thing I'm angry about with Dillon is that the joint storyline's with him and Lucas always put him in a villian arc...even though Lucas literally had a violent streak, but you could empathize with him due to everything they'd hinted with him. This is the second time they've done this where Lucas will be hurt...after Freya, with no exploration into how he's feeling/felt and what led him to soap shenanigans; there is no real reason why the Leah story arc is needed. (I need this guy to have a backstory on his dad or something where he's crashing a car for the plot, getting into situations but not enough for unreasoned troublemaking for once). like, if we look at his character trajectory, Dillon's always been a little ignored and replacing that for being other people's listening ear or support (his family/his friends..). Actually, the more I think about it, they're both codependent, not just Lucas relying on Dillon and him feeling the need to care for him; but especially when they got together Dillon didn't have Misbah (as much)/Dillon lost friends/relationships over time. again, hate this plotline, but can't say I'm surprised that this is the route they took. (Dillon saying he was lonely and they both found comfort in one another was actually the least shocking thing this show's delivered me all year that I knew before that baby was even confirmed to be his)

-I think Frankie will end up blurting it out about the baby to Lucas when she's drunk

-unpopular but the only thing I wish with Frankie is Darren acted more supportive/solely on her side w/the JJ illness plot (sadly, it's realistic everything she's feeling now and JJ being a pos, but written with this illness). idk, depending on how they handle it, I don't think it necessarily justifies his actions unless they decide to use a narrative that does so, but I get how certain audiences may view him in a better light regardless of the show's narrative and how frustrating this plot is. god give Frankie a break. (I so so hope whatever decision her character makes, she gets to have a huge power moment/speech or something at the end that grants her revenge in some way).

[soopest]

SO GUYS. I FINISHED III

GOD DAMN DO I HAVE THOUGHTS GUYS. but i'll just cover things i think are relevant to the doodles i made afterwards. if you have any questions on my thoughts on things i wouldn't be impartial to asks or replies to the post :3 i just need to rant for a minute im so mentally ill please

knife is only there because my friend watched ii s2 and he LOVES knife and i was like. word. hes awesome so i drew knife for him

HOOO BOY OKAY nickel and balloon. it was a bumpy ride fellas. going immediately from s2 where nickel was kinda a POS to s3 where they suddenly became acquaintances was a little weird to me. (especially in that one episode where silver & candle interrogate nickel about baseball. no suitcase mention?? huh???) but it was cool to see their journey! the buddy-buddy thing seemed weird throughout earlier episodes because in s2 balloon and nickel kinda hated each other's guts so i'm glad that was covered in a later episode and that their friendship was actually solidified. BUT that doesn't leave nickel off the hook if he dont march his ass up to suitcase and say sorry the minute they go back to season 2 i'm gonna have a WORD with that boy

BOT!!! OH BABY BOT they are SO adorable and i loved the reveal that they were a robot! i was so mystified on how bow was magically alive at the beginning and seeing that it was just a product of tt and fan's grief was very heartbreaking... but seeing bot evolve into their own person was genuinely so so so beautiful and the representation for queer folks is done very gracefully and it's very wholesome. seriously im not even trans and i was tearing up like a little bitch y'all. fan and test tube are the parents ever it's so cute and they are the cutest fam ever

silver spoon and candle.... hrrrmmm you are certainly funny little guys.... i would like to put you in a jar and study you.... their sudden intense craving for winning was a little jarring but their dynamic is funny. i didn't like silver much at first but he def grew on me especially in the finals, and candle's friendship with yinyang was really cute too (still bawling he got out i really grew to love him.) AND dont think i didnt see ur blushing in ep 17 silver. im onto you

i already covered bot but i just needed to say their friendship with painty is the BEST THING and for some reason painty just stating they were nonbinary made me unnecessarily happy like YES KING (NONGENDERED) GO LIVE UR TRUTH WE LOVE YOU

cabby... oh you are an interesting little gal. i saw her design before ever watching iii and i was like wow! what a critter! but i'll be so honest at first i didn't like her because her information obsessed demeanor seemed very cold and calculating to me (and i'm so biased for fan and tt so when she got them out i was like. Girl.) but now that i understand her whole character arc, how she learned that its not always about the "facts" and how to lean on people, it was really heartwarming and shes rly grown on me. im a cabby appreciator

blueberry's whole fiasco was interesting. errrrrm u tried buddy that's all i gotta say. respect the hustle man

AND FLOORY IS THERE TOO i love him he's in the club of my favorite brits he's a silly guy

okay. if you read this far i'm so proud of you. also the whiteboard doodle was before i finished the series LMAOOOO um hope u enjoy that. thanks for reading my insane ramblings it might happen again i am not sorry

[boyswillbebutch]

Lark can I just ask u 1-25 for end of year asks or is that too much? 🤨 if it is then choose the ones u wanna answer the most but if u have the timeeee <3

kelp i'm going insane i love answering questions this is the best thing ever

uh. answers under the cut so everyone else gets spared/silly

According to spotify wrapped it was Nothing matters by the Last Dinner Party but I'd say Good Luck Babe by chappell roan (not that amazing but that was me discovering her music)

...I don't listen to albums...but if musicals count then the Heathers soundtrack lmao

I deleted this question and then forgot if it said solo artists and/or bands but!! Lesley Gore! Yes she sung in the 60's if i'm correct but I love her music

EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE that movie makes me ill/pos

Sweetooth because its last season came out this year and I'm still not recovering (you should watch it,,,its rlly good,,)

I don't rlly watch tv shows (i should) so I'd say a podcast episode that stuck with me this year was the first ep of the Peachyville Horror just cuz I love the characters <3

David Tennant. I do not know actors but I questioned my gender and sexuality over that man

Mouthwashing even though I've pretty recently discovered it and haven't even played it myself

I had to go through my photos for this one but best month would be July! Even though it started kinda shitty (breakup lmao), it was Artfight season and thats the most connected I've felt with other artists in agesss

I won't say breakup but I will say The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams made me question my life and sob (its such a good book)

Wear whatever I want in public!! Or just get better self confidence next year would be great

I did make a new irl friend but egh not on good terms anymore so I'd say in online friends literally all my mutuals I talk to now hiii love you guys (this includes you kelp/lh)

It was great!! Some planning issues but I had a picnic :]

besides the book i already recommended, there's An Unexpected Party edited by Seth Malacari which is a bunch of short queer speculative fiction stories set in Australia and it makes me so so happy to see characters like me fr!!! (its way more diverse than I was expecting and covers so many things besides queerness)

skipping school...school attendance DROPPED this year but 2025 will be my year trust

For the life of me I can't remember meals but I can say a food related memory. I'm half latino and I said tortilla in the whitest way possible unironically and I can't escape it/hj

Tbh school! Chose subjects I think I'll really enjoy next year

I learned a lot in artstyle! My art has evolved and I'm very happy about that

Redecorated my room at my mum's so now its more cozy :D

Sydney! Go there pretty much every year to see family but its still a nice place to go

To be prepared for change cuz oh boy past me you have a road ahead of you

I don't rlly keep new year's resolutions cuz I forget most of the time lmao

I DID!!! Most of my ocs became more fleshed out characters and I made a lot of dnd ocs this year

For the pictures questions you get art/silly

One on the left is from exactly a year ago and the one on the right is from two weeks ago!! (not the best example but these are the same characters)

[annimator]

Ngl i forgot to make posts about episodes 10 & 11 of DC4 soooooooo

• ofc red team wins the cooking challenge. they literally have a fucking chef (/pos) on their team

• also ZAIVY’S CANON. WHO CHEERED

• I HOPE THEIR RELATIONSHIP WON’T HAVE UPCOMING ANGST

• Ivy kicking her feet was a mood lmao

• Still kinda sad that Logan & Richard talk got interrupted. I’ve been waiting LITERAL WEEKS TO SEE LOGAN’S SEXUALITY SUBPLOT HAPPEN AND IT’S PROBABLY ONLY GONNA COME TO A HEAD ONCE HE GETS ELIMINATED & THAT MAKES ME SAD

• at least he took “staying true to himself” by not voting out his bestie

• oh ye, speaking of which, that whole twist with Lynda’s elimination was genius. Giving her a chance to return to the game by competing in a mini-challenge with the next person to get voted out was genius

• and then she got eliminated for real lmao

• I was actually kind sad when she got eliminated ngl

• first time Hannah’s in a thumbnail & she got her shit wrecked by Anastasia

• Benji was great as always thx to him locking in. I love him

• the autism is strong with this boy

• AND THE FUCKING PUPPY DOG EYES & THE “DUMP-TRUCK ASS” CALLBACK? I LOVE IT

• also THE TRINJI CRUMBS? ILL TAKE IT

• & ALL THE TREVEK MOMENTS WERE ADORABLE ALSO THE FIRST DOUBLE GREETING THAT HAD THEM KISS AT THE END DROPPED AND IT WAS BEAUTIFUL

• I like many people thought Anastasia & Spencer were gonna have beef in episode 12 but got proven wrong

• we loves mlm wlw solidarity & enemies to friends in this household

• ALSO THAT “PRETEND THE PRIZE IS A DATE WITH JAMES COSTA” IS CRAZY. I SAID THIS IN THE COMMENTS, BUT MA’AM THAT MAN MAY BE ATTRACTIVE TO PEOPLE REGARDLESS OF GENDER, BUT HE HAS A FUCKING BOYFRIEND

• I am so excited from the s2 remake omg. the cliff scene might change my brain chemistry AGAIN

• Kinda surprised Lynda complimented Anastasia after… y’know, everything

• “And I usually give my best wishes to people I respect, so…” *fucking leaves & doesn’t say shit”

• that was simultaneously hilarious & kinda rude lmao

• also if y’all want my opinions on the exit interviews;

Alessio’s espresso rant was hilarious, the advice he gave to viewers was sweet, & his message towards his teammates is 100% foreshadowing

I honestly didn’t really care about Amelie’s interview lol, the boyfriend reveal was something

What Ted said about accepting people who were different made him more based

Apparently there was stuff that wasn’t seen revolving around Diencer that was mentioned in Diego’s interview & that makes me sad

do NOT get me started on Tristan’s interview, the implication that they don’t have a place to head to after the show makes me sad

Marissa not knowing what yuri was got a chuckle out of me

Hearing Lynda consider herself to be ignorant consider the episode 4 incident was the most vindicating thing ever

• Yeah uh idk what else to say. DC4’s still as peak as always

[quodekash]

this show is making me so very sad but let's get back into it

GUYNAWA TIME??

IS IT GUYNAWA TIME PLEASE LET IT BE GUYNAWA TIME

FDSNJGHDJSHGFJDSHGJDHSJFHDS

ITS GUYNAWA TIME BABEYYYYYYYYY

FINALLY

THAT'S STILL PROGRESS, THAT'S STILL GOOD

ITS SOMETHING

I BELIEVE IN YOUUUUUU

(maybe if you DIMWITS had TURNED AROUND you would've seen the freAKING SHOOTING STAR--)

smoochy smooch time? is it smoochy smooch time now please?

BECAUSE ITS SMOOCHY SMOOCH TIME

RIGHT????

please, im so hopeful

NO

NO

NOOO

PLEASE COME ON WHY CANT ANYTHING BE HAPPY THIS EPISODE

ohhh

wait a second

okay

so I could be wrong about this, but I think nawa's plan is to antagonise guy so that he's determined to get better so that he can play soccer again and pursue his dreams and all that jazz

at least I hope thats what hes doing

dont crush my soul please and thank you, it's very fragile

OKAY THANK GOODNESS I WAS RIGHT

PHEW

is it angsty kiss time now? they yell at each other and oh whoops we smoochin' now

their faces are so close rn bro

if they dont take this opportunity it's wasted

nawa just has to stand on his tip-toes and bam

I CALLED IT

THAT'S RIGHT BITCH, ME, I KNEW IT

I SUSPECTED IT SINCE EPISODE FREAKING 2 WHERE NAWA WAS LIKE "and that jerk, guy" WHEN GUY HAD DONE LITERALLY NOTHING UP TO THAT POING, WHY WAS HE CALLING HIM OUT??

NAWA'S LIKED GUY SINCE DAY ONE

LOOK AT THAT

LOOK AT HIS FREAKING FACE

im gonna sob

I AM NOW SOBBING

BRO THE WAY HE LOOKS AT HIM

H U G

THEY HUG

GIUERKJSHGDVRE

GO4EIRLDSUGJPIV4ORUEJDIGOKLVEN4RDOISGNBV4EROIDLKGNBIOVE4RKLDFNGOIB

IS THERE A DOUBLE MEANING HERE

NAWA ARE YOU IMPLYING WHAT I WANT YOU TO BE IMPLYING

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'ILL BE A SHOOTING STAR THAT MAKES YOUR WISH COME TRUE'????

NO WAY

OH YM GOSH

IM NOT OKAY AND THIS IS THE REASON WHY

THEY MAKE ME MENTALLY ILL

BUT IN A KIND OF GOOD WAY???

GOI4ERJBDGNOILJB

with this much development a kiss is in the bag for next episode

if they dont I swear ill commit murder

usually I would wait until ive gone through all 30 images that Tumblr allows me, but I love guynawa too much so this is getting to be its own post