#and then i was having a depression episode and just binge watching it again lol

[cardo-de-comer]

smiling friends! ...well at least one of them is smiling

also some process

[twig-tea]

Rules: List 10 of your comfort shows, then tag 10 people

I was tagged by @sorry-bonebag and @bengiyo (thank you both!). It's funny to see so many folks talk about not having 10, when I had trouble narrowing it down 🤣 So, here are shows I've reached for for comfort recently, in no particular order:

Until We Meet Again. Listen, I get that it's depressing, but it also ends and mends the intergenerational trauma set up in the first 15 minutes, and in the Dean/Pharm storyline the show queues up typical drama problems just for everything to be fine, it is SO comforting. And if I need to cry, ep1 part 1 will get me there, guaranteed.

Azumanga Daioh. This show...is so weird lol. It's a 20-year-old anime at an all-girls high school. There is a 10-year-old prodigy, a weirdo transfer student, a butch beauty, a simp, a loud class clown...it's not exactly GL because the girl who has a massive crush on her classmate never does anything about it and that's not really the plot. There is no actual plot, it's extremely slice-of-life except when it ventures into absurdity. It's extremely quiet and chill for this reason. The stakes are so low!

Star Trek: The Original Series. Like Ben, I am a Star Trek fan forever. TOS is my favourite and I've rewatched... a lot. Rather than the stakes being low, they're high but everyone is exceptionally competent and can solve impossible situations. And I really, deeply love the problem-of-the-week style storytelling and found family vibes.

What Did You Eat Yesterday? Everyone already knows this one, it's so good. Their relationship is so wonderful and the food is delicious and inspiring. In this show, things aren't perfect and that's ok, and I get deep comfort out of that.

HIStory 2: Crossing the Line. I love a sports anime, and this hits the key notes: you have to have love for the game and play with integrity and with your team in mind, and never give up on your dream. And this installation was pretty short, so easy to binge.

Our Dating Sim. This is recent but I've already decided to go back and rewatch this rather than start something new at least twice, so I'm counting it. Something about how these two settle into the friends to lovers dynamic is just delightful their familiarity and ease transfers to me through the screen.

Ingredients the series. Everyone calls this our pandemic comfort commercial for a reason. I have rewatched it a LOT. It is incredibly domestic and very chill, and once again full of good food. It helps that the episodes are so short so again, it's an easy binge.

Avatar: The Last Airbender (series). Another one that lands on multiple people's lists. This show is incredible and has such good character arcs. I will never get over how perfect the change in Zuko was handled. This one is partially comforting because of how long it's been in my life and how many times I've watched it, but also the found family vibes and the problem of the week format once again is very comforting to me.

Love Sick. I know. But it is the first BL I saw, and it stuck with me. I usually skip around the BL cut when I go back to this (which I still do). Pun and Noh spend a lot of time together in silence or with the OSTs playing, and do a lot of talking in body language and eye contact. Even though they're young and awkward and things are unresolved for so long, when they're together just the two of them this show (and their relationship) is easy and comforting.

60s Batman. There are several sitcoms that I would watch an episode or two if it's on (Frasier, the Nanny, Third Rock from the Sun, Golden Girls, Schitt's Creek), but the Adam West Batman is just... incredible. It is so silly. It is so earnest. It was ahead of its time. And once again, that problem of the week storytelling with incredibly competent characters is deeply comforting to me.

[Also shout-out to sorry-bonebag's Taskmaster mention because i have definitely rewatched it a bunch too!]

Tagging @italianpersonwithashippersheart @callipigio @my-rose-tinted-glasses @chickenstrangers @justafriend-ql @belladonna-and-the-sweetpeas @visualtaehyun @solitarywandering @thewayofsubtext @respectthepetty no pressure as always!

[queenofthursday6599-blog]

Okay so my sister is trying out apple tv right now, which means I am binging all Fraggle Rock content on there as fast as I can.

They don't have the animated series though (which yes, this puppet show got an animated spin off).

So right now I'm watching what I can of that on Youtube because I don't know which streaming service has it (if one does have it), but I first discovered it on Neflix like 10+ years ago, but I don't think they ahve it anymore.

My mom bought one of the old Fraggle Rock dvd sets when I was a kid, so she could introduce me to it. Because Fraggle Rock was her Jim Henson puppet show of choice when she was a kid, vs any of his other works.

This post isn't really about that though, it's about how all the characters are slightly different in the different versions of the show.

For example Boober (though my favorite consistently in all of the shows) has variations in how exactly he's a downer.

Like he's always "a downer" but what exactly being a downer is seems to be different.

In the original he's just openly extremely anxious and paranoid, and suppresses his desire for fun and chaos to the point that he manifested a split personality. Sidebottom, who loves games and jokes and is the fraggle definition of life of the party, but is also totally down to just lie to get out of doing stuff he doesn't want to, or imprison people in the name of having a good time.

In the new series while Boober is still anxious and kind of grumpy he isn't constantly on the brink of spiraling and desperately clinging to random superstitions the way he was in the original. Like it seems he somewhat enjoys being miserable, vs him just kind of seeing it as inevitable because he was just that paranoid about things going wrong.

In the animated series he's no where near as anxious and paranoid as he is in the original, and isn't even all that grumpy. Though admittedly I only restarted my first rewatch of it in 10+ years, and I've only gotten through a couple episodes. But while he does get moody he's far more likely to explode into anger than into depressed wailing.

Though that's admittedly fair, considering in one episode he's just trying to do his job (cleaning laundry and delivering it back to where it needs to go), people keep cutting infront of his laundry cart, slowing him down. Or worse dirtying the clean laundry by actually running into him and upending the cart, or splashing a bunch of water onto the laundry cart. Meaning he has to go back and re-clean all the clothes he'd already washed and had been on his way to deliver.

And when he tells the others to at least watch where they're going, they all just go "complaining again Boober?" like he doesn't have the right to be upset when he has to go back and re-wash the same load of laundry 3 times in one day, when he's just trying to do his job.

So the fact that he seems more prone to angry outbursts rather than depressive/panicked ones could definitely just be the result that his friend group are kind of oblivious jerks in the animated series.

So yeah if you see me posting about Fraggle Rock, or the new series, or the animated series, or anything else Fraggle related it's because I'm binging a lot of fraggle content lol.

[alphaofdarkness]

Okay Dany, convince me to ship Kidge. What is the appeal of this ship? (genuinely asking because I've only watched season 1 and I'm curious)

⁉️👀⁉️

Not gonna lie anon, your question caught me off guard at 2am on a Sunday,, I was like 😳

“Oh shit someone's asking me?? About a ship?!” The intimidating question was so real and all I could do was literally go on a feral tirade on why I love Kidge so much and legit made no sense and just kept wondering in between moments of clarity on how I can properly defend myself on why I like the ship 😩 (not that I need to or have too, enough time has passed where I can say,,, just let me ship and be blissfully happy UwU, I do not car e anymore lol)

I will say that I want to keep this brief (as best I can, because heck I went feral just talking to myself on why I like the ship), I’m not the best at explaining things like some other amazing people might in the ship tag. But take what I say with a grain of salt and hope I don’t scare you off with whatever I do type.

**Note: This is not entirely brief liike how I wanted and I hate myself,, feck,,, I failed step one immediately**

Imma do bullet points, thoughts and prayers y'all cause I did my best to explain my chaotic thoughts lol ;;w;;

First and foremost! I definitely recommend that you watch the show in the general scope of a viewer and not just focusing on a ship. I think everyone should and would be aware of that~ but much like my initial watch I wasn’t paying much attention to the show and lore and story because I was distracted~. It wasn’t with Kidge at the time, but it definitely impeded my watch in the beginning as well as me falling off the fandom for a while into season 3-5. Plus, me rushing through those seasons when season 7 was coming around like, blood hell Alpha.

I think it goes without saying because the show is really good and love the found family aspect of it most importantly 👏🏼👏🏼 I am a sob and a fecking mess about this trope and I will forever cry over it.

I highly recommend watching the show in increments too instead of just binging it because you will lose information much faster 😭 and also it is just so fun to look forward to watch it the next day. I had so much fun this month just rewatching the show and am kind of depressed that it’s over lol 😔

Don’t cry because it’s over be happy for the journey (and all the fanfics you can reread again with full, understanding knowledge 😌)

Additionally, it is fun to reflect on the episodes re-watched, to better retain the info, at least for me, I can be slow with digesting new information (especially after so long), but it also made me giddy just talking to myself about the silly or serious shenanigans happening in the episode.

Second of all! I don’t want to convince you to ship Kidge 😩 I want you to convince yourself on why they would be good and cute together from your perspective! 👏🏼👏🏼

I personally think that they just work so well together, and while their initial interactions are short and brief, I love seeing them just standing next to each other or sharing panels during the fight sequences through much of the early seasons! I will say liike season 7 (even season 8) is like a holy grail for Kidge shippers because— 😩👏🏼 AH, took a while to get there, but we made it besties!!

Considering you’ve only seen season 1, I won’t dive into too many spoilers! To the best of my ability, I will say, I tended to focus on where the two stood by one another a lot and how they interacted in their lions and as Voltron and outside of it! ~

1. They both have family members/familial others on the trip to the Kerberos mission and just the whole concept of them looking for their respective familial figures.

Like that’s is the first part of the whole “WE COULD HAVE HAD IT ALL 😩” the way the two of them are shown to fight tooth and nail to save and go out of their way to figure out where their family members are is just 🤧✨ I truly believe if there was an opportunity to grow and develop them together it would have been over this.

I also find it incredibly fascinating that they are two of the most prominent characters that dive into their backstories in flashback sequences through the seasons ahead (we got a glimpse of Pidge's backstory in season 1 with a few more down the line). And how similar the two are in some of their experiences like school and being bullied and how their familial figures guide them (Shiro to Keith and Matt, and her father, to Pidge).

Hell, all of this could have been played as platonic all the way through or something more. Like I was there for it 👏🏼 I feel like this is a strong cemented stone on why I ship them a lot and keep me going on the potential their relationship could have been if they knew one another before the pilot episode. I just think it would have been cool, two conspiracy theorist bypassing the government to search for the truth!

2. They are literally the right and left arms of Voltron; the sword and shield ✨

I sincerely wish so much that again their relationship could have been developed more in the early seasons with this aspect, especially since we see how developed both Lance and Hunk are with each other (I mean they are literally best friends at the Garrison, I needed most of that with Kidge especially since they would be the opposite to them so it would have great to see them develop together as the arms of Voltron 🤧).

I just think it would have been nice to see it play out on how well they work together on the field and off it. I will say! It isn't all lost, especially into season 3 and like late season 6 and onwards! I say the dynamic of Shiro and Pidge in their lions and as Voltron currently is what kind of develops in Keith and Pidge later! I hope you can make sense of that later on as you keep watching 👀!

3. Other general things about their tropes and personalities just give me more fuel to ship them, such as:

Them both being introverted to heck in their respective ways; the techie nerd and the emo loner like,,, sillies!

I am always someone who loves looking at character color palettes and how they mesh well together; so believe me I lost my mind when Kidge shippers literally came up with Kidgemas cause of their red and green colors and I just *screams* 🌿🔥

I love both their personalities and how similar, yet different, they are to one another in that respect; they both have a drive and fire in them, their sarcasm and jibs to the others is so funny.

I'm not over season 1 episode,,, 2? Of the team training together and like,,, first of all, the two's small spat because Pidge couldn't concentrate during the mental exercise, but literally leaping to her defense when Allura threw food goo at her like,, Ah I just love her sarcasm to Allura then "The princess of what, your not ours--" and i just like go off queen, but also please no fighting 😩 y’all are going to be family ah,,, i love my dysfunctional family so much ya'll

Keith making a face at the action and immediately "Go loose, Pidge" LIKE AH! 👏🏼👏🏼😩😩

But they also have their calm moments of serene clarity and peace that is heighted with their interactions with the other characters as well!

I also noticed how they both tend to be the mature ones in some cases and some situations when around the other or a shared mature figure like Shiro; Keith by like a lot, clearly, but I was increasingly surprised by how Pidge maintained some serious temperament during missions, especially when around Hunk and most definitely around Lance lol (It is funny tho how serious and mildly annoyed she gets to his flirtatious ways, but can also immediately just let her guard down and have giddy fun with him when something catches her interest, it's so cute and hilarious 😌).

I also just love their development through the show of just letting their guard down around the others overtime! Especially with Keith and how his lone wolf personality melts away (believe me I lost my mind at how many sweet moments were between him and Hunk and IM just here crying at how Keith was able to smile and have fun around him 😭 💛❤️ got me all emotional i fecking criED). As well as Pidge with the others, especially after she told them about her true identity and how she wants to be able to work with them better without any secrets (On a side note, I wish there was more moments with Allura and Pidge earlier on ;;;o;;; SHE LEARNED ALTEAN FOR HER AND CORAN AND IM JUST,,, sweetie I love you! YOUR HONOR THEY ARE SISTERS! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼).

Ah shit, is that season 1 or 2? ;;w;; well, she learns it a nice fact! My girl is such a genius like how did she not like,,, move up grades in school, she is so intelligent , i could never. Not gonna lie, I feel like the team wouldn't be as successful with intel if they didn't have her and her tech wizard skills because DAMN.

Also how Keith was so up and arms when Pidge wanted to leave initially like!? Please ;;w;; sir has abandonment issues, please don't leave sweetie (´°̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥ω°̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥｀); but also a similar scene occurs, very briefly, later on in reverse :) so take that as you will! It is very small, almost negligible if you aren't paying attention to it.

It is made better by a concluding panel that Kidge shippers just lose their minds over ! (Me, I am kidge shippers and I lost my mind over and over because they are just — *cries and sobs* perfecto!)

Very minor thing, but the height difference (in general im weak in the knees for this) always gets me crying, screaming, throwing up, going feral on the ground. My dearest Pidge, she may gain some legs later in life, but like she is definitely still tiny and I sob, give us short queens some representation because it is so hard out here, and we will kill you (not Allura bending down to her height in that episode she was planning to leave; how NOT to talk to a short person Allura lol 😩)

I think it goes without saying that the whole team, including Keith, are protective of Pidge like as they should be and I just *grins mischievously* can say with confidence that he do 😌

Definitely more of a personal headcanon, and there is a Kidge art of it floating around somewhere in the tag, if they actually had more moments and trained together, but I love Pidge being taught on how to defend herself, especially one on one and like her managing to take down Keith in training and he's just like "⁉️⁉️😳⁉️⁉️” God, I love a woman that can kick my ass trope *chokes*.

I am a sucker for hearing their voices and tone and emotions, so you know for damn well I am listening to them just say the others name in a soft or sarcastic tone lol (I love Steven Yeun's voice, my Glenn 😭, I am a mess for not appreciating Keith before in my initial watch of the show).

Ah, I can go on and off about them, especially about the later seasons but like you're just going to have to take a look of it yourself as you go into it 😌

Once again, I definitely recommend you watch the show for what it is in its storytelling and lore and character development; you can keep a close eyed view of Kidge in the background, but definitely rewind for the moments or stop and pause or rewind for the information given in story.

I hope you enjoyed my nonsense speak and take something away from it or ignore it altogether. I don't mind, I want you, overall, to convince yourself on why you would like to ship Kidge as you watch the show, if at all! We are all here for a fun and good time after the show's initial debut 😌🌿🔥

Have a small doodle of Kidge! My first time drawing them after like 4 1/2 years and I am just,,, yelling at my growth in art and how cute I made them look; mild spoiler, I suppose, of their older selves appearances~ Hope you like! 😌✌🏼

Enjoy your day anon!

[hijinks-n-lowjinks]

hiii i hope you're well, for the anime asks: 2, 6, 8, 11, 22, 23, 24, 29!

Oooooooo I am READY to answer all of these questions omg thank you for picking so many!!!!

2. first anime crush 

Kyo Sohma from Fruits Basket. I watched the 2001 anime back when I was in middle school and I remember convincing myself I was genuinely in love with him, it was so bad. I wrote self-insert fanfiction about him falling in love with me on Wattpad. I no longer have those feelings for him lol but I do love him as a character, he's one of my all time favorites.

6. popular anime you didn’t like

I wouldn't say that I didn't like Kuroko no Basket, but it just didn't interest me. I watched about ten episodes before dropping it, I just didn't care for any of the characters and there wasn't anything that made me want to see them succeed.

8. anime character you are most like

I heavily identify with both Yuki Sohma from Fruits Basket and Deku from mha. There are certain people pleasing aspects and a desperation to be liked and accepted from both of them that I really identify with. I also identify a lot with Megumi from jjk and Oikawa from hq, but that's in more of a resigned depression/fear of failure sort of way.

11. anime you didn’t expect to like but did

I don't typically start shows I think I'll dislike, but I was surprised by how much I loved Mob Psycho 100 and Seraph of the End. Both of those became instant favorites when I got into them when I was only expecting to have a standard enjoyment of them.

22. age you started watching anime/person who introduced you to it. 

I was in fifth or sixth grade I believe? I had a friend that was a few years older than me that was really into anime and she got me to start watching InuYasha with her and that's basically how it started.

23. unpopular character you love

Gabi from AOT. I LOVE how complex and nuanced her character is. The hate this brainwashed child soldier gets is insane to me. I grieved when Sasha died, but I also understand how Gabi is specifically written to be a foil to Eren—she's has the same rage and hatred and drive that Eren does, but she's able to understand that the world isn't black and white much faster than Eren did. Seeing her slowly grasp that what she's been taught is skewed and twisted by ignorance and fear was amazing, one of my favorite parts of AOT.

24. popular character you hate 

Hisoka. I have no clue how he's so popular, I barely gave af about him when I watched the show and he's such a creep, I was always glad when he wasn't around. His ability is cool I guess, but he's just so.... icky. The most interesting about him is his connection to the Phantom Troupe and honestly I can't remember much about their interactions after season 2.

29. anime that deserves another season

Seraph of the End, easily. The show became SUCH a hyperfixation for me when I watched it that I binge read the manga because I needed more. Honestly, I just want to see Mika again and I think the story really picks up from where the anime ends (it does sort of get jumbled and messy further down the line, but I can ignore that).

[feluka]

what's up i'm still very ill with this bug/flu/whatever and i'm going to start binging all of good omens season 2 in a minute. but to spare you all 59850 posts on your dash about something you might not care about, i will instead use this post to liveblog! i will be going back to this post and editing it with every update, so if you're interested in hearing my thoughts you can come back here (and if you're not it should be easy to avoid)

here goes!

update #1: when i started watching i SWORE to myself i would let it all play out before obsessively rewinding the bits i liked after it was all over. less than 2 minutes in and i failed.

"I'd hate to see you getting into any trouble." now what if i chewed my arm off.

update #2: crowley shielded aziraphale first before aziraphale shielded him in the garden of eden???? what if i cried.

update #3: the power is finally back so i've finished episode 1. all this talk about the book of life is raising my goddamn hackles. terrified to see how it comes into play. it's very interesting to me that crowley hasn't told aziraphale about it, too. i personally think aziraphale would still hide gabriel even if he knew about the extreme sanctions.

also, shelly conn is fabulous but i feel her version of beelzebub is *much* more animated than anna maxwell martin's. she's incredible and i love all her mannerisms but at the same time i was very attached to the stoicness of the previous beelzebub so it'll take a little bit to get used to.

update #4: aziraphale doing the little 'one two three four' with his finger before singing to maggie. he's so precious to me he's the specialiest little guy in the world for me and i understand crowley because i, too, would get into trouble with both heaven and hell to keep aziraphale safe

update #5: episode two done. thoughts:

1- this is just a romcom isn't it. i mean.

2- the music that played while aziraphale said crowley needed to take him to hell invokes the music that played during the bandstand scene in episode 3 of season one. i LOVE each and every scene that examines the themes of 'your side, my side, our side' <3

update #6: i'm (not unpleasantly!) surprised that they're addressing aziraphale's classist rant from the book. on one hand i'd just considered it one of the things the adaptation decided to do away with, but now that they've acknowledged it, i'm now very excitedly anticipating a resolution to that conflict. because if i remember correctly in the book the matter didn't really get resolved, aziraphale just dropped this bombshell on me and i had to put the book down for a minute lol

i guess they've been hinting at beelzebub spying on the bookshop using the flies, but i'm curious as to why they would have that knowledge and pretend they didn't. what's the benefit for playing coy here? either there is, and we don't know what that is yet, or the flies are a red herring.

update #7: finished episode 3 and i'm honestly not sure i understood a lot of it! what happened to crowley after falling through the gorund?? did they send him to the pit of torture or whatever for stopping the suicide? also aziraphale is my favourite character but if he says something like "the virtues of poverty" again i'm going to bite his head off. anyway. crowley. don't you know you're a fictional character and that according to all laws of fiction, if you say "if any harm comes to aziraphale" it means it's probably gonna happen? smh

update #8: i still haven't watched any more since last update but. oh dear. i'm too worried to click 'next episode' because 1- the more it dawns on me what might've happened to crowley after getting pulled into the ground i get so hopelessly depressed and 2- 'it's too late. it's always too late' is a very worrying note to end on and i'm positively terrified!! for future reference don't watch anything emotional or worrisome while having a stomach bug. i'm writhing in my seat lol.

update #8: the chat between "jim" and crowley. i am gonna need a short break before unpausing :)

update #9: so i haven't updated for a while because i couldn't think but i just finished the series. i think i can't think. i think i need to sleep and i think i'm very very very very very sad.

[oceangirl24]

Hello! This is your chance to answer this ask with whatever you'd like to talk about right now! Whether that be a story you're working on, something you're excited or worried about, your current book/movie/binge-watch, or a cool bit of trivia you think the world should know.

Thanks so much, Anon!

I've been feeling frustrated a lot lately. I'm dealing with some of the worst focusing issues ever which has made it hard to sit down and write anything more than a few short bursts which aren't very productive. I'm so behind on responding to comments and I feel terrible about it. So many amazing comments and I want to respond and engage, but I just can't atm. Yet I worry people will think I'm ignoring them.

I've hit the point in Saudade where chapters are taking longer to get out because they require more attention to detail as the story moves into heavy emotional stuff. So, one chapter a month versus two. Plus, Birthday Wishes.

This has me stressed to due to that little voice of doubt planted by a former fandom friend who insisted no one will read Autumn in Philadelphia because of the length. Since I can't update weekly readers will have to reread which they won't do, among another things. Even though I know that person is wrong and has issues of their own, some days I can't shake their voice. I still have mild panic attacks when I see their name in the fandom and I hate that. Makes me angry with myself for allowing that to happen.

Anyway, a day ago I got the loveliest comment (which is saying something because I get so many incredible ones) that said they binged the story in a day and a half and are obsessed with it.

This and the other comments should be enough to silent the critic, but man, some days, she just screams louder at me and all those things she said rain down in a torrent. Depression and anxiety are hard to kick. (Also, if anyone struggles with this and needs an understanding shoulder to cry on, I'm your girl. I get it!)

The one benefit to struggling with words is that it usually means I can draw more. Which is good. I just wish I could do both at the same. lol

I'm hoping to spend today and tomorrow working on chapter 5 of Saudade during which I will bawl my eyes out no doubt. The chapter focuses on Shawn and Audrey. He's asked her to go with him to the motel Virna stayed at when she finally came back in the episode "Fishing for Virna". He's still struggling with abandonment issues and needs her to help him sort through his feelings on the "mothers" that came and went over his childhood, as well as to come to terms with who he believes his bio mother was. Shawn still carries a lot of resentment toward Virna and what she did to him.

Thanks again, Anon. I needed a vent post, and I wouldn't have done it without your ask. Hope you have a great weekend. ❤

[kedawen]

My partner and I watched all of season 3 this weekend (he hadn’t seen any of it yet, he prefers to binge-watch shows). I enjoyed watching each one as it came out, but watching them all together really made the story arcs more cohesive to me. I took some notes about the themes of home and growth and relationships, and we talked a lot about it in between episodes and after.

And then, the finale. Again, watching it right after all the others made a difference, as well as knowing what was going to happen. My feelings on the finale did change a bit; I don’t love it, but I dislike it less. Haha. I feel less like the story has a tragic ending and more like this is just a sad interlude for Ted specifically. He needed some time at home. Maybe it’ll be what he needs to get out of his depressed funk. The future is, of course, uncertain, but I think chances are good he’ll go back to Richmond before too long.

I made an off-hand comment awhile back in the AFC Richmond discord about how “if” Ted went back to America, the potential for long-distance pining between him and Trent was huge. I realize now I wasn’t ready for how painful that idea truly is lol… be that as it may, I am very much looking forward to the pining fics now. Future fics and post-series fics have always been some of my favorites in any fandom, and they will be especially cathartic in this case, I think.

I had been a little afraid the finale had ruined the entire show for me, but I’m glad that giving myself a little time and a different perspective brought me back around to enjoying the characters and possibilities, if not the canon endings themselves. I’m glad to be a part of the fandom community here too and have really been appreciating everyone’s meta and reaction posts.

Also. Can I just say, the fact that we never met Trent’s daughter is absolutely criminal. I think that's the only thing I will continue to be mad about forever.

[taohs]

I can't remember if you or I ever replied to our last message? Doesn't matter. I can only remember parts of our last conversation before you went back to school. Wait.. Was it school? I'm not remembering many things lately. My mind is so scattered that I can't remember anything.

I don't care if a story is cliche or not. The story could be traditional, or untraditional, maybe somewhere in between. If the artwork and plots are interesting to me, I'll enjoy the story. But that's just how I am.

And Yuto Sano's artwork has a unique style that is very recognizable.

Yeah.. They're xNTJs. I have my fair share of favorite characters that's also xNTJ personality types too. Do you know your assessments? You might've told me before, I can't remember. I haven't been thinking too much lately. Were you an INFJ? What are your personality types?

Anyway.

Honestly? My mental health, the depression, is coming and going for some time. But I've been depressed lately because one of my favorite musicians died, he died on April 15th, he was a musician whose band I grew up with. So there is a part of me who is still after many weeks.

And if that was not already depression enough, there's also two other bands I listen kinda disbanded. Bands disbanded, musicians died just within barely five months; while in those five months, there's so many bands and musicians I listen to that have releasing lots of new music.

So my mental health is up and down these last few months.

Oh! I don't watch the show Queen Of Tears. But I have seen clips from one episode.. Song Joongki came back as Vincenzo in a n episode, as a cameo character. So it's interesting to me. Vincenzo season two?!

I have many new seasons of shows to look forward to.. And not a new show, but I've just been rewatching Black Sails since they added it on Netflix. Watch it! There's positive queer representation in the series.

Besides that. Now that Song Kang went to the military, I've was really bing watching a lot of his shows too. The final season of Sweet Home will be released in the summer. Many new seasons releases this year.

Have you watched Parasyte? The Korean show based off the manga. I think the show was okay. The show was different than what I thought was gonna happen though, somewhat similar concept to the original.

Hm.

I know that I sound like a mess. My mind's completely scattered now.

- 💋

yeah sadly i think our convo ended for a while after i went back to work (im a teacher so you’re technically not wrong that i went back to school haha). it’s nearing the end of the school year again so it’s been crazily busy as always, but im looking forward to summer vacation :)

i don't remember if i've mentioned my personality type before, but you got it right! i am INFJ if you did happen to just guess it would shock me. it’s been a while since i took the personality test so i wonder if it would have changed

ahh im sorry to hear that! which musician was it that passed? i hope your health improve these coming days, take care of yourself 💓

i’ll check out black sails! im always on the lookout for good queer representation, so thank you for the recommendations 🥰 i haven’t watched parasyte, but i know a little bit of what it’s about. i think i will eventually watch the anime when i catch up with everything else i have to finish lol. right now i’m hooked on bleach and dungeon meshi, so i plan on finishing those ones first!

[imaginary-wanderer]

Ok so, as I said in a previous post, I started watching 9-1-1 like 2 weeks ago and I've been sort of binge-watching it since I always put a low-commitment series to "watch" when I crochet. Gifsets have been on my dash for years and I decided to watch it after a more recent character development. Tumblr did it again, making people watch something thanks to gifsets. Best marketing ever indeed.

And one of the first things that really stood out was how religious, and especially christian, the show was. At first, it just made me eyeroll because I know it's an USAmerican tv show (as in not streaming), and I know they're made for a very wide audience, and it's the US, and it's Fox, so it makes sense. But it's so heavy on the religion, like all the damn time, that I started to doubt: is it officially a christian show? lol

So I looked it up and I'm surprised by the amount of people who didn't even notice the amount of christian content. There's absolutely no religious diversity in this show so far (I'm in the 3rd part of season 5), everyone is christian or it's not addressed, everyone prays, everyone thanks God, everyone is grateful for miracles. And I mean, fine, yeah, if I don't like it I can just stop watching it! It's not like I'm the target audience. But more than the content of the show, it's how culturally telling it is, and it's very interesting.

I've always lived in countries where religion, whatever it is, has no real place in entertainment. It doesn't mean it's not there, just that it's not culturally something people will use as a central topic in media, not usually, unless it's specifically about it. As an atheist, religions have no real place in my life but that also makes it easier to watch things with various religious background since I'll watch them from a neutral place: a religion is a religion, it's never "mine vs the others". So when a show has so much religious content like in this one, it really feels like it's a full on christian show.

What is also funny is how educative the show is, showing once again the audience target is very definite: gay people are okay, biracial couples are okay, children outside of mariage are okay, depression happens, mistakes happen. It's all good... as long as you're a good christian. And not as long as you have faith, no, it's about being christian. I'm still waiting to see what they'll make of Ravi's character and background.

The episode where they make a very heavy point to mention "trust in science!" only to oppose it to a big circle praying had my eyes roll like a slot machine lol I understand how religion can be a huge source of support and comfort for people, but in the years 2020, it feels like they live in a completely different world when it comes to life as a society.

Interstingly, I saw people opposing the constant christian undertone to other types of diversities. But being gay or black is not a choice (I know, it's still a hot debate among dumb people), while religion absolutely is (and yes, it's still debatable with how people are born into religious family and raised with no other choice).

Anyway, I haven't watched a show like this since probably the 1990s or the early 2000s, absolutely made to educate people around more modern christian values. It's always very interesting to watch from a societal pov, how they tackle current/recent events, how they deal with nationwide or world wide problematics like the pandemic and the covid vaccine and how, once again, it's clearly made to educate people. Which is fine! I just didn't expect this show to be so heavy on the christianity of the characters and the US society.

[rudegizmo]

Q and A anime you recently seen nd like, watching rn, want to watch

I've been watching the Monogatari series, before bed mostly (great time to watch it, I know) but I haven't fallen into a super binge yet so I may not actually ever finish it- on top of trying to actually figure out how to watch it lol.

I've tried to pick up some old ones, to either refresh myself on or show to someone else, but Holy shit I have a depressing taste in anime (that's what makes them so Tasty)

I did actually rewatch Death Note last October I think? That was fun, I got obsessed again UwU

I got so fucking obsessed with Trigun that I've rewatched the literal full series multiple times and try to get everyone that will talk to me for more than five minutes to watch it- so yeah, if you havent: Go Do That. If you have: Go Do It Again.

Speaking of rewatching: I think it's going to be time for me to rewatch the full Higurashi series again soon♡♡♡

Chainsaw man is another one that I'm like yep, thanks so much, that's mine now. Tokyo Revengers. JJBA.

And guyyyss

RE:ZERO SEASON 3!?!?!?!

BEASTARS FINAL SEASON 2 PART!!!!

FUCJING BLACK BUTLER NEXT MONTH!?!?!?!?!?

My death is imminent, people.

I kinda wanna watch JJK it's been on my list for awhile but my backlog is so fucking neglected. I'm actually struggling to think of more off the top of my head

Yo, Terror in Resonance :((((

Also Fuck Erased, all my homies think Fuck Erased. It is So Good, if you only watch the first 8 episodes and let it end there permanently while you leave the franchise satisfied in a kind of bitter way, but I have. So many gripes about it. Fire ass opening theme though hoooooly.

And for no reason in particular, I think you should go purchase your very own copies of From The Red Fog, there are 5 volumes, and unfortunately the series is kind of over- but it would be SUCH A SHAME if it were to get so popularized that they just HAD to make an anime, that would toooootalllyyyyy suck

<_<

>_>

[hungnitan]

Man, watch and reading Blue Lock to catch up from anime last episode to latest chapter really tiring...

Yups I watch 24 episode (today's only the leftover 8 episode) and read for moreless 100 chapter in almost 10 hours and not sleeping at all

My verdict (anime) : it's pretty good aside the fact our mc is just too much thinker for important shots like oh come on you have that much time to think while receiving a pass to shots ? (Here I thought Mikumo world trigger is pretty busybody himself lol) so yeah it's become boring since that scene keep happening again and again until every Nagi scenes and from ep 19 Isagi Barou parts sparks some spices, Barou for having an unpredictable gameplay while Nagi... well he's Nagi (lol) no one gonna hate him !

this manga moreless like most sport manga which is predictable for overall story but unpredictable for it's process. Well I kinda like they explained a detail ways of playing soccer shogi but explaining Isagi mind working while game still on is a nono to me (lol)

For anime until episode 24 I guess it's still 7/10 for me since those 24 episode is morelike a prologue so the interesting parts came from Japan u20 vs blue lock team later which is become 8.5/10 depends on anime team can execute it better or not.

Can I recomended this manga ? For online reader it's a no. Hate to say this but sports manga especially sports using a ball is a very slow pace manga to build the tension so online manga especially weekly reader will depressed soon enough plus I can sense that manga still have a long way to go. So I recomended everyone to buy physical copy or binge watch anime after years or two later ! Why the timelag ? It's just my words of saying don't rush on this manga since it's potential still not shine enough and sadly this manga got noticed too soon because of world cup fomo that's why I hate fomo lol. So far the only thing I appreciate in this manga is the fact I know Nagi like soccer gameplay is exist just like Aomine Kurobas impossible plays do. That's just shows how much Blue Lock still not cover soccer team play deeply and still like diamond in the rough.

PS : I firsthandly thought of Border (World Trigger) for blue lock facility while Shingeki no Kyojin and Drifters on the characters distorted eyes and smiles (lol)

[faeriejones]

Howdy, Kringle here!

I really kind of thought I’d replied to this, isn’t that funny? But then I thought about it more and realized, wait. No. Sorry! Sometimes if I read things and don’t reply right away, I’ll have composed something in my head and the memory of thinking about what I would say becomes a memory of having said it.

Oh it’s cool you checked out Belle and Sebastian! They were just sort of around in the indie air when I was super into music as a teen/young adult, you know, back in the day. My favorite records are If You’re Feeling Sinister, Fold Your Hands Child, and Dear Catastrophe Waitress. I feel the band is a bit TOO democratic sometimes, in that I like the songs not written by Stuart less, so it makes them uneven sometimes! I do think lots of people consider them too “twee,” but I enjoy it. Hmm. Picking single songs is so hard! I was into them back when you listened to a whole CD, you know? But hmm. I cry at “Piazza New York Catcher.” “Get Me Away From Here, I’m Dying” is a good one. “Seeing Other People.” “Stay Loose” Is a bit of a turn for them but it’s so good. OH! “Fought in a War.” Yeah. Ok I will stop now–dammit now I’m gonna listen to all of it again ha.

Honestly, re: Paul and WIngs, I don’t think people actually know which is which. I mean yeah, I think “Wild Life” and “Red Rose Speedway” aren’t great, but everything after that through Back to the Egg, I enjoy! 

A cozy family Christmas is just fine! I’m heading out tomorrow very early to visit the family (I live quite far from the rest of ‘em) and there’s going to be a little juggling since both my brothers have families now and haven’t quite adjusted to the reality of, you know, not necessarily being able to do all the same things anymore! But it’ll be nice to see everyone.

We do watch a lot of films–It’s a Wonderful Life is a fave, of course (again, people think it’s cheery? But it’s dark AF). I tend to prefer the older holiday songs, the Bing Crosby type stuff, or carols. Christmas is largely about nostalgia for me, I guess! Do you have any Christmas favorites? Movies, songs, foods?

hello, Kringle! i hope you’re doing well and that you’re having a lovely week so far!

haha, no worries! i forget to respond to people constantly, so you don’t need to fret about that. ‘tis quite alright, dear chum!

falling even deeper down the belle and sebastian pipeline, i can definitely see why ‘dear catastrophe waitress’ is one of your favorites by them! songs like ‘stay loose’ and ‘roy walker’ are more upbeat in comparison to ‘fold your hands’, and a bit reminiscent of ‘ram’ in some parts. ‘seeing other people’ sounds like a song you’d hear in a coming-of-age film during a scene in which the protagonist undergoes an extensive amount of introspection after a raucous event occurs in the story. ‘get me away from here, i’m dying’ is a well paced, earthy song and i like it! it’s actually wild to think that DCW was released when i was practically a baby! also, if people consider them to be a bit too “twee”, that’s their prerogative. but music should incorporate sweetness and sentimentality, not everything has to be serious!

i must say, i actually like red rose speedway (i mainly like the art that’s included inside the album lol). but it’s one of those albums where i’d really have to be in the mood to listen to in its entirety, y’know? as for wild life, it’s okay. it’s one of his more, and i hate to say this, “forgettable” projects, but it’s not terrible. it’s a record that you can put on as background music during a long car ride through the rural countryside.

it’s funny that you mention ‘it’s a wonderful life’ because there’s an episode of the fairly odd parents that parodies this exact film. which is totally bizarre that a children’s show would reference that because isn’t the movie about a depressed guy who gets rescued by his guardian angel and is basically told, “i’m gonna show you real quick what the world would’ve looked like if you never existed. oh, merry christmas, by the way!”?

i hope you have a lot of fun when you visit your family this year! and yes, children can be quite a handful, haha. surely, your brothers will get the hang of it eventually. although, parenting may be a blessing, i’m assuming it can get rather strenuous at times, as well. my older brother already has two children of his own and he’s still in his mid 20’s! he’s a great father, and i can only hope he and the girls can relax on christmas!

during this time of year, i love watching those stop-motion animated, christmas themed rankin bass films. ones like ‘santa claus is coming to town’, ‘the year without a santa claus’, ‘jack frost’, and of course, ‘rudolph…’ my family and i used to watch those together on abc family all the time when i was younger. as for songs, i’m not particularly into christmas music, but i will say i don’t mind hearing ‘wonderful christmastime’ every now and then (i was on the verge of blacklisting that song from my brain last year at my old job because it would constantly play over the speaker lmaoo) ‘happy christmas (war is over)’ by john is a good tune as well.

speaking of john, we’ve engaged in a lot of paul-related banter so far. so i’d like to ask you ; what is your opinion of his music? how would you evaluate his character as a musician (and if you’d like, as a person as well)?

[youwontlikethisblog]

Yo Soy Betty, la Fea

So about a month ago I started watching this show as a form to entertain myself, in other words, ironically.

I was introduced to this novela by the Mexican version of it. I grew up with La Fea Mas Bella and during my depressive episodes that was my go to binge show. One day I was sitting on the couch, as one does, and Betty La Fea was on. I laughed for like a solid minute because I thought that acting was so serious that it was hilarious. See I was so used to the dramatics and comedy effects of the Mexican version that I thought the original was just too serious. So as a form to mock myself and the original novela I went on a search for it. Sadly here in the states the only way to watch this show is through NBC/Telemundo and the ads are just so long and it's not even the complete, all 335 aired episodes. Also for me the NBC website crashed to frequent it just made me miserable BUT that's not the point of this.

Hey, hi, I'm a writer.

I feel the need to say this because this show has... I am extremely fascinated by the writer Fernando Gaitan. I haven't seen any of his other works but this show alone is a masterpiece and I don't mean to say this because of the tropes, the moral, or the characters themselves but the mastermind to create so much detail into three minute scenes, the directing and the acting as well just add such a lovely splash of color, of life to this already beautifully written story.

I'm new to this already well established fandom and while I have read many breakdowns of characters, mainly Marcela, I haven't seen much regarding the story itself and many things said and done that foreshadow certain events.

For example, (I'm not sure what episode I'm on because I accidently bought the bootleg version of this novela so chapters aren't titled) This episode is the one when they offer Betty a 10% commission so that she can get Armando to do business with RagTela. The scene in particular however is when Armando is laying in bed with his fiancé, Marcela.

Now this becomes almost a regular thing that I noticed between the lives out of the office between Armando and Betty. We get back to back scenes of Armando with Marcela and then scenes of Betty at home with family or her friends that it becomes almost a way for the viewer, or if this were a book, the reader, to distinguish the difference of lives these two characters have. Though one could assume one is lonely because they don't go out or have a S.O and only work or count numbers is shown in a home with loving parents that are always worried about their child and present in her life and a loving best friend that shares the burden of being outcaste by society and finding the humor in it then we get scenes of a couple always arguing and then jumping into bed. Of a man that while his S.O sleeps lays awake with unheard questions, whose best friend is constantly placing temptations and pushing him to do wrong by his S.O, and whose parents aren't really present and ever only talk about the company or his relationship with Marcela to then again Betty. However in this part of the episode it's Armando awake while Marcela is asleep while Betty writes in her diary and we hear her monologue and then they both drift into sleep.

This becomes a ritual where the viewer can tell the clear line between these two characters and their own worlds.

Why do I mention this?

Because dreams are often, in the literary world, seen as prophecies or for the reader to interpret the future or the secret desires of the character. In other words, a form of foreshadowing.

Now in this episode Armando is laying in bed with Marcela, Betty is writing in her diary and the scenes switch between the both of them until we are taken to a dream. In the dream Betty is wearing a bright red dress with long sleeves, and a red hat with Armando in a black suit(I have theories based on the clothing they wear lol) . They're both dancing to tango. While Betty isn't watching him much, more concentrated in her movements, Armando is busy watching her. We then see him dip her, where she finally stares at him and they near for a kiss, just as they are about to kiss we hear Betty's name echo and she straightens up and walks away, while Armando is left there confused and alone.

Why do I think the mention of this dream is important?

Up until this we've seen Armando go from feeling indifferent about Betty. He is a terrible boss and constantly yells and mistreats her to then being fazed by her tears, to having moments of being a good boss and defending her. We begin to see a pattern of Armando's change towards her. Even before the terrible plan to use her is set and I believe that Fernando Gaitan used these dreams to not only give a break of humor and show Betty's crush towards Armando but to give the viewers a look into an otherwise unbothered, unfazed, and mysterious character's mind. AKA Armando Mendoza's own personal feelings towards Betty.

This is solidify by the dream they both share the night that Mario tells Armando about the plan to win Betty's heart to secure the company.

When we're learning to be good story tellers we're told that when writing you writer for yourself. The first draft is a huge info dump. While editing you take out all the unimportant factors and scenes, no matter how much you love that scene if it doesn't help with the plot, character development, or pushing the story forward, it's to be taken out of the story. Therefore most things are written with the intention to mean something. The cuts between Armando and Betty before we see this dream signify that it was both of them having the same dream.

I believe that this was the moment we start seeing the bend between their own worlds outside of the office.

Now, I'd love to have more cohesive analyses of the episodes because this is as if a book came to life. A lot of people in the fandom believe that Armando wouldn't had ever fallen in love with Betty had it not been for Mario who told Armando to make Betty fall in love with him to secure the company, a lot of small details in the character development and the story say otherwise and I have no one to talk to about these small details so maybe this blog might change from being a writers blog to the occasional fandom reblog to now being an analytical commenter of Yo Soy Betty, La Fea.

Even if no one ends up reading this, I need to get it out of my system so until next time.

[erasermist]

Final part of my Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood hyper fixation, binge watch!!

Episode 57: almost feel sorry for this dude… almost

Fu-jii!!!!! Captain Buccaneer!! The tears!!!!!

Very dramatic summoning! 10/10 on the drama

Episode 58: Ling’s breakdown was painful. That whole scene was! But Greeling is so badass!!!

RIZA!!!!!! Stupid cross eyed (no offense to anyone else really) unethical quack of a scientist/doctor thing!!!

Scar is so relatable these last few episodes. He’s just so chill and stoic when everything is going down. The weird doctor thing seemingly disappears and Scar just looks only a little off and says so calmly “he disappeared” lol

For being a human homunculus, Bradley sure doesn’t die

Episode 60: Scar’s character development is amazing really. To go from calling alchemy an affront to God to willingly use alchemy, and not just the deconstruction, is growth

How did I forget about this whole scene?!? I do somewhat recall the gateway of earth opening and a random ass thing popping out and yelling at God to listen. I remember the hands coming out and everybody going down, but I feel like it should have been more prominent in my memories

Episode 61: Kimblee was not having it. He sounded so disappointed and now Selim is so tiny

Episode 62:

How is Ed’s arm fine? Al’s body is completely starved and has no muscle so why is Ed’s arm muscled?

Episode 63: Greed’s death was absolutely painful!!

God/Truth is… understandable in a harsh way.

You know if Hohenheim had just done the exchange for his life for Al’s without asking Ed to do it… Ed wouldn’t have had to offer his alchemy. Still he does show how Truth seems to… I wouldn’t say favor, but Ed does seem like Truth’s favorite

Episode 64:

Knox’s face when he sees Roy still working when he thought he’d be depressed…

Speaking of! How dare they never show a scene of a sleeveless Roy Mustang before this!!!! He’s so fit!!

The fist bump that I love!!

Nina had such a large impact on the brothers. Not only did Ed mention her when he was at a low, but now Al shows that they both took it hard and are determined to never let something like that happen again.

Ed is so awkward 🥰 and his laugh is so cute!

“A heart made of Fullmetal”

[lexiislynn]

TL;DR (death/overdose)

This is honestly just heavy on my heart, and for weeks I’ve been asking around work if anyone other than me watches Bojack? No one really does, and even if they did, I don’t think they “get” it like me. So I guess this is the next best place that I just felt like expressing myself to people who have seen the show...

I started watching either in 2018 or 2019 with my ex who was addicted to opiates and suffered from manic depression. He was extremely intelligent and related so well to the show, and turned me onto it too. We would go months or however long anticipating the new season and then would get faded and binge all of it within a day or two. I struggled with anxiety and depression too, so it always hit home for me. Bojack’s self hatred, his need to fix his fuck up’s but it always backfiring.. etc. IT WAS MY LIFE!

Looking back, I try to remember how B and I both felt when Sarah Lynn relapsed & overdosed. We were messing with a super potent drug and even though the show was just a cartoon, it was warning us of the very real dangers of overdose.. and we were ignoring it. I know I felt shame. But we continued on our path until I caved, begged my family for assistance and went to a long term program. He refused help, he denied his addiction. Really our relationship of 4yrs had come to a head.. but I couldn’t end it then, I knew if I did, somehow he would end up dead and then I felt it was on me. The whole “I can’t live without you,” blah blah blah. We never spoke again, but there was never any closure either.

I entered the program on Dec 17th, and the call finally came through on February 7th. I think the Universe or God (whatever you choose to believe in or don’t) had tried to show me what was coming before it actually came.... B had overdosed, he had been found after several hours of being gone and couldn’t be resuscitated. He was dead. It felt like someone took everything inside of me and ripped it out. I remember wailing like an animal that was dying, I just felt like so much of myself died right then with him. Or like I should have known or felt the second he left this world, but I didn’t... the signs were there & we closed our eyes each time (clearly lol)

Fast forward to graduating the program, being almost a whole year sober from benzos and opiates, and finally re-watching Bojack. Sarah Lynn’s death hits me on another level now. It’s honestly really difficult to even watch. It sounds dramatic, but since I have lost him, I find him in everything. Music, books, clouds, cars. Everywhere. Looking back on it now, and I could be forcing this idea, but I honestly sometimes feel like fate was trying to show me B’s “end” coming. There were many hints and red flags being waved at us back then, but the Sarah Lynn episodes stand out the most now. The heroin overdose has a lot to do with it, but also just the depression and helplessness Bojack feels. The guilt. After re-watching the show sober, I felt like that entire plotline was written for me. I wasn’t around when B died, I couldn’t even attend his funeral and I try hard not to blame myself for his death, but it’s hard. The Planetarium scene has given me a lot of peace on B’s passing and where he is, wherever that may or may not be. I’m sorry for going on forever but I’ve just been hurting lately and I don’t think anyone who hasn’t watched Bojack would really understand, how I was relating to it..