#but we do. because this is the guy who a few eps ago we saw daydreaming about kissing Zo

[braceletofteeth]

— I thought about how you would feel, so I didn't dare say anything.

— Shutting me out like this doesn't make me feel better.

[bu-blegh-ost]

A short essay about how Caspian is mathematically not a mole (ep. 115 spoilers) (and for the whole series for that matter)

Okay, alright guys, I saw your concerns. I saw it all, and you are right to be worried that your favourite blue wet man's blue and equally wet best friend may turn out to be a traitor. And so am I, trust me. Which is why I went through every single bit of Caspian's past I could dig out to create an unltimate timeline of his entire goddamn life to see it it'd be plausible for him to become a mole at any point in time and ultimately prove his innocence! If that's something you're interested in reading, then buckle up!

"Jay, you come from a division of soliders that were purposely put to infiltrate pirate crews, especially the new and upcoming ones. This is totally seperate from the Black-Ops situation that you learned about in the Stronghold. And you, in this book, can tell that there is a plant on Lizzie's crew."

This, of course is something I need to point out first. Whoever Lizzie's mole might be, they are not a doppelganger. They are not a clone, or Black-Ops, just a solider of the Navy, a person that must have gotten into the Navy via regular recruitment, be trained by them and then put into a spy division. Jay ofc had this entire process sped up, due to her grandma's influence, but no one other than her, especially an Undersea citizen, who would probably have to put in extra effort to be trusted given their shaky political situation few years back, would get the same treatment. What I'm trying to say, Caspian would need time, at least few years of training to become a mole they'd trust to infiltrate a crew, and not just any crew might I add. More on that later. Let's go back to his most early years for now. This is a fragment of episode 84 in which Caspian talks to Gillion abt his early life:

C: We all have family. I consider my life up here, this crew to be my found family. But my previous…tribe with the water genasi in the Undersea, where I was growing up…sort of in a [illegible]... remember me telling you about the outskirts? We um…was very nomadic, quite a, quite a peaceful, tranquil life, but it was always, you know…mixed with this life of poverty and my family wasn’t very…wouldn’t really have much but the water around us, and each other, I suppose, so uh…You know...I mean my mother didn’t make it past old age, and uh…

G: I’m sorry…

C: When my sister left the tribe, my father sort of fell into a depression of sorts and he stopped moving around. And when we stayed in one place, I was 18 or so, maybe 16, it was a while ago, and then…that’s when I left as well. Ventured to the Oversea, and um…and it’s history, so that’s my family. Not sure what they’re up to these days, I mean…I know my sister went to the capital, where you were.

G: Pirating is a pretty lucrative business, maybe if…we managed to find them or run into them, we can give something back, put them in a better situation.

C: …Well um…I mean this was 10-15, 10 to 12 to 15 years ago, quite some, quite some time, so I don’t even know if my father is alive still, I mean I don’t really have the desire to go back to the undersea, Gill.

G: Wha-why not?

C: Because I like my life up here. This is where I’m happy.

So, before we go to what all of that entails, one more quick crazy thing to mention: so, Caspian's sister is an Elder of the Undersea. Like for sure. This is confirmed by this part from ep. 79:

The Triton who you remember as the Elder Odolaf, who looks like he is about to speak, but is cut off by the water genasi, who has been doing a lot of talking thus far, who is Elder Celeste. They stand up and there is a familiarity that you notice now in their face. It’s like you have met them before, but not in the way that you know them because they are the Elder, but in a way that it’s like, they look like somebody you know. And she has sort of these uh, white tied-up like dreads that are tied up in like a bun and they come across the face and then one side is shaved. And there are beads and piercings in her hair, her ears are a little bit more sea elf-like in the way that they are pointed and they kind of like gradient into pink. They all kind of wear the same sort of ornate robes, though hers is more, I guess faded and like cut a bit, look a bit more warriorous, or like tribal, but still very well-made and professional.

Tribal clothing, a water genasi, that looks like someone Gillion saw before in the face. The only water genasi Gillion met after leaving the Undersea is Caspian. Elder Celeste is Caspian's sister. Wild. Anyway, not what we're here for, but I needed to mention that.

The crazier thing is that Caspian left to Oversea when he was 16-18, and it has been 10-15 years since then. That means Caspian is currently 26 at possible youngest, and 33 at his oldest, which was surprising to me, I did not imagine Caspian as a man in his 30s! But that's straight up facts, so holy shit, you know?

Okay, so I'm going to list a lot of small facts that determine a lot of ages in quick succession. I hope it's not gonna be too scary to look at, I'll simplify it all at the end. [Deep inhale]

Right now Gillion is 22. So when Caspian left the Undersea, Gillion was 12-7. Jay is 21 and Ava was 2 years older, same age as Lizzie. So Lizzie is 23 now. When Caspian left the Undersea, she was 13-8. Chip is 19, so Lizzie is 4 years older. Hole in the Sea happened when Chip was 9, so Lizzie was 13. So Caspian left the Undersea around the same time Lizzie crashed on the uninhabited island with Chey after the Hole.

It's a lot, I know, I know. So let me clear this up a little.

Hole in the sea was 10 years ago. Chip was 9, Lizzie was 13. 10 years ago Caspian was in the age between 16 and 23, and he left the Undersea when he was 16 or 18. So roughly at the same time the Black Sea happened, Caspian came to the surface for the first time.

(also pls note that we are talking in estimates, casue in ep. 36 Lizzie says she was 11 when the hole happened, but in ep. 101 she says she was the same age as Ava which by the power of math would put her at 13. Either way, somewhere around that age)

After that, Lizzie spend some time on an uninhabited island with Chey, the Black Rose cook, who sacrificed herself for Liz, so she could survive and died shortly after. We do not know how much time passed, but I assume no longer than few months, and after that she was saved by Captain Shadowbeard where she met Caspian. They were a part of Shadowbeard's crew, Caspian saved her from the massacre where Shadowbeard was killed, and then Lizzie went on to create her own crew, Grandberry Pirates with Caspian never leaving her for a second since he met her. That means that the only time Caspian could have joined the Navy would be RIGHT after he came to the Oversea for the first time, roughly at the same time Lizzie was stranded on an island, and in that short period of time (between Lizzie's crash on the island and her being found by Shadowbeard) he would have to find the time to be trusted and accepted by Navy, get trained specifically for infiltration AND infiltrate not anyones BUT FUCKING SHADOWBEARD'S SHIP. Not a NEW crew. A crew of one of the most legendary pirates on the sea. Cause before Lizzie, Caspian was Sadowbeard's crew member, and since then he never stopped being a pirate, so if he was a solider, he would have had to be one before Shadowbeard. And remeber what Grizzly said in 115: "Jay, you come from a division of soliders that were purposely put to infiltrate pirate crews, especially the new and upcoming ones."

Shadowbeard was not new. Not upcoming. He was dangerous and Navy must have had the balls of steal to send a rookie solider, which Caspian would have been at that point in time, to infiltrate him. The numbers say it's impossible. Guys, the numbers! They don't add up!

Anyway, so basically Caspian could not be a mole. He is not a new pirate, he was not a member of a fresh crew, becaue his pirate journey did not start with Lizzy, it started with Shadowbeard. Grandberry Pirates is a new crew, but Caspian is not a newbie in it. You know who is? Rudith. I mean what kind of doctor lets a bunch of rowdy pirates have a secret base under a place where sick and vulnerable rest??? Like ANY other place would have been better and more respectful! Also you know what's interesting? Gillion could heal these people with lay on hands easily, and yet the only thing Rudith did for them was give them potions that didn't seem to help and look after them on purely non-medical level. Bro didn't do shit. Like, why would you even become a doctor without having access to healing magic? The answer, you are not. You are a Navy solider in disguise.

Okay, okay, I'm done, that's all. If you got this far, you are a hero, thank you for reading this insanely long ramble, but that's kind of the conclusions that I came to, of course, any counter-theories and discussion in general is very much welcome! I'd love to hear your opinions! Love you guys, bye~

[acesofspadess]

Rewind

I definitely published this a bit out of order but bare with me

“Hello Team Niall.” Niall introduced as they all waved and greeted him back. “Well, I've got a bit of news for you. Because of my concert schedule, I actually won't be in town for knockout rehearsals.” Everyone was shocked… and rightfully so. “Because I won't be there, I've chosen another coach to come in and mentor you guys for rehearsal.” Everyone started to freak out wondering who on earth it might be. 

“And they have been in your place before so I think they’ve got exactly what you need.”

The scene changed to the all too familiar practice room with an empty directors chairs. The sounds of steps progressively got louder until the special person appeared. 

“I'M BACK!” 

But let's not get ahead of ourselves. Let's rewind a bit.

~~~~~~

A day or two after The Voice Finale

“Hi I’m Maia Quinn, and I'm the Season 23 winner of The Voice, and we're hanging out with Rob on Front Row Live.”

“Go with me.” Niall moaned into your mouth as you straddled him. “Where?” you question kissing down his neck. “Boston. I know it's last minute and we’d leave in the morning-” you shut him up with a kiss and a roll of your hips, his hands tightening against your thighs. “Just wake me up an hour before we leave.”

Sitting at the desk of you and Niall’s shared hotel room the morning of May 26th  you had early interviews to get through before you were meant to go to the festival. You looked over the camera to see Niall already looking at you.

“Maia congratulations. What a night you had a few nights ago.” Rob praised and you smiled adjusting your airpod. “I am super excited for you and your career and your future. Especially because you're starting so young. You have enough time to kind of like, continue to evolve, and understand your voice; learn a lot more about yourself throughout this process. Talk to me about this process of your experience here on the voice and how you've evolved as a vocalist and a performer.” The interview was more than you could ever imagine. 

“Now your relationship with Niall this season has had fans going crazy. From the after performance hugs to the duet, and the after party, what can you tell us about that?”

You saw Nialls face peak over the laptop screen and stayed neutral. “Niall has been the most supportive and very encouraging. He has become one of my best friends through this whole journey. I lost a lot of my confidence during the pandemic unfortunately. It made me think that I would never be able to do things that I certainly could do and Niall- all these years later- has been there to remind me that I probably can do them, and then make me do it. So our friendship and relationship has been so important to me. He is my best friend across the charts and he’d hate me for saying this, but I wouldn't be here without him.” 

“Last question before we go. Is there anything we can look forward to seeing soon? Maybe another EP?”

You smiled glad you were able to share some information on what was coming next. “All I'll say now is, look for me on stage back home.” you winked dramatically knowing those who would get it would get it.”

“That's amazing, I'll definitely keep my eyes peeled. It was so great having you on. I hope to see you in person soon.”

“Bye!” 

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User10 i'm actually really happy she won

User2 wait…Slane is in Ireland…..

User6 I just learned she had an EP…. what?!?!?!?

Being at Boston Calling with him

“Boston, Massachusetts, how you doing?” he asked the crowd after he finished ‘Heaven’. The loud response made him smile excitedly. “Holy shit! This is crazy.” you face palmed knowing he was going to slip up sooner or later. “Thank you all so much for coming out to see me. I really appreciate it.” they cheered again as he sipped his water. You watched as he looked at the amount of people and a smile formed on your face.

 “This is uhm- this is actually my first ever Festival.” he let out a breath at the realisation. “I've definitely been drunk at a few.” you laughed at him with the rest of the crowd. “But I've never played at any and for that reason I'm absolutely shitting myself.” he said looking at you knowing you would calm him, and him seeing you laugh did just the trick. 

“But thank you for being here. I know some of you guys have been queuing for years.” he looked around at the signs “My girlfriend showed me this earlier ‘i travelled four thousand miles to be here from Brazil’ your eyes went wide at the declaration and the deafening screams were present. He subtly looked in your direction and saw your reaction, his worry diminished as he saw you smiling making him smile. “Makes you feel bad from coming just down the road doesn't it? ‘I came from round New York’.” he mocked, “awe who cares.” he laughed with them and you hid a big smile behind your hands. 

~~~~

You walked the same route you came flashing your pass when you reached the gate and made your way in to see Niall. When you saw him you squealed and ran over to him. He turned when he heard you and caught you in his arms as you wrapped your legs around his waist and he spun you both around hands on the swell of your bum.

“I'm so proud of you!” you screamed and he laughed before he was kissing you passionately. It was quick as many more pecks through giggles followed. “I can not explain to you how happy i am.” he whispered in shock as you were sitting in the trailer behind the stage and he was getting changed. “You should be so happy, my love. That was incredible, and I am so so proud of you.” he smiled at you before grabbing your hand and kissing the ring on it. “You make me so happy, baby girl.” you melted at his words and stood up to kiss him softly. “And you make me the happiest girl, Ni.”

You surprising Niall at his Zane Lowe interview and him outing you 

You knew Niall was disappointed when you told him you wouldn't be able to make it to his Zane Lowe interview today. He was really excited for this one and wanted you to be there. It was only a few days later that you flew from Boston down to LA for the interview. You were working on last minute stuff for the announcement today and you were nowhere close to done when he was getting ready to leave.

“I'm sorry love.” you kissed his pout away as you both stood by the door of his  LA house. “I know, it’s okay. I know why you can’t make it, and for that I am so very proud.” he melted his lips against yours as your hands went to the curls on the back of his neck and he wrapped his went straight to your bum.

~~~

Niall was watching Zane play his songs and the guitar with a big smile a few hours after he left. “There are some pretty songs on this record bro.” Zane complimented as he switched playing from ‘The Show’ to ‘You could start a cult’. You who had just made it into the studio to surprise Niall were standing behind the glass watching him, waiting for him to notice. 

“Thank you very much.'' He cut through Zanes music. “This one kills me.” Zane admitted as Niall caught on to what he was playing. “Yeah.” he cheered Zane on softly, finally noticing you. You saw his smile widened and you waved softly. “You Could Start A Cult.” he named distractedly, still looking at you as if he looked away you would disappear. 

~~~

“Kingdoms fighting over you,” Niall continued. “I think that like they’re the ones- that could have very easily been, ‘ i like waking up beside you and you're my favourite person.” he joked easily. “But ‘you could start a war’.” you shook your head at his lyrical genius. “Do you ever crack yourself up with it?”

‘Yeah it was something silly at first but now everyone's obsessed with it. It started with me and my girlfriend now, when we met we would watch crime shows together over facetime,” he exposed and you chuckled at his laugh.

‘You say girlfriend now, sorry if i'm over stepping but..” zane trailed off

“No,” he shrugged off looking at you, who nodded, “she was not my girlfriend at the time, she is now, is what that meant.”

“So did she not know the song was for her?”

“She didn't know any song was for her- or about her I should say. The road from when we met to now has been a very dark windy tunnel, but we made it to the other end.”

“That's beautiful Niall, truly.” You smiled at him agreeing with Zane.

“This was the last song on the record that we wrote.” Niall confessed, and you wondered why. “Why, what was missing?” and without hesitation he pointed to you, “her.” Zane looked to where he was pointing and you waved happily at him. He waved back to you just as happy before turning to Niall with a face of shock. “No?” he gasped and Niall laughed, throwing his head back. “Yeah, I know. Way out of my league.” he watched you shake your head with an eye roll and he couldn't stop the smile from gracing his face.

“I could’ve gone and did what I did with the rest of the record and put BV’s all over it and strings and that was my plan - and John just said to me- because we we were not talking at the time…” he pointed between you and him, “...this is your message to,” he paused, ‘“ her’ keep it that way. Just you and your guitar and your feelings.”

And while there's much much more… you’ll see that soon

[stylesispunk]

TIME CASTS A SPELL ON YOU, BUT YOU WON'T FORGET ME | CHAPTER 1

Joel Miller x f!oc

chapter 1: 'Til the sound of my voice can haunt you

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summary: Fifteen years ago, amidst the filling of divorce papers and the broken promises of a happily ever after, the world collapsed. Amidst the ruins of cities and the remnants of dreams, Joel's search for his ex-wife began. No matter where he turned, the woman who had once loved him held him captive, a presence he couldn't escape.

Word count: 1,6k

Warnings: tlou spoilers, guns, angst.

the story's main idea is based on the lyrics from "Silver Springs" by Fleetwood Mac,

a/n: Hello, this is the new fic I'm working on now. Just for reference, the story develops from the events in ep 2 of the show because I'm rewatching it and I had to start from somewhere. I really hope you like it, if you do, please comment, reblog, and share your thoughts with me, my asks are always open (please be kind). I love hearing from you guys and I'm really excited to see how this story goes and share it with you. If you want to be added to my taglist, you can tell me. Happy reading 💌

Since the world had ended and transformed into a desolate scenery full of horror, blood, grief, and loss. Joel had witnessed the changes in people, and what they were capable of doing to survive. He, himself, did horrible things to be where he was now, and he often asked himself if she did the same. What could have been if they had been together that fatal night? Would they still be together? Would Sarah still be alive? Those were the things persisting in his mind.

But there had been Tess, his partner in crime and the only person he had allowed himself to care about. She had been there. Yes, in the past, because grief hung over Joel once again. 

Joel found himself in a state of disbelief, taking a moment to remember Tess, losing his partner in crime and confident made him feel cold and gray like a storm cloud passing inside his body. It felt like karma, as if those words that escaped from Emily’s lips years ago were becoming a reality.

She would never let him escape, and he would never be able to escape from her constant torture. 

After a few minutes, he decided to go back to Ellie to their campsite. Ellie was in the same position as when he left. He didn’t utter a word to her, opting just to take his backpack, throwing it over his shoulder, and walking forward. He was avoiding Ellie and Ellie was avoiding Joel. The air felt heavy and full of tension. There was nothing left to do, and Joel had to learn how to live with another scar.

Joel blamed Ellie, but he also blamed Emily and her curse. 

“How much longer?” Ellie asked, breaking the suffocating air.

“Five-hour hike,” he simply answered.

“We can do that ” the teen said as a matter of fact.

Once they were out of the woods, back on the route. Their situation didn’t change. Joel was leading the way in silence and expecting the same gesture in return from Ellie, but he knew damn well Ellie was going to break the silence at any moment.

“You know what?” she said.

Damn, this kid and her questions, Joel thought.

“What?” He asked, exasperated. 

“Back in the woods, when you were there doing, I don’t know what,” she started. “I dug into your backpack.”

“Why would you do that?” Joel’s tone contained a lace-on anger.

“Food,” she confessed. “But that’s not the important.”

Pushing aside his exasperation, Joel forced himself to look at Ellie.

“I found this picture” she continued, digging into her jacket pocket to grab the picture and holding it for him to see. “Who is this woman?” 

Joel's heart skipped a beat once he saw that picture. He had placed that photograph inside his bag a long time ago when he realized he would never find Emily. But he couldn’t find himself to throw it away.

And what a time for her to return to his life, he thought, looking up to the sky as if she was there.

Joel cleared his throat, his voice rough from emotion. "Wife. She was my wife.”

Ellie's gaze remained fixed on him.

“What happened to her?” she asked, cautiously.

“We got divorced a week before this.” He answered, avoiding Ellie’s gaze.

Ellie just nodded, not pushing him anymore. She knew that some stories were painful to tell, and Joel's history was undoubtedly filled with such moments.

As Joel and Ellie kept walking, silence came back. She knew Joel was a man of few words, and Ellie often struggled to find the right words to say.

Ellie's voice, soft and filled with empathy, broke the silence that had settled between them.

"Joel," she said, her eyes searching his face for any sign of emotion, "I'm sorry for bringing up the past for you”

Joel turned his gaze back to Ellie, her concern touching him in a way he hadn't expected. He smiled, trying to give her some kind of reassurance.

"It's alright, kid," he replied, his voice soft. “The past is part of our story; We can’t pretend it didn’t exist.” 

Ellie's eyes brightened with understanding, and for the first time since their paths had crossed, a sense of mutual comprehension blossomed between them. In that fleeting moment, they shared a silent agreement. 

But once again, Ellie broke the silence.

“You should have your picture back,” she said, giving the photograph back to him.

Joel contemplated the photograph in his hand, its edges frayed from years of handling. It was a distant dream now. His gaze lingered on the faded smiles captured in the picture, and he put it back to where it belonged. 

"Thanks," he said softly, with a faint smile.

Joel didn’t want to admit it, but Ellie’s presence didn’t feel like a total burden to him. It was actually bringing him a sense of peace and purpose in life as if he was healing from the wounds the past life placed in his heart years ago. From the day he lost Sarah, and from the day he made Emily run from him. He had carried her as a ghost in his thoughts and in his heart.

His thoughts lingered back to those days for a few moments, the lingering touches and sloppy kisses, the sound of Emily and Sarah's laughter echoing through their house, the one he had once called home.

Joel's thoughts were interrupted as he realized Ellie was still there, walking beside him. Her presence was a reminder that he wasn't alone in this world, that he had someone to protect and care for once, even when it was just a “mission” for him.

"Did she die?" Ellie asked, glancing at him.

He hesitated for a moment, searching for the right words. " I looked out for her, but I failed.” 

“Sometimes we do things that haunt us later." She said, carrying an undertone.

Joel's gaze drifted back to the horizon. "Yeah, kid. They sure do."

Night had fallen, and the dark had enveloped Joel and Ellie. It was eerily silent, broken only by the rustling of leaves in the breeze.

“Okay”, Ellie broke the silence “I know I said we could manage the five-hour hike, but I'm tired.” 

"Alright, Ellie," he replied, his voice low and weary, "Let's find a safe place to rest for the night."

They continued walking, searching for a suitable spot to set up camp. The world around them was a haunting canvas of shadows and shapes, capturing the eerie silence, keeping them alert and on edge in case of an unexpected sound.

And then, in the middle of this foreboding night, that haunting voice made a comeback, 

“Stop there.” 

That voice.

Recognition cut through the darkness like a knife. It was her voice, the one that had haunted him for years. Joel's heart began to race, and disbelief washed over him.

Joel's heart ached with longing. He couldn’t believe it. 

He turned and what his eyes saw opened a door he had locked protectively.

When the hopes of finding the love of his life were long gone, the world put her in front of him again. 

"Em," he said, his voice laced with a hint of vulnerability, he took a cautious step forward.

Her once-warm eyes now held a cold gaze as they fell upon Joel. Recognition flashed in her eyes, but her posture didn't waver. The gun in her hands, still remaining there, pointing at Joel. 

"I looked for you everywhere that night " he whispered, raising his hands in surrender. 

Emily's grip on the gun tightened, and she took a step back, putting distance between them, reflecting the same years of detachment between them. 

“Did I allow you to talk?” she said, her voice filled with anger.

“Holy shit,” Ellie said, astonished. “Your wife”

Emily swiftly turned her head toward the teenager, her gaze piercing. 

“Ellie” Joel muttered, attempting to be cautious.   

“Shut up!” she gritted at Joel; her voice devoid of any softness.

At that moment, the woman standing in front of him was not his Emily, but a ghost of hers. At that moment, he didn’t feel the need to hold her. At that moment, the memory he had held of her for the last fifteen years dissipated.

Joel took advantage of Emily’s little distraction and swiftly placed a knife through her throat. He smirked, making up a barrier to hide his true emotions. 

"Just try to hurt my cargo," he warned, "and I'll end you." 

Joel's jaw clenched, and his grip on the knife tightened, as he stood there holding her by her back with the knife against her throat, their prior grievances about their story hanging heavily between them.

Emily smirked back; her defiance undeterred. "Don’t act so rude” she spitted, “I wasn’t looking for you” Emily added, her voice filled with resignation at the end.

Joel's grip on the knife slowly lessened, and he stepped back, releasing her. His emotions were a tumultuous storm inside him. 

“I told you that you would never forget me, Joel Miller” she affirmed, after all those years.

At those words, Joel’s gaze didn't waver, but the mask he had worn for so long was cracking. He couldn't deny the truth in Emily's words, he had never truly moved on from her.

With a heavy sigh, Joel turned away from Emily, his thoughts a turbulent whirlwind. The encounter had reopened old wounds

Joel sighed and looked away from Emily once more, his thoughts a whirlwind. The encounter had rekindled old wounds. He had never forgotten her, even when he tried to bury her memory, and this unexpected reunion was tainted with tension.

As they stood face to face in the same place after a lifetime of separation, both of them knew that the future ahead was uncertain. 

Had fate really brought them back together?

tag: @joeldjarin

[idealisticrealism]

TCL 3x05 thoughts

The main things:

This ep starts literally immediately after last ep ended, and then takes place over 2 full days

Looks like Thony and Jorge swapped numbers at some point lol; I guess Dante got tired of being the go-between haha. But for a guy that was so concerned yesterday about Thony missing her interview, he sure seems chill about pulling her away today… only to have nothing for her but an unintentionally murdered guy and an uncomfortable fight with his sister lol. That’s a bit embarrassing for you there, Jorge! I like that he later ended the business call about Nadia’s payout to be able to answer her, and then followed through on her request to talk to Ramona on her behalf. And then she shows up at his office– did she google him or did he actually tell her where to find him??-- and tries to convince him to nullify the Amber Alert, and ngl I enjoy the fact that much of their dynamic so far is basically Thony either ordering or begging him to do something, and him being like “No” and making some mocking remark to her about it… and then later doing exactly what she asked/suggested lol. Thony (and especially the potent combination of Thony and Luca) really does have some kind of magic power over the men of this family… though Arman seemed to accept it far more quickly and eagerly than Jorge, who’s still half-heartedly trying to resist haha. But then again, the man still showed up at her court hearing and not only provided the exact thing she asked for, but he also stayed to see the outcome and her reaction?? Like I’m absolutely hearing Nadia’s words to Arman rn: “You love the way she looks at you when you do these things for her. When you are her hero”... Jorge got his first real taste of that during the last ep, and looks like he already wants more haha

Thony and Ramona are clashing more and more which is potentially going to be very problematic for Thony when they lose Arman and she is no longer shielded by her connection to him… but I guess that’s when Jorge’s growing regard for her is going to come into play, and create an interesting divide with the siblings…

Poor Thony reliving the trauma of losing Luca, only even more terrifying this time because instead of Marco (who sucked but was at least relatively safe), he could be with someone who intends to hurt him. “We’ve been down this road before” yeah in more ways than one

“You and Armando will work together, so when I’m gone…(etc)” okay this is a very odd statement for a 50-something to make??? And she later says something about bringing Arman home ‘while there’s still time’-- time for him, or her?? Like is Ramona secretly dying and that’s why she’s so determined to get Arman back, so Jorge will still have family watching over him? Surely the writers wouldn’t use a plotline like that though, not given how we lost Adan…….? 

Okay let’s all pretend that we believe that a 6 year old kid, who had barely experienced the world outside his own bedroom before a few months ago, managed to navigate the streets of a major city on foot to a location that’s a 10 minute drive away, and then also somehow snuck into a large public facility undetected and didn't raise red flags as an unaccompanied kid hanging there for hours lol

Ugh so much love for the courtroom scene and the fam all giving their testimony. I love that they were all clearly ready to commit perjury if needed (eg by covering up Thony’s shady activities if asked about it) and that they also said such beautiful, heartfelt things, because god did Thony need to hear those things. After everything she has gone through, and everything that her actions to protect Luca put the rest of the family through, she’d clearly started to question (like we saw in the kitchen earlier with Fi)  whether she is actually truly good– a good mother, a good family member, and a good person in general– or if she only brings pain to those around her.  The forgiveness and support of her family doesn’t erase what she’s done, but it is going to be a huge part of how she moves forward and grows as a person, and I’m really looking forward to seeing more of that journey.

I also loved that the people trying to take Luca away were two crusty old guys, while Thony’s lawyer (who looked like she was trying not to cry when Thony did her big speech), and the judge, and of course Susan (who, while on the CPS side, is actually fairly impartial and in some ways shows a lot of regard for Thony, and didn’t raise an objection even though she could have) are all women. It feels like a subtle nod to the themes of both motherhood and women supporting other women in this show, and that’s really cool. 

Other stuff:

Congrats to Fi for finally getting to have her own Traumatised Showering Scene haha, I think Thony has had at least 2 or 3 by this point. But I did feel for Fi and Chris that they barely even got to begin to unpack what happened to them because things were just immediately about Luca. Also ngl that music/voiceover combo right at the start with the abrupt fadeout was a bit weird lol

“Sometimes I wish I was a turtle, so I could hide in my shell” #relatable

Love the sweet JD/Fi stuff, though this dude needs to recognise his place in the family hierarchy and not make calls that aren’t his to make lol. Leave the dealing with big important stuff to the women, buddy, you’re out of your depth!  

Speaking of dudes messing things up… seriously Dante? Accidentally killing the best lead your bosses have to getting their relative back? That’s embarrassingly amateurish. Unless there’s actually more going on here than we realise, and he did it deliberately to keep the guy from talking??

Ok seriously how many doors lead outside from Luca’s room?? I know it’s a converted sun-room and not a proper bedroom, but still, they should at least be locked if not also securely barricaded. Geez.

Ah the many facets of Jorge, comfortable in a homeless camp and while torturing a guy in a warehouse, but also in a courtroom and a fancy corner office, and also while kneeling in a kitchen doorway to earnestly accept a gift of a cupcake from a 5 year old lol

Thony always tells Luca she’s never going to let anything bad happen to him… but uhhh, a little too late there, don’t you think Thony? Poor kid has been through more ‘bad things’ than most adults, and most of them have happened within the last 6 months lol

Lol at Thony trying to tell the officer to drop the charges against Dante and he’s just like ‘nope’ haha. I bet she really misses her surgeon days when she could just give orders and people would follow them without question

No Nadia this week! Honestly it felt weird not to see her; it really feels like she is part of the family now, and I’m looking forward to more of her and Thony working together

Goddamn I really gotta learn Spanish.

[dragonrider9905]

In Defense of Hunter's Caution

Hey guys, spoilers for Ep 14 of The Bad Batch. Just some of my thoughts.

I know that some people are going to be upset with Hunter for his reaction to the news about Crosshair but I just wanted to express some things so even though we all agree it is sad to see Hunter doubting Crosshair, maybe show the guy some understanding...think about his position a little bit.

Last time Hunter saw Crosshair, Cross said he didn't have the chip and didn't clarify when it was taken out. This could have been ages ago. The writers gave US immense hints when it was, so WE would be able to figure it out. We were able to observe Crosshair's change of character and obsessions and goals of when he went from "kill! kill! kill!" to "join me! join me! join me!". From watching Clone Wars, the body language between Hunter and Crosshair (also the fact that Crosshair was the only person Hunter didn't roast to the looks) they were really close before this. Going from feeling like you know someone to having that person burn you in the hardest of ways is difficult to deal with and it seems that Hunter isn't dealing with it. He's ignoring how he feels. He's angry at himself too. There's a lot of baggage here. Also how Crosshair is harder on Hunter than everyone else--sometimes when we are hurt by people who are closer to us, they are the harder to forgive, right?

Wrecker has a huge heart. It's his nature. He's like, "WOOOOW Cross turned on the Empire! Let's go fellas!!!!" because we see how easy going he is. He would have taken the low percent rate that Cid gave them happily a few episodes ago, he's happy playing with the kids. He's so innocent! We can't compare that to Hunter who is responsible for all of them...he's torn. What if Crosshair IS trying to hurt them again? They found some semblance of peace, finally, and to have that threatened so soon is a huge blow.

Also consider this. Maybe Hunter is trying to convince himself that it isnt' true because .... if it is....his BABY BROTHER is being held by a crazy evil scientist who wants to do nasty things to him. Maybe its a NO NO NO PLEASE NO you HAVE to be WRONG. because if Crosshair is being hurt? He'll rip down the facility to get to him. He's still hurt by Crosshair so it won't go back to normal but if he knew for a fact what we know, he'd go to hell to save Crosshair. Even thinking about what they could possibly be doing to Crosshair sends him to a 'no it can't be true, has to be a trap' because if it is, how on earth can he sleep until he saves his little lost brother? How long has he been there? What will he be like when they see him? Will he even still be alive? IS he still alive? So many ugly things to consider. It's easier to think it could be a trap so he can stay a little sane during the mission. And he never said *not* to go. He just pointed out it could be a trap like he set before. Being responsible for everyone isn't easy. It's something he has to weigh carefully. He doesn't have the freedom to say, 'to hell with my life if its a trap' like others may have because he still does have a responsibility to his brothers.

[anemoiawithatouchofobsession]

Learning Korean through songs with you all - Ep.1

So I was listening to Trot Queen Ha Choon Hwa's "Good Job/Well Done" (잘했군 잘했어) a few days ago, and they use a lot of old korean grammar and some obscure words, and I didn't really understand it - so I'll learn with y'all!

Here goes my strategy I had shown y'all a few posts ago

Text :

영감 왜 불러 뒷뜰에 뛰어놀던 병아리 한 쌍을 보았소 보았지 어쨌소 이 몸이 늙어서 몸 보신 할려고 먹었지 잘했군 잘했어 잘했군 잘했군 잘했어 그러게 내 영감이라지 마누라 왜 그래요 외양간 매어 놓은 얼룩이 황소를 보았나 보았죠 어쨌나 친정집 오라비 장가들 밑천에 ���었지 잘했군 잘했어 잘했군 잘했군 잘했어 그러게 내 마누라지 영감 왜 불러 사랑채 비워 주고 십만원 전세를 받았소 받았지 어쨌소 방앗간 차릴려고 은행에 적금을 들었지 잘했군 잘했어 잘했군 잘했군 잘했어 그러게 내 영감이라지 마누라 왜 불러요 복덕방 골영감이 장기를 두자고 왔었나 왔었지요 뭐랬나 장기는 그만두고 태권도 배우러 갔댔지 잘했군 잘했어 잘했군 잘했군 잘했어 그러게 내 마누라지

It's long as hell, it's also a duet so I gotta split it up into Choonhwa (C) and Bongsan (the guy that sang with her) (B) first to get the conversation between them. I'll do a few steps in one, mark the words I don't know, and get the translations-

(Verse 1)

C: 영감~

B: 왜 불러?

C: 뒷뜰에 뛰어놀던 병아리 한 쌍을 보았소?

(I should have guessed that. I knew 쌍 means double of something, like 쌍둥이)

(뒷 means "at the back of smth" and 뜰 means "field", so I guess this means "backyard")

B: 보았지.

C: 어쨌소?

(Both kinda make sense here, but eventhough 어쩌다 as an adjective is "by chance" or "accidentally", as a verb, it means "to be some sort of way", i guess. Also adding 소 at the end of a question was standard practice back then, I guess. The halmeonis still do speak that way.)

B: 이 몸이 늙어서 몸 보신 할려고 먹었지

(So it just is a fancy or old fashioned way to say "to keep myself healthy" or to "care for my body")

C: 잘했군, 잘했어

C,B: 잘했군, 잘했군, 잘했어

C: 그러게 내 영감이라지

(Verse 2)

B: 마누라~

C: 왜 그래요?

B:외양간 매어 놓은 얼룩이 황소를 보았나?

C:보았죠

B:어쨌나?

C:친정집 오라비 장가들 밑천에 주었지

B:잘했군, 잘했어

B,C: 잘했군 잘했군 잘했어

B: 그러게 내 마누라지

(Verse 3 - version 1, there's three different versions from now )

C: 영감!

B: 왜 불러?

C:사랑채 비워 주고 십만원 전세를 받았소?

B: 받았지

C: 어쨌소?

B: 방앗간 차릴려고 은행에 적금을 들었지

C: 잘했군, 잘했어

C,B : 잘했군 잘했군 잘했어

C: 그러게 내 영감이라지

(Verse 4, version 1)

B: 마누라~

C: 왜 불러요?

B:복덕방 골영감이 장기를 두자고 왔었나?

C: 왔었지요

B:뭐랬나?

C: 장기는 그만두고 태권도 배우러 갔댔지

B: 잘했군 잘했어

B,C: 잘했군 잘했군 잘했어

B: 그러게 내 마누라지

(Verse 3, version 2 - the one I'm used to)

C:영감?

B: 왜불러?

C: 사랑채 비워주고 십만원 전세를 받았소?

B: 받았지

C:어쨌소?

B: 서양춤 출려고 쌍나팔 전축을 사왔지

C: 잘했군, 잘했어

C,B :잘했군 잘했군 잘했어!

C: 그러게 내 영감이라지

(Pt 4 version 2)

B: 마누라?

C: 왜 불러요?

B: 딱정댁 마나님에 술값의 독촉을 왔었나?

(Damn, I never knew I'll be learning english here too)

C: 왔었죠

B: 어쨌소?

C: 술병을 고칠려고 지리산 약캐러 갔댔지

B: 잘했군, 잘했어

B,C : 잘했군, 잘했군, 잘했어

B: 그러게 내 마누라지

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So now, it's time for translating!

(Verse 1)

C: 영감~ My husband~ B: 왜 불러? What happened? C: 뒷뜰에 뛰어놀던 병아리 한 쌍을 보았소? Did you see the pair of chicks that were running around the backyard? B: 보았지. I saw them. C: 어쨌소? What happened with them? B: 이 몸이 늙어서 몸 보신 할려고 먹었지 I ate them to take care of my health because I'm growing old C: 잘했군, 잘했어 Good job, well done C,B: 잘했군, 잘했군, 잘했어 Good job, you did well, well done C: 그러게 내 영감이라지 That's my husband! B: 마누라~ My wife~ C: 왜 그래요? Why? B:외양간 매어 놓은 얼룩이 황소를 보았나? Did you see the spotted bull that we had in the barn? C:보았죠 I saw it B:어쨌나? What happened with it? C:친정집 오라비 장가들 밑천에 주었지 I gave it to my brother's in-laws as a seed investment B:잘했군, 잘했어 Well done, good job B,C: 잘했군 잘했군 잘했어 Well done, good job, you did well B: 그러게 내 마누라지 Yes, that's my wife C: 영감! My husband! B: 왜 불러? What happened? C:사랑채 비워 주고 십만원 전세를 받았소? Did you get the 100,000 won lease back after our guest house room cleared? B: 받았지 I got it C: 어쨌소? What did you do? B: 방앗간 차릴려고 은행에 적금을 들었지 I gave it to the bank as a savings payment to pay for a mill C: 잘했군, 잘했어 Well done, good job C,B : 잘했군 잘했군 잘했어 Good job, well done, you did well C: 그러게 내 영감이라지 That's my husband! B: 마누라~ My wife~ C: 왜 불러요? Why? B:복덕방 골영감이 장기를 두자고 왔었나? Did the man who lives in Bokdeokbang come to leave his Janggi drums? C: 왔었지요 He did. B:뭐랬나? What did he say? C: 장기는 그만두고 태권도 배우러 갔댔지 That he'll stop Janggi and will go to start learning Taekwondo B: 잘했군 잘했어 Good on him, good job B,C: 잘했군 잘했군 잘했어 Good job, well done, good job B: 그러게 내 마누라지 That's my wife! C:영감? Husband? B: 왜불러? What happened? C: 사랑채 비워주고 십만원 전세를 받았소? Did you get the 100,000 won lease back after our guest house room cleared? B: 받았지 I did C:어쨌소? What did you do? B: 서양춤 출려고 쌍나팔 전축을 사왔지 I bought a vinyl record player to dance western dance with it C: 잘했군, 잘했어 Well done, good job C,B :잘했군 잘했군 잘했어! Good job, well done, you did well C: 그러게 내 영감이라지 That's my husband! (Pt 4 version 2) B: 마누라? My wife? C: 왜 불러요? What's going on? B: 딱정댁 마나님에 술값의 독촉을 왔었나? Did the aunty from Ddakjung come to pay for her the alcohol ? C: 왔었죠 She did B: 어쨌소? What happened? C: 술병을 고칠려고 지리산 약캐러 갔댔지 She went to Jirisan medicals to fix her alcohol addiction B: 잘했군, 잘했어 Good for her, well done B,C : 잘했군, 잘했군, 잘했어 Good job, well done, you did well! B: 그러게 내 마누라지 That's my wife!

@papaya2000s you should look more into Ha Choon-hwa, she has a really crazy and cool life story and has released around 150 albums until now!

[majestick-posts-op]

I was scrolling trough One Piece episodes on Crunchyroll Italy and saw a comment on like ep. 973 that said something like "Guys, what if Joyboy is Toki's father???" And now I am like... it could be.

Now, let's run off the facts that we know:

• Joyboy and Toki were both from the Void Century, about 800 years ago or more.

• Toki came to the future because she was running away from something. What that something was we don't really know, but we do know that bad shit went down in the late Void Century.

• Toki was from the Amatsuki family. We don't know Joyboy's real name, so he could be from that family as well.

• Toki really wanted to go to Wano necause it was her homeland. We know by a fact that Joyboy was connected to Wano due to the Phoneglyphs.

• Toki wasn't there when Roger unvailed the One Piece and read Joyboy's message. It may be, because if she had in fact been there, us the viewer (and characters) woukd have learned this sooner.

So, what could this mean for the story? Well, its defenetely alleins with One Piece's themes of destiny and legacies. If Toki was Joyboy's daughter, then Luffy set his past life's home country and grandkids free. This is fitting for him. And it does tie a few elements togheter.

But if Joyboy is Toki's dad... then who is her mom? Well I think it may be Nefertari D. Lili.

We don't know much about Lili either, only that she was from the same time period, had a connection with Joyboy throught the Phoneglyphs, and dissapeared.

But I wanna look at the genetic evidence.

Toki's hair. Its green, and her daughter's Hiyori hair is more blueish. Were is that blue from?

There is one character with blue haur similar to that, Vivi. And who also has blue hair and is related to her? Lili.

Mike drops.

[weirdlotiel]

Ahsoka ep 5. (Involves cursing and spoilers. Not necessarily in that order)

Did I say I love music in this series?

Last week I was talking with my dad and explained what was happening in the series and he asked if Ahsoka Hera and the team will use Pergills to find their way to Ezra and Thrawn. Not a bad idea…

Even more Jacen!!! Yay😍😍😍

I totally forgot to notice it earlier bur he has his dad’s… arm thing.

Huyang with Sabine’s helmet 😭. And how he tild them to stay together. He was so sad😭😭😭

Ahsoka has this thing with crossing her arms.

Anakin gives me uneasy feeling.

What does “finishing her training “ means?

Wait, live or die? Really? Well, that was quite… obvious.

Jacen knows something. I mean, why would he sit at the edge of the cliff?

I love how Huyang is half right half wrong.😂

Hera, listen to your baby!!!! He knows something!!!!!

And she listens! Or at least tries to. I love this duo.

Wait… Jacen hears what is happening on “the other side”???? I love that boy😭😭😭😍😍😍(and he made me cry!!!)

Carson: what am I missing? What just happened?

Huyang: Jacen has abilities. His father, Kanan Jarrus, was a jedi.

😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 (that was literally my reaction to this conversation)

Carson: okay, we better get on it then.

You mention jedi, they listen 😂

But still, why did Hera leave Jacen and Chopper alone ot there? What if some kind of beast appears? Or whatever?

Ahsoka- falls down through the clouds.

Me: don’t tell me there will be younger Soka?

Younger Ahsoka- appears.

Me: oh, she’s cute😂

Nice training btw… well, dealing with your past is almost never easy.

Was that a random clone she sat next to? Probably yeah. Sad.

The talk with anakin, right after that… isn’t this a real dialogue from Clone wars? Or at least part of it? When they tried to get through the blocade to Ryloth? (I was watching this ep few days ago)

I knew there was something wrong!!! Vader is there! Be careful Snips!!!

I do love Huyang talking about Ahsoka and Ani. 😂

What did Chopper sense? Maybe a Pergill?

Oh, Siege of Mandalore? Just great.

Ani is dark. Is that a darke side tempting her?

Yup. Red lightsaber. But it’s not temptation… a test? Maybe.

I do love seeing more Vader side of Anakin. Although it pains me. (Btw idk how about the rest of you guys, but I had a feeling since the previous episode that we’ll see him today)

Yay, Ani is Ani again!!!!

No, he disappeared.

Haha, Ahsoka was just floating under the water. I should’ve known.😂

Jacen’s face when he saw the Ghost coming back with Ahsoka😍. I love this boy.

Jacen wants a lightaber. Of course he does.

Learning the past through touching objects? I didn’t know Ahsoka could do that.

I think she’s disappointed. At least a lil bit.

Ouch, Hera is in trouble. I hope she’s gonna be fine. (I hate most of thise politicians, did I mention that?)

Soka saw Pergills!!!!!!

Hey, you fucking senators, Hera is the general. End of discussion.

Why do I have a feeling me and my pa were right about the Pergills?😂

I love our big, soace Whales. (I need an amoji for them😂)

Dang, that Pergill is huge!!!!

Carson: I respectfully disagree.

My translation: Go fuck yourself you idiots.

So Ahsoka is gonna pull Jonah’s trick. (Now which story am I talking about? Who’s gonna tell me?)

Although I wish Hera went too. (And I do hope we’ll still se her in next episodes.)

This episode made me more emotional than I wish it did. (Especially because there was a lot of Jacen. Yes, Imma keep talking about this baby boi. And because we have more Pergills)

[dangermousie]

Farscape Rewatch - 2x07 and 2x08

Not my fave eps (in fact, 2x08 Dream a Little Dream is my least fave ep in the season and in my bottom three eps of the show) so not too much to say.

Home on the Remains 2x07

The start of D’Argo x Chiana, a glorious secondary ship.

I love the visuals of the pollen floating through the ship. I love that you can never feel entirely comfortable with Zhaan because underneath her calm, even good demeanor, there is madness waiting to peep out and the show never lets you forget it. Here it really manifests when she is in starvation mode and it’s scary and surreal and oddly beautiful. For Zhaan, like for many other of the characters, being good, doing good is not the default - it’s a conscious, hard-won choice and I love that.  Second comment is that we get some glimpse into what Chiana’s life was before Moya, and why she was all spikes when she came on board. Her loyalty is manifest here as is her lack of self-worth: she is OK with whoring herself to get Zhaan a meal(!!!!!) (and I love how both John and D’Argo would much rather kill the guy). And so is her darkness: she kills the guy in a pretty gruesome way and doesn’t dwell on it for a second. I really do think she is the one who killed the Nebari keeper in the ep she first appeared. And also here is the start of Chi and D’Argo. I squealed at the kiss when I first saw it and get !!! on every rewatch. I loved how complicated this OTP was and how invested I was and how their flaws and strengths both intertwined into it.

And some of my fave quotes are here. I love Aeryn’s snide ‘I get to babysit the blooming blue bush and you get to play with your favorite little tralk’ and Crichton’s ‘you can eat anything if it’s fried’ is sort of a catchphrase in the Mousie household. I also love the scene with Rygel on the sled and Rygel biting John and John biting back. Yeah. This show was gloriously unhinged. 

Not a favorite ep but enjoyable enough, which is more than I can say, with few exceptions for the ep that follows.

Dream a Little Dream 2x08

This is my most fast-forwarded S2 ep ever. Honest. Blah. 

But even a truly bad ep has some glorious exchanges.

Anyway, this ep is largely a flashback by Zhaan about what happened to her, China and Rygel between end of s1 and start of s2. Zhaan goes crazy while being framed on planet of evil lawyers. Rygel and Chiana save her. Blah. End of flashback.

I’ve read someone say that the problem with this episode is that since it’s a flashback we have no tension. We know everyone will be OK. But I don’t think that is the case. After all, do we really expect Crichton et al to be bumped off at a random ep? No, but we still get excited about the eps (of course, DALD takes it further as we know everything will return to status quo we know now but still…) And we just a few eps ago had The Way We Weren’t which was largely set three years prior to the premiere episode and it’s one of the best eps of the season. For me, the flashback is not the problem. I think this is the ep that reiterated for me that while I find Zhaan and Rygel interesting in small dozes, an ep centered around them is not really my thing. And I love Chiana, but probably ditto unless she is interacting with someone other than them. Basically, my character order of preference goes: John, Aeryn, D’Argo, Chi etc etc. And an ep where my top 3 characters are absent (minus a very very cool hallucination) drags. The plot is also not scintillating. In fact, to call it simplistic with truly boring characters except for the regulars is to compliment it. Oh well, they can’t all be winners and Farscape had way less losers than most (after this ep, I adore every single ep until S4′s Coup by Clam - every single ep and that’s insane.) I do love Chiana and Rygel as trial lawyers, utterly hopped up and themselves in wiggle room exploitation. And the courtroom design is very neat. But that is about it.

Also, this is a small framing scene but I do love how, once again, John is the one who believes that talking it out helps. He gets more and more hardened but he still believes in talking it out, even if it’s now limited solely to those he loves (that is why in part the end of 2x22 DMD hits so hard - John lying there, agreeing to a procedure that will render him mute, because, as he says, there is nobody he want to talk to anyway and nothing to say. One of the worst times he’s been broken thoroughly; though he always manages to reassemble himself somehow.)

I do love Zhaan and John’s bond. I will always love Farscape for many reasons but one of them is creating all these powerful, complex women and not having them be love interests for the male lead. Crichton’s relationships with important female characters are varied - with Zhaan here she’s the older sister in so many ways - but except for Aeryn, they are never romantic, and very very rarely sexual (and if we remove Grayza where the sexual element is not by his choice, the rarity becomes even more pronounced) and I love that.

[bnhaobservation]

Keeping up with the Todorokis or, just me observing the Todorokis (Anime version): Ep. 13

So this is nothing else but a collection of informations, series by series, episode by episode about how the Todorokis appear in it, especially compared to the manga.

Ep. 13 In Each of Our Hearts (各々の胸に Onōno no Mune ni)

trasposition of

Chap. 20 The World of Pros (プロの世界 PRO no Sekai) Chap. 21 In Each of Our Hearts (各々の胸に Onōno no Mune ni)

So this episode more or less kept the same amount of Shouto we saw in the manga, albeit in some istances the visual is better... and in one instance there's a tiny change that's not so great but... it's overall good.

We get a glimpse of Shouto as the area clears up.

The anime kept the scene of Shouto pointing out there's no need for them to act.

Todoroki Shōto ‘Sasugada... Ore-tachi no derumaku janē mitaida na...’ 轟焦凍「さすがだ...俺たちの出る幕じゃねえみたいだな...」 Todoroki Shōto “As expected... Looks like this is not our turn...”

It also keeps another glimpse of him as Kurogiri says the kids are just standing there.

Kurogiri's sentence is expanded slightly though.

Kurogiri ‘Shigaraki Tomura... ochitsuite kudasai. Yoku mireba Nōmu ni uketa DAMAGE wa kakujitsu ni arawarete iru. Dōyara kodomo-ra wa bōdachi no yōsu desushi, mada tsukaeru teshita mo nokotte imasu. Ato sūbun mo shinai uchi ni zōen ga kite shimau deshou ga, anata to watashi de renkei sureba, mada YA reru CHANCE wa jūbun ni aru ka to...’ 黒霧「死柄木弔...落ち着いて下さい。よく見れば脳無に受けたダメージは確実に表れている。どうやら子どもらは棒立ちの様子ですし、まだ使える手下も残っています。あと数分もしないうちに増援が来てしまうでしょうが、あなたと私で連携すれば、まだヤれるチャンスは充分にあるかと...」 Kurogiri “Shigaraki Tomura... please calm down. If you look closely, you can clearly see the damage done by the Noumu. It appears that the children are still standing there, and we still have some usable minions left. Reinforcements will probably arrive within the next few minutes, but if you and I work together, I think we still have a good chance of succeeding....”

This is instead what he originally said:

Kurogiri ‘Shigaraki Tomura... ochitsuite kudasai. Yoku mireba Nōmu ni uketa DAMAGE wa kakujitsu ni arawarete iru. Dōyara kodomo-ra wa bōdachi no yōsu... Ato sūbun mo shinai uchi ni zōen ga kite shimau deshou ga, anata to watashi de renkei sureba, mada YA reru CHANCE wa jūbun ni aru ka to...’ 黒霧「死柄木弔...落ち着いて下さい。よく見れば脳無に受けたダメージは確実に表れている。どうやら子どもらは棒立ちの様子ですし、まだ使える手下も残っています。あと数分もしないうちに増援が来てしまうでしょうが、あなたと私で連携すれば、まだヤれるチャンスは充分にあるかと...」 Kurogiri “Shigaraki Tomura... please calm down. If you look closely, you can clearly see the damage done by the Noumu. It appears that the children are still standing there... Reinforcements will probably arrive within the next few minutes, but if you and I work together, I think we still have a good chance of succeeding....”

Basically the anime added they can still use minions and have the one that were knocked down recover right then, while the manga kept true to what Shouto said previously, that apart for the Nomu and Kurogiri Shigaraki had no other helper there.

It's clearly a change made to make things more dramatic and give the children a bigger role since in the manga Kirishima says to let All Might handle the dangerous guys and go help the others but there he was talking of leaving and helping who might still be fighting, while here he's talking about bringing down the minions that are there, but honestly is a not really interesting one since it's not like those minions will get to do something and seems to aim at making Shigaraki appear even more of a coward, as not only he wasn't up to face All Might but, to convince him to do so, Kurogiri also have to toss in they've other minions. Also, Shouto turning to check on Midoriya as if he were counting on him for the battle (when Shouto has proved not long ago he could take out all the minions on his own) compared to how in the manga he turns to check on Midoriya because the latter isn't leaving, kind of change how the story was meant to go... and also they didn't really do a good use of Shouto's surprised expression as he seems surprised for how Kirishima and Bakugou are willing to fight and not because Midoriya remains behind...

Kirishima Eijirō ‘Shuhankaku wa ALL MIGHT ga nanto ka shite kureru! Ore-tachi wa hoka no renchū o tasuke ni...’ 轟焦凍「主犯格はオールマイトが何とかしてくれる！俺たちは他の連中を助けに...」 Kirishima Eijirō “All Might will deal with the ringleader! We'll go and help the others...”

Todoroki Shōto ‘Midoriya.’ 轟焦凍「緑谷。」 Todoroki Shōto “Midoriya.”

The anime shows us a glimpse of Shouto as Midoriya leaves them as well of his surprise (the manga showed us only Bakugou and Kirishima)...

We gets a glimpse of the boys' surprise as the other Heroes arrive.

We get a better image of Shouto as the students ponder on what the Pro have to face.

They left Shouto's observation on how if the Pro gathered there it means the school wasn't attacked.

Todoroki Shōto ‘Kyōshi-jin (read: PRO HERO) ka... Koko ni kore dake atsumarutte koto wa, gakkō zentai ni shikakete kitatte koto ja nasa sō da.’ 轟焦凍「教師陣（プロヒーロー）か…ここにこれだけ集まるってことは、学校全体に仕掛けてきたってことじゃなさそうだ。」 Todoroki Shōto “Teachers (read: Pro Heroes)... The fact that so many of them have gathered here mean they're not attacking the whole school.”

Mind you, this time I'm reporting the sentence as it was in the manga... in the anime they completely left out the part about the teachers since it wasn't meant being read but only implied.

They added a scene in which Kirishima tells him and Bakugou to gather in front of the gate.

We see a glimpse of Shouto in the scene with Tsukauchi checking if all the students are safe.

They visually expanded the bit with Hagakure.

Ojiro Mashirao ‘Hagakure-san wa doko itanda?’ 尾白猿夫「葉隠さんはどこいたんだ？」 Ojiro Mashirao “Hagakure-san, where were you?”

Hagakure Tōru ‘Dosha no toko. Todoroki-kun KUSO tsuyokute bikkuri shichatta.’ 葉隠透「土砂のとこ！轟くんクソ強くてびっくりしちゃった」 Hagakure Tōru “The landslide. Todoroki-kun is so strong I was surprised."”

Todoroki Shōto ‘(Kōra su tokodatta… abunē…).’ 轟焦凍「(凍らすとこだった…危ねぇ…)」 Todoroki Shōto “(I almost froze her... that was dangerous...)”

We see a glimpse of Shouto as his class is told to go back to class...

They expanded the visual of Shouto as he walks back to class.

Last, but not least, Shouto is in the preview of the next series, with even a quote of his.

Todoroki Shōto ‘Yatsu wo kanzen hitei suru’ 轟焦凍「奴を完全否定する」 Todoroki Shōto “I’ll completely repudiate him.”

And that's all for the first series. I'm not sure if I'll manage to continue but so far that's what we have.

[savingthrcw]

okay listen, listen, this is one of those things I'm going to get weirdly obsessed by (like Janey) but I probably won't get to write because they are hyper-specific and weird (unlike Janey) but I need to organize my thoughts.

My Terra? (ff6) a fallout prime au would be a HORRIBLE story because Terra's whole thing in her own canon universe (and it would have to be the same in all universes) is that she's Special. She's a weapon of mass destruction, she's connected to whoever the main bad guy is, she's not entirely human but the more she chooses that side and the happier and stronger she becomes, not to mention more in control of what she does. That's her thing.

And that goes against *my* thing of never writing an oc or a canon character in a new universe which makes them an oc as super gifted. BUT. SHE FITS.

Because after the gross, gross guy speaking of 'what if we experiment on illegal immigrants in my Vault' in the last ep and what we saw in Vault 4? She can literally fit in as a poor little girl that was literally kidnapped to be in that Vault, born PRE-war, and was experimented on for YEARS, literally a brainwashed slave who would just let them, and she was given organs and extra accessories that don't belong to her and so on, to become a weapon herself. And then they make a mistake, IT'S TOO MUCH, and they freeze her.

But they unfreeze and the brainwashing that keeps her compliant is gone, and she's terrified and just has "accepted" she's an object, and now she's at the Enclave which from my understanding is where they do experiment/may check on her.

And I'm thinking that the ONE special thing she can have, the one "super power" that would make her different from everybody else... instead of natural magic, of fire, would be radiation. Like, having the ability to shoot radiation at you, not just to the ghoul point but to the 'melting body' point, which she can't always control, and that was the mistaken that got her frozen because 'future vault tec will figure something out', and after a few years at the enclave she literally melts a bunch of scientists and runs, and there is a giant bounty on her, and she just knows her name but she also remembers random things more and more (life before war, life being experimented on, mentioning things only people who lived 200 years ago know about) and is trying to figure out what she is, who she is, and INITIALLY she'd be so submissive and accepting to be captured again because she doesn't want to melt people

and it's hard to tell why the enclave and Vault Tec as a whole want her so badly, but the first time she loses control and cooks some animal or some raider? Now that makes sense. Too dangerous in the hands of Vault Tec and so good and scared and eventually joining the fight against that side. But at the beginning? Yeah she's terrified and looking for someone to tell her what to do and resigned to the fact that will be hurt again. She always had to anyway. But really doesn't want to go back to the Enclave.

Radiation obviously doesn't affect her, she has random skills due to the body parts she was given, which are still made to look like hers because it's part of making her so dangerous, she'd much rather shoot and fight in a normal way than using her powers, of which she doesn't have perfect control of anyway. SHE FITS. Her canon happy ending is that literally after the end of HER world she's found a village of kids she can mother, and defeated the people who did this to her.

But here's the kicker: people involved in the Esper Project (as in Terra having been given this ability and several more that could make her a one woman army), have a song that can re-activate her and she'll be back to brainless slave while it's playing/being sung. She'd hear it from Very Far because trained to recognize THAT sound with her super hearing, which doesn't work for pretty much anything else, it's super hard to access to her enhanced hearing if they don't force her to. She can be awoken when it stops playing or, later on, by trying to reach her human side if there is a bond. Her Esper moment lowers her ability to feel pain and brings up other 'custom abilities' she was given, like temporary super strength in one arm (normally it's stronger than the other but she doesn't know how to make it 'deathclaw strong), being able to jump very high/fall from high places with no pain, and seeing in the dark.

[edit: the song could be Elvis Presley's Jailhouse Rock as a reference to the fact that Fallout couldn't afford those songs and we don't normally hear Elvis on the radio - but also because listening to that while she basically walks towards the target while having the effect of a nuke and ripping people to shreds with her hand is something]

look at her. I'm gonna do it. Even though ff6 people may be the only ones interested and none of them is here. I don't care.

if someone wants to write with her ESPECIALLY if from the show, tell me. TELL ME.

the starter call is here

[digitalgate02]

Why BelialVamdemon was the final enemy:

As many people know i do not like Vamdemon as the final enemy in 02, though i started to understand the said decision in some recent rewatches.

Short answer: it's because of Daisuke's backstory. Vamdemon is Daisuke's nemesis.

Long answer: It's a bit more complicated than you think.

Many people love to claim Daisuke had no development in 02, or that his development is limited… But as my friend Shiha had written before in her 02 metas, 02's development is not by individuals and yes by relationships. Which means you only realize Daisuke's growth by watching how he interacts with the kids.

As for the statement of "wanting Daisuke to not change" -- this does not mean no progress, but rather his personality would still be the same. He does change through 02 and 02 material, and if you try to claim he didn't, please rewatch the series with caution.

Anyway, one of the three peaks of Daisuke's character arc in 02 material is ep 49-50 -- in which we learn the enemy is Vamdemon and the kids have to fight him in order to save everyone. While the others seem to lose their hopes, Daisuke keeps in front of them and also does not force the others to fight (Daisuke tells Ken the jogress won't work if he loses his nerve, on ep 48.) so yeah this seems like a single solo battle against the final enemy.

As Daisuke and XV-mon gain strength to fight Vamdemon, and Daisuke notices his whole optimism and faith in themselves is turning XV-mon's attacks stronger… Well, this is where Daisuke learns the gist of that bizarre place.

But what does this have to do with Vamdemon, you may ask. Well, it's related to a certain track released in 2003, in which reveals more details of the digimon event Daisuke was involved before becoming a Chosen Child:

If you wear goggles… do you become strong?

Not really… but when I wear them, I guess it’s like, my feelings become stronger…

I…want to be stronger.

Eh?

I want to become stronger and protect my sister, my Mom, and my Dad! I want to beat the bad guys!

“Bad guys”…?

Like… the light, white ones, or the big, scary ones! The black bad guys that are hidden in the shadows!

Are you talking about… Digimon?

They rounded everyone up, and threatened us. Then they made us go to sleep…

That was from… three years ago… when Taichi-san and the others were the first Chosen Ones. Vamdemon was attacking Odaiba back then. I was captured along with my dad and the others…

I wasn’t enough to stop them myself. But… I saw him. A person wearing goggles and riding something that looked like a huge dinosaur! I saw him beat the bad guys!

You saw that? I… by the time I woke up, it was already dark. But you’re right. In that night sky—

These big, shadowy, bad guys were all spread out across the sky! But the person wearing goggles… and his friends… they combined their powers and defeated them all!

I forgot about that. Yeah, I did see that. Dad, Mom, and Sis don’t really remember much about that time… and I only have faint memories of it myself…

If I have that kind of power, I can protect everyone. With power, I wouldn’t have allowed us to be captured in the first place. I would have stopped the tears!

To sum up this whole dialogue: Daisuke meets with his past self, a very different Daisuke before 02 events. Without audio you might not get it, but it's a whole track with Kiuchi Reiko voicing both present Daisuke and past Daisuke.

Well, this whole dialogue points out a few things: One, Daisuke definitely witnessed Taichi and his group on Aug 3, but possibly did not recognize them for some reason (the novel has Daisuke himself cameoing in the third novel's version of those events, in which Taichi has to distract Daisuke to not see the digimon, and later a scene of Jun comforting Daisuke, being witnessed by Mimi who comments "it must be nice to have a sibling")

Two, Daisuke wanted to protect the others. He complains about not being strong enough to protect his own family and the victims of Vamdemon's invasion. So Daisuke from 1999 was seeking for a way to become stronger in order to protect his family.

And what is what Daisuke says when everyone breaks their illusions? Ah yes, "I need to get stronger" huh?

So, okay, now we know all of this... I can finally go straight to the point: Vamdemon is the only digimon enemy suitable for Daisuke's character arc closure. It starts with Adv's Tokyo arc setting, and ends in 02 48-50. As many people would love, say, Daemon or Millenniummon as the final enemy... We have to at least realize those wouldn't have a strong impact on Daisuke's character and his message in ep 49-50.

Because... I don't think if this was planned since 02 got greeenlighted at the end of Tokyo arc but, what's cooler than having one of the kidnapped kids from Vamdemon's invasion be the one to beat Vamdemon alongside his friends and the whole Chosen Children network, including the girl who witnessed Wizarmon die for her and Tailmon? And also with the power of the Dark Seed kids, the recent victims of Vamdemon, who got their power of dream and made them true restored by those six kids?

Really, at least i can see the meaning behind this.

(And before you come to claim this only proves 02 is too focused on Daisuke-Ken -- read Shiha's post about this first.)

[acesofspadess]

Living ( A live sequel)

a/n: omgggg I know it been forever since this story but im back with the sequel!!!! there is gonna be a few chapters before were back on track but that just means you guys will see me on your timelines everyday ☺️

“Hi I’m Maia Quinn, and I'm the Season 23 winner of The Voice!"

Mid July

“Hello Team Niall.” Niall introduced as they all waved and greeted him back. “Well, I've got a bit of news for you. Because of my concert schedule, I actually won't be in town for knockout rehearsals.” Everyone was shocked… and rightfully so. “Because I won't be there, I've chosen another coach to come in and mentor you guys for rehearsal.” Everyone started to freak out wondering who on earth it might be. 

“And they have been in your place before so I think they’ve got exactly what you need.”

The scene changed to the all too familiar practice room with an empty directors chairs. The sounds of steps progressively got louder until the special person appeared. 

“I'M BACK!” 

But let's not get ahead of ourselves. Let's rewind a bit.

~~~~~~

A day or two after The Voice Finale

“Hi I’m Maia Quinn, and I'm the Season 23 winner of The Voice, and we're hanging out with Rob on Front Row Live.”

“Go with me.” Niall moaned into your mouth as you straddled him. “Where?” you question kissing down his neck. “Boston. I know it's last minute and we’d leave in the morning-” you shut him up with a kiss and a roll of your hips, his hands tightening against your thighs. “Just wake me up an hour before we leave.”

Sitting at the desk of you and Niall’s shared hotel room the morning of May 26th  you had early interviews to get through before you were meant to go to the festival. You looked over the camera to see Niall already looking at you.

“Maia congratulations. What a night you had a few nights ago.” Rob praised and you smiled adjusting your airpod. “I am super excited for you and your career and your future. Especially because you're starting so young. You have enough time to kind of like, continue to evolve, and understand your voice; learn a lot more about yourself throughout this process. Talk to me about this process of your experience here on the voice and how you've evolved as a vocalist and a performer.” The interview was more than you could ever imagine. 

“Now your relationship with Niall this season has had fans going crazy. From the after performance hugs to the duet, and the after party, what can you tell us about that?”

You saw Nialls face peak over the laptop screen and stayed neutral. “Niall has been the most supportive and very encouraging. He has become one of my best friends through this whole journey. I lost a lot of my confidence during the pandemic unfortunately. It made me think that I would never be able to do things that I certainly could do and Niall- all these years later- has been there to remind me that I probably can do them, and then make me do it. So our friendship and relationship has been so important to me. He is my best friend across the charts and he’d hate me for saying this, but I wouldn't be here without him.” 

“Last question before we go. Is there anything we can look forward to seeing soon? Maybe another EP?”

You smiled glad you were able to share some information on what was coming next. “All I'll say now is, look for me on stage back home.” you winked dramatically knowing those who would get it would get it.”

“That's amazing, I'll definitely keep my eyes peeled. It was so great having you on. I hope to see you in person soon.”

“Bye!” 

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User10 i'm actually really happy she won

User2 wait…Slane is in Ireland…..

User6 I just learned she had an EP…. what?!?!?!?

Being at Boston Calling with him

“Boston, Massachusetts, how you doing?” he asked the crowd after he finished ‘Heaven’. The loud response made him smile excitedly. “Holy shit! This is crazy.” you face palmed knowing he was going to slip up sooner or later. “Thank you all so much for coming out to see me. I really appreciate it.” they cheered again as he sipped his water. You watched as he looked at the amount of people and a smile formed on your face.

 “This is uhm- this is actually my first ever Festival.” he let out a breath at the realisation. “I've definitely been drunk at a few.” you laughed at him with the rest of the crowd. “But I've never played at any and for that reason I'm absolutely shitting myself.” he said looking at you knowing you would calm him, and him seeing you laugh did just the trick. 

“But thank you for being here. I know some of you guys have been queuing for years.” he looked around at the signs “My girlfriend showed me this earlier ‘i travelled four thousand miles to be here from Brazil’ your eyes went wide at the declaration and the deafening screams were present. He subtly looked in your direction and saw your reaction, his worry diminished as he saw you smiling making him smile. “Makes you feel bad from coming just down the road doesn't it? ‘I came from round New York’.” he mocked, “awe who cares.” he laughed with them and you hid a big smile behind your hands. 

~~~~

You walked the same route you came flashing your pass when you reached the gate and made your way in to see Niall. When you saw him you squealed and ran over to him. He turned when he heard you and caught you in his arms as you wrapped your legs around his waist and he spun you both around hands on the swell of your bum.

“I'm so proud of you!” you screamed and he laughed before he was kissing you passionately. It was quick as many more pecks through giggles followed. “I can not explain to you how happy i am.” he whispered in shock as you were sitting in the trailer behind the stage and he was getting changed. “You should be so happy, my love. That was incredible, and I am so so proud of you.” he smiled at you before grabbing your hand and kissing the ring on it. “You make me so happy, baby girl.” you melted at his words and stood up to kiss him softly. “And you make me the happiest girl, Ni.”

You surprising Niall at his Zane Lowe interview and him outing you 

You knew Niall was disappointed when you told him you wouldn't be able to make it to his Zane Lowe interview today. He was really excited for this one and wanted you to be there. It was only a few days later that you flew from Boston down to LA for the interview. You were working on last minute stuff for the announcement today and you were nowhere close to done when he was getting ready to leave.

“I'm sorry love.” you kissed his pout away as you both stood by the door of his  LA house. “I know, it’s okay. I know why you can’t make it, and for that I am so very proud.” he melted his lips against yours as your hands went to the curls on the back of his neck and he wrapped his went straight to your bum.

~~~

Niall was watching Zane play his songs and the guitar with a big smile a few hours after he left. “There are some pretty songs on this record bro.” Zane complimented as he switched playing from ‘The Show’ to ‘You could start a cult’. You who had just made it into the studio to surprise Niall were standing behind the glass watching him, waiting for him to notice. 

“Thank you very much.'' He cut through Zanes music. “This one kills me.” Zane admitted as Niall caught on to what he was playing. “Yeah.” he cheered Zane on softly, finally noticing you. You saw his smile widened and you waved softly. “You Could Start A Cult.” he named distractedly, still looking at you as if he looked away you would disappear. 

~~~

“Kingdoms fighting over you,” Niall continued. “I think that like they’re the ones- that could have very easily been, ‘ i like waking up beside you and you're my favourite person.” he joked easily. “But ‘you could start a war’.” you shook your head at his lyrical genius. “Do you ever crack yourself up with it?”

‘Yeah it was something silly at first but now everyone's obsessed with it. It started with me and my girlfriend now, when we met we would watch crime shows together over facetime,” he exposed and you chuckled at his laugh.

‘You say girlfriend now, sorry if i'm over stepping but..” zane trailed off

“No,” he shrugged off looking at you, who nodded, “she was not my girlfriend at the time, she is now, is what that meant.”

“So did she not know the song was for her?”

“She didn't know any song was for her- or about her I should say. The road from when we met to now has been a very dark windy tunnel, but we made it to the other end.”

“That's beautiful Niall, truly.” You smiled at him agreeing with Zane.

“This was the last song on the record that we wrote.” Niall confessed, and you wondered why. “Why, what was missing?” and without hesitation he pointed to you, “her.” Zane looked to where he was pointing and you waved happily at him. He waved back to you just as happy before turning to Niall with a face of shock. “No?” he gasped and Niall laughed, throwing his head back. “Yeah, I know. Way out of my league.” he watched you shake your head with an eye roll and he couldn't stop the smile from gracing his face.

“I could’ve gone and did what I did with the rest of the record and put BV’s all over it and strings and that was my plan - and John just said to me- because we we were not talking at the time…” he pointed between you and him, “...this is your message to,” he paused, ‘“ her’ keep it that way. Just you and your guitar and your feelings.”

And while there's much much more… you’ll see that soon

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“So as I was just trying to get Angie off my back, what do I see a few inches away?”

-“APRIL WHAT THE FUCK!?”

-“What’s wrong?”

-“WHAT ON EARTH WERE WE TALKING ABOUT LITERALLY TWO MINUTES AGO???”

-“Please, do you actually think me kissing Lyam’s funnel chest means anything?”

-”Why do I only keep getting screen time whenever April makes out with me?? I do lots of other interesting things too!!”

-“Haven’t I told you how badly this reflects on me? Now listen, you don’t make out with other hot guys because that would be cheating, but making out with guys vastly inferior to me implies you think they’re equally attractive aka you’re indirectly insulting me!”

-”But...but you guys at least filmed my hysterical Mrs. Patmore impersonation yesterday, right?? :( ”

-“So I can’t make out with ANYONE else is what you’re saying?”

-“YES.”

-”The things you do for a promising music video guest appearance career...sigh.”

“Mine and April’s relationship will definitely be a challenging one, but you know, there aren’t that many girls out there prettier than me, so...”

“Always date someone matching your degree of hotness.”

-“I’d love to preserve your skull and take it with me to Sector 8 so I can add it to my collection of...um, portraits!”

-“My wife loves preserving things too, you will surely get along fantastically should you decide on becoming our test subject.”

-“Dude beat it with these metaphors and tell me who’s gonna get custody of the tapes then??”

“I need to be a good friend to Angie right now, and I strongly believe the best way I can approach this is by teaching April a lesson.”

-“No no believe me, just one time to get even strengthens the trust in infidelity-prone relationships. That’s why it’s called “getting even”! No feelings involved! Now woohoo me as if Dante hadn’t been struck by lightning in here two minutes ago. 💋”

-”Maxxx likes the sound of that!”

*cab sound intensifies*

“So Isabella goes out of her way posing as Angie’s friend and then screws with the guy she can’t get over? Would unironically stan the girl if she wasn’t so annoying outside of that, and if there wasn’t this whole loyalty crap these meatbags are so big on.”

“Really foreign to me, but what can you do?”

-“ARE YOU WEARING CHAPSTICK?”

- GASP “DO YOU HAVE NO SELF RESPECT?? HOW COULD YOU AFTER LAST NIGHT’S MAGICAL FIVE MINUTES OF LOVEMAKING SURROUNDED BY DANTE’S SKIN FLAKES????”

-”What about no feelings involved, you lunatic?!?!”

-“OH, CUT THE CRAP! YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO MADLY FALL IN LOVE WITH ME AND IDENTIFY ME AS THE HOTTER AND MORE NATURAL, BETTER TO WOOHOO WITH BLONDE OUT OF THE TWO OF US!!”

-”If this is because Maxxx didn’t offer you a spot in his next big hit, I was planning on an Eye of the Tiger cover so if you’re THAT offended, I will pull some strings and you’ll be featured mud wrestling April if that’s what you - where the fuck did she go?”

-”How DARE you make me look this stupid in front of everyone else!”

-”You’ve spent the vast majority here being April two, be happy and thank me you’re getting some time on camera for once you disappointment!”

-”DISAPPOINTMENT?? OH, YOU DON’T KNOW OF ALL THOSE SCANDALOUS RUMORS ABOUT JUST HOW MANY FOOTBALL PLAYERS I’VE DATED??”

-”Would you both knock it off, I’m trying to dance to Maxxx’ newest EP, “Eyelid Tattoo Blues”.”

-”Yeah way too good to be true based on how poorly you’ve been doing, now GET OUT OF MY FACE!”

-“Excuse me, what do you think you’re doing??”

-“I’m trying to get screen time!! :(((”

-”Yeah, cool while you were clothed and all but I don’t want to share a bowl of water with you so MOVE IT.”

-“When will you all stop treating me like I’m the show’s Zoidberg??”

-“Okay look, I don’t want you to get irrationally upset with me but...”

-“Oh Maxxx, please tell me your follower count again. I need to emotionally prepare myself for all those people who will watch my big debut!”

-”SHE KISSED MAXXX!!! I SAW IT!!!!”

-”GET LOST YOU HYPERPRIVILEGED BRAT!”

-“HOW COULD YOU BETRAY ME LIKE THIS???? I THOUGHT WE WERE THE TYPE OF FRIENDS WHO ARE OVERTLY TOXIC TO EACH OTHER, NOT SECRETLY!”

-”THEY were screwing each other yesterday!! I just kissed him ‘cause I knew it would piss her off!!”

-”OH PLEASE! YOU WANNA TELL ME YOU’RE NOT ATTRACTED TO HIM, YOU WERE MADE BY THE SAME CREATOR! JUST ONE NARC DISASTER WAITING TO HAPPEN!!!!”

-”See, Roz! There they are!”

-”Why are you slapping me, I literally just told you off!”

-”I’VE ALREADY TOLD YOU I’M DESPERATE FOR SCREEN TIME!!”

-”Well, if he doesn’t, I HAVE a good reason to slap you for cheating on me!”

-”HOW?? Maxxx and I are officially dating since 22 hours!”

-”Then how did none of you pathetic losers bother to tell me???” 

-“Look, I’m sorry you’re feeling this way, but I don’t want to be the one the battles always choose!”

-“Well YOU choose them, not the other way around-”

-“Cause inside I realize that I’m the one confused.”

-“ARE YOU JUST QUOTING LINKIN PARK?”

-”You’re fake, man. Can’t believe I even listened to Chin Tattoo Blues.”

-”What do you mean, Maxxx wanted April all along and she first cheated on him with you-”

-”You. are. fake. man.”

-”Roz, buy a dictionary!”

-”I’m still not talking to you.”

-”It’s been thirty seconds and I’m not even talking to you in the first place.”

-”Doesn’t matter, just wanted you to know.”

-“Ugh, this is so annoying. None of the attention is ever on me! Hey, how about some sympathy, Lyam??”

-”I know exactly what you mean! It’s almost like-”

-”Good Watcher stop talking, your sheer presence is depressing me.”

“I can’t deal with these people anymore. April this, April that - just as I try to have a normal conversation with Roz, first thing I get to hear is how heartbroken he is over April! I HATE her!”

-“Roz, I can clearly tell you’re crying, so let me distract you by asking you something - do you think I’m a spring or more of a summer girl?”

-“SHE WAS THE WOMAN OF MY DREAMS! ONLY MY FUELING HATRED FOR NAMZIB IS WHAT WILL KEEP ME ALIVE NOW!!”

-”Hey what about - are you filming? Good. - any fueling hatred for me?? I can be pretty annoying TOO if you look behind my flawless facade! <3”

-”What was your name again?”

“I HATE IT HERE!”

-“Angie, I’m coming to you as a person to tell you the whole thing with me and Maxxx happened, but it was only to sabotage their relationship! Because you clearly deserve to be happy with him inst - why did I just hear something eerie similar to the sound of a love flag?”

-”Yes Isabella, thank you so much, that surely worked well! Screw both you and Namzib!”

“Who in this house am I supposed to trust at this point? I feel so backstabbed and deceived by everyone, I don’t know if I can take this any longer.”

-“I WANNA GO HOME!!! I WANNA GO HOME WAAAAAAAHHHH!!!!!!”

[shall-we-go-far-away]

now that was an episode!! whew, I don't even know where to start

Boston, god damn it Boston, he's so uurrgh, he's so weird like I genuinely don't know what his deal is.. ok, he's seems to want something from Top but is it necessary to literally manipulate every single person around you?? I felt like this ep. we followed him going from one person to another and just completely fucking them over

I don't even know how to describe it but whenever Boston is on screen my brain just goes "ew!" with literally everything he does, I know nothing in the show or trailer implies that there's gonna be murder involved but Boston genuinely gives me serial killer vibes I don't know how to explain it

and you know how I said I don't like Boston and Top, well this ep. didn't exactly made me like Top but at least showed me Top had some sort of humanity left in him while I think Boston is just a straight up asshole

Top is still weird to me, he's like a huge question mark he seems to like Mew and is obviously interested, I guess that's why he seemed a little hurt when Boston showed him the picture of Mew and Ray kissing but that really doesn't justify him having sex with Boston especially after Boston said the photo was from two years ago?? like bestie, you seem to be having serious trust issues

moving on to Sand and Ray, I'll just tackle them in one because as of right now they are the only pairing with a realistic chance of ending up together, I think their dynamic is fun but they walk this really thin line between just sex and feelings which yes, they did dicuss but we all know this isn't going to work out

their scene in the car gave us a reality check of where their relationship really is at because Ray is still into Mew, he enjoys Sand's company and all that but Mew still is more important and you could tell by Sand's reaction that he felt kind of betrayed, he let Ray have his way even though he said he never slept with someone twice that wasn't his lover only for Ray to leave him in the middle of everything

now I don't mind Ray being there for his friends, yk that's nice of him but like, he could've handled that a little different.. I also think this isn't going to be the only time Ray leaves Sand for Mew which is gonna lead to this whole "what-even-are-we-can-you-focus-on-me-for-once"-situation we saw in the trailer

I'm also really intrigued by the history between Top and Sand like how do they know each other?? why do they obviously not like each other?

now, Mew.. I've seen a few people say he's like the evil mastermind behind everything but, no I don't think so, I just think he's less innocent and naiv as he's painted to be like he's not stupid and I could see him playing all nice but if something really pisses him off he'll snap for sure

and last but not least.. the nations meow meow Nick!! now up until ep. 2 I thought he was simply the unfortunate guy that falls for the asshole and gets nothing but pain and suffering in return.. and while I do think that's what's gonna happen he could also very well be the reason that drives the whole friend group apart in the end because my guy is really getting all the tea, he's sleeping with Boston, he lives with Sand who's got something going on with Ray who again, is friends with Boston, he knows Top from Boston's photos and has now been introduced to the rest of the friend group.. Nick could be pulling so many strings if he wanted to but I guess we'll see how that develops