#cause i saw that some of the stuff i wrote about casey (and kinda about myself)

[theblacktiecacti]

can you walk us through ur thought process for each sow character design? im actually genuinely so intrigued

OH MY GOSH MY SECOND ASK! Hello hi yes I would love to talk about my thought process in why I draw them the way I do.

I’m gonna put this all under a cut in sections though cause. I kinda wrote/drew a lot.

General Stuff

So generally, when I’m coming up with how I want a character to look, Pinterest is probably one of my biggest tools. I usually just look up “aesthetic [item of clothing they said the character had]” to find ideas and get solid visual reference for a lot of the clothes that I picture the character wearing. I also have a Pinterest board that’s just called “interesting faces” which I scroll through to find the face that I think matches what I picture the character like the most, then hop between suggested pins until I find the right one. I’ve also got one just saved with different body types to do the same thing with. I feel like I still struggle a bit with same face/body type syndrome, but doing this has helped a bit.

Most of the time, the ideas for character appearances come from other characters who have similar vibes or from whatever aesthetic a character associates with. Also, I try to incorporate shape language to indicate character personality in their designs!

Zephrael

I really wanted to lean into the spindly spider theme for him! I tried to keep his limbs pretty thin and his outfit with a lot of protrusions like spider limbs. I might have overdone it on the spider webs a little bit lmaOooo.

Alongside that, I wanted to make him very pointy and sharp. Cause he’s always. on edge. ba dum crash.

I wanted to make sure he had a white cane to assist his blindness! Alongside that as an accessibility device, when I pictured him at first, I imagined him with crutches, but when I was drawing, I couldn’t quite figure out how to get those to meld. My thoughts were either to combine a crutch with a cane, which would cause even more stress on the wrist by having to twist the crutch to feel with the cane, or to have him in a wheelchair with the cane, which IDK how well those could combine if you move with your arms and are holding something. Though he could probably have a powered one with his status. I think if I add the wheelchair at some point, I’d want to make sure it’s still creepy crawly like the wheelchair that Sun Spider had in Across the Spiderverse.

Zeph was actually the only one whose reference photo I saw beforehand, Shout out to the bimbofication Grizzly character chart.

Argentum

When I imagined Argentum, I pictured a cross between Raine from The Owl House and Venti from Genshin Impact who I’ve seen a bunch of times but never actually knew their name until I just looked it up.

When they got described with gray hair, my mind just went “Okay, so they’re older.” Not to mention, if they’ve written a bunch of books, they have to have taken the time to do it.

I wanted to add a bunch of book shapes in their design just to show off their Writerness.

Still don’t know how to add hints to the little grimbly in their head that I do not know much about yet.

The Wall

Oh The Wall, how you challenge me to draw armor.

I wanted to go heavy on the blocky, big shapes, but I wanted to make sure he still felt comforting rather than scary. He’s a knight and a protector, but he’s on our side.

Senshi from Dungeon Meshi is all I could picture while listening to the show. Like if Senshi and Sans from Undertale had a huge knight baby.

I still need to figure out ways to hint more at his heritage rather than just having his connection to Zeph as a forefront.

Phoenix

His name is Phoenix. We have to give him wings; it's the only option.

All I could picture after the hair was described was Casey from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Who is surprisingly similar.

Scarf! I love it when characters have scarves.

He’s so upside down triangle. Just the way he says things without thinking and is kinda snooty and is very kid-ish and immature. Only placed in a position of power because his mentor is busy. He’s very imbalanced but by god is he doing stuff.

Sunder

I had the hardest time with Sunder and it’s definitely pretty obvious.

I originally pictured him more like his actual image which I've now searched.

But after listening to him talk a bit, because I’m bad at placing accents, I just went “Is he Scottish?” and from then on, Sunder was just David Tennant in the baftas, even after I was like hmmm the accent isn’t Scottish, is it.

I also gave him a hat cause his head looked boring. Probably would not have done this if I heard he had horns. Audio listener moment

[tuiyla]

I’m curious, if you’ve seen/have any thoughts on these other wlw ships?

Villanelle from Killing Eve

Clexa from 100

Cazzie from Atypical

Choni from Riverdale

Calzona from Greys Anatomy

Rules from Euphoria

Sanvers from Supergirl

Shoni from The Wilds

That's a good mix! Heard about all of them, know them to varying degrees.

Villanelle

You know I've been meaning to watch Killing Eve, seems like something I'd be into. All I know is that there's tension and they probably wanna kill each other? I'm sure it's the kind of ship many would call toxic but hey. I'll get around to watching this show eventually, the chemistry between the actors looks great.

Clexa

Oh, I was there. I remember it all too well. I followed most of The 100 as it came out but almost always followed the fandom with a detached sort of interest. I liked Clexa; I wasn't had over heels, I feel like I would have needed more time for that which they infamously never got. But it was a really cool dynamic and a huge piece of fandom history. I wrote a bit about Clexa but mostly the aftermath of Lexa's death for my dissertation and I know others have done so as well.

Cazzie

Love Cazzie! I've been following Atypical since season 1 and always got queer vibes from Casey so I was so down when Izzie was introduced in s2. I'm a big sucker for their kind of dynamic and thought they were super fun and sweet. The bike scene in season 4? Ughhh super cute. Izzie was a great addition to the show and her s4 scenes in particular were poignant. And again just great chemistry.

Choni

Oh boy, freaking Riverdale. Ironically watching this show used to be fun but now it's too off the rails. Seriously who keeps greenlighting this. Sex sells I guess. Anyway before I go on a Riverdale rant, Choni. I really liked them in season 2, again it’s the kind of dynamic I eat up and stuff like “you’re sensational” was very good. And then you know, the whole show became impossible to take seriously in any way and so I can’t really think of it or Choni as anything substantial. But I liked them and thought they were some of the best parts of even the most bonkers episodes. I can see why people are drawn to them.

Calzona

So here’s the thing, even though I haven’t watched or kept up with Grey’s Anatomy in any way for more than a decade now, they kind of have a special place in my heart. I’m pretty sure Calzona was the first ever wlw ship I saw on TV, in any media. It’s sure as hell the first I remember. And that was kinda special because we used to watch Grey’s as a family and you know, representation matters partly because it normalizes. Callie was one of my favourite characters (along with Lexie) and it was all very new and interesting to me. So even though I don’t keep up with the series in any capacity they remain dear to my heart.

Rules

I haven’t watched Euphoria, yet, and don’t know much about them just like with Villanelle. One half of the ship is Zendaya, right? It looks like a heavy sort of series that I need to be in the right mindset for so I haven’t gotten around to it yet. But I heard good things so go Rules, go Euphoria.

Sanvers

In a way, I started watching Supergirl because of Sanvers. As mentioned above, I loved Lexie in Grey’s so when I saw that Chyler Leigh was playing a lesbian now I Gay Migrated to Supergirl as season 2 was airing. Alex’s season 2 journey was really well done and Sanvers were a great duo. Again as with Clexa I wasn’t in love with them, not because they aren’t great but just cause for me personally it wasn’t OTP material. But it still sucked when Maggie left and I do miss those earlier days of Supergirl. It was handled as well as it could have been though. And how great is it that we got a “coming out in your 30s” story, more of that please.

Shoni

Sounds like Choni huh. Everything I know about The Wilds is second-hand from tumblr and nowhere else, and though I’ve heard that shipname and the individual names I couldn’t tell you who those two are exactly. Blonde and a brunette? Probably. I should really check The Wilds out eventually but yeah, can’t say much about it now. You tell me anon, what are your thoughts on this and/or other wlw ships?

[myvelouri]

I need to be really open

Right now I'm about to post totally openly and it's going to beong because my night was long

So I was at the bar and the girl buddy I wrote about who didn't remember me, who used to remember me when she ran into me back then... Yeah she didn't remember me and it hurt my feelings really badly. Look, it just did, okay? I don't forget people I've had coffee with under funny circumstances and people uve bonded with. She used to support my depression and all that and was totally into me back then as she's the one who told me I have awesome hair and always wanted to tell me

Yeah that was her back then, just fucking only 3 years ago, it's not even that long, let alone I texted her just a few months ago

My heart breaks a bit. And she was there with a buddy of mine. I didn't know he'd be there. I felt so hurt by that? Because I thought me and her were hella cool... We used to text jokes about this guy in a class. I just can't believe you'd forget me

I can't

Especially since she thought I was attractive AND THEN we had a bonding moment over coffee one day

I'm so hurt, I can't explain it, I don't know if it's okay for me to feel this way, I don't know if it's wrong to feel this way. .. I'm just very HURT and it makes me want to cry, I'm not crying, but it feels like it and I just... I don't understand and I can't shake the awkwardness. I met her and she still didn't remember me. I had to explain to her who I was and it felt so unnatural

I still feel woozy about that! I hated that! I did! My buddy told me she said to him "I think I know that guy" REALLY?! Bro it's not like me and her were acquaintances. Omfg. We were seen together plenty times

WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO FEEL? It's not like I was trying to fuck her or anything, I just felt like it was a special connection when I met her. Not that we were close but she was one of those rare open people and thought we'd never forget each other

It makes me a little sick to my stomach, as in, just feeling, I don't know why, and to know she didn't want to hang with me but hung out with Eric... I'm just so confused!! I can't do this right now! Not right now! Too much, it's too much right now!

Okay so I was outside at the bar very sad and slum. I got to the bar and ordered another drink. The waitress there, the one that hates me, she was here so I tried to be nice and asked "how are you doing?" And she ignored me, and I said her name, kaeton, I was like, "kaeton??" And she still ignored me. Suffice it to say my heart felt even more hurt. The more and more I try to give myself, the more and more I'm being shut down..

I just wanted to die at that point

So I went outside to write to myself with my new beer

Suddenly a fight is happening. I interject cause they came my way, two dudes and the small one is toast. So I help the big one out and say yo, here come here, chill, and I tried to sit them down. And then the big one pushed me as if I'm an enemy and said "NAH GET OUT OF MY WAY, HES MY NEPHEW" and I said BRO CHILL, IM HERE TO HELP, ON YOUR SIDE. And later he apologized to me saying he's sorry he was like that and that it indeed was his nephew who was causing the scene. I said I know they man, I wanted to stop you guys from tumbling over people. He was cool man. We talked afterwards. No problem at all. Chill dude. Infact the waitress that hates me? I am pretty sure she gave him her number. Doesn't matter

So guess what? Another fight breaks out from that. Again came my way. I saw the two bartender guys that work there. Casey and Calvin. I know them somewhat. I'm a regular at this bar bro. And I see this dude pushing Calvin around and I got so upset that I went up and stopped him, grabbed him by the neck (the drunk douche) and said nah, chill, you're out bro and he started calling me "what? YOU FAG, YOU FUCKING GAY FAGGOT" because of the way I look. And I was quick to remark about his dumbass appearance about his glasses and cap combo. And he kept going but my skinny ass was able to push him out the door. And I bumped into Sam, my other favorite waitress there who I've slowly gotten close to. I'll tell you more about that. She was a bit frazzled by it all. And I accidentally made her drop drinks on herself as she was trying to serve someone else but that's cause I was getting angry and talking mad shit back to this douche bag I was pushing out by the neck. And Casey, not Calvin, but Casey, pushed me out of that grip and I understood, to let go and let the people working here take care of it. I didn't mean to be bad. I was just upset seeing one of the workers here that I like being pushed around so rough. It wasn't okay. And like. Yeah

So when I came back to the outside, lots of people came up to me. Some said wow, wtf happenened, we saw, you were involved and we were like WTF

Others, like Eric saw it and then he left cause he said he didn't want to see drunkards brawling. In my heart I thought, wow, Eric, I wasn't, I was pushing him out because the drunkard was ALREADY hitting the wait staff.

Anyway, other people came up to me and told me "wow bro when he called you a fag? Dude nah I almost ran in there and knocked him out, I'm surprised you didn't, he called you a fag so many times" and I said "yeah I was getting to that point but Casey stopped me"

Um, girls started looking at me and smiling at me. I don't know why but girls thought it was attractive that I pushed out a douche bag out of the bar, whilst being called a fag and horrible names. Idk man.

A lot of people came up to me. I didn't even realize everyone was watching. To me it lasted a second. To everyone else telling me about it, they said it lasted a good 6 minutes straight

Jesus

Okay so I went to Steve's house with Ronnie and Hector. Love these dudes. Steve is hella old but he's awesome. We smoked and drank. We got hungry so me, Ronnie and Hector went to whataburger. We ate and suddenly Sam, the waitress from the bar came over and scared me..I was HOLY SHIT WTF HOW

she said she was driving and saw us so she came in to eat with us. Ugh sam is so cute. She's been so hot this entire time. She's the one who I accidentally spilled a bit of beer on as she was trying to serve it, remember? And so after that happened, I went up to her and said "hey, I'm sorry I spilled that on you, Sam" and she was so surprised I was like this (it's just me) and she was like "omg you're so sweet" and was like "no it's fine" so fast forward to whataburger. Ya man. Hector left and Ronnie left. It was just me and Sam. And the guy working at Whataburger was trying to fuck sam. Poor guy, bless his heart, he has a crush on Sam, and, you know, she just doesn't like him. So she told me to help her sneak out when he isn't looking. And I did lol. So me and her started talking a lot outside. And the dude comes out and says to her "hey Sam, I'm about to smoke a cigarette, wanna join me?" Literally has balls trying to cock block ME. I MEAN, I wasn't trying to fuck Sam, I'm just saying to HIM it looked like I was kinda with her and had been with her a while alone, so for him to come up, was ballsy. Like bro, you for real?

She brushed him off. And she looked at me and said "come on" and I asked her "Bro why are you acting like he has a chance?!" And she said she has to because she comes here to eat often at nights hahaha. I said okay, totally understandable hahahaha

And then she told me, I grew on her. She's seen me many nights and has seen who I am. And she finally sees the real me. She said she appreciates me and wants to hang out and stuff. I was surprised. I felt appreciated greatly. Especially after such an awful night. Which is still affecting me. I don't know how Jenny forgot me. I can't believe I was trying to call her Emily at first. Awful. It was an accident, not that she heard me. But, wow, she didn't remember me at all.

It hurts still... Because that means I've gotten so so ugly to the point where girls who used to think I was hot as fuck don't even recognize me anymore (that's how ugly and different I've gotten physically) oh no I'm gonna cry. I can't take it

The end of tonight was good! Why can't I accept that!

I'm actually tearing up

This is so awful

What is wrong with me

[calliecat93]

RWBY V6, CH1 Review: Argus Limited

RWBY is back! YAY!!! SO last volume had some... lets say mixed reception. So much so that Miles and Kerry have changed the writing process to have more proofreading done and to have more reception from the higher ups. Regardless of how one feels about V5, it ended with RWBY reuinited, the bad guys being defeated, and the Relic of Knowledge being obtained. The next stop is Atlas. How will this wild and crazy journey go? Only time will tell. But lets see how it starts!

Overview

It starts off... pretty interestingly. First, the snow effects look SO PRETTY. There is no way that they could make natural landscape s look as pretty in Poser like they did here with Maya. Once again, the animation continues to improve and it’s just gorgeous in this chapter. But yeah, we start with a fight already going on on top of a train. The RWBY girls and Qrow are fighting I THINK a bunch of Manticore Grimm. Might be wrong about that one. It’s got a lot of good moments. Weiss saving Ruby with a ‘Thank Me Later’ (that Ruby repeats later), Blake and Yang’s combo, JNR joining in with Nora complaining about how stuff always happens to them, and... it’s just so good. But... how did we get here exactly?

Well before we answer that, we get a brief update about Adam. At first we only hear voices as the camera pans through the throne room. We hear Adam return, telling his remaining forces to get away form his throne. But they refuse. They are NOT happy that Adam abandoned the forces at Haven and got defeated by Blake. One guy even comments how ti seems she has more control over Adam than Adam does her. T His makes Adam snap... you know, more than before. We finally see some bodies... or should I say, corpses. Yep, Adam killed what I assume is all the remaining White Fang in Mistral. He also slashes part of his thrown, screaming in rage towards the sky while musing about Blake. It’s pretty clear that, as Ilia said, the WF is no longer with Adam and he is on his own. And chances are, his focus is going towards the girl who bested him.

So following THAT happy scene, we cut to a train station and Qrow narrates. He’s written a letter to Ironwood, explaining about the attack on Haven and Leo’s death... well sorta. He... bends the truth. The credit for the failure of the attack is given tot he Menagerie Faunus and he and the kids just happened to be there. He also lies that Leo died fighting to protect the academy, which we all know is a big fat lie. Why did he lie about this? Heck if I know. This seems dumb, especially since if Ironwood finds out I imagine that his paranoia will only get worst. I guess it was to be safe for if the letter got intercepted since Qrow DOES say that there’s more to the story, but still...

Anyways, Ruby is excited! We find out that the group is heading for a town called Argus, which is along the Northern coastline. They're going to be heading there via train... too bad that the Huntsmen that Mistral hired suck. But meh. Weiss is also a tad salty since she just got out of Atlus and went through a lot of effort to do so, and now she has to go back. Can’t blame her, poor ice queen. But Ruby assures her that Team RWBY will be there for her. Speaking of, they’re all waiting on Blake before they get going.

Blake is saying goodbye to Ilia, who now has some super cute civilian clothes. While Ilia helps the Belladonna’s and Faunus improve relations in Mistral, Blake will be going with her team and therefore after the ones attacking the skills. Ilia is sad to see her go, but she now has a chance to start her life over and to make sure that the new Faunus movement doesn’t end up like the White Fang. Sun also shows up to say goodbye, and he brought Neptune! Yay! Sun explains that eh and his team are going to Vacuo with Sun intending to learn to be a better leader for his team. He also tells Blake that she doesn't need him anymore. She’s sad when he outs it that way, but Sun elaborates that Blake NEEDS to be with her team and that she’ll now be fine with them. But who knows? They may run into each other again. Blake seems to accept that, even giving Sun an appreciative kiss on the cheek. Aww~ Ship it or not it was a super sweet scene between them and I’m glad that it was there.

The train is soon on it’s way and we see Team RWBY chilling in their room. Which nice subtle callback tot he bunkbeds! They’re even structurally sound this time! When Yang goes to get her Scroll to kick Ruby’s butt at video games, Blake gets up to help her with her bang. It’s pretty clear that Blake’s still feeling guilty for what happened to Yang and probably for running away liek she did. Fortunately, Yang admits that, yes things are going to be weird, but it’ll be okay.. She’s just glad that they’re all together again. It’s such a good moment. Not only is it pretty much telling us ‘yes we’ll get to the emotional stuff with these two, but it will be okay”, but it shows Yang’s development. She’s not snippy. She’s not angry. She’s honest, but also calm and is trying to accept Blake back. It would be so easy to milk this for all the melodrama that it’s worth, but they’retaking a mature approach with it that doesn't damper the tone or Team RWBY being together again. I’m very appreciative of that.

Sadly, the fun times can’t last. A swarm of Grimm attack. God dang it Grimm,y ou ruined Qrow kicking his nieces butts at idea games! I was looking forward to that! But yeah, they go to face the Grimm as one of the two we saw earlier is knocked off and probably killed. The remaining one turns on the defenses, which includes turret guns. But since he’s at the front of the train, which is where the passengers are, it’s attracting the Grimm to them. Oscar, under Qrow’s orders, tries to make him stop, but he refuses. Which I can’t completely blame him since its his job to kill them and these Manticore are clearly NOT easy to kill. But things go bad for him when Oscar sees a tunnel up ahead and while most everyone gets back inside, the poor Huntsman knocks into it and breaks his arm.. Seriously that moment made me cringe.

When inside, Qrow starts arguing with the Huntsman about the turrets. During this, Ruby looks around, seeing that the Grimm are following after them still. She also looks and sees the passengers, clearly scared. Knowing that they can’t keep wasting time, RUby gets Qrow to back down as she and Jaune convince the Huntsman to turn off the guns, Jaune even using his aura amplification Semblance to heal the guy’s arm. Nora gets the idea of using Ren’s emotion masking Semblance to mask the passengers, and then the Grimm would leave them alone. Ren’s a little unsure of this, until the others point out that Jaune can use his Semblance to enhance Ren’s. So fi there’s still any doubt, yes Jaune’s power is to amplify aura, which in turn can enhance a Semblance. Our boy has become a true Paladin!

At this point, Oscar finally allows Ozpin to take over, who explains that part of the problem is the Relic. The Grimm are attracted to it. Even Qrow is surprised by this. Yang, clearly peeved, asks why he did this... though really guys? Is this really a surprise? You know that Salem is after it ad by now knows that you have it. So... while yeah Ozpin should have said something, is it really a shock that the Grimm are gonna come after it? Ozpin does get ready to explain himself, but Ruby interrupts. Right now it doesn’t matter why. Right now what matters is protecting the innocents. This does give her a new plan though. While JNR stays with the passengers, the rest of them will disconnect the cars with the Grimm. That way, they can take care of them while the passengers are protected by Ren’s Semblance and they can reach Argus safely. Jaune, while clearly not happy with it, agrees , but only when Ruby promises to meet them in Argus. 

With that, Blake cuts off the cars. But not before seeing what seems to be a hallucination of Adam. Was it really him? Maybe. But no time for that as we have a fight still. With the cars disconnected, Ren and Jaune do their thing and indeed, the Grimm don’t give chase. Which I’m just gonna say it now, the fights in this episode are AWESOME. A BIG complaint about last year was the fight scenes especially during the Battle for Haven. While I thought the one on ones were fine, the group fights seemed to have problems as well as giving everyone focus. Well clearly CRWBY listened because this fight is AWESOME. Everyone gets a moment to shine, Oscar (who I assume took back control) has greatly improved, Team RWBY is perfectly in sync, the action is fast but creative, and it ends with Ruby and Qrow double teaming with some scythe action. It is SO GOOD GUYS. All while a new rocking tune sung by Jeff and Casey plays and man it is WAAY too early to want the soundtrack, but damn it I want it!

While the good guys win, the dying Grimm still causes damage to the rails. Weiss uses her gravity glyphs to keep everyone in place, but nevertheless the train is derailed and crashes. Fortunately, everyone is okay! Yay! This includes, to everyone’s surprise, a goggled old woman who seems to have decided to stay instead of head for safety. This is Maria Cavadera, and with her pointing out how much of a close call that was, the chapter ends. Ho boy, is this gonna be fun!

Review

So I already wrote a review for the opening, so we’re gonna skip that other than me repeating that it is the best one so far and I want the V6 soundtrack like crazy.

So this premiere... HOLY SHIT. Just... HOLY SHIT.  While I still think that the V5 premiere was the best one, this one may be a VERY close second if I can decide if I still liked the food fight in V2′s better than this or not. I kinda worry that maybe they set the bar a little TOO high and may not be able to keep it up since that seems to be how people felt about V5. But were only one chapter in, so I’m not gonna worry about that right now. It set up a lot though very quickly without feeling rushed though, so that’s good!

Okay, so for the most part this was mainly a setup/fight scene chapter but we have plenty to talk about. Lets get to Blake and Yang first. So I had a LOT of issues with Blake during V4. I did NOT like how she was written there and only furthering hr problems. Now V5 fixed pretty much all of that, and this chapter sealed it. Her goodbyes to Ilia and Sun were so sweet and well done. I’ll miss them, but it’s like SUn said, Blake needs to be with her team. It’s also good to see that she’s still guilty about Yang and not quite sure how to act around her other than trying to help her. Fortunately Yang seems to have taken what Weiss said last volume to heart and is trying to give her a chance. As I said, I’m glad that we’re taking a mature approach to this and not going all melodramatic. Its gonna be weird for a little while, but it’s gonna be okay. Very happy with how things have started so far.

There’s not too much with the other characters aside from Oscar, but I want to talk about Ruby too. With Oscar, while it’s brief, he is clearly not okay with Ozpin taking control again. After what happened in V5, while Oz forcibly taking over was understandable due to Hazel being scary as Hell, that’s... not gonna help Oscar feel any better about his situation. Poor kid is trying so hard and we do see that he’s improved as a fighter. He’s not exactly a hard hitter, but he does good as a supporter. But going off this and the trailer... yeah I think that Oscar’s gonna feel like his control is slipping mroe and more as he and Ozpin’s souls become one. Poor boy...

With Ruby, my biggest problem last volume, like the only one I can say made me upset, was how badly she was handled. She was more or less a background character, received little to no development, her training arc was reduced to her learning how to give a headbutt,and worst there were PLENTY of character development moments available but NONE OF THEM were taken. I guess the focus was on Yang, Raven, and the Menagerie stuff but it REALLY upset me. My biggest hope has been that this volume will rectify that. While it’s brief, seeing Ruby’s clear concern for the passengers, taking the lead with both the plans and the fight coordination, and the hints int he opening with her eyes has given me a LOT of hope that that character development is finally coming. She actually felt like the cheerful but determined leader that she’s supposed to be, not the happy plucky anime girl that’s there for morale support like last time. Ruby is my favorite character, hence why I’m so passionate about this, so hopefully my prayers have been answered and my girl is getting the plot that she deserves.

Really, this whole chapter felt like one big showcase of proving the critics that yes, they listened and yes, they will be trying to improve. Lack of fights? We’re gonna start off with one big one. The fights are not good when it’s more than two characters? Not this time! Lack of new songs? Well you just got a badass Jeff and Casey duet! Lack of focus? Well the plotlines aren't split anymore, so here is where the focus is gonna be and who we’re going to mainly follow this volume! Seriously, aside from the brief cut to Adam, it’s clear where the plot’s focus is: with Team RWBY as they head for Argus. The split plots was fun, but it clearly caused a lot of problems with pacing and where the main focus was supposed to me. Now that the band is back together, that’s no longer an issue and it made the pacing feel SO MUCH BETTER because of it. I’m sure that were gonna have some subplots with other characters, but it’s clear that the main attraction is Team RWBY’s journey together, which I think will help keep things better rounded out.

I guess the final thing to talk about is the animation. Every year, CRWBY ramps it up and this year is no exception. The snow effects are beautiful,t he landscapes themselves look amazing, the character animation is energetic and expressive, and it just looks so good on screen. It’ crazy. I was rewatching V1 a few days ago and while still impressive considering the low budget back then... aside form Monty’s fights, it.... looks cheap and flat. Remember, they had to use shadow people and not actual character designs if they weren't important back then folks. I think that the switch to Maya and now having had over two years of experience with it has REALLY done wonders for the animation team. Everything looked great here, especially with the fight being fast but incredibly creative and fluid. Like if this was just Chapter One, I can't wait for what the other thirteen look like!

Final Thoughts

When Volume 5 ended, I was so done with the drama and negativity that I saw about it that I very nearly quit the show. I guess putting my attention on RvB up until now helped me feel better about it because by the time the premiere came, I was actually feeling excited about the show coming back. This chapter reminded me so much of why I love RWBY. Great animation, amazing music, likeable and fun characters, and a tam of people who love and care for this property. This chapter brought me so much excitement and happiness that I had missed with this show. I am legit excited (and terrified) for the rest of the volume no matter what happens. Welcome back RWBY! It’s gonna be one Hell fo a volume!

[ghostsinthewoods]

Mae hadn't wanted to come to Dr. Feldman's office. If she hadn't made a promise to Bea, she probably wouldn't have. But she had, and she did, and now she was here. Mae had dreaded the whole car ride up to his office in Briddle. She'd dreaded the short wait in the waiting room. And she'd dreaded the walk down the hallway into Dr. Feldman's sparse office.

The problem was that Mae didn't want to confront her problems. She didn't want to talk about them. Talking about something made it more real.

And besides all that, Mae knew that Feldman would think she was crazy. Everything that happened in the last month aside, Mae had a lot of issues to work through. She hadn't heard Casey talk to her for a few days, but she was still having dreams.

Not about Possum Leap, though. No, Mae's dreams had moved on into the dark, cold recesses of the mines. Usually, she was all alone in those dreams. She hadn't been visited by Casey, or the janitor, or those spooky ghost musicians.

Just Mae. Alone. Mae hated being alone.

"So," Dr. Feldman said when he and Mae had taken their seats, "how have you been? Any interesting stories to tell?"

Oh, boy did she ever. But Mae didn't know exactly what she could or couldn't talk about. Her birthday? Her dreams? The cult? Probably not that, huh? That'd be a bad thing to bring up. So, instead, Mae decided to talk about what Dr. Feldman had wanted to hear from the beginning.

"I actually wanted to start today by talking about the softball incident," Mae said quietly.

That seemed to take Dr. Feldman by surprise. He sat up, taking notice, and put his pen to his notes. From the look of things, he hadn't been expecting this. Hell, Mae hadn't been expecting it, either.

"Oh, okay," Dr. Feldman said. He looked deeply interested in whatever Mae had to say. Mae guessed that's just how therapists acted when they were about to hear about the time their patient nearly killed a kid.

Mae took a deep breath. This wasn't a story she liked telling. It wasn't anything she liked to think about. But, again, she had made that promise to Bea. Even if Mae was utter garbage, and even if she couldn't do anything on her own, she could keep a promise to her best friend.

"Like, I guess my parents told you the basics, but I don't know if they could explain it super well," Mae said. "Hell, I don't know how well I can explain it."

"Would it help you to write it down?" Dr. Feldman asked.

Mae kind of laughed at that. "No," she said. "I mean, maybe? I feel like if I took the time to write it down, I'd wuss out. So I want to get everything out in the air right now. Well, almost everything. All the important stuff."

"That's plenty," Feldman said, smiling a bit. "The important stuff is the most… well, important."

Mae could only nod at that. Like, he wasn't wrong. There wasn't really any way to argue with that.

"Alright," Mae said. She took a deep breath, psyching herself up. On the car ride over, Mae had been so certain she'd be able to talk about it. Now, though, while she sat on Dr. Feldman's uncomfortable couch? Mae found it incredibly difficult to muster up the courage she needed.

"It all started happening a little while after my granddad died," Mae explained. "I was super into this computer game where you dated ghosts."

"Spook Smoochers?" Dr. Feldman asked. Mae looked up at him in confusion.

"Er, no," Mae said. "That wasn't it." A thought occurred to her. "Are there multiple games where you can date ghosts? Is that, like, a genre?"

Dr. Feldman looked a bit embarrassed. Mae guessed he might have had personal experience playing Spook Smoochers, and was embarrassed about his secret getting out. "Never mind that," he said. "Please, continue."

Mae nodded hurriedly, and looked down at her feet. She was starting to realize that she was wringing her hands together. "Right, so, I was super into this game. The story, the characters, they all felt real, you know? I was spending almost all of my time playing it."

"Why?"

That question caught Mae off-guard. She hadn't really expected Dr. Feldman to interject during her story. She looked up at him, his glasses lowered as he returned her glance. He held his pen to his notepad, seemingly in the middle of writing something down. Mae had to wonder what he had written so far.

"Why?" Mae repeated. "I mean, it was a good game. I just spent a lot of my free time playing it."

"Does part of you think you spent too much time playing it?" Feldman asked.

Again, Mae was caught by surprise. What did that question have to do with her story? They weren't going to get anywhere if Feldman kept saying words at her. Surely, as a therapist, he must have known that asking questions was rude, and he shouldn't do it.

Now that Mae thought about it, though, how much had she played that game? Certainly a lot. She could still quote parts of it. But too much? Mae wasn't so sure about that. Was there such a thing as too much video games?

That was a dumb question; of course there wasn't.

This thinking was getting Mae nowhere. Feldman was visibly waiting for an answer.

"Maybe?" Mae said noncommittally. "Kinda? I dunno. It was just a thing I did. It isn't important. I just loved that game a lot, okay? But one day…" Mae paused and took in a deep breath. She hadn't really talked about this since that night on the couch.

"One day, I realized something. The game I played, with its stories and characters, was just a… thing. Everything was just things. Just stuff connected to other stuff. And I cried. I looked out the window, saw all the things and the shapes, and I just…"

"You dissociated?" Feldman asked, a hint of concern in his voice. Mae looked up at him.

"I guess?" She said. "That's the word my friend Bea used. So, yeah, I guess I disassociated the hell out of everything."

"Dissociated," Feldman corrected gently. Mae paid him no mind.

"Things sort of got better for the rest of the day," Mae said. "Like, it scared the shit out of me, but the next day I tried to convince myself it was some sort of dream. I did that 'cause our church was having this softball game, and I was playing and didn't wanna miss it."

Feldman nodded and wrote something down in his notes. "And that's when the incident happened?" He asked.

Mae nodded hurriedly. "Yeah. I got up to bat, and suddenly everything was just… wrong. The whole world was just colors and shapes. The kid I hurt, his name was Andy Cullen, and he was pitching for some bible camp in Briddle. I don't know why I went after him. Maybe just because he was right in front of me? But I got onto him, and I swung my bat down on him over and over, and…"

Shapes. Red shapes all over the grass. Mae shuddered.

"Dr. Hank said it was an anger problem," she sighed. "And he told me I needed to suppress it. I didn't tell him about how nothing was real. I was scared that, if I talked about it, it would happen again." A sad laugh escaped Mae. "Fat lot of good that did. It happened loads of times. It's why I dropped out of college."

"I don't know who this Dr. Hank is, but he sounds like a hack," Feldman said.

"Yeah, we used to call him Dr. Hack," Mae said. "He means well, but he's kind of an idiot. A big one."

Mae looked back down at her feet. She was kind of amazed at how she'd been able to say all of that. She felt like she was going to pass out, or cry, but it was still fairly impressive. Nice job, Mae. Way to say things to a guy sitting in a chair. Go team!

"Well, I'm glad you told me about this," Feldman said. "Dissociation is… well, it's not pleasant. But it's also not uncommon. If we can get to the root of the problem, Mae, we can help you learn to deal with this."

Deal with? Mae didn't want to deal with her problems. She wanted them to stop. Wasn't that what therapists were for?

"I mean, I'm better than I was," Mae said defensively. "I went through some stuff last year that kinda… I dunno, I guess it helped me out with some of my problems. Not all of them, though."

Mae sort of shrugged, her head still bowed down. Last year might have sorted some things out, but it had left Mae with a slew of secrets. Things she couldn't tell people. Things people were better off not knowing. Things like the sight of a man getting crushed under an elevator.

Actually, that had been kinda cool.

Dr. Feldman tapped his pen against his notepad, seemingly deep in thought. "Okay, Mae, the next time you come in here, I'm going to have a questionnaire for you."

Oh, god, Mae thought. Was he going to make her fill out a medical history thing? Mae hated those things. Mae hated filling things out. It made her feel like she was back in school, filling out worksheets for Mrs. Harlon's math class. God, that old lady had had it in for Mae. Just because Mae never did any work and was always talking to Casey.

Dr. Feldman, who was oblivious to Mae's train of thought, continued. "I suppose you could call it a mental health assessment. It should help us get a handle on what might have triggered your dissociative episode."

Mae blinked uncomprehendingly. She was already forgetting the name of… whatever it was that had happened to her. Disco something?

"I guess that's okay," Mae said. "Thanks, Bort."

Feldman looked up from his notepad in surprise. "Did you just call me Bort?" He asked.

Mae nodded. "Yeah. I know you wanted me to call you by your first name and junk. I feel like I've been kinda rude to you, so—"

"My name is Bart," the therapist said. "Bart. Not Bort."

Mae just frowned. "Oh, weird," she said. "Why did I think your name was Bort?"

The rest of the appointment carried on without much of note. Mae spent most of it describing other episodes she'd had in her life. It didn't feel good to remember those times. Sometimes, Mae wished she could just forget her time at college, or her episode in the mines.

That probably wasn't gonna happen, though, huh?

The long walk out of Feldman's office and to the waiting room gave Mae some time to reflect on things. Feldman had said that, depending on how she answered the questionnaire, Mae might need medication. For some reason, that made Mae feel guilty. Her parents were already spending money on these appointments; they shouldn't have to spend money on medicine, too.

The car ride home from Briddle was awkward. All of Mae's car rides had been kind of awkward, lately. Mae's mom had asked her about what Mae and Dr. Feldman had talked about. Mae told her. And then they spent the rest of the car ride listening to the radio.

Mae had woken up early for the appointment, so on the car ride home, Mae had planned on taking a nap. Waking up at two in the afternoon took a lot out of a girl, after all. But when they actually got home, Mae was surprised by the amount of energy she had.

Talking to Dr. Feldman had been really tiring, but now Mae suddenly felt all hyper. It was nothing new, of course. Mae often had random bouts of hyperactivity. She just hadn't felt this one coming.

Mae hugged her mom goodbye and sprinted off into town. It was amazing how different Possum Springs seemed when it wasn't early in the evening. Selmers wasn't on her stoop. Mr. Chazokov wasn't on his roof. Less people were out and about having conversations.

Old Man Varney was still sitting on his porch, but that was to be expected. Mae was pretty sure he was on disability or something; some bad accident at the old glass factory. Normally, Mae would have gone up onto his porch to bug him, but today she just wanted to explore the town.

When was the last time Mae had been out and about before four in the afternoon? January, maybe? Mae couldn't be sure. But the whole world seemed different, and Mae wanted to see more of it.

At first, Mae had planned on dropping by the Ol' Pickaxe. She wanted to talk to Bea about her appointment with Feldman. Aside from her parents, Bea was the person Mae probably talked to the most about her appointments. Bea had helped Mae's parents find Dr. Feldman, after all.

Mae's plan was ruined, however, when she reached the edge of Underhill and she literally bumped into one of the last people she wanted to see.

"Oh, jeez!" Said a friendly, familiar voice. The man Mae had bumped into turned around, and seemed to instantly recognize her. "Oh my god, is that you, Mae? I heard you were back in town! How are you?"

It was Sam. Casey's stepdad. He was probably one of the hugest guys in Possum Springs, built like a linebacker or some sort of mutant rhino person. Despite his size, though, Sam had always been one of the chillest, dorkiest guys in town. Mae had always thought that he was really cool.

He looked older. Everyone looked older after coming back from college. More than that, though, he looked… rougher. Sam had stubble now, which was something Mae didn't recognize. His eyes looked very, very tired. He had a big, cheery smile on his face, but even then, there was something incredibly sad about him.

Okay, how many people was this now? Cole, Andy Cullen, and now Casey's stepdad? Had Mae been cursed by some sort of awkward witch?

"Hey, Sam," Mae said. She offered a small, awkward wave to the older man. That was good and normal, right? Nothing about this said 'Hey, I know an awful truth about your missing son's fate'. "Been a while, huh?"

Sam laughed again, nodding. "Oh, yeah," he said. "Gosh, look at you! You look so adult now!"

That was a clear falsehood, but Mae didn't hold it against him. Sam was just trying to be friendly. He had always been like that. Mae guessed it was a stepdad thing. He tried too hard to get along with his stepson's friends.

"Yeah, I'm, like, 21 now," Mae said. "The last big adult milestone. It's all downhill from here."

Sam seemed to pout a little bit. "Hey, now," he said, "don't be like that! You've got a long life ahead of you! You're smart; you'll do something with your life."

Mae had only been joking. She hadn't been fishing for a pep talk. It hadn't been an especially good pep talk, either. Mae felt decidedly unpeppy.

Silence fell upon them for a moment. Thankfully, this awkward silence didn't last very long. Sam gave Mae a small, curt nod. "Well, I gotta go," he said. Mae returned the nod.

As she began walking away towards the Pickaxe, though, she heard Sam call out to her. "Hey, Mae," Sam said. "By any chance, have you heard from Casey?" When he spoke, he sounded hesitant. It was like he wasn't sure if there was any point to his question.

Mae froze. For a brief moment, she felt almost sick. She looked over her shoulder at Sam. He didn't look hopeful, despite the smile on his face. Mae quietly gathered the courage she needed to say what she had to say.

"No," Mae said slowly. "I haven't. Sorry. Like, the last time I heard from him was last spring."

Sam's expression grew subtly sadder, like a balloon slowly deflating. He gave a bittersweet smile and nodded. "I thought so," he said, sighing softly. "Thank you, Mae. It was good to see you."

"Yeah. You too," Mae lied. She turned forward and began to trudge on towards the Pickaxe.

The Pickaxe in the afternoon wasn't very different from the Pickaxe in the evening. There weren't any customers. There weren't any employees. There was just Bea, standing at the counter. She seemed noticeably surprised to see Mae walk in through the shop's door.

Mae felt herself relax a bit. In here, there were no sad stepdads or kids she'd assaulted. Just Bea and presumably whoever was working in the back. With a small smile, Mae walked up to the counter. When she reached Bea, she leaned against the countertop and rested on her arm.

"Look who's up and about," Bea said. Her tone was as dry as ever. Clearly, she'd gotten over her surprise.

"Yeah, I'm a real early bird," Mae said. "Look at me, getting shit done all day every day."

"No, seriously, why are you up so early?" Bea asked.

Mae frowned. Darn it. Somehow, Bea had seen through Mae's airtight lie. Nothing got past the Mom Friend.

"I mean, I had an appointment with Feldman," Mae said. "Went and talked to him about… stuff. Some stuff. Not all the stuff, obviously. Not enough time for all the stuff." Mae kind of shrugged. To anyone else, this might have sounded really vague.

To Bea, though? Well, she probably still thought it was really vague. But she at least seemed to get what Mae was saying. Though her expression didn't change much, Mae could tell that Bea was happy. And that made Mae happy.

Everyone was happy in the Ol' Pickaxe. Except for maybe whoever was working in the back.

Mae filled Bea in on as much as she could. Going over the appointment made Mae feel tired and her surprising burst of energy from earlier was quickly being depleted. Mostly, Mae wanted to put the appointment behind her.

When she was done, Mae let loose a soft sigh. Bea, who had started smoking a fresh cigarette, gave Mae a small, respectful nod. "Thanks for listening to what I said," Bea said. "I mean, you know. Thanks for trying to get better."

"Doesn't feel like I was trying too hard," Mae mumbled. "Feels like I'm just talking about stuff."

"Talking about stuff's the first step," Bea said. She took a drag of her cigarette and folded her arms on the counter. If any customers actually came in, they'd probably think that Bea was slacking off. "Like, I don't know what you expected, but therapy is mostly talking."

Mae had expected weird drugs and cool hypnosis. She didn't say this out loud, though. Bea would probably think it was stupid. And, yeah, Mae guessed it was kind of stupid. But Mae didn't have a lot of faith in her ability to talk her problems away. Mae felt like she needed extra help if she was going to beat this.

No. 'Beat' wasn't the right word. Mae had a feeling that, whatever she had, it was going to keep going until the day she died. It wasn't something she could beat. It was something she had to live with. And the thought of that, of always being afraid of another breakdown, was the most terrifying thing to Mae. It was scarier than any eldritch monster or cult of dads out there.

Mae let loose another sigh. She realized she'd been spacing out again for a few minutes. Bea looked mildly concerned. "Whatever," Mae muttered. "God, these last few days have been kinda garbage."

"How so?" Bea asked. She placed her cigarette back between her lips.

Mae threw her arms up in a helpless shrug. "Well, for starters, I ran into Casey's stepdad outside," she said.

Bea's eyes widened in surprise. "Oh, god," she said. Her tone was fairly apologetic. "What was that like?"

"Sad," Mae said. "Sad and awkward. Like, I remember him being a lot happier just a few years ago. Seeing him look so sad just feels kind of wrong, you know?"

Bea was kind of quiet for a bit. "Yeah. I know exactly what you mean," she said quietly. She took another, longer drag of her cigarette, and then let loose a sigh. Mae got the feeling that a change of topic was necessary.

"So, yeah. How's your day going?" Mae asked, trying her best to give a natural smile. She had a feeling it looked fake as hell, though. Way to go, Mae.

Bea, at least, didn't seem to mind Mae's fake-ass smile. She held her cigarette between her fingers as she thought. "Well, we're getting a lot of, like, tools and shit in this week," she explained. "Spring and summer are kinda busy. Everyone doing their little projects. Kind of a pain to unload everything."

"I could help," Mae said. The words had escaped before she even realized she'd said them. "I mean, like Germ helps you. Obviously, I'd wanna get paid more than him."

Bea stared at Mae skeptically. "Mae, I love you, and you're practically my sister," Bea said. Mae winced. Bea only said stuff like that when she was about to roast Mae completely and utterly. "But I absolutely do not trust you to handle anything in this shop. Like, not even the tourism brochures. I'm worried you'd choke on them."

Mae felt herself begin to pout. She crossed her arms over her chest and stared at Bea grumpily. "Fine, whatever," Mae said. "Have fun carrying a bunch of hammers and shit with your best friend Germ."

Bea was quiet for a second. She seemed to be slowly realizing something. "Actually," she said, "I haven't seen Germ since we went out for your birthday. I mean, I don't regularly hang out with him or anything, but I usually see him around."

That was definitely a little odd. Mae was starting to realize that she also hadn't seen Germ around. He hadn't been at their last band practice. He hadn't been out in the Food Donkey parking lot the last few times Mae had been there.

Mae felt like she should be more worried than she was. Germ was kind of enigmatic, though. It was hard to be concerned about him. The little guy had a quiet intensity that made it seem like he could handle himself. Plus, he had mace.

Well, Gregg had probably seen him. Gregg and Germ did a lot of hanging out. They were bike buddies. Mae made a mental note to ask Gregg about it the next time she saw him.

Then, she completely forgot about the mental note and started talking to Bea again.

"So, when's the next Jackie party?" Mae asked.

Bea placed her cigarette back between her lips. "Like, next week, I think?" Bea said. She looked off to the side, contemplating something, and then returned her attention to Mae. "Are you sure you wanna go? Your last party was kind of… not so great."

"Oh, Bea of little faith," Mae said, shaking her head. "You don't seem to understand. A cute girl is on the line. I need to go to this party. I gotta get Bombshell's info." Mae's eyes narrowed as she stared intently off into the distance. "I gotta, Bea."

That got a chuckle out of Bea. "Okay, okay, point made," she said. "Far be it from me to get in the way of you actually socializing with someone outside of your normal circle of friends. This time, though, try not to forget to get her number."

"If I forget a third time, I might actually die?" Mae said.

Bea laughed again, and that brought a smile to Mae's face. At least, it would have, if Mae wasn't losing all of her energy. She needed to take a couple of naps before she got up to any business with her friends.

As if it were triggered somehow by her having this thought, Mae let loose a powerful yawn. Bea snickered at that, and waved Mae off cheerfully.

"Okay, you," Bea said. "Get going. I'll talk to you later."

"Yeah," Mae muttered. "I'll see ya around, Beebee." With a nod, Mae turned towards the exit. Tired step after tired step, she walked out the door and into the early spring sun.

The streets were still fairly empty. A couple of hours until people started getting out of work or school. Off towards the side, though, by the old war memorial next to the Pickaxe, Mae thought she saw someone. They were mostly obscured by the brickwork, but the barest hint of their frame was visible at the corner.

Though she was tired, Mae's curiosity got the better of her. When she walked towards the memorial to get a better look, however, the figure darted in the opposite direction. Mae barely got a look at them as they ran off.

Okay, that wasn't suspicious or anything.

Mae didn't have the energy to chase after weirdos in the middle of the day. Besides, she'd probably just spooked them. Even with all the weird stuff going on lately, Mae didn't think every random person was a cultist, probably.

With a shrug, Mae turned and began walking homewards.

[thats-a-real-mood]

loki episode 1x01

Im loving the green/gold marvel logo. 

mega spoilers under cut! 

Ngl not sure why the tesserect threw him like that in mongolia. Is there a reason that thanos had better control? (Other than him being a giant grape) Is this what happened with red skull?

Tva introduced. Very mysterious

Aw loki is just done with the avengers and everything else

Why did they have loki’s lips do that for so long? And in 1/16 speed

Reset the timeline? What does that do?

Zooming in on the device on the ground assuming that is going to reset the timeline. Okay so but reseting does that mean that there is now another loki? Our loki we are watching and a different loki who is continuing one the timeline?

A variant skrull?

Loki trying to run and then getting timelooped back to the lady is slightly funny

Aw that poor guy is cheerful and shes all like no i have a job

Deadly consequences huh? Is that gonna come back later? I have a feeling they will never like each other

Aw happy robot

Aw fashionista drama queen loki. I love it

Okay i may be ace but loki looks good!

-honestly in the gray suit he doesnt look that muscular but he is. Its just hidden. It hints at it with his shoulders but he in fine!

I did a get picture of the end credits where it shows what he said

“if it’s all the same yo you know i’ll have that drink now.

“tva? friend i think there has been a mistake. I am Loki,- You will regret this. I am burddened with glororius purpose. I stand on the right side of thanos- pleased to learn you’ve- my father is-”

is all i could read from this

A cat and a cat mug. I like it. This dude must be so tired. And everyone gives him extra work with everything they say even in his room. -does it do this even after they leave? And honestly i thought lokis stack would be bigger

“Do alot of people not know if they are robots?”Hun im sorry but you didnt know you were frost giant..

Now at first glance the whole “what if i was a robot and didnt know it?” Line is funny but you gotta like deeper. Like i said right above he didnt know he was a frost giant for almost the whole time 2012! Loki has been alive.

Ok but why does it look like giant scratch marks in the red rectangle. I think it’s supposed to be like dried blood or whatever but more like scratch’s.

His temporal aura..lots of red,maybe purple and yellow followed by green and blue at the top. I wanna know what it mean. Do more colors get added with more temporal stuff?

That looks like the guy who died in the trailers

He was insistent that he take a ticket. Lokis staring contest with the guy. Passive aggressive loki

Is that PA sound activated by a specific phrase? I think it would be since it probably would have turned on sooner than when loki shouted otherwise

I dont like miss minutes.

Who are the timekeepers? How are they all knowing? Can we get some more lore on them?

Branching off the nexus? That showed in a scene in the trailer..

So do the tva not want a multiverse? But it was canonized in dr strange. And wandavision. Or do they just not want a multiverse war?

Created the TVA and its workers? What do they mean by creating the workers as well?

Wait what that the reset charge i saw in the cartoon? So does that mean that there is a loki that is continuing on the timeline?

Is that how we kept the “sacred timeline”? But how? The avengers dropped the cube and loki got it and left. So how did they fix the timeline to keep him from picking it up again?

The guy doesnt have a ticket and is throwing a karen tantrum. Oop-

Okay now loki is scared.

Is it bad that i saw him hold up his ticket and found it funny? Like see boom i have it totally not gonna get destroyed now

Okay so i wrote the cool “runes” i put them in quotations because i dont know if that is what they are. Ill try to look them up later and post them.

Five dead in france..1549

Sombody got the jump? Its him? Who?

Stab wounds? Reset charge is gone. Sixth attack? That they know of?

Nice satan imagery in the background. First (assuming) micheal first with light shining in this guy and now satan..

I saw her eyes look to the satan and then upwards so assuming she means the horns but it could also be mephisto. But does mephisto stab people? Those horns look loki style

Afraid of them?

Kablooie? Blue gum? Blooeberrie?

-Why was it given away? Is it a sign? Do i need to look deeper into this? It does have that whole look that fits with the tva but im gonna hold on.

Devil bearing gifts?

-What happens when it hits the red line?

They have a FILE? On loki? Where did they get that photo? And HE IS GENDER FLUID

Judges room has the workers mural and the timekeeper mural. So the cut off the branchs to keep it in a orderly timeline?

Push t to those avengers! STEVE👏ROGERS👏IS👏A👏VARIANT

Hun..hun no thats not why they traveled.

Pffrt two tony starks! So he knew tony was there… did thor not smell him as well??

Gods to gods

Is..is this what it looks like when he tries to do magic??

Who are the people watching who isnt the guy from earlier?

So is this gonna be a show of freewill? Like wanda was grief and depression? Or the winter soldier was of —-

If my theory is right about loki being the guy killing the agents and that guy is investigating and has his file then it makes sense that he knows what loki is capable of. I would also like to point out that is it loki killing them, then they are greatly underestimating him. He should use that to his advantage

Chasing a hunch? Going sideways? Bad idea?

And this guy is flirting (i think) but also drinking his respecting woman juice.

Burn down his desk? Ok so ngl its cool outside the window but idk what it is but i can tell its greenscreen. The architecture is great. I love the scene.

A nightmare department??

I wanna know what the buttons in the elevator mean.

Created by the timekeepers? So possibly not human. Can they leave? are they aloud to? What do they mean created? Is there a process? Or are they just never kids?

Trust is for children and dogs? Oka i get the dos. But children? Does this mean that he hasnt trusted anyone since he was a kid? What happened that made him stop trusting people? Does he trust his mother?

Living in his set path? Okay i was part of the son fandom so im getting team free will vibes from loki insisting that he chooses what he does

Wooing someone powerful you intended to betray? Thanos? (Ew giant grape face guy) You, agent mobius? The Grandmaster?!

Are they flirting? I genuinely cant tell? Is this what flirting looks like?

Pursuit in Dangerous variants? So not loki. My theory holds strong for me but maybe its not?Hes a hissing cat? So born to be king?

A fan? Okay..i wanna saw how are you a fan? But you have the file.

Oh

Loki

The wrong path always taken…

“I am smart.” I know

What do u know mobius? Time passes differently…has loki been here before? Have u met him before? How do u know he his smart? Yes you have a file but that doesnt tell me why u are saying for certainty that u know he is smart. And he looks serious. Like he knew something. What are you hiding??

Okay so he heals fast. This couldnt have been hat long since then?

Okay so they bring in phil but they dont even acknowledge that he is still alive (as far as im aware)

The uncomfortable shifting and keeping his gaze away from the screen as new york was shown was kinda telling cause of what he said earlier…

Deflecting to keep from talking..

The FLASHBACK

Why does he need money?

Young..lost a bet to thor… what was the bet???

You just used reverse psychology on loki and it worked

Why do you wanna know about why he does what he does? Are you using him for your other case? (Assuming hat he is killing the guards somehow)

Did his voice crack when he saw his adventure in germany? Anyone else catch that? And the past tense after that. His masks are starting to fall. I think he is gonna lash out soon

Oh

Oh his mother

This is gonna get painful. Im crying already.

Oh frigga. He is tearing up. He is getting agitated now. Dude you just accused him of killing his mother

Okay stop. So others can achieve better versions of themself?

U mean when nat yeeted herself on vormir? Or when clint went around killing people during the blip? Or when cap stayed behind with peggy when he had bucky to come back to?

I can see him planning something but idk what yet

Ok so i already watched this earlier but now that i watch this part carefully i can see his hand pickpocket

Another unit? So thats six units now?

Loki escaped??

Prune? Is that what the stick thing is?

Ok he asked the guys name. I like that. Polite.

I saw him take a breath to get ready for another performance

U..u dont know what a fish is?

Lived entire life behind a desk? How old are you?

Okay thats practical to know what your being threatened with. Informed choices my dude.

Ok is this the room that loki has a desk at in the previews? Also i like casey. He is now my new fav

Whats is the desk? INFINITY STONES?? are you kidding me? So other people have tried to get them but werent aloud because of the timeline with thanos and the avengers???? Why do you have so many of the same stones? And the fact that the time stones as well means something attempted to happen to earth to get them..

They dont work at the tva? You USE INFINITY STONES? AS PAPER WEIGHTS? INGOT OF IMMENSE POWER THAT WERE CREATED SUPPOSEDLY AT THE BIG BANG??

This is giving me (another show that used something important as paperwieghts) vibes

Coming to the realization that this place is powerful? Ok so that is pruning.

His mother, he is crying i cant deal

Oh god im crying again

He just want his parents love and they are dead. He just wanted family to love him. He wanted to so much and didnt ever feel like he had it. But he did.

Oh no

Please dont make him watch his death

Please

The immediate falling of his face, his tormentor, i wanna know what he is thinking when he sees thanos

Oh the bone sound

And loki watched

Not making light of this but they speedrun his trauma and his redemption. He didnt get to see the good parts of what he has done. Just the bad.

Oh his laughing and the bitter glorious purpose

The fight was short but cool

He is being his petty self and i love it

See, don’t underestimate him

That nose scrunch

He looked emotionally drained

Wait why cant he go back? Cause he saw his future? Isnt that the reset? Oh wait if he goes back, he dies and he knows that but he couldnt be able to stop it without ending back up here

Hes opening up. The masks he had are falling around mobius. He sees himself as a villian.

Fugitive variant?

I KNEW IT IT WAS LOKI!

but hold on. If this fugitive is loki, then how? What part of the timeline is they from? Are they a future loki? So the future loki is a dangerous variant and this loki is a cat? What makes the future one more dangerous? We just heard him say he doesnt like to kill?

Okay now oklahoma 1858, if this is loki then how is he goin across time? And what for?

Wait third millenium? When is that?

Okay so we got a 1500 deaths and pieces of gum? And now third millennium thing in the 1800?

Oil? In a field…i get that u would think that but please think about where u are and the fact that other units have been killed in what i assume are regular calls like this as well.

Hooded figure? In a foggy night?with different background lights? I like it.

Told you oil plus field equals fire

Oh big spots of oil and oil leading places

Okay there is the reset charge? Is this important like i said earlier i thought it would be?

Ok if this is loki then what’s with the get up? Where is the drama? The showmanship? And why do you need the reset charges? Assuming this person took them from each scene that is at least six or seven? Or is this eight? Would this be the one that they said earlier with the captain lady interrupting or is this another one after that?

Ok so i took some pictures of the end credits that i think are important. I want to look closer at them before i post them.