#episode 1b

[4spooniesupport]

[thecovenhouseco]

Introjects from problematic sources deserve the same respect as any other alter.

[gayautobotwolves]

Can we talk about how frickin’ massive Hashtag is for a minute. All of the triplets are big as heck but Hashtag TOWERS over her siblings. Especially Twitch.

[nyaskitten]

Hearing rumors that the second half of Dragons Rising will drop, in full, sometime in the fall. This is NO good for the Autism Economy.

[medicangels]

LOOK AT MONOMA AND CLASS B WITH ERI !!!

[queenrepent]

ace o'spades @dilfsuzanneyk (on the left) cheering up mick howard queenrepent (on the right)

[starfishinthedistance]

good morning to all, but a special good morning to bitches who haven't felt real since 2015

[numericalbridge]

TOH rewatch semi-liveblog. Season 1 part 1b

episodes 4-5

Episode 4

- So, how do they make the forcefield against the Boiling Rain once Eda loses her powers?

- Yeah, i love that sometimes Luz and King and Eda are allowed to be mean or insensitive. What i don't like is Eda starting to say that she will 'break every bone' in King's body because he stole the elixir, and that it is not shown as something unusual and instead the story just moves on. With the knowledge that King is meant to be equal to an elementary school kid that kinda crosses the line. He is 8! (as in - i see it is a writing choice that doesn't really fit what season 2 does with Eda and King, not like anything that i hold against Eda as a person)

- But curious whether the King's plotline was changed between seasons because of the way the storyline here connects him with the plight of the demons.

- He also says that the demons are underappreciated, yet all the one-off villains in season 1 are demons or creatures☹️

- AU potential for King and Eber interactions is also golden.

- Transition between episodes from the dream-like sequence of Eda wondering who cursed her to Lilith's introduction in episode 5 is really good.

Episode 5

- Interesting how excited Willow in particular seemed to be about the Covens. Would've been interesting if the development from this point onwards got more focus, and if she had some kind of connection and confrontation with Terra. Or, alternatively if the dynamic between Eda and Willow&Gus that exists in season 1 was continued in season 2 with Eda working on becoming a mentor figure for various kids, leading to her opening the school in the epilogue.

- Tbh i think some of the one-off villains in season 1 could've been replaced by the Coven Heads.

- Mason's cameo. He seems very stoic and rather chill about getting thrown around. Interestingly he is the only Coven Head present at the convention. So maybe the newest Coven Head duties, or maybe he actually cares about his Coven.

- Not an actual criticism - it's just genre conventions, and too much exposition would've dragged the whole thing down, but i confess it always amuses me when very important bits of information about the world - for example how the goverment works - are not explained to the main character until much later even when the absense of that info is dangerous (same happened with WHA too)

- What track is fire spell magic or is it a general thing?

- Luz seems quite reasonable when she explains why she wants to check the EC to form her own thoughts (especially with the info that is available to her and the viewers at this point), and i find it interesting the way she says 'individualism' specifically (and not 'individuality' or 'independence') when describing Eda's aproach and how that connects to Eda's overall journey towards opening her institute of wild magic. I initially had conflicting thoughts about that development because i liked that Eda was allowed to be angry at the school system and never want to do anything with it ever again, but on this rewatch i definitely see how the arc is forming, so i warmed up to it. It's a pity that because of the shortening it feels like a part of her journey is still missing. And also it would've been nice to see why she doesn't seem to connect much with other wild witches - are they just scattered around and in hiding? Or is Eda shunned because of her curse?

- Why doesn't Eda ever use illusion magic?

- No, but all Eda and Lilith interactions are golden! And then season 2 happened.

- They should have, imo, shown Willow's reaction to Luz vs Amity fight, even if brief.

- Luz and King's developing relationship is also very good.

- Ahhh, but Lilith is also shown to hold some bad beliefs - looking down on humans more aggresively than other witches, throwing words like 'degenerate' around. It is clear that she wasn't just some poor nerd whose only problem was that she had to supress her real nerdy interests in the Covens, and it would've been nice to see her progression and bettering herself in s2 instead of just focusing on her relationship with her family and her geeking out. Like, Oh, Titan episode is right there to show the progress! Never understood why it prioritized Steve over Lilith, when Steve didn't even need to be deprioritized, just have all 3 travel together, show Lilith reacting to common people and helping out in the montage, then learn her lesson regarding King by the end in an actually serious manner instead of making it a joke. It is so frustrating, because I never doubted she would be redeemed, and after season 1 i was excited for her development and to see more of her, and then season 2 just went in the direction of my least favourite writing choices with her😞

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Conclusion:

Overall episodes 1-5 mostly hold very well on the rewatch, and i found episodes 1-2 much easier to follow this time. But some problems are already obvious like Gus having less attention compared to others, and problems with certain character designs.

[abyssalstarlight]

is there a name for certain emotions having definable personality traits? things you only experience when feeling that emotion? but not dissociating while experiencing that emotion?

because I have 2 distinct emotions which are paired with their own traits/identities but zero dissociation between them and my average personality

i am quite confused

i have experienced abuse in the past but i thought i managed to heal a good chunk of what was bothering me (as much as i can before moving out, that is)

i've also been in other traumatic situations like a car accident, serious illness as a child, frequent moving of house, parental divorce, homelessness, among other things as a child but i'm really unsure

has anyone any resources? should i see my doctor?

[ben-the-hyena]

BRUH DEEKIDEKE MADE ME FEEL WILD STUFF AGAIN

[successionbracket]

won't the uneven number just keep happening? we need to crowdfund a secret 40th episode of succession to even out the bracket

Get Jesse Armstrong on the phone neow

[4spooniesupport]

[caliginous-troupe]

I think I have amnesia, and I can't tell what's worse. That, or that I figured it out because of an episode of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.

[foundfamilyenjoyer]

season 1a amity is NOT a good look. glad she decided to become a decent person 😌

[radio-outcast]

The first bad guy of the season, Mayor Orville Lyngood, from Episode 1B. "Inheritors", really only cared about two things appearances and obedience.

Click the link to listen! 🎙️

[Image description: Blue starry sky background. At the top it reads "Our Favorite Villain Moments". In the center in quotation marks in yellow text it reads "I have heard enough from you. You two wretches will see yourselves out of my home. At once. ... I ordered your to leave!" Mayor Orville Lyngood, Episode 1B. "Lone Flats"]

[momentsofamber]

While I'm still setting this blog up and gaining followers, I just need to say that one of my most "problematic" ships is probably Ellibot (Elliot x Mr. Robot from Mr. Robot). But you'd have to watch the show to understand why I say this because the why is kind of a plot twist. alksjd