was explaining to a friend i had no problem watching a play with him and that he should not feel bad that i’ve already seen it six times bc chances are, i will see it six more times the play is hadestown
one of the funniest underrated parts of animorphs to me is the fact that time travel is a surprisingly common plot point, and yet it kinda gets glossed over because it almost never factors into the story in a way that actually matters. like. jake dies crossing the delaware but gets better on a technicality. there were aliens on earth at the same time as the dinosaurs but the asteroid got them too. time travel is a known phenomenon that the andalites have studied, but we don’t actually get any explanation for it because ax was distracted in class that day. everyone went back in time 24 hours and then died and forgot everything. two separate members of the main cast are different varieties of time anomalies and really the only effect it has on them is tobias getting over his family issues. jake is shown a prophetic vision of a world where the yeerks win and we just never get an explanation for what the fuck that was about. every time time travel is brought up, it contradicts at least one other time travel plotline. this is the series that taught me to never take time travel seriously in fiction and i can’t thank it enough for that. this is hilarious.
the 1996 doctor who movie contains a perfect textbook example of fridging, wherein an established longtime character is killed off unceremoniously, with very little agency or time spent on their own perspective when they’re literally being killed, usually as a means to provide shock value, raise the stakes, or make the main character feel bad for thirty seconds before moving on
what sets it apart from every other loving wife and children in every superhero backstory ever, though, is that the person they fridged was THEIR OWN MAIN CHARACTER
It didn't make sense to me how we could connect to each other. At first I thought it was like the Warder bond. But then I realized that you can see our weaves, too. You feel it when I channel because we're linked. We're the same. You sul'dam are just so weak in the Power, the Searchers didn't find you.
...The first rule. You cannot hurt your sul'dam.
Madeleine Madden as EGWENE AL'VERE
THE WHEEL OF TIME 2.08 | What Was Meant To Be
"The first face this face ever saw" being an arguably important concept in modern who, with most of these first faces being friends and companions, meanwhile in the past it could also be
silly redraw (re-animate?) of one of my favorite little max moments... parents' day still really hits hard yall
[video description: a short animation of max from camp camp. he is looking left downward with a sad expression, tears shining in his eyes. he moves his shoulder up to wipe his eye on his hoodie and says "Just make something up". the video then loops. it has no sound.]
Even accounting for how erratic their behavior can be normally, the Doctor gets extra bonkers after regenerating. ¡¡Reblog and explain your pick in the tags!!