STARK'S MIND EPS 23-33 W/ FINAL NOTES I AM FINALLY DONE
Episode 23
“This is going to be as easy as rationalizing String Theory. Which is, not at all.” Freemind 🤝(not liking String Theory) Stark
“Maybe they maintain water slides down here.” Why would Black Mesa have water slides??
Tries to come up with a nickname for the Barnacles and fails to
Starting to enjoy shooting things at this point, definitely not something to be worried about at all
“It's like going for a nice drive, except the tool you're using is actually designed for murder.” Guns are in fact not made for murder and also that is not a normal thing people say
has done track and field before but wasn't that good at shot-put (adequate at best)
Worried about Eli but figures Kleiner can take care of himself
Episode 24
Doesn't know how to play chess
Aliens are now becoming more obnoxious than something he's worried about
Times he hit random switches/buttons without knowing what they do:2
Houndeyes can cause temporary hearing loss!
Apologizes to the corpses of scientists and promises he'll make it up to them
Episode 25
2 songs play in the background! Somewhere Over the Rainbow and Pure Imagination to be specific
Wishes that Lamarckian Evolution was true
Shoots at bugs on the ground, please don't waste your ammo my guy
Also once again mentions wanting a smoke
“I also don't feel hungry anymore, but that's probably not a good thing.” I had to look through so many different causes for something like this, other than nausea things like stress and depression can also cause something like this
As someone mentioned in the comments, all bullsquids are hermaphrodites!
Likes Long Distance Calling, apparently? Would not have taken him for a rock guy
Episode 26
Thinks him talking about his last words is foreshadowing
Little note but I like the sound effect used when putting the MP5 grenade in the gun. It's neat
“I don't even have the motivation to scream in anger.”
Doesn't understand what the guard means by ‘better clear your dance card, slick’ (I don't either tbh)
Just… this entire ending part good god. Love Anion's voice acting
“I refuse to believe they would go this far!” It's the military they would've done worse
Like I mentioned over in ep3, he uses repeated phrases to ground himself (specifically ‘this isn't real.’ and ‘I refuse.’ in this ep)
I think this is the first time in the series we see him genuinely mad
Passes out from the stress and exhaustion he's been experiencing at this point
Episode 27
Weakened to the point he can barely stand
“I'm sorry mom… I'm sorry dad… I should've come over when I had the chance…” HEY OW??
Fully accepts he's going to die as long as he saves people
He just sounds so exhausted in the beginning part of this ep
“No aliens can make me go deaf.” I mean, not permanently
Doesn't believe he's fighting all the aliens the res-cas has brought in
Sees the military wrote a message in scientists/securities blood and assumes its a cult thing
Another injury mentioned is a bullet wound on the cheek
Episode 28
loses his hearing on the left side (this whole ep made me think my earbuds broke when I first watched it)
“Now they're treating me like an actual threat.” They haven't before?
Ignores the maintenance body to focus on the view
Surface is becoming the militaries base
Episode 29
longest episode of the series (21 minutes)
no intro. Going straight into the episode
still suffering from hearing loss
This whole intro is just, such a good look into his current feelings
He's pushing away his own feelings to focus on saving people
Fly Me to The Moon plays for a bit
It sort of sounds like he's about to pass out while on the tram? (very incoherent and mumbling before snapping back awake)
Cannot tell whether or not he's tripped because of how light headed he is
r.i.p whatever hearing he had left (explosive right to the front of the tram)
once again, phrase repetition (‘I can do this’)
this is about Black Mesa itself, but they changed the line from ‘all I know, this guy's been killing my buddies’ (or smth like that) to ‘all I know, this guy's been killing marines’
I'm just gonna quote the whole line here and then go and talk about the bits I want to cause that will be easier than pausing and going
“You… You gun down unarmed, innocent people without a second thought. You think I'm the one responsible for the bloodshed? But only now are you stopping to think about what you're doing? But your uncertainty is irrelevant. Innocent people are dead because of you. Blood is on your hands. Nothing will change that. And for that, you all deserve to die. And look at this! You bastards tried so hard to stop me from getting here, from launching this rocket. You did everything you could, and it wasn't enough.”
“Innocent people are dead because of you. Blood is on your hands.” It sounds more like he's talking about himself more-so than the marines
“And for that, you all deserve to die.” Like in episode 26, he's just so mad. There's nothing but pure contempt in his voice
That entire line just, feels like a major shift for Stark's character and god I just need him to get therapy
“Me- sorry, Freeman, not getting here.” There's, no real reason to make the distinction? They want Freeman but you're still the one getting stopped
Again, not the episode itself but I really like the weapon holstering animation
Is not even sure that firing the rocket was worth it.
Takes a well deserved rest :)
Episode 30
He is not taking that rest.
Also, not about the episode itself but man Anions voice acting in this ep sorry I really like this ep
Wakes up due to a flashback (I think I hear someone faintly going ‘you'll pay for what you've done’ at the end of it)
This entire episode is just, such a good look into Stark's character
Has his full hearing back
“No matter how hard I try to press on. All I do is… A-All I see are…” He is… not coping
Tried to be the hero so he wouldn't go crazy because of everything
Not going through everything because he truly wants to save everyone, more-so trying to save himself
“I just came here to help my mom…” Oh my god 💔
Episode 31
The sound effects when he jumps off the tram?
Also sound effects for slipping on wet metal??
*Various underwater talking here*
he got his pseudo-bath finally
Immediately panics at seeing a hanging down wire thinking it's a Barnacle
“I'm so glad there's no aliens that are aquatic.”
so, so much underwater stuff
First reaction to seeing the shark (I'm not calling it its actual name) is to try shooting it and blowing it up instead of freezing in fear
Episode 32
Yeah no this room is weird in hindsight why is there a cage suspended in the air in the middle? With a crossbow and ‘tranquilizers’ in it??
Black Mesa has always been flexible with ethics! good to know
“Coping's not universally symptomatic.” I hate to break it to you man but you aren't coping that well either
Vortigaunts electricity isn't strong enough to kill a man when there's only one
He can do a pull-up finally 💖
Gman sighting 🧍♂️
“Lifeless cor-...” *kills a barnacle* “Lifeless corridor.” He needed to have his moment
Episode 33
Used to work at a moving company for his uncle Aaron
“Thankfully no one is around to hear this…” Has he been saying everything out loud this whole time???
okok stupid detail I really like is his glasses fogging up when he goes from the frozen room to the warm pipes
introduction to the assassins
“3 body's, technically 4.” What… is the ‘technically’ here? Himself? If he's counting himself then man :(
tbf, full body leather suits would be really inconvenient in practice. Imagine how squeaky it gets
doesn't like breaking promises
“Am I even evoking Occam's Razor correctly?” Occam's Razor is pretty much just ‘go with the simplest explanation rather than the complex one’ so, maybe? idk I'm tired
“I imagine it's hard to issue corrections when your lungs are more full of 9 millimeter bullets than they are air. Wait, is that going too far?” That's definitely not something normal people would say that's for sure!
get bonked
Final notes:🙏 go watch this series. OK no, for real, Stark is such an interesting little creature and it's so fun watching the quality of the episodes increase as the series goes on. Might comes back to these notes when reprise/the rest of the series comes out but, idk. Also there's no way he's getting out of Black Mesa without major hearing damage my fucking god
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thoughts/messy rant from the baku weekend aka carlos sainz and rbr you are on my shitlist, fuck you :
that three way battle for the win that almost turned into a 4 way battle was so fuckin cool and i need more of that (preferably with max in the mix there)
charles leclerc actually fighting that mclaren rocket deserves a standing ovation
that clip of max waiting for charles in the back of a lewis interview is the only thing that kept me going for the majority of this weekend ngl
checo and baku is like a magical mix, he loves this track so much, its so beautiful seeing a driver love a track this much
speaking of checo, carlos sainz i am going to liquidate you and your williams contract for next year so you never step foot on this fucking grid again, you absolute bastard of a driver
anyways
oscar you are such an impressive driver
him pulling a win after all the mclaren bs about "papaya rules" was Beautiful
thank you mark webber and your black magic
now we get to my fav part :)
red bull fuckin racing ...
max literally said he was comfy with the fp3 set up and then the team changes it
not just changes it, REMOVES THE ONE FUCKIN UPGRADE THEY BROUGHT FOR THIS WEEKEND
MAX WAS LITERALLY DRIVING AN OLDER VERSION OF THE FUCKASS CAR.
baku and singapore is gonna be such a crucial damage limitation double header and the team couldnt even take advantage of a p15 starting lando ????????
??????
that dumb petty radio from lando after the race annoyed me even more cuz of this fuck off dude
max passes you so he could give you thumbs up for the race as a celebration and you become a whining loser on the radio ?? your engineer literally tells you it doesnt matter cuz the race is over and you still whine about it, brother what ??
the only good thing from this weekend is that it genuinely seems like rbr have figured out what the working window for the car is and now simply need to find the boundaries of it cuz they did perfectly with checo while max' set up was outside of that window
max' "we could be surprising" or wtv comment about Singapore is making me very delusional rn so i will be manifesting a career first Singapore win for max 🕯🕯
oh and a final note
fuck you sainz
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