#i just wish 95% of my interactions with them wasn't having to give them a crash course in cryptography

[sylvanas-girlkisser]

Listen to me current and future visitors to Copenhagen:

DO

NOT

Take the intercity train to the airport. I know google maps is telling you to do it, but google is wrong. The train is going to be crowded, and you're going to be stressed about the fact that if you miss that train its going to be an hour before the next one.

Instead you should take the M2.

Take the M2.

The M2 metro line, for Copenhagen Airport.

The M2! The yellow one!

It runs every 5 minutes (every 3 minutes during rush hour).

"Well I don't know how to get to-"

If you have been in Copenhagen, for more than 24 hours, you have been to either Frederiksberg, Nørreport, or Kongens Nytorv.

You wanna guess what departs from all 3 of those stations?

The M2 line, for Copenhagen airport.

No more worrying about missing your train, no more crowding the platforms, no more squinting at the information screens waiting for a me to take pity on you and ask if you need help.

If you are currently on Copenhagen central station, wondering which train goes to the airport:

Go to track 9/10

Take, literally any train

Get off at Nørreport

Take the stairs down, follow the signs.

And

Take

The

M2 LINE, FOR COPENHAGEN AIRPORT

[kyogre-blue]

Mostly finished the Wuwa 1.2 festival event, largely in one go.

I have minor nitpicks but tbh I liked it quite a bit? This is kind of annoying angle to take, but I think it's actually better than any of Genshin's festivals (that I actually paid attention to).

I don't passionately love Jinzhou, but I like it well enough. I'm an easy sell on emotional appeals in general, so I like the welfare girl squad, I like Jinzhou's NPCs and the Midnight Rangers, I like Jiyan even though he's boring, and I was quite fine with the other characters too. So seeing everyone happy, having fun, looking forward to the future was very nice. I think the little stall quests were cute enough, the NPC sections were fine and consistent with Wuwa's overall themes, and the Xiangli Yao storyline was like... better that at minimum 95% of Genshin's story quests. The guy actually emoted at the climax!

Overall, it wasn't quite enough to be called amazing, but it was pretty enjoyable. (I still have to finish getting popularity, but I doubt there's much story behind that.)

Small notes:

Leaks are saying that 1.3 will be Black Shores related and then 1.4 will the be last 1.x patch, followed by 2.0. This is starting to look more plausible after this event. There's several mentions about how Jinzhou is now going to be at peace because we stopped the Threnodian's awakening, which has a very "time to move on to the next plot" feeling.

Additionally, we have a few namedrops of the next Sentinel, Hsin. A fox, apparently. They are definitely starting to gear up to move on.

I like that you can interact with the fireworks to set them off. I love being able to press F to interact. There's also a bigger firework on the fortune stick terrace, which looks very nice.

I also love buying stuff in game. I bought all the recipes I could already. But I am disappointed that the firecrackers will disappear after the event period. Let me keep them?? (Also, let me buy a fan?? This is just rude teasing.)

I'm fine with the stall management minigame, but I kind of wish there were a few more. Like a more extensive shooting or gulpuff minigame.

Initially, I was going to say that Taoyuan village has too few decorations compared to Liyue at Lantern Rite, but it fills up as you build the stalls. It's pretty lively by the end.

There are some stalls you need to interact with daily. The fortune sticks give you an actual buff (I got increased echo drop rate today), the riddle and lottery give prizes. You can also get more of the request coupons daily.

It's kind of a hassle that you need funds to run the requests but you also use funds to do the stall upgrades. This means if you rush to do an upgrade right after you get enough funds for it (which makes an exclamation mark appear, btw), you'll end up with not enough funds to run the high tier requests. The requests don't even use the funds, you just need to have them.

The game crashed on the final cinematic, though I think I only missed the group selfie at the end. lmao, honestly

Just on a personal note, I appreciate that Pascar wasn't crazy and that his research meaningfully contributed to the world. I was almost expecting some kind of rugpull that would undercut the moment, but it really was just a good, hopeful thing. Although this is just circumstantial, he also contrasts well with Geshu Lin, who had a surface similarity in his "my goals at any cost" approach to what Pascar is initially presented as.

But dang, Wuwa faces are so pretty. The models really do look so good.

I can't believe I have to wait two more weeks to get this man. CRIMINAL

Does anyone have the welfare girl squad selfie? I missed snapshotting it...

[liber-what-ia]

So this post was supposed to be a reblog of another post I saw, but tumblr shut down while I was replying and I can't seem to find it again. It was about how Din's interactions with other characters make evident how devoid of chemistry the ones with Bo-Katan are. Feel free to point me at the post if you saw it, and I will reblog it since I 100% agree with them. EDIT finally found it, it was @turkwriter who wrote it, you can find the reblog earlier on my blog.

Anyway, here's my addition (spoilers for S3 ahead).

I don't know if the writers will go down the Din/Bo route (it seems so surreal, even for SW and even for this season) but it's clear how limiting Din's interaction with other characters was a deliberate choice to put Bo-Katan on a pedestal.

What follows doesn't solely concern Din/Bo. I have this odd feeling, that Favroni/the screenwriters took a trip into the fandom space and tried to implement fan tropes and wishes in the show (without even distinguishing between actual, serious wishes, and inside jokes carried out by memes).

Like, did you notice how Din and Bo go on a first-name basis as soon as the second episode? Bo-Katan even gets to be called by nickname (Bo). We all know how names are relevant to the fans and I think all of you are familiar with the trope of being called by name as an act of intimacy, especially for someone (Din) who doesn't share it easily.

Then there's the sheer amount of times Din has to be saved by Bo-Katan. I.e. "Damsel in distress" applied to a very competent character who is also jokingly labeled as a himbo, and his himbo side this season went through the roof for no apparent reason. He forgot about at least half of his fighting equipment, for istance.

Also, all the physical contact Bo and Din have. Not that much actually, but she puts a hand on his shoulder several times and we all know about touch-starved tropes with Din (big fan here too but no thanks).

Then, the overall growing silliness in the season. Don't get me wrong, Star Wars can and will be silly. But having Lizzo+Jack Black+Christopher Lloyd in the same episode was like reading a tumblr post about improbable cameos we wished to see in The Mandalorian (which in turn is irony on how the writers love their cameos).

Also, how Grogu has been completely turned into a puppet. I'm gonna say it: I hate his somersaults. They're ridiculous, they make it apparent how fake he his and they're overused as a cuteness treat. Apart from that, Grogu's development was close to non-existent if not for the flashback he got and the cringe mech suit of his deceased nanny allowing him to comunicate (and enrages me cause was it so difficult to give him a YES/NO pocket device to communicate??). Sorry if I'm digressing. But Grogu this season felt 95% the merchandise Disney sees him as.

And finally, but there's probably a lot more, how Paz is suddenly made relevant through having a son. Admittedly this is an old trope and I knew since episode 1, when they hinted at the connection between Paz and the yet unnamed Ragnar, that Paz wasn't going to make it out alive. It's the old trick of emotionally investing the audience though an universal tragedy (losing a parent) in order to make their death more significant without having to explore them. Which they didn't of course.

This is just from the top of my head. I'll admit I have trouble remembering other details because my investment sunk a great deal and I can barely tell the episodes apart, so feel free to add on or correct me on my impressions.

[marciego]

001- Fandom ofc Violetta,lol

002- Dieleon

003-Federico

let's go hell yeah!! thank you <33 this was long as hell so putting it under the cut but!! that was so fun

001 | violetta

Favorite character:

leon (everyone pretends to be surprised)

Least Favorite character:

tomas (everyone pretends to be surprised)

5 Favorite ships (canon or non-canon):

leonetta, marciego, jadangie (so far everyone pretends to be surprised), fedemila and the last one is actually giving me a lot of trouble because i'm not sure if i could choose between dieleon and natila? girl if i'm being honest i think i have to go with dieleon like i'm more invested in them you know, but natila pulls at a very specific part of my heart that makes me go....agwah...

Character I find most attractive:

jade hit me up babe

Character I would marry:

jade hit me up babe (now tbh if most of these characters proposed to me i would say yes but jade would probably be the only one i'd propose to myself)

Character I would be best friends with:

this one is surprisingly hard to come up with, i'd say naty and diego but i hope you know that if they were my besties i WOULD 100% fall for them both and it'd be ridiculous

A random thought:

the fact that diego, leon and ludmila never hung out just the three of them is biphobic actually

An unpopular opinion:

i talked about it recently so might as well say it here too, leonetta's amigos para siempre era had cute moments but it was unnecessary and went on for way too long, like at best they should have gotten back together in 03x60, at worst they shouldn't have done it for more than 4 episodes, the writers were just cowards and couldn't handle leonetta being happy for more than one episode

My Canon OTP:

leonetta my beloved (everyone pretends to be surprised)

My Non-canon OTP:

marciego my beloved (everyone pretends to be surprised)

Most Badass Character:

why is it that most of our characters are losers 😭😭 i genuinely cannot answer?? like ??? ? that's literally the state of my brain right now. i was tempted to give it to diego as a thank you for being our best antagonist but no that's not a badass that's just a bi clown, naty has her moments but idk i don't feel like it's enough to call her that, like i have genuinely no idea here

Most Epic Villain:

diego knew how to do it <3

Pairing I am not a fan of:

since it's "not a fan of" and not "pairing i absolutely despise with my whole heart" i'm going for a mild broduey/camila here

Character I feel the writers screwed up (in one way or another):

honestly i feel like we got pretty lucky overall in violetta in that regard, but yeah we don't talk about s3 vilu and while i will always love him no matter what, every day i mourn s1 leon

Favourite Friendship:

federico and vilu my babies!!! love them!!

Character I most identify with:

ok so i don't relate relate to that many characters, but like objectively i'd say probably naty and vilu, but on a spiritual level i feel very close to leon because i, too, wish i were somewhere else 95% of the time and Cannot Hide It

Character I wish I could be:

ok if we're talking "who would i take the place of in the show" i'd tell you fran, now if it's who i wish i could have the same personality as i would DIE to have leon's bitchiness and confidence and just generally you want to be what you find attractive right? so yeah, him

002 | dieleon

When I started shipping them:

heard diego tell leon vilu's shoe probably wasn't the right size for him and went "oh my these bitches gay!"

My thoughts:

they make me go :] i think they're neat and also very relatable because, like leon, i too would punch diego and then immediately kiss him, and, like diego, i too would try my goddamn best to make out with leon if i ever had that chance

What makes me happy about them:

they're so fucking ridiculous with their stupid rivalry that's just vaguely disguised flirting i love it SO MUCH it gives me life honestly

What makes me sad about them:

the lack of interactions in s3 like they couldn't just drop it like that it's too much you know

Things done in fanfic that annoys me:

ok so i don't really read dieleon fics but if i did i sure wouldn't read like, endgame dieleon fics? if that makes sense? or even fics where they're actually dating i think, like it's not that i don't see it happening in an au or something, it could be great, but it's not what i love about them so it wouldn't have much sense for me to read it you know

Things I look for in fanfic:

tension and belligerent attraction and unresolved feelings and what ifs that'll never get answered and hopefully some making out too, if it's set in s3 learning to be friends with all of this behind them that they know they will never get closure for but they can't really do anything about it either, yeah i do think the journey is more interesting than the destination with them

My wishlist:

gonna be completely honest here i have No Idea what i'm supposed to say here, i wish they kissed tho

Who I’d be comfortable them ending up with, if not each other:

ok i'm not even gonna answer to that y'all know lmao

My happily ever after for them:

so as i said i don't really see dieleon ever ending up with each other in the first place you know? so to me their happily ever after is finding some sort of peace with the what ifs and the what could've been because they found happiness with someone else, and as for them once the tension has subsided i really see them becoming great friends that can really still have that fake and friendly flirting but without whatever was there too you know. also i'm currently very slowly writing a dieleon fic exploring another side of their relationship i haven't really talked about here so stay tuned besties <33

003 | federico

How I feel about this character:

i could say a lot about him but every time he's on screen i just go WOOOO!!!!!

Any/all the people I ship romantically with this character:

ludmila <3 that's really it i think, like i do think he had a very casual crush on leon and i think he was part of leon's bisexual journey too but i don't ship them at all you know. oh also felipe is 100% his ex but once again not a ship

My favorite non-romantic relationship for this character:

once again fede and vilu my beloved

My unpopular opinion about this character:

i think out of all the non leon/tomas s1 guys that had a crush on vilu he was the one that made the most sense and if only for the "he had a crush on leonetta" thing i wouldn't change it even tho i'd make his behaviour towards her better

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon:

LET THE MAN HAVE HIS GIRLS TIME!!!! my diva deserved his sleepovers with the girls!!

Favorite friendship for this character:

i can and will put vilu twice

My crossover ship:

i don't really have one