i think in the hamster wheel of my mind a big part of where people go wrong with eddie and his shitty garage band as an extension is that they for some bizarre reason think he's gene simmons metal when he's jack black metal. heavy metal. he's tenacious d metal. he's school of rock. he's stoner lord of the rings metal he nearly wore blue jeans and plaid. jack black literally in real life once said eddie was the best character bc he's heavy metal like him. LOOK AT THIS
(@variousqueerthings he's so melodramatic and sad. it's soooooo </33)
[transcript:
"i said. i was fine. fine about you leaving. aand.. i'm not. so many of you have come and gone, i never get used to it, think i would've done by now but-but-but. No... just when i think it's all going well, we'll be together forever, you're wandering off to go save another universe or get married—how do you lot fall in love so quickly?"
"well, funny you should say that—"
"i just don't get it. but ehhh, short lives, i suppose. still, so long as you're happy, and you're with the right man, and—he is the right man? Eeehhh—yEs he is yes he is 'course he is, of COUrSe he is, and i mean, i mean, well, no man is gonna be good enough for my donna but YES yes [inhales] off you go! every time, one of you leaves. i'm not ready! i never am, you lot. uuUUhgh. [deep breath]. every one of you, a heartbreaker—"
"that's why you've got two of them, stupid. listen—"
"yeah, i suppose, but it doesn't... make it any easier, you all leave... even the robot dog left me. twice!"
"alright, doctor, i am trying to—"
"and another thing! the universe just never gives me a break! a chance to lick my wounds, a spa day, maybe? but aw, no, Giant Cloud Of Alien Death. well, fine. i'll sort that out. [inhales] one more thing. so many more things. never NEVER never ends."
love the way so many of Nate’s critiques and roasts of the team in 1x07 call out arcs those characters go through
he calls out Sam for being indecisive and then so much of Sam’s story in s2 is about deciding to make a choice, first to stand up to DubaiAir, then to stay at Richmond
he tells Isaac he’s too concerned with looking tough and that there’s a way to be intimidating without being physical and Isaac goes from being a bully who physically harasses Nate to a captain with full control of the team without yelling or pushing people around (thinking of how Roy as a captain yelled to get people to listen, but how Isaac just has to look at them and say nothing), but also later almost ruins his entire career by physically going after a fan when angry. and ALSO someone who struggles to tell his best friend he loves him, probably because he doesn’t want to seem soft, but also makes the effort to make sure he knows it anyways
and then lastly, the one that most obviously relates to more than just football - he tells Roy that while his anger made him a star athlete, if he keeps it all to himself it’s going to ruin him, and we see Roy constantly struggle to handle his anger, even all the way through s3, only finally making an effort to do something about it in the finale
Baghera: We have to teach [Pomme] to be a bit more vigorous, because she’s kinda scared of everything. We have to teach her how to live
Etoiles: Well we just need some stuff
Baghera: No but in the sense of— I get the impression that she doesn’t dare have fun because she’s scared of everything because of me. So we have to get her going
Etoiles: Uh…
Baghera: Yes, yes! I’m invested, Etoiles
Etoiles: Me, I gotta farm
[Second clip 19/12/2023 plays.]
Baghera: Well, we’re here to have fun, I thought you were talking about having fun, Etoiles!
Etoiles: The problem is if I don’t win [Purgatory 2] Pomme will be sad and I don’t want her to be sad
Baghera: But Pomme hasn’t been around for a long time!
Etoiles: Well yeah, she’s here, she’s in my heart and in everyone’s heart
'As mechanically inclined as a cage full of hamsters'
I know I dont appreciate much Frankie lol but I quite like his interaction with Murdock here, well I'm actually jealous cause I wanna hang out with Murdock this way too but that's another story
Alright y'all, first Sunnyblr post but this one is real important to me because it includes both something that is threatening TO ME as a writer and also something I see as mischaracterization which is something I despise. My apologies if I can't put this together in a better way, I feel real anxious right now lmao. You may have seen the clip, maybe two, of Glenn talking about AI. This has caused a major reaction, originally down on Twitter (bcs. of course) and I guess I'm here to provide the whole thing, in writing.
First thing's first I wanna reassure you that Glenn did not use AI in the writers room. He views AI as a threat.
I watched the whole interview when it came out and here's the summary: He says he was personally surprised by the quality of the AI at writing jokes, some time after Matt expresses that he doesn't view ChatGPT/AI to be "good enough" to really interfere with writers (may have to check up on this wording). They did not use this material in the show. Charlie and Glenn did this only to test it. This follows by him saying he thinks we're gonna get to a point where eventually we'll have to accept the way things are going (at the point we're at already I think we can't really fight AI here, but put protections in place for writers against AI and its improper usage, so using it to solely generate ideas, using it as a replacement for writers as a whole, etc), that it's a tool people will have to learn to use, but that ultimately there'd still need to be at least one human in the room to curate it all because there's never really going to be a fully finished product (which isn't an endorsement of that type of heavy AI usage, seems more like an observation and that AI will always still have limits).
Jay continues from this saying that even if it does create a fully finished product, there'll still be the appetite for people to tell stories to other people, and that for every big shift it stays the same. Jay is also in agreement that it'd be a tool but that it isn't something to be scared of, just more aware of; he doesn't view it as a threat. Glenn replies that he does view it as a threat and continues to talk cynically about it, saying we could be close to having just one guy and then your writers room is entirely chatbots (this is not spoken as a good thing obviously. It's kinda comedic but there's truth in it especially for cynical people I suppose). Matt makes a joke about that being Glenn's dream and Glenn laughs about it (it was pretty fucking funny) and is like "i'm a bit misanthropic ur right lol". When Matt begins speaking again Glenn jumps in to say that he is not saying that it's a good thing, which is more likely to be in reference to AI as well. At the end of the question Jay says he stands with the WGA and Glenn agrees. That is all that is said in that portion of the interview. So I suppose the end point is... he doesn't support AI, certainly not to the extent some are making it seem.
I get major anxiety when it comes to things like this - as in, people reacting to something in a way that indicates they have misinterpreted or don't have the full thing or anything like this, it legitimately makes me feel sick. I can understand people's reactions at least because AI is a threat! That's why the WGA wants protections for writers from the improper usage of AI, because they've drawn similar conclusions and want to prevent it. Fuck, I'm a writer. I of all people would understand how this affects anything. But this specific situation is not one that really calls for the type of reaction it has received? It's gotten to a point where people have started attacking him for real petty reasons like appearance because of it. It's immature, unnecessary, and really just low.
If I've had the most uncritical thinking moment in the whole universe and you think there's something really wrong with the way I have viewed the situation, that I've been the one to misinterpret it, then please be civil about it. Or even if there's a point you want to just bring up. Due to issues I have, I avoid posting about a lot of things because I'm always focused on getting things right and the idea that I may be getting it wrong, in a space where people can see (and let's be honest there's always a chance of seeing the most vile shit in response and I feel anxious over it for days which is unhealthy), is distressing to me. But I'm slowly putting myself out there lol, I mostly just came here to give comfort to anyone or assuage much of their anxiety as possible. I do not at any point want to look like I'm dickriding but this is something I feel has truly been perceived wrong by a lot of people! I think the timing of everything, being asked that question and answering it during the strike, has definitely contributed to a lot of this and tension is high for a lot but I genuinely think Glenn's answer as well as Jay's were nuanced for the time they had to answer it (they can't go on too long) and I appreciate that. Thank you for reading!
I wanted to share this. The clip from the 8 ball watch party where I told the story about the person in my life who owns a box of fleshlights, and proceeded to have a four minute long conversation with Ian and Anthony.
*During the time Poppy's mother, Buttercup, visited her*
Poppy: I don't understand why you and father can't just get a divorce.
Buttercup: Oh, 'The Hollywood' way?
Buttercup: 'We're out of mustard. Let's divorce!', 'I'm a little sad. Divorce!'
Buttercup: 'We've grown apart over the years. Our adult child has moved out, and we no longer have any reason to stay together. Divorce.'
Poppy: That is an actual legitimate reason to get a divorce!
Buttercup: Besides; who's going to want me after what you did to my body?
Poppy, hands holding her kettle shaking: ... What I did?
Buttercup: *sighs and pulls out a painting* Anyways. Do you want this? Your grandfather painted it years ago- Now that was a man who knew what marriage meant.
Poppy: Um... Yes, I'll take it.
Buttercup: I mean, you might as well take it. I did drive it all the way out here.
Poppy: 'Oh great, the guilt tripping. I was wondering when that was coming.' Yes, I will take it.
Buttercup: That's all you ever do. Just take, take, take.
Poppy: ...
Poppy: *clenching her mug so tight by now that it's at risk of crumbling in her hands* How long are you going to be here, mother?