#it was such an eventful episode!!! and that animation!!!!

[jack-jar]

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[tvckerwash]

thoughts on wash's fighting style and his position in pfl because I can (utc because it's really long lol):

wash is very unique among the freelancers for a variety of reasons, one is that he doesn't specialize in one specific area of anything, he's a jack of all trades who is able to fill in for other freelancers if necessary. for example in s9 when york was supposed to be unavailable for lock picking/infiltration duty, carolina immediately went to wash (and we are ignoring that york is not shown to be good at lock picking!) if she trusted wash to fill in for their specialist in one area, I feel it's not a stretch to imagine that he can do so in other areas as well.

need a snipper but north and wyoming aren't available? wash can cover. need someone to get into the enemies' computer systems in place of ct, south, or york? wash can cover. need someone for stealth or reconnaissance in place of florida? wash can cover. etc etc.

wash's combat style reflects that jack of all trades, master of none thing very well too, as the way that he fights is very grounded and pragmatic when compared to the rest of the freelancers. a lot of people like to portray wash as less skilled than the other freelancers, but in truth I believe that wash being able to keep up and compete with the other freelancers despite his lack of dramatic flare is a show of just how competent and skilled of a soldier he is. wash is so good at doing what he does that he doesn't need all that extra bullshit to get the job done. sure, he might not look as Cool and SexyTM as the others while doing it, but completing the mission and surviving to live another day takes precedence over all else.

another way of looking at it is that wash fights in the same way that the odst's do, that is to say that he fights like a human who cannot plow his way through the battlefield in the same way the spartans can. wash's style of fighting is one that employs careful planning and targeted hit and run tactics—this is most obvious in recovery one and s6 whenever he's fighting against the meta.

I also feel it's important to note that wash is not a cqc fighter, he can handle himself if he gets into a cqc situations but his primary weapon is the battle rifle—which is a mid/long range weapon. if I'm being honest wash's way of fighting makes waaaaaaaaay more sense if you look at him not as someone who is trained to primarily fight against other humans, but as someone who is trained to fight against 8ft 2 ton aliens with plasma weapons that can slice through the hulls of UNSC battle cruisers (ships designed to travel through space!!!) like a hot knife cuts through butter and have the technology to raze entire planets to the ground in a matter of minutes.

I also personally believe that wash has the most military experience out of all the freelancers right behind florida, wyoming, and maine (who I hc as a spartan iii). we know that wash did his basic training in the leonis minoris system (a canonical halo system) and that system had two of the three planets glassed by the covenant in 2537, and wash directly references these events in the washed hands interview in the fan guide and the way he says it implies that he likely completed his basic training that same year. now I have some grievances with the timeline given in the book when it comes to the events depicted in the freelancer saga because it's just kinda weird, but everything prior to that bit is actually fine (though I hate the way that they decide to number the timeline lmao).

now in halo canon the human/covenant war ended in 2552, and according to the timeline in the rvb fan guide that was 1 year after alpha was sent to blood gulch. project freelancer is first cleared for funding 7 years BBG (before blood gulch), and recruits the 50 freelancers 5 years BBG. doing some math we can determine that pfl was cleared for funding in the year 2544, and the freelancers are recruited for pfl in 2546. so assuming wash finished his basic training in 2537 that would mean that he was in the military for 9 years before he joined pfl, and while wash is addressed as a corporal (e-4) in the washed hands interview he was most likely demoted to that after he was court martialed, and he was possibly going to be dishonorably discharged from the military because of his disorderly conduct.

using the current standards used by the us marine corps when it comes to rank progression, wash was most likely a sergeant (e-5) who was very close to being promoted to a staff sergeant (e-6). wash as a sergeant would've essentially been the assistant manager/co-leader of the platoon he was in while his staff sergeant was the manager/leader, and that would explain why he was able to even get into an argument with his CO in the first place. I believe wash held a similar position in pfl, as it's kind of implied that he did some management stuff in pfl (talking with internals/upper brass, him feeling comfortable with openly questioning carolina about whether york should be allowed on the sarcophagus heist, and of course he shows the ability to direct and somewhat lead south in recovery one, and him leading church, caboose, and the reds in s6, and him taking charge of the meta in s8).

even if wash wasn't a sergeant as a corporal he would've been in a position to be the leader of a fire team, so basically wash isn't some rookie who had no clue wtf he was doing as many in the fandom like to characterize him; he is an experienced and battle hardened soldier by the time he joins pfl no matter how you look at it.

to put all of that into context, carolina is born 29 years BBG, which would be 2522. so during pfl she's in the 24-28 range and she wouldn't have joined the military until 2540. I actually personally head canon that wash is the same age as carolina, but that he illegally enlisted at 15 because of a crappy home life, but ignoring my head canon and assuming that he joined the military at 18 instead, he would've been born in 2519.

[hauntingblue]

Gear 5 luffy's laugh is so contagious I just hear the drums and go insane how does this work. What did he do to me

[minty-the-demon]

Spinel must be cool since he has an Umbreon. He also has a Magneton and a Beeheeyem.

[benetnvsch]

just remembered how the anime cut Kunikida out of that one bit where the ADA go and get revenge on that group of ppl who damaged their cafe hurt the cafe owner and like?? what was the reason </3 g-d forbid the anime ever shows Kunikida caring about something other than his ideals

[raposarealm]

Here are the quest victory quotes for Inoue Takina! Credit to @muffinrecord for the screenshots.

Top: We Lycolis are authorized to eliminate murderers! Middle: I suppose with this, we’re even. Bottom: Thanks, you helped me out.

As always, friendly disclaimer that my Japanese isn’t the best, as I’m still learning. If you spot a mistake, please let me know, and I’ll fix it!

[5-pp-man]

oh my god I'm not crazy. they skipped Tsuge's whole rotting in his bedroom over Minato thing and sped up their resolution so it happened whilst Adachi was having his work trip instead of after.

i remember how much time there was between Tsuge and Minato chapters in the manga but they rlly streamlined their whole deal in the anime.

[fluffs-n-stuffs]

I am not immune to holiday alt Prof. Sycamore pokemas 😔🫵💖💖💖

/don't hmu on how my pulls are going I'm going through it rn SDKFSDKFSDNFS

[blazingblorbos]

Book of Fuxi makes some of the best reaction image faces

The whole thing was fucking hilarious

I completely lost count of how many times I burst out laughing

and also Rita stole my heart that entire short

[mo-ok]

yo bioman what the fuck

[hwatermelons]

soooooooo Link Click has made me cry at least 15 times and it's only episode 5....

[quinbunn]

Nothing. And I mean nothing will ever amount to the pure joy I've felt tonight. I could not stop crying for more than 10 to 15 minutes. I don't know. I couldn't stop laughing for more than THAT!!! I just. Feel utterly blessed to witness this beautiful Masterpiece THANK YOU PAPA ODA😭😭😭😭🤍🤍🤍🤍

[drumlincountry]

EVERY fantasy book EVERY scifi novel every starwars movie every post apocalyptic show. I ask, WTF??? The same same question EVERY time. Say it with me - WHERE’S THE FARMING?

[cakeyatystakey]

i like how the latest bfdia and tpot eps have been trying to work on the “flatness” critique yet everyone is still so whiny about it on twitter

[l-0puko]

so I've been watching the recent jjk s2 episodes and I might have made a small mistake of checking out the jjk-themed communities (like subreddits). whenever there's an ongoing adaptation of a manga/manhwa/whatever... not everyone will be happy. I get it. cue that one disappointed but not surprised meme.

4 episodes in and, imho, the anime has been doing a good job adapting the original source so far. I like the change of perspective in some moments which simply work in manga but probably won't look as good in other kind of medium. they all have their strengths (as well as weaknesses).

the anime though? ohhh. the action - ep 3 is chef's kiss - the visual gags, the music, the VOICES, the additional moments of something mundane and simple, which don't really affect the key events in a fast-paced shounen anime - but they do affect the pace. and it's.. nice. for me.

so yeah the key to enjoy it more is not to read anything and just watch an ongoing on your own or to talk about it with a friend. that's it. it's been like that with other media and a little too many of my acquaintances weren't happy with something I was looking forward to see :_) another thing is not to expect anything - I say gritting my teeth thinking about action in the shibuya station and anf-

[always-a-joyful-note]

Honestly, the more I think of Performance (spoiler warning), the more unreal that story is. You have the perfect setup for them to try and stage the play Romeo and Juliet like they did in Shakespeare's time (all male cast to play characters of both genders) but they went "nah, they're all girls now." Wataru plays like....4.5 characters and sometimes in the same scene. The line "the capulets' daughter has awakened to homosexuality." The fact that they really isekai-fied Shakespeare (that seems to be a thing in webtoons these days, too). They discuss religion and politics and social issues unironically but somehow also ridiculously. Tomoya openly falling for Hokuto's acting. Hokuto using Anzu as his standard of what a girl is supposed to be like and obliviously acting super shady (she's probably used to it? idk). Underage (still can't tell if it's staged or for real) drinking on stage. Breaking the fourth wall. Did I mention they made Romeo and Juliet an isekai?

And somehow, somehow. I am told this is one of the best event stories that dissect Wataru's character and personality underneath his 2937 layers of theatre masks. And in my "has not read Romeo and Juliet but has read other Shakespeare plays" opinion, they actually offer some legitimately solid analyses of the play (yes, from a more modern perspective rather than a new historicism approach but that's just literary theory for you).