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[becky5203]

Congratulations to Colin Bridgerton for being the first Bridgerton child to actually take his mom’s advice

[battlekidx2]

Alastor Episodes 7 and 8 Thoughts

These two episodes really gave us a lot in regards to Alastor and I cannot wait to see where they go with him in season 2. What I find most fascinating about what they established with him in these episodes is how I think this perfectly sets up Alastor to directly challenge the show’s main themes of redemption.

Alastor is the only character in the main cast that I think could effectively challenge Charlie’s idea of redemption by making her face the question of “where the line for who can be redeemed and who is too far gone is?” 

Even Vaggie and her past as an exorcist couldn’t challenge Charlie’s ideals in the same way because Vaggie so clearly wants to be better and is trying to be better. She could only challenge Charlie’s idea of who could be redeemed. She couldn’t truly challenge the line of when someone is too far gone unlike Alastor. 

And to explain this I'll just jump right in.

It’s clear these two episodes were meant to show a shift in Alastor and Charlie’s relationship in some capacity. It’s a bit more of a subtle shift than with the other characters, but I think it’s setting up this future conflict well for the limited time the show has. 

At the start Charlie doesn’t think Alastor cares and calls him out on this. She directly states that she believes he enjoys the suffering. He refutes her idea of him by stating she doesn’t know what he feels. He purposefully hides his feelings behind a smile as a sign of control. (The first shift. It tells her there’s more beneath the surface)

Then Alastor helps Charlie enlist cannibal town and says he wants to mentor her in the song. This is more than the initial indifference and humor he got out of Charlie at the beginning. There’s an interest in seeing Charlie grow and being a part of it that wasn't there before. And, with Alastor helping Charlie here, trust is being built (at least on Charlie's end).

Then Alastor talks to Niffty (who he is clearly fond of) and admits he finds the group enjoyable to be around. He says he could grow accustomed to them after Niffty says she really likes them almost in agreement with her. He's very candid with Niffty and doesn't seem to feel the need to hide his emotions around her. They appear to be on the same wavelength.

And finally, Charlie is upset when she thinks that Alastor died against Adam and hugs him happily when he returns. In Charlie’s eyes Alastor has been helpful and risked himself and his power to protect the hotel. This is a true shift in their relationship on Charlie's end.

This bond is necessary because if (at the very least) Charlie doesn't care about Alastor then he won't be able to truly challenge her idea of redemption and the show implies it doesn't just go one way. It's just obscured.

To explain what I mean I want to look at Alastor's role in the final battle and that moment when he is alone after he escapes.

At the beginning of the battle he felt like the trump card he should have been. He makes the exorcists, before Adam destroys his shield, look like a joke. And he gives Adam a run for his money before he becomes overconfident and lets his guard down. He didn’t expect Adam to bounce back and have that much power left to show. He was caught completely off guard and paid the price. 

And instead of staying to face the end with the rest of the people in the hotel Alastor opts to save himself. He places himself first. When he leaves he seems almost smug, spouting off a one liner and smiling as he sinks into the shadows. It seems calculated and calm, but alone is a completely different story. This moment shakes Alastor and that moment alone puts his fight against Adam and decision to flee in a different light.

In this moment when he's alone he starts to lose it, saying there has to be a way out. This isn’t where things end. He will come out on top. 

He can feel his control over the situation slipping. His power and notoriety has been challenged left and right this season. First Vox, then Lucifer, then the loan sharks, now Adam. It’s one right after the other. And Adam almost killed him.

He’s struggling to grasp onto what little control he has left by forcing himself to keep on his smile and it calls back to the beginning of episode 7 when he says to Charlie that just because she sees a smile doesn't mean she knows how he really feels. His smile is a sign of control. And even in this moment you can see that last bit of control slipping. And it’s left him even more desperate for his freedom than before.

The Radio Demon was introduced almost as if he was an all powerful entity and now he is being brought back down to earth and he’s raging against it, barely keeping it just below the surface. 

But there’s even more to his breakdown than just his pride. The lines “Great Alastor, altruist, died for his friends. Sorry to disappoint that is not where this ends. I’m hungry for freedom like never before. The constraints of my deal surely have a backdoor.” strongly imply that he really does care for the residents of the hotel more than he wants to admit even to himself.

He is freaking out because he got too close to dying trying to protect and help people that he never thought he would care at all about and he’s doubling down on his plans from before. 

His immediate desperation to be free implies he is at the hotel because he is forced to be there, but he’s desperate to get out of the contract because he doesn’t like how it’s changing him. Alastor has always put himself first and here he is almost dying trying to protect this hotel and it's rattled him even more deeply than the blow to his pride.

I feel like they know exactly what Alastor can mean thematically and they want you to know he’s a villain while seeding hints there could be change under the surface (ones that Alastor himself is afraid of and wants to double down against). There’s a balancing act going on with him and it seems they really do want to challenge the idea of redemption with him. Not just Charlie’s, but his own as well.

Alastor is still in my opinion the best written character in the series. There’s just so much to unravel with him and he’s the most fun to try and dissect to me. I can’t wait to see what they have planned for him in season 2.

[birdy-reblog]

Hey maybe watch scavengers reign it’s got evil woman, she’s like a rat bastard and faces little to no consequences for her actions and honestly she’s kinda great, maybe if that doesn’t strike your fancy we’ve got pathetic meow meow man that fucks up repeatedly and often, we’ve got an old fat dilf that is just so tired and every single alien yearns for his body, we’ve got yuri in two different flavors; human on human and human on robot. It’s the same human both times btw. Or my personal favorite one: she’s just there for the ride and adores the beauty of it all. I love you Ursula scavengers reign<3

There’s also the creatures and horror of nature I fucking love this show hands and knees begging you to watch this show.

[scarlibis]

''You okay?'' No mf, the animated shows i love a ton have not been renewed for more seasons that they all rightfully deserve

[prefer-to-be-vilified]

Wednesday: I swing both ways.

Wednesday: Violently and with a bat.

Enid: Come get some motherfucker!

Wednesday: Conveniently I’m also bisexual.

Enid: Yeah she is!

Enid: …

Enid, blushing: Wait really?

Wednesday: Obviously.

Enid: Do you maybe wanna go out sometime? Like on a date. With me.

Wednesday: Mi Amor, my heart has been yours since the day I first laid eyes on you.

Some guy, currently trying to rob them: What in the actual fuck is happening right now?

Wednesday, furious at being interrupted: I can forgive the armed robbery *pulls out a knife* but the homophobia’s too far.

Guy: Oh my god, No! I didn’t—

Enid, shaking her head in disappointment: For shame. It’s 2023 dude.

[ultfreakme]

All I'll say about the ATLA live action reducing the side quests is that Zuko is convinced Aang is a master of evasion, which is why he's so difficult to catch, and it is his job to crack the pattern. Then it cuts to Sokka saying "you have no idea where we're going do you?"

[1mm4d13]

How dad’s be when you touch the thermostat

[melmedarda]

sun ⋆ moon ⋆ star

⸻ JAYCE, VIKTOR, & MEL, Arcane

[not-the-living-ghost]

begging for someone less artistically inept than I to make a Dead Boy Detectives version of the “it’s Pride Month you know what that means” meme

[radiantmists]

so i rewatched nimona today and it was great but ive been puzzling over why on earth the director decided, when she thought ambrosius was confronting her with zero evidence beyond his faith in ballister, to pull out the actual proof of ballisters sword and kill him with it.

it seemed like the most incriminating possible choice!

and then i realized she did it with ballister's sword because she was going to frame him for ambrosius's death, too.

[phopollo]

HAD A SUPER SILLY IN BETWEEN SEASONS IDEA FOR HILDA, HEAR ME OUT;

2 week summer sleep away camp

BUT KEEP HEARING ME OUT, BECAUSE

Pov:

You're being introduced to the camp counselors on the first day

[stopper-my-heart]

Here's another adorable mini moment (Heartstopper S1E6). Tao has just asked, "So...we're ordering a second round, right?"

As the gif shows, the group agrees, and Nick says, "Yeah, I mean, we can go and get them if you want."

Taking a closer look at this:

Nick says "we" can go and get them without specifying who "we" is, and it wasn't obvious from the preceding conversation. So not only is Nick just casually lumping Charlie in with himself, he's also assuming that everyone else will understand that Charlie is the rest of his "we".

Nick didn't even non-verbally check with Charlie before making this offer, that's how strong his assumption (or hopeful confidence) is that Charlie will be okay both with being part of the "we" and with being volunteered by Nick to fetch the milkshakes together.

Perhaps the best part of all of this is Charlie's reaction:

He does a quick double-take at Nick with a little smile sneaking in, and then he tries his very best to not get stuck on what has just happened and to remain casual in front of the group.

Charlie's slightly delayed "yeah" of confirmation to the group that he and Nick will get the milkshakes is pretty convincingly nonchalant, but it's still clearly trying to be nonchalant, basically saying, "Yeah, whatever, just gonna go get the milkshakes with Nick who volunteered 'us', no big deal".

Honourable mention of additional cuteness:

After Tao's question about ordering a second round, Nick and Charlie instinctively look at each other to coordinate their responses. They quickly look away though, possibly because they've realised they "shouldn't" be checking in about their answers (especially in front of Tao and Elle who don't (yet) know that Nick and Charlie are on a date).

[tiredguyswag]

i believe in afrolatina carmen supremacy

[drywit-dimpledsmile]

we might actually be getting @bridgertonbabe 's family game night insanity dreams come true????

[alexsshittyworld]

Wednesday: This is the worst plan I have ever heard.

Enid: Oh…

Yoko:

Bianca:

Divina:

Kent:

Xavier:

Ajax:

Enid: So we’re gonna do it?

Wednesday: Yes.

[foolsfrogg]

HATSUNE MARRA!!!!!!

Character with pigtails?? Ummm, I think you mean Hatsune Miku..