#season 2 electric boogaloo

[ride-thedragon]

HOUSE OF THE DRAGON WIGOLOGY (101 AND WHAT MAKES A WIG, WIG).

Inspired by @blackbyrenflowers hotd wigs

First things first,

What is a wig?

A hair piece is attached to one's head. Many use it because it's basically a new head of hair. It's useful in theatre, tv, and movies because of continuity and not wanting to damage actors' hair. Black film stars have a unique relationship with it because even though it's a protective hairstyle and does what's stated above a lot of the times they get bad wigs because stylist don't have the skills to do their hair and it's used as a pin straight fall back. Recently (Ruth Carter, my beloved) strides have been made to be better and to integrate Black actors' actual hair. (Halle will be famous always)

What is a good wig?

One that you can't tell that it's a wig. Or more so it doesn't exist in an uncanny space. Basically their are different types of wigs, but lacefronts are mostly used for cinema and theatre because they have a piece of sheer lace that blends into the skin for this exact reason. Because it's extremely popular in black and queer spaces, the standards for a good wig are high.

What's a bad wig?

In contrast, a bad wig, you can tell it's a wig. You can see lace, you can see the line of the lace, you can see the actors' hair underneath, or it doesn't look like real hair within the world. The within the world difference is necessary because sometimes a wig is a part of a costume or look that's meant to communicate that it's a wig. Think drag, think colourful wigs. It's an accessory for the concept of the outfit. Wigs in movies or TV can be similar, but it's never meant to take you out of the world.

WHY HOTD S1 WIGS ARE BAD?

They take us out of the world. Characters like Rhaenys and Rhaena look like they're hiding dragon eggs in their hair.

Laena and Baela have open, synthetic curls for the most part, and they stop Baela’s loc journey half way through.

Jace has a helmet looking wig.

The others have okay hair, but styles aren't the level of the most prosperous time in the Houses Targaryen's and Velayron's Reign.

If you don't notice it's fine and go on but when you do, like me with a love of costuming and a fan of Game of Thrones before, the intricate design of Daenerys is lost in the past and given a simpler design.

Alicent has the best wig in the show but she always looks like a Queen (episode 8 was tough). The extravagance of these houses is lost in the styling. The beauty is lost in the simplicity of characters design who in the books have extravagant wealth and nobility with a facade to match.

Hotd also falls into the "Black hair, barely care" trope with black actors. The locs were one of the best choices, but no one can deny Laenor as Jace's dad with the matching helmet wig. Laena and Baela suffer from unstyled curls and Rhaena’s hair is full of secrets (and hate crimes, hbo, I'm in your walls)

SO, IS SEASON 2 BETTER?

So far, yes. We have an established hair language in the world with season 1, but season 2 seems to take strides with the wigs and costumes, especially with the black characters so hopefully we've made it through dark times.

If only Laena was around to be redeemed.

[dean-winchesters-clit]

I noticed a detail in the kiss scene that I need to talk about before I combust

Okay, so, I was scrolling through the Our Flag Means Death tag and saw this pair of gifs by @eddie-redcliffe.

Towards the end of the second one, you can see Ed begin to pull back from what is a very chaste kiss. This is when the shot cuts to the over the shoulder of Stede and his hand moves into Ed's hair, holding him in place and turning the kiss more passionate.

Ed's posture becomes more tense before he reaches up and pushes Stede away gently, asking him if they can go slow.

Stede literally did the middle-aged-gay-man-discovers-he-really-likes-intimacy-after-kissing-another-man thing we've been speculating and joking about for a year and a half! Sweet touch-starved baby boy was given the tiniest bit of physical contact and he grabbed hold of it as hard as he could to keep it from going away again.

And Ed calling their hand-holding "perfect" is just so wonderful and reassuring. Almost like he realized that Stede needed some sort of touch to ground him, something to keep reminding him that they're together and working towards more even if Ed isn't ready to go all the way yet. He meets Stede in the middle, finds a place where they're both comfortable and makes it clear that that kind of touch is welcome. Stede needed reassurance that he wasn't being pushed away and Ed gave it to him perfectly and I just-

(all gifs provided by @eddie-redcliffe thank you so much!)

[daredevil-vagabond]

I'm only human, I come with knives (and agony)

[saltpepperbeard]

so i was complaining talking to my dad about the suffering that is the renewal void, and he agreed that it would be a bit nonsensical for max to-

push physical merch on their site

create a bunch of custom icons for users on their site

put so much effort into marketing s2, to the point of putting spots on tv, hanging up gigantic billboards, and spreading teasers all across social media

-if they had no intention to see the show all the way through.

which was ✨validating✨ coming from an outside party, because it's something i've been thinking this whole time. now, granted, i don't trust streaming services, and stranger things have happened, buuuuut idk. it really seems like there's a part of them that realizes ofmd is a large, important property to them, but we shall seeeeeee,,,

[pixiemage]

Tango's the kind of guy to do a dramatic smoke-machine-accompanied entrance the first time someone sneaks into Decked Out, eyes glowing and grin sharp and like. Dramatic. Cartoon villain. Manic giggling laughter. And he'll be flanked by a few ravagers, or a warden will be trailing after him, and he'll look threatening as hell. But then one (1) of his lovely beloved monster friends will stub a toe and make the smallest of sad sounds, and Tango'll flip on a dime like "Oh my gosh are you okay??? Where does it hurt??? I'll fix it. It's okay. You're soooo brave-" then turn right back around switch on the dramatic haunting music and evil lighting and a spooky voice effect and threaten whoever snuck in like "You dare trespass in my dungeon?!" and "You'll leave if you know what's good for you" and "Run while you still can" as if he wasn't just baby-talking a beast from hell

And the craziest part is, it probably somehow works

[buildoblivionthenwewilltalk]

statement remains 🕷👁📚

[pineapple-frenzy]

Kuko on the brain because we're getting rhyme anime s2 so ofc

[roman-roy-apologist]

brad has serious problems with feeling like he isn’t needed

like how he literally lost mq millions of dollars and half the staff when poppy told him that he she and the company didn’t need him

like how in quarantine he forced david to think he was so important by not donating to charity therefore being needed when he eventually did

like how he wanted jo to need him when she was being arrested and he took the fall for her

like how he left mythic quest and they didn’t need him

like how he came back and everything was ok

like how david was successful and now brad has to mess with him because what else is he needed for now

like how now he is desperately clinging on to carol needing him

like making rash decisions that won’t benefit mq (the nfts) that will eventually fail because he wants needs to be needed so bad he’s willing to make more and more short-term cash grab ideas that will sink mythic quest just like zack said

[stewystew]

fucking PLEASE

[ghostofchaos-past]

okay but the parallels in You Wear Fine Things Well 2: Electric Boogaloo.

the repetition of the line, yes, but also the fact that theyre talking abt an item of red clothing. the lean in that actually becomes a kiss this time. them walking off together rather than in separate directions. then the pan up to the new flag, rather than all the different flags, the one flag made by all of them.

someone smarter than me point out the symbolism in this please

[flash-bastardd]

Ayo we might be right in the whole 'Stede's the top' aye? Fucking the way he held his head im fucking dying

[oryx-the-nightmare-daddy]

[cloud-based-and-rainpilled]

Hahaha what if since we know the Second Coming is happening and the Book of Life was established as a plot point what if they erase Adam and that resets the Apocalypse

:) :) :)

What then…………….

[ask-aurachnid]

Rest in peace to mini me for just dealing with Mysterio like a month ago. That shit sucked, and it honestly doesn't get better. I can't believe I thought Beck was cool. She's an asshole, actually.

[pinknatural]

of course if jackles couldn't be batman bc of scheduling conflicts (the winchesters) and misha couldn't be cas bc of scheduling conflicts (gotham knights) then that means that now that those conflicts are gone,

[wilyserpentofeden]

AZIRAPHALE YOU IDIOT.