@strangeravatar made a great point
i was gonna focus on the spike-hotboxing-celestia aspect but i got distracted somewhere along the way and i think i forgot what joke i was trying to make
but dont you think its interesting how many guards of the exact same color/body type she's managed to accrue?? i do
ooohh you want to go look at our stickers so bad
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It's kind of a shame that the "anti-filler" mentality has reached a point where a lot of writers (and fans) assume that if a show isnt constantly moving the plot forward and establishing lore, its basically filler and wasting space. Personally I think its good, if not necessary for a show to slow down and just have characters hang out, or deal with smaller conflicts.
It feels like a lot of stories just want to rush to the emotional scenes with barely any build up to really make it feel earned and satisfying. I've seen fans pester creators to rush the story along and reach the next big set piece rather than take the time to really know and appreciate the characters.
Why should I care about the emotional stakes in episode 2 when I barely know a character's likes and dislikes? how they handle conflict, their approach to relationships both platonic and romantic. etc,
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The way Sage smiled when she repeated "Caesar" like she knew Homelander was not intelligent enough to realise what he just did right there. The second he namedropped Caesar he sealed his fate and she knows it. He wants to become like Caesar he'll end up like Caesar.
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they’re filler episodes TO YOU. to me they’re little windows through which i watch my favorite characters make the stupidest decisions imaginable
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Huskerdust by episode 4: We had a misunderstanding that we then talked about in order to make up. We were honest about our feelings, let each other in, and even had a duet together! I, Husk, no longer feel like Angel is making fun of me by hitting on me, and I, Angel, no longer feel like Husker is rejecting me when he talks about boundaries. We are now kind to each other and get along really well!
Stolitz fans, 15 episodes in:
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love how criston tries at first to soften the blow of naming aemond regent over alicent. at first he clings to the idea that aemond is aegon's heir and that a regent is only if there are no heirs of age and sound mind available, trying to hide behind sheer protocol. then he clings to strategy and the idea that a dragon fighter must be at the helm of a war of dragons. but alicent keeps pressing him and eventually he admits the truth: that he is trying to protect alicent from the horrors of war the way he could not protect her son. that he is trying to protect his queen the way he could not protect his king.
and alicent repays him in turn by meeting him in the role he has set for himself, not as her lover but as her protector. is that the relationship he wishes to have, one where he makes decisions for her in the name of her protection? fine, then he'll have it his way, but he cannot have the intimacy of their private relationship and cannot pretend to be her equal. so she refuses him the privilege and the intimacy of her name, the way he has refused her the privilege and the intimacy of being an equal, autonomous adult.
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911 really is such a good reminder of the particularly kind of joy that is weekly, seasons-long shows with many episodes per season. every character gets a moment to shine even in a truncated season. the satisfaction of seeing characters grapple with stuff that happened YEARS ago. having multi-episode arcs and one-off arcs that are equally enjoyable. beach episodes (metaphorical). I know we're all saying this all the time but why can't more tv be like this
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