#shipping goggles of WTF is WRONG with you?!?

[eisforeidolon]

Just in case others didn’t know, Jensen’s answer about art interpretation is almost verbatim from an answer he gave in 2015. The hellers aren’t “wearing him down” He has consistently given that same answer for years. It has NOTHING to do with canon, and everything to do with acknowledging people relate to things differently. The fact they even admit they’re trying to “wear Jensen down,” is so abusive. They KNOW there is a militant derangement syndrome where people literally lose their jobs and reputations for not bending knee to the mobs that go after them, and they’re actively exploiting that- hoping Jensen feels fear enough that he will cave and capitulate. It’s disgusting. These are people who are SO self righteous and judgmental of others, and can’t see that they are, by FAR, the most manipulative, regressive abusers in fandom spaces. If anyone tried to “wear them down” about something, all we would hear is “you’re not respecting me!” “This is harassment!” “Your aggression is toxic!” And they would be RIGHT! But they never apply that to themselves and how they treat Jared and Jensen

Huh. I didn't know he'd talked about interpretation in general back that far (although to be fair, they've done so many cons over so many years, aside from the controversial or noteworthy stuff, it's a lot to remember all of it). Do you have the specific con or video of that? I do know in every statement I can recall it's never been about personally hating the ship or shippers, just not understanding where it's coming from (fair) and being annoyed when they tried to push it on him and make him validate it as part of his acting/part of the canon (more than fair).

In the end, they've spent years being demanding, abusive, slanderous, and outright deranged - and then try to claim they're the victims. It's just a complete denial of reality. No one ever owed them anything but the right to have their fanfic in fan spaces and not watch the show if they didn't like what it was actually about.

It's also a great point about how they'd react if anyone tried to "wear them down" the way they've badgered Jensen (and anyone else that doesn't immediately cave to them) for years, because nobody even has to try to actively change their minds - just to exist while not agreeing with them. I remember specifically when they asked some crew person on twitter about when the first appearance of the "bisexual plaid" shirt was and they LOST THEIR FUCKING MINDS at the answer there was no such thing, wailing and gnashing their teeth about being attacked and invalidated for getting an answer they didn't like to a question they chose to ask. It would be funny how absurd it is if they weren't so viciously hateful.

[phantom-of-the-501st]

And we're back!

Initial thoughts on TBB S3 Eps 1-3

SPOILERS BELOW THE CUT

3x1 Confined

Final season premiere let's go!!!

Storms are never a good sign

There's creepy shit on Tantiss (crocodile thing from the trailer maybe?)

Although Hemlock counts as creepy enough

He's the creepiest thing on the whole planet 😬

Tbf there's a stunning view, it's just a shame about the prison window blocking it

CROSS IS BACK!!!

Omega blood sample? That's gotta come back later in the season!

Are these blood samples labelled? How tf does anyone know which is which??? That's just bad lab practice 🙄

Oh the weird machine knows. Nvm

"Replicate the genetic M count" and they want Omega's blood???

Nala Se is protecting Megs. Slenderbitch may actually be of some use

Force senstive Megs?

This feels like this is linking with the cloning plot in The Mandalorian

The animal welfare standards here are abysmal 😠

BATCHER?! Oh that's adorable 😍

And I thought Omegas's room was bad holy shit 😭

The grid across Cross' room is casting a crosshair on Omega's face. I love little details like that

21 tallies on wall = 21 rotations? That doesn't seem like very long

STRAW LULA?! 😭❤️

Why are there blood drips going into each sample? This seems like a contamination issue

At least 150 tallies now 😭

Subject will be terminated if they don't heal. Feels very much like the clones when they were on Kamino, which just shows how much the clones were treated like animals

"I belong here" *sobs*

Cross don't make me cry istg. I can't do this at 8am on a Wednesday 😭

Okay but the droid kind of had a point about Batcher struggling in the wild because of Omega domesticating her. One thing you learn about working in a zoo environment is that hand-reared animals have no idea how to behave like their wild counterparts and basically turn into little psychos (like you can't actually be in the same room as some of them levels of bad). That or they rely on people too much and have no idea how to fend for themselves. Either way, the droid wasn't entirely wrong

Hemlock is a bastard 😒

Omega's theme!!!

Season premiere and only two Batcher (neither of whom are Hunt or Wreck). Interesting!

1x2 Paths Unknown

Fucking Roland Durand?!

Did not expect that in episode 2 omg!

Hunter and Wrecker being mercenaries for the Durands?

Ah okay it seems to be a one off

THE GOGGLES IN THE SHIP! 😭😭😭😭

Hunt and Wreck be looking a bit scuffed

Echo and Rex mention!

They won't be available for 2 rotations? Well we're not seeing them this episode then...

Hunter's emotions are making him impulsive and that's not really a good thing

Wrecker is actually the one holding back, which is an interesting dynamic. Wrecker can see how bad Hunter is coping and is probably having to keep him in line as much as he can so that they don't lose another brother

CLONE CADETS! CLONE CADETS!

These ones actually have New Zealand accents as well

The slither vines were genetically made and got out of hand? This is what we mean by invasive species, people. Very much not good

Okay so we have one called Box and one called Stak

Are the cadets not affected by the chips? Do they only active in fully trained soldiers?

We need to get these kids to Echo and Rex

GONKY BACKPACK!!! 😆

Poor Gonky is stuck upside down.

These vines are making vocalisations somehow and it's confusing me. Plant voice boxes?

OKAY WTF ARE THOSE THINGS???

They look like weird green versions of the slogs from Abe's Oddysee

Why are you breaking into the Marauder???

You better not be stealing it. That's already happened and we can't do it again

Okay clone cadet 3 is Deke

Ayyyy rescue time!

Okay, I'll let them off for getting on the ship

Because we totally needed a swampy sarlacc thing rn 😭

PABU!!!

*Remembers invasion of Pabu in trailer* FUCK

1x3 Shadows of Tantiss

I'm going to throw hands if Echo isn't in this episode 😤

Ooh mystery clone(?) who everyone thinks is Tech!

Nala Se is helping again 👀

The special guest is probs Palpatine

Le Palps is back

Project Necromancer - bringing back the dead?

So is this to do with the cloning stuff or something to do with Tech?

Probs the cloning thing tbf

*Angry mouse droid squeaks*

FUCK YEAH CROSS!

Missed watching this guy fight

Cross and Omega team up let's go!!!

Cross doesn't question why Omega only mentioned Wrecker and Hunter. Has Omega told him about Tech or did he just not question why she only brought two up?

And in that case has she told him that Echo is with Rex?

I HAVE QUESTIONS!

Cross went for the stun not the kill. Very different from 2x3

Do you think Hemlock has a scar or does he just choose to shave a slit in his eyebrow? 🤨

Oh great a big green monkey cat. Just what we need!

"Of course he did". CROSSHAIR BEING SOFT ABOUT TECH HELP

Cross is missing shots because of his shaky hands :(

OMEGA M COUNT???

Oooooooh they're adding blood with midichlorians in to the samples to see if they would take. That explains the blood being added to the samples

Overall I love these episodes! It's nice going back and forth between Cross and Omega, and Hunter and Wrecker. We're going to get some interesting dynamics

This is a very sad day for Echo stans though. I feel like we're going to be suffering a lot this season 🥲

And here's the bingo card as of rn!

[skellymom]

"Vagabonds" Chapter 18 "THE FORCE"

Ongoing fanfic Hunter x Reader/Fem Reader/OC

Hunter meets a smuggler Nomaadi Star Woman with a powerful force sensitive teen who changes the trajectory of CF-99's lives...as they ALL try to escape from The Empire together.

To read Chapter 17 - "WTF?

https://www.tumblr.com/skellymom/758867009187512320/vagabonds-chapter-17-wtf?source=share

Word Count: 2.1K

Background: Mad reveals her unknown/uncertain health status to the adults among the crew. LOVE tries to covertly gain intel. Tiggy helps her hoomans. Angsty, angsty, angst! (No fear dear reader: Things WILL pick up in Chapter 20!)

For anyone new to this series: "LOVE" is the nonbinary/genderfluid neurodivergent/nonverbal Force sensitive kid of the main OC of this series "Mad". For more background on LOVE, check out the introduction and past chapters leading up to this one. LOVE'S father is also mentioned in past chapters in a flashback...giving a clue as to how and why LOVE has the power they do!

Warning: Swearing, angst, crying, brief mention of sexual reproduction in clinical terms.

(Credit: Cool dividers by @4ngelic-wh1spers and @sister-lucifer)

Recap:

“TEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEECH!!!”  Mad SCREAMED as she ran through the Beldame to the Marauder... 

She STILL wasn’t wearing pants. 

Tiggy barked furiously and took off after Mad, tearing out of the stateroom...and almost knocked Echo over, too. 

Hunter stood there buck naked with his hands out...speechless. 

Echo’s head peeked around the corner comically at Hunter “Trouble in Paradise???” 

Hunter, frustrated, threw his hands up in the air, then grabbed his clothes off the floor... 

"The Force"

Even with Tech drinking himself to almost total drunkenness, he was up early as usual.  

Having rarely EVER slept all the way through ANY night, Tech found himself almost entirely underneath the instrument panel of the Beldame.  He quickly notated and ticked off a checklist of EVERY repair the Beldame required to make it truly ship worthy again.  

Wrecker wasn’t as lucky.  Tech dragged him out of bed with a doozy of a hangover.  He groggily sipped his caf with the occasional “Yeah...ok Tech... I’ll get RIGHT on it.” 

Tech didn’t register the sarcasm and kept on going with his mechanical observations... 

Until Mad ran screaming up the main aisle of the Beldame...Tiggy HOT on her heels! 

Wrecker winced jumping up at attention as Tech slid out from under the panel. 

“TECH!”  She repeated, wild eyed. 

He adjusted his goggles. “Why...are you NOT wearing pants?”   

Wrecker had a more appropriate response “WHAT’S WRONG?”  His voice too loud inside his own head. 

She was almost hysterical “I have...I have...a... PARASITE or something SWIMMING around IN MY BELLY!!!” 

“OH NOOO!” Wrecker’s face showed abject FEAR, sharing Mad’s feelings on the matter. 

Tech, ever calm and pragmatic, countered with “That is incorrect.” 

Mad’s head snapped back to Tech dumbfounded...as he mansplained... 

 “You have been implanted with Jedi genetic material in the form of ovuum.  They are viable, but NOT multicellular organisms.  That would REQUIRE fertilization of sperm.  Even IF you and Hunter did NOT take preventative precautions last night” Then he added with a veiled judgy expression “as you SHOULD have, you would STILL not be able to feel...nor Hunter even hear them...swimming...about in your uterus.” 

Mad stopped for a minute, staring at Tech. Wrecker could SEE the ANGER rising in her expression.  Tech totally missed it. 

“I know how pregnancy works, Tech.  YOU MET MY KID!” 

He cut Mad off “Well, technically...” and off he went on an infodump regarding reproductive biology... 

Wrecker attempted to get Tech’s attention...to no avail. 

Mad lost her shit and flipped up her blouse to show a bulging belly.  

“Well then Mr Smartassed Sassy Pants...WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK IS THIS???”  

“OOH!” Wrecker was taken aback “Tech, I think you better rethink your thinkin!’” 

Tech’s eyes bugged out of his goggles.  “OH...” 

“And... that’s why you LISTEN when a woman tells ya somethin.”  Wrecker eyed Tech condescendingly, hand on his hip.  “She might just know somethin’ you don’t” 

Tech gave Wrecker his best FUCK OFF expression. 

Wrecker motioned for Mad to have a seat in his chair.  She sat as Hunter and Echo walked up. 

Hunter kneeled and took Mad’s hand then glanced up at Tech. “I heard it.  Something’s up and... we’re BOTH VERY concerned.” 

Tech rubbed his chin...thinking...” Your abdomen was not like this last night?” 

“No.” Mad answered “Can’t even close my pants.  I don’t go running around my ship without pants on...usually.” 

“Any pain?” 

“No” 

“Any vomiting?” 

“No” 

“But...you did have a change in taste preferences for caf the other night.” 

“Well...yes.  Last night.” 

“Some tiredness” 

“Only last night” 

“Did you and Hunter use protection last night?” 

“YES!” Mad and Hunter answered simultaneously. 

“Was that the ONLY time you and Hunter had sexual intercourse resulting in him ejaculating inside of you.” 

Hunter and Mad glanced at one another awkwardly... 

Then realized three pairs of eyes were NOW peering over the entrance of the Marauder to the Beldame. 

Omega, Sil, and LOVE had been awake, listening in and hearing EVERYTHING. Tech and Wrecker thought they were all still asleep in the Marauder’s bunks... 

Hunter sighed heavily “Please...not in front of THEM.” 

“I agree” Mad added.  Tiggy’s cold nose touched the side of Mad’s belly.  She immediately grabbed the dog’s snout and gently pushed her away “This is becoming TOO MUCH to handle.” 

"Go tidy your bunks!  ON THE DOUBLE!!!”  Echo thundered, then climbed up the ladder after them.  The sound of running feet and whispered gossiping could be heard above. 

“I’ll...uh...leave you all to it.”  Wrecker awkwardly spoke then followed Echo up the ladder, closing the hatch between both ships. 

Tech glanced back at Hunter and Mad “Now that we have the privilege of privacy.  Please answer my last question?” 

“Several days ago...the night before we left Ord Mantell.”  Hunter spoke first.  He then turned away from Mad suddenly to glance just over his shoulder. 

“You...did NOT utilize a method of contraception?”  Tech pushed up his goggles. 

“No.” Mad and Hunter shot back in unison. 

Hunter then glanced down at the floor to his right.  Tiggy sat innocently against the Beldame’s wall watching the interaction.  Hunter found her stare mildly intrusive...but he couldn’t explain why. 

“No need to feel threatened by my line of methodical questioning.” Tech plainly spoke.  “I am only attempting to...” 

“Get to the point Tech!” Hunter growled.   

Mad interjected while reaching up and gently rubbing Hunter’s shoulders.  A move that was to self sooth herself as well as him. “That was WELL OVER 12 hours before I met with the doctor.  Before...we had sex.  I’m also PAST menopause, haven’t menstruated in YEARS...” 

“Yeah...”  Hunter, still aggravated kept on “...she’s a woman of a CERTAIN AGE...isn’t THAT what you said...Tech???” 

Tech scowled and took the bait “Why are you bringing THAT up?” 

Their voices rising louder... 

On the other side of the hatch, up in the Marauder Wrecker leaned over with his ear against a drinking glass...with the glass up against the floor. 

Echo emerged from the back of the Marauder “What the Kark are YOU doing?” 

“Gaining intel” Wrecker concentrated on what little sounds he could POSSIBLY hear between both ships...which wasn’t much. 

Echo strode over purposely to Wrecker and kicked the glass out from under him.  His head hit the floor of the Marauder with a LOUD THWACK! 

Down below in the Beldame the sound was heard loud and clear.  Interrupting the argument.  Tech, Hunter, and Mad glanced up at the hatch above them. 

Then glanced at each other. 

Hunter quickly shot a look at Tiggy.  The dog continued to stare at them with undivided concentration.  She silently wagged her tail at him. 

“Maybe SOMEONE is trying to tell two brothers not to fight?”  Mad offered. 

Hunter and Tech sighed. 

“My apologies Tech.” Hunter sighed.  “You’re just trying to help.” 

“Unfortunately, there is not much I can assist with.  My datapad cannot scan to the frequency needed to give an ultrasonic image.  It looks like Hunter will be the ONLY one to help you on this journey.”  Tech glanced at Mad. 

“I can only hear so much right now.  Only know your body chemistry has changed too...but that doesn’t tell me anything of detail.”  Hunter added. 

Mad took both her hands off Hunter’s shoulder and pressed HARD on her temple.  She took a deep breath.  “There’s GOT to be SOMETHING...” She inhaled, then exhaled, massaging her temple.  “The coordinates to the extraction site...do we know where to go?” 

Tech answered “Echo has them.  It seems to be a fairly new site for the Rebellion.” 

Mad took her hands away from her face “Let’s go then.  Right NOW.  Before this...THING gets any bigger!  I will VERY willingly forfeit ANY of the credits...HELL, I’ll GIVE THEM BACK THE INITIAL CREDITS I GOT AT IMPLANTATION!!!  I JUST WANT TO BE DONE OF THIS WHOLE MESS!!!” 

“Unfortunately...that is two standard rotations from now.” 

“Can’t we arrive SOONER???”  Mad was close to crying. 

“I think what Tech means” Hunter explained taking her hands into his “is if we show up too soon to the meeting point, we may actually compromise the objective.”    

A tear slipped down Mad’s face. 

“Believe me, we’d take you RIGHT there in an instant.”  Hunter brushed away the tear.  “But I think we should bide our time...” 

“What if I die before then?”  Mad whispered. 

Hunter and Tech glanced at each other with a heavy look of foreboding. 

“That’s NOT going to happen.  Just a little while longer.”  Hunter put his whole heart into the statement. 

“But you don’t know that.”  

Hunter was silent. 

“Tech?”  Mad pleaded. 

He was silent for a few beats then replied “Perhaps if there were a way to test...perhaps we could rule out any ABNORMAL indicators.  But I do not have access to a lab.  And it seems the supplies on the Marauder and the Beldame are for first aid or rudimentary medical purposes only...I am deeply sorry.” 

Everyone was quiet...nobody knew what to say. 

Tiggy still sitting nearby whined pitifully, her tail slowly sweeping the floor behind her. 

Mad got up from the chair, Hunter rose with her, still holding her hands.   

“I’m sorry Hunky...just need some time to myself.” 

Hunter let go of Mad’s hands and stood there hesitantly. 

“Gonna take a long warm shower...think some things over.” 

Mad strode away towards her stateroom.  Tiggy quietly padded off after her. 

Tech took note of this. 

Then turned to Hunter...FINALLY realizing his brother’s “choice” in clothing. 

“Hunter?” 

“Yeah Tech” 

“Why are you wearing one of Mad’s skirts?” 

Hunter cleared his throat looking down at himself “Let’s just say...I REALLY need to do laundry.” 

Tech shook his head, then turned away towards the Marauder’s ladder. 

Hunter kept his calm walking down the Beldame’s aisle, then stepping into Mad’s stateroom. The door slid closed, and he flopped onto the bed, exhaling stressfully. 

He was mortified. 

Hunter couldn’t even IMAGINE how horrible and utterly terrified Mad must be feeling right now... 

He could hear the water running in Mad’s refresher.   

Hunter could also hear her sobbing...softly.  She probably thought she was doing this without him being able to hear.   

His heart ached.  He wanted to go to her, hold her and never let go.  But he respected her request for solitude and would pick up his things from this room and leave her to it...until she requested his presence.  Besides, he had things to do... 

Mad sat on the floor of her refresher letting the warm water run over her...trying to ignore her newly burgeoning belly.  It was ALL too much to handle as she sobbed quietly. 

Tiggy, unbeknownst to Mad had slipped into the refresher too.  She gingerly stepped under the water then pawed at Mad.  Mad’s raised her head. 

“Come here, Pot Roast” Mad pulled Tiggy into a bear hug.  The dog wagged her tail and cuddled into the embrace. 

LOVE knew they were eavesdropping.  They couldn’t help it.  LOVE was worried about their mother.  And, to LOVE that was the only motivation they needed. 

So, LOVE excused themselves from Sil, Omega, Echo, and Wrecker. 

To the back of the Marauder.  To float and “meditate” 

I am one with the Force and the Force is with me... 

Reaching out...past the Marauder through the decking of both ships...into the Beldame...sliding past Tech... behind Hunter... 

...who IMMEDIATELY turned his head around to glance RIGHT AT LOVE! 

LOVE almost lost their cool...then realized Hunter may have sensed their presence momentarily but could NOT see them. 

They pulled away from Hunter who was then distracted by Tech’s line of questioning.  They could FEEL his irritation building as his senses picked up SOMETHING out of the ordinary.  But LOVE could also feel Hunter’s INTERNAL struggle gnawing away at him. 

LOVE finally settled in next to Tiggy, who comfortably accepted LOVE’S presence without giving them away.  They both sat and watched the whole conversation between Tech, Hunter, and Mad... 

Even Echo kicking the glass out from under Wrecker.  LOVE slapped both hands over their mouth to stifle the laugh...and caught a split second of a memory from Wrecker.  A residue of nostalgia caused by the pain of his head bouncing off the decking floor... 

A tall skinny man...with the same color of hair as LOVE’S mother, grinning...a toothpick protruding from his mouth...” Playing SPY I see...” the words and images flooding together and dissipating like a chalk drawing in the rain... 

Hunters head snapped back to Tiggy, his eyebrow quirked at SOMETHING...still unsure what. 

LOVE took a deep breath and kept up with the Force...until the conversation ended.   

They pulled back into their body.  LOVE reached up and unexpectedly wiped the tears away from their eyes. 

Then it hit them... 

Their mother’s fear and anguish. 

Hunter’s internal struggle to keep it all together. 

Tech’s well-hidden panic of intellectual impotence in the face of adversity. 

Wrecker’s deep buried longing for a family member that was lost. 

Omega and Sil’s constant stress from their past and their unknown future. 

Echo’s constant background level of physical pain as a modified human amputee. 

Tiggy’s resulting stress and anxiety from the emotions of all the humans around her. 

LOVE could FEEL IT ALL...EVERYTHING in those just those few moments... 

Let alone LOVE’S own feelings. 

How?  How the KARK do the Jedi handle it ALL THE TIME??? 

To read Chapter 19 - "HEART OF THE MATTER"

https://www.tumblr.com/skellymom/761182994193154048/vagabonds-chapter-19?source=share

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[buttercuparry]

Bruh you gave a reply and blocked me before I could even read 😭🤣🤣 how wonky is this accomplishment then??

And here you go don't come at me with this nonsense after adding the nonsensical reblog. You not being here when the show was airing doesn't take away from the fact that this bullshit is so old to us old jonrya shippers that this frankly is a bit boring. We were "allowed" to exist as long as we kept "our filth" to our own tags and not abuse Jon's tag. We couldn't abandon restraint because the moment we did we would have someone making a tongue in cheek post about nasty people shipping incestuous ship. Lol. You probably didn't understand when I said "been there, done that." This whole thing has happened before though in a different flavour. I was informing you darling not boohooing my frustrations at your doorstep. And lol look at me dismantling your little reblog point wise. Look at me asking you how exactly is it wrong for me to quote the book in reference to longclaw whatever's post to establish how factually stupid it was to say that Jon died for the watch. How is us talking about this particular thing taking away from Jon's arc, since I believe the point of that post was to establish how Jonryas are wearing shipping goggles and making everything Jon has done for the NW about Arya?

Right Jonryas say that because Jon is a misogynist Jon can love only Arya huh...hmm. So we throw tantrums over Jon/Ygritte? We dismiss Val? And I guess we dismiss Dany too then huh. Point to be noted I once remember you saying how you said that you only trust Jonerys shippers now. You know apart from million parallels and of course foreshadowings of a possible Jonerys union, one of the fondest thing their shippers say is that, Dany fits in with Jon's taste when it comes to romantic partners because Dany and Arya are so similar- it's of course said very platonically referring to Jon's childhood days spent with Arya. But here comes the point of Jon being misogynistic. Val was lonely, lovely and lethal to Jon. And he made it a point to add that Val wasn't some maiden sitting in her tower brushing her hair. This is what we mean by Jon's bias ( natural given what he had to put up with at Winterfell). His remark about Cersei's pride just because she chose to display her house colours is what we mean when we say that even Jon has certain ideas when it comes to decorum. It's similar to Arya when she in her desperation tried to order Harwin around, even when the narrative was showing her the cost of war in the feudal society. There are certain things that these kids have inadvertently done because they are a product of their time. What is so wrong about saying so? Does that negate every other good thing that Jon or Arya has done? The fact that you would say the bogus thing about us....US!!! saying that Jon will look only to Arya and not at any other women. Wtf!

I know you are pissed about one thing. I know it. Even though I wasn't there I know what you are truly pissed about and I am sorry that someone said that about one of your faves ( I am not talking about Jon). Yes you are right when you say that we appropriated the blue rose. Perhaps we did. But my god you are now making straw men and accusing us of things while we in our little corner are just...idk existing only occasionally talking of Jonrya. You can go fuck yourself.

P.S. adding this: Jon having a type isn't misogynistic. But the way he talks of a willowy creature in a tower is a bit. It's acknowledged that this bias is based on his loathing of highborn femininity, because of how the society and how in his own childhood, he was treated by Catelyn and Sansa

[derekmorganscrocs]

My Thoughts While Watching 2x4 Nancy Drew! MILD SPOLIER ALERT!!

I got a little carried away, so this is kinda long, but funny. Just a heads up lol.

I love Ace’s shirt in the beginning scene he looks adorable.

Ace already wrote his obituary?! VINTAGE AUTOMOBILE ENTHUSIAST?! I LOVE HIM.

AW ACE BROUGHT MR D COFFEE? HES CHECKING IN ON HIM IM CRYING.

“Classified.” 😐

STOP WHY IS RYAN SO SALTY ABOUT ACE NOT BUYING HIM A COFFEE

OMG THE GIRLS ARE FIGHTING. Ace as a mediator I love. Nancy’s a chicken now?

RYAN IS SO SALTY “you would say that, wouldn’t you.”

THE COFFEE AGAIN. ACE GIVING HIM HIS COFFEE STOP.

CA-RY-ACE THE NEW LOVE TRIANGLE.

Bess and Lisbeth are so sweet

I relate to george yeeting her sister into the business. Not the death part but still-

“Stop yelling at me” sir she is not yelling.

PERIODT NANCY GO OFF QUEEN. And they got applause.

Me waiting for the aglacea to just pardon their betrayal because nancy is standing for her: 👁👄👁

PLS NANCY X AGLACEA FRIENDSHIP

dude these commercials are so annoying-

OHH ACE I see you’re an ~art boy~ He’s subtweeting them irl- OH THEY KNOW

Ryan only caring about nancy??? Saltily???

Carson now you’re just being an ass.

OH KAY SUGAR DADDY RYANNNN

Nancy and Bess moment that’s so sweet.

SALT AND BURN SALT AND BURN- sorry the winchesters just possessed my body for a sec. they rly just saw her necklace AND DIDNT SALT AND BURN, COME ON

ok that was really funny lmao Nancy scaring Bess sent me.

FREAKY BASEMENT

AH NOT THE SLAMMING DOOR RUN BITCHES RUN

NANCYS FACE

Michael Bublés buble commercial always sends me

So Marvin is a murderer. ANOTHER GHOST?

Nancy’s fan club lmao

Nancy and Bess being the sleuth sisters I love

Awe George and Jessie :(

GHOST GOGGLES??? SMART NICK STOP I LOVE NICK. NICK NICK NICK SMILE AW HES SO SAD SHHSKALA I CANT HANDLE THIS

RYAN IS SO SALTY I LOVE HIM

Carson stop being so aggressive

RYAN COMING THRU WITH THE ROASTS

Why is she going alone. Never go in basements alone.

This green is serving me major buzzfeed unsolved.

Torture chamber basement??? Marvin is a murderer, guaranteed. The basement is freaky and not in the good way.

IS RYAN ABOUT TO CRY RIGHT NOW? NO HES SO SWEET “wh-What would I say to her?” I CANT. (I definitely forgot he was lowkey a predator when I was writing this) Fatherly Ryan. Why does this scene look like really dream-like? MUSICIAN RYAN? “I’m right? I just solved something before nancy Drew!” HE LOOKS SO PROUD OF HIMSELF. The way he knows something is off bc she’s being decent.

THE CHURCH IS TERRIFYING I DO NOT LIKE THE SONG ITS FREAKIN ME OUT

SALT AND BURN SALT AND BURN SALT AND BURN SALT AND BURN

I really want the aglacea to forgive them, I rly just-

Periodt Agnes is a badass bitch. I love her.

Sister thinks the kfc burger looks like a yellow brain.

WHY?? ARE PERFUME COMMERCIALS??? SO DRAMATIC???

Yo why does Cheerios have a lil uzi song?

THATS SUCH A PRETTY DINNER TABLE!! BESS PLS SHOW UP BESS PLS.

GEORGE DON’T CRY. Stop George finally breaking. Her face when nick said it- NICK IS SO SWEET. “YOU NEED TO KNOW YOURE LOVED” YES SIR I DO PLS TELL ME U LOVE ME. OK I ACC SHIP GEORGE AND NICK NOW. NO POOR NICK. AND HES NOT LOOKING TO HEAR IT BACK. they’re sweet. Aw the way her voice gets all soft “that’s not helping” and you can just hear her smile-

It’s like midnight, why is ted at school-

SISTER MOMENT I LOVE. WHY IS GEORGE LITERALLY RAISING HER SISTERS, DEAN WINCHESTER TYPE BEAT- OW NOT JESSIE RUINING THE MOMENT WITH AN OCTOPUS AND SEEING THRU GEORGES LIE.

DID ACE WRITE A LETTER TO HIS DAD??

BESS CHICKENED OUT? IM HEARTBROKEN SHES SO SWEET.

NO NOT ACE LEAVING HIS DAD A LETTER BITCH I WILL CRY. I AM AN HOE FOR ACE AND ALSO I THINK HE IS BABY AND I AM SO EMOTIONALLY ATTACHED IM NOT OK.

IF ACES DAD HAS TO GO THRU THE PAIN OF LOSING ACE I WILL SUE I LOVE ACE’s DAD.

WAIT- There’s aluminum in deodorant? (Commercial)

This is gonna go so badly. Something will go badly. SOMETHING IS WRONG. STOP ITS SO UGLY- ODETTE STOP SCREAMING SHES TRYNA HELP.

WTF

DID THEY JUST KILL A GHOST?

“Good thing this wasn’t a rental.”

Oh they only hurt her.

Some advice: don’t watch during the day bc the lighting is so dark and it’s really hard to see lmao

My sister’s thoughts:

“This is why you salt and burn things.”

“WHY WOULD SHE GO INN THE BASEMENT ALONE”

“I BET MARVIN IS A MUDERER”

“OH SHIT. She’s still crunchy.”

[silver-wield]

I was watching a stream of the remake and in the chat log, one of the guy's mods was like: Guys I know how to fix the love triangle. BarretxTifa and CloudxAerith. I felt so disgusted by this. Like, WTF? It didn't help that the streamer was giving Tifa so much shit over the part at Aerith's house where she said they should wait. To be honest, maybe SE should've given a better, more explicit explanation for that so that people could finally comprehend why that was the best course of action -.-

Same anon talking about the stream. To be honest, even I raised an eyebrow the first time I played that part at Aerith's house. I don't get why SE got Tifa stuck with the part of giving us an excuse to go to sector 7 instead of going after A. I feel they owed her a better justification if they were gonna dump that "icky" part on her. Now poor Tifa comes off as the girl who doesn't wanna save A because she's her "love rival" or she doesn't care about what happens to A -.-

That’s because these people are idiots. Barret’s like a father to Tifa.

Why would you raise an eyebrow about Tifa literally choosing to search for survivors within an hour of a plate falling on everything she loves? Sector 7 is her home and these people are her family. She says as much during her resolution that she just lost everything. That includes all of the people she cares about. She’s beloved in sector 7, which means she knows a lot of people. There’s a ton of NPC dialogues directed to her or to Cloud about her. These people are important to her, so ofc she’s gonna choose them. She’s regretful for putting Aerith in a difficult situation -- which Elmyra forgives her for -- but Tifa’s focus is on what matters to her. There’s nothing wrong with that and people trying to call her a bitch for it are out of their minds.

Also, it’s Barret who suggests going back to check on the bar. Which is his way of not alarming Elmyra that they’re gonna spend the entire day looking for people and hoping they’re not dead. Because that chapter takes all day thanks to them getting dropped in deepground. 

Elmyra literally tells them not to go, and who is she to argue with Aerith’s mother? If Aerith’s mother doesn’t think Aerith is in danger, then Cloud arguing his bias, which Tifa’s well aware of because he told her about it during alone at last (”I know it’s a touchy subject”) doesn’t hold as much weight. The plate aftermath is more important because people could literally be dying as they’re debating whether to mess around looking for a way to climb up to Shinra to go get a girl who might not even be in any danger. #priorities 

None of this is LTD. The LTD stuff stops after the graveyard bit. There wasn’t really any before it either, people just kept putting that interpretation on it.

Stuff like her asking Cloud if something else is going on in the sewer choice isn’t her being jealous. Tifa’s focus is on getting back the slums, but she’s suspicious about Aerith because Tifa doesn’t trust people -- “Only you can look out for you” -- and Cloud’s literally been in Midgar for five days and knows nobody, but all of a sudden this girl shows up saying she’s a friend and acting like all the wall market horror is a grand fun time. And then Cloud looks away because he’s remembering meeting Aerith and the whispers turning up only after she touched him, and then when he asked her about the turks she literally lied to his face, and then she wouldn’t let him leave to get back to sector 7 and a ton of other stuff she’s done that’s dodgy af, but before he can say anything Aerith wakes up. But then, she’s showing herself to be dodgy later too when Tifa asks her what she’s not saying. And she keeps asking her and Aerith keeps avoiding the truth. 

It’s not LTD motivated. Tifa knows something is going on and wants to know if it affects the people she loves. Because she doesn’t know Aerith.

Later, after Aerith gets kidnapped, Tifa flips her perspective because Aerith saved Marlene, as well as helped her and they chatted and got to know one another. Tifa realised she could trust Aerith. That’s why she takes the blame for it. She feels guilty for not trusting her and sees she was just trying to be a friend in her own way. 

People need to take the shipping goggles off. 

[apicturewithasmile]

just for “fun”, which blacklist ending do you think is most likely: a) lizzington happens but bc it’s written by the same dudebros who gave us k2 it’s completely toxic b) lizzington happens and it’s great for two seconds but then red dies c) red and liz both die d) liz gets with ressler and red either dies or gets dad-zoned again, or e) ryan comes back for the final episode so tim can get the happily ever after he never deserved

Hey anon,

god I wish I knew. By now I have literally zero expectations for anything and I just want it to be over. Please let season 8 be the last so we can all. move. the fuck. on. However, I want to comment on some possibilities and topics you touched on.

Lizzington: First of all I don’t like defending Lizzington by claiming it’s a “non-toxic” ship (in general or even in comparison to others). Frankly, I hate that kind of language that’s been used for shipping lately where there’s this moral component added and a ship is only allowed to exist/happen if it’s 100% soft uwu healthy. We’re talking about the mastermind of the criminal underworld and a woman who burns people alive and dissolved someone’s corpse in acid. Like??? These two fictional characters are both completely fucked up and in my fantasy world where they are a romantic couple it is clear that they are both psychological trainwrecks. But trainwrecks that are good for each other, you know? That’s what I had hoped for when the show started and they baited the shit out of us with Lizzington - a dark romance where Liz was eventually giving in to her “dark impulses” and actually sides with Red (and not with Katarina “mother of the year” Rostova wtf???) and together they’d repair some of each others’ damaged selves while still being, you know... partners in crime. So basically what happened after Liz shot Tom Connolly and they went on the run together. THAT’S what I had expected from the show and what I wanted from this ship! But I have very little hope they will be able to turn the show around to give us that in the end. They’d have to rebuild Liz’s character from the ground first and there just ain’t no time (or competence) left for that.

K2: The problem I had with K2 wasn’t the fact that Tom was a bad guy - I actually enjoyed the role he played in season 1 - but rather how the writers decided over night that he shall be redeemed now and we should all move on and collectively forget that he’s a wife beater and a murderer. See, there are a SHIT TON of parallels between Red and Tom and that could actually be really interesting to analyse through Lizzington goggles. So yeah... I don’t really know how to express this better other than saying: I don’t consider K2 a “toxic” ship because that’s anti rhetoric and I hate it and try not to think in that way. I don’t give a fuck about “toxic” ships. But I give a fuck when they are badly written. And K2 and Tim Koon’s character were terribly written after season 1 and his presence ultimately ruined the entire show in my opinion.

Red dying: I am dead certain that Red will die. I have suspected this to be his destiny in the end for a loooong time, even way before he got that illness. I was more on the line of “he’ll get tragically gunned down in the street and die in Lizzy’s arms” but mystery illness seems to be the route tptb are going with now. (Also if they want to ~suBvErT eXPecTAtioNs~ by not making Raymond Reddington the no.1 on the blacklist then they are idiots who should never be allowed a job in television ever again!)

Liz dying: nah, I don’t think that’s a likely outcome at all. it just doesn’t make sense for her character arc (if you can even call it that) and I think tptb know that.

Keenler: *sigh* Lord give me strength! You know... if they had spent any reasonable amount of time during the past seven years to give Donald “proud member of the NRA” Ressler an ounce of character development and actually built that ship up in a meaningful way then I might be able to be cool with that potential outcome even if I don’t ship them. But I simply cannot ignore that for two and a half years Lizzington ticked off every romantic trope in the book; that both Red and Liz canonically love each other (one way or another). And Keenler had.... what? One chinese take out dinner on Liz’s birthday? I don’t care if people ship it, don’t get me wrong. To each their own. But if that’s what tptb decide to go with in season 8 then it will have no foundation whatsoever in the seven seasons prior, especially not compared to how big they made Lizzington out to be in the beginning. However, as already established: tptb are idiots so I wouldn’t be surprised if they actually go with Keenler.

Dad-zone: Yeah, probably. The writers and media outlets just cannot stop referring to Red as a “parental figure” and it is so boring and annoying and stupid. But I fear tptb made up their mind on that in season 4 when they realised that Spader really isn’t getting younger. Unless they go FULL daddy kink (which they won’t) then Red will end up being stuck with the “father figure” label whether he wants it or not and it’ll make zero sense for his character and his relationship to Lizzy but they will paint it like it was always meant to be that way [fast cut to Lizzy’s sex dream and Red’s sex voice vibrating in our collective lap “What do you really want, Agent Keen?”].

Tim Tim the Koon coming back from the dead: No fucking way. Honestly. No. That bitch is dead and done with and even a show as ridiculously inconsistend as TBL couldn’t find a way to bring that fucker back to life. NO!

So.... I don’t know how much “fun” that was to read, anon lol but there you go. Those are my nightmares thoughts and it actually felt good to get that rant out of my system.

[elizabeatrice]

Walking Blind + Thoughts on The Little Mermaid Being Episode 12

Let’s Talk About JSHK Anime #2

Warning: Manga spoilers up until Tanabata Arc (basically that + the entirety of season 1 + the skipped arcs)

I’m gonna talk about how the anime keeps proving my predictions wrong with skipped arcs, and later right, with consequences. Due note that this isn’t me hating the anime (because I love it). Just my funny experience attempting to Sherlock my way through the anime, plus my thoughts on The Little Mermaid being the finale.

No deduction works when it comes to predicting this series.

It all started when episode 5, The Confession Tree, came out. I was looking forward to it ‘cause I’m hananene trash af. Legit thought the entire episode was gonna be about Kodama.

But then the episode preview pics came out and I was like, “Sakura wtf are you doing here you don’t show up again until three chapters later?”

My first prediction was ep 5 would be entirely Kodama, and then ep 6 would be Young Exorcist. Seeing that these arcs serve to build up Nene and Kou wanting to know more about Hanako, I thought it’d be nice that we set aside two episodes just for that.

But then Kodama finished somewhere around the fifteenth minute mark, and we started Young Exorcist Part 1. Which was, you know, fine. But then instead of continuing, they jumped right to the end of the arc when Nene met Sakura for the first time, and then kept going to No. 5′s rumor and revealed Tsukasa early. Next episode’s title preview confirmed it, too. Ep 6 was gonna be 4PM Bookstacks.

Okay. I still had hope. Maybe they just rearranged the order.

On the other hand, the lack of ‘Part 1′ in the title was alarming. And it came true. They packed four chapters into one episode. A lot of things got cut. There wasn’t enough room for the op, and they had to run the credits while the episode was still ongoing. Though, tbh, other than Tsuchi’s line about him being able to change the books (with dire consequences), I didn’t have much problem with the cut scenes.

Then this thing showed up.

Before ep 5 I didn’t think we’d get Donuts until around episode 9-ish. But nope the No. 7s would meet each other in ep 7 (lmao see what I did there?). Again, I was fine with it, but I was a bit upset about Young Exorcist.

Someone said it may be moved to the finale, and I didn’t like that idea. Mostly because Yashiro, our main audience POV, isn’t in the arc. And it just sounds weird having a finale without your main audience POV.

They could put her there, sure, but that would mean adjusting Nene and Teru’s every future interaction. Even without shipping goggles or Nene’s romance-colored glasses, do you think Nene would still act the same towards Teru if she saw him hurt Hanako like that? ‘Cause that was brutal. Like she wouldn’t run and protect him like she did when they met Kou.

They put Kou and Teru’s resolution from Young Exorcist into their convo in episode 7. This kinda makes Teru a bit useless, though. I mean, he still doesn’t do much in the manga but the tension between him and Kou was supposed to set up this badass fight. Since it didn’t happen, and Young Exorcist isn’t gonna be the finale either, then he’s pretty much useless.

Anyway, the thing about Teru being onto The Broadcasting Club?

Not from the manga.

I’m not sure if Manga!Teru is really onto them. As far as I remember, it wasn’t hinted anywhere in the manga. Do correct me if I’m wrong. So what was the point of that change?

I didn’t get pissed until halfway through episode 7 and suddenly Mitsuba was there, but no fishes.

“What is he doing here, where’s that puffer fish, where’s his murder? Hello?”

I was very neutral about Mitsuba from the very beginning but when he showed up where The Little Mermaid (and my fish murder!!!) was supposed to be I kinda began to grow undeserved resentment toward him (I’m cool now though!). Totally, totally undeserved, because it wasn’t his character’s fault.

I was happy because Mitsuba stans got to see him animated (he was cute, and his VA was so good). But putting him in episode 7??? I mean they just left Hanako and Nene’s tension unresolved like that. That makes the episode really choppy in my opinion. They could’ve had the coolest final shot of the season of Tsukasa murdering that fish to scare and excite the anime-onlys. They missed that chance.

We got to episode 8. Pretty solid. Still would’ve preferred if its first bits weren’t in Donuts, but solid.

Preview title basically confirmed they’re skipping The Little Mermaid too. That was when I lost hope in Young Exorcist. But I tried to compromise. If they weren’t animating The Little Mermaid, then they have to put Hanako and Nene’s conversation and pinky promise in The Little Mermaid at the end of ep 9.

Episode 9 turned out to be my favorite. It was all thanks to Natsuhiko. He really cheered me up over our loss of two arcs. And my prediction was right for once. Hanako apologized for ruining the donuts. That’s definitely not the point of their tension (Tsu-ka-sa and trust), but it was still nice and I’d take what I could get. The hug. The hug was very nice.

I was mostly content, excited to see my boi Akane the next week. But then I thought, wait, we only have three episodes left. And we’re definitely reaching Hell of Mirrors, ‘cause No. 3′s silhouette is in the OP. Then the horrifying thought hit me.

They were gonna skip Searching.

But! The freaking post-credit showed up followed by this:

“They skipped Searching AND Clock Keeper??? Why on earth would you highlight Akane, with Teru of all people, in the OP then?! Paralleling Mitsuba and Kou no less!”

Due notice, yet again, the lack of ‘Part 1′ in the title preview. Before the episode actually aired, this was my train of thought: “Okay so they skipped The Clock Keeper and Searching, and decided to outdo episode 6 by packing 6 chapters (yeah, I counted “Reach Out Your Hand”) into one episode. Ahahaha ... what?”

Thankfully, they proved me wrong. Kay. Good. Thanks a bunch for fooling me with that title preview.

But then it freaking hit me. You got one episode left. The finale. Sure, Clock Keeper as a finale will be perfect. It’s a good hook for season 2. However. You can’t do Clock Keeper without doing Searching. It’d basically be almost the same as doing Donuts without doing The Little Mermaid. The finale wouldn’t feel resolved this way, because, again, there’s tension between Hanako and Nene (and Kou too) that isn’t resolved yet.

Not that Searching addressed the cause of the tension, but at least it brought the trio back to their status quo (well, with a bit of kounene and hananene development haha). Also, without Searching, it’ll only end like this:

Clock Keeper itself is 5 chapters. They can cut and modify. Sure. But y’all saw ep 6.

So that’s why I was sure we’re definitely not getting No. 1 this season. To me, that leaves three options for the finale.

A. Delivery + Tanabata Arc

Best pick in my opinion

It’s the direct continuation to Hell of Mirrors

The main trio are all there, especially our audience POV

More glimpses of Amane is always a plus point

The ‘getting hit by a bull, waking up in the past, and seeing your boyfriend before he died’ is just so random I think it’d be a pleasant surprise for the anime-onlys

Just wholesome in general, leaves the audience feeling good

The-ma-tic!!! You begin the series with Nene’s wish and end it with Amane’s isn’t that just asdfghjkl wish wish wish, everything’s about wishes in JSHK

B. Young Exorcist

Classic boss battle finale

Just Teru’s badassery *chef’s kiss*

Hanako getting emotional (something we haven’t really seen before)

Getting deeper into Hanako’s motive (episode 8 would’ve been more impactful had we had Young Exorcist before it, what with his view of disappearing/exorcism for ghosts being salvation)

Kou’s character development

^ counter argument: he already got the character development he went through in Young Exorcist in episode 6 and 7, plus, he and Teru already resolved their disagreements - though, not as impactful as in the manga

Also wholesome, HanaKou is great I love their friendship so much *sobs*

C. The Little Mermaid

@emee-ems​ pointed out here: “it started with the mermaid so they’ll end it with the mermaid” and I agree

Yashiro being persuaded to leave Hanako, while their friendship was what began the whole series? That’s some good conflict right there

Seeing Hanako worried about Yashiro leaving him? Good shit

Also wholesome (extra shipping content never hurts, either)

Hanako willingly opening up to Yashiro for the first time!!! That’s a big milestone for them

Yashiro accepting that he’s just not ready instead of not trusting her like she’d thought is *chef’s kiss*

That pinky promise! Starting the series making a bond due to unfortunate circumstances and ending the series making/staying loyal to a bond out of choice??? Good shit

Aaaaannnnddddd the verdict was:

Mmmmmkay.

I did previously think we’re gonna end the season with The Little Mermaid. But here’s the thing. It only works if everything is in chronological order.

Why? Because the tension that led to this arc in the first place is resolved already in episode 9.

The whole point of TLM is that conversation at the end, really, where:

Hanako apologizes for ruining the donuts (he already did in episode 9)

Hanako thanks Yashiro for telling him that she liked him

Hanako admits that he had a little brother and that he killed him (Tsukasa already confirmed both of this for Nene, both in episode 7 and episode 9)

So having Hanako repeating all this seems kinda redundant. Nene already knows. Sure, it’ll be nice to hear it from him directly ... but it’s too late now, isn’t it? It’s been four episodes. She’s met Tsukasa three times now. However, point number 2 is still available.

Furthermore, since Hanako already apologized in episode 9, I’m not sure if the fishes can use what happened in episode 7 to persuade Nene to leave him. I mean, she forgave him already. Tension resolved. They hugged and all. And it’s been so long since then.

Animating the fish murder scene is also kinda useless. It was supposed to give the audience a glimpse of how dangerous Tsukasa is. But we already know that. We saw him rip someone’s heart out and force-feed it to someone else.

The first half of The Little Mermaid Part 1 and The Broadcasting Club at the end of Part 2 are already animated in episode 7. That leaves them even more room for extra scenes. I hope they take good advantage of that.

Basically, they have to make a lot of adjustments and I’m curious to see what they’re gonna do.

I am happy that we’re gonna see The Little Mermaid. The way Hanako wipes Nene’s face with his sleeve, and then cradles her head? I need it, they make my heart melt. Can’t wait.

[harinezumiko]

Long  Pearlnet Discussion Under Cut

ITT: Meta, bitching, and @antipuff letting me have my Opinions and putting up with my mad ramblings. 

Harinezumiko:

(ITT we never finish our goddamn fics)

god, I should relent and reread the Jaspearl Kyou Kara Maou Fake Married fic and finish it

I say knowing I went so far from canon that I would die from it

ROSE WAS STILL PINK DIAMOND THOUGH

GOT THAT SHIT RIGHT /SHOT

 Antipuff:

YOU SURE DID XD

You have amazing precog

 Harinezumiko:

I think I actually had Jasper call Pearl out on being Pink's Pearl because Everyone Knew But Steven in that fic

where's the Pearlnet Sugar woman

I came for the OTP when do I get it

 Antipuff:

You've guessed everything correctly, you deserve the Pearlnet xD

 Harinezumiko:

I. DO.

[Redacted]

Garnet also, by How Writing A Character Arc Works, deserves to a) have the autonomy to decide if she wants sum fuk individually and not just declare that it'd be impeding on Rupphire, b) needs to be demonstrably wrong about her future vision in a way that isn't just for comedy or just to idiot ball a plot point, c) get sum fuk damn son she and Pearl are both hopeless romantics why are they not dating, d) stop being a pillar of the group and actually make good on letting the others in where we get to see it, e) not end the series being Solitary Black [Woman] Who Don't Need No [Man]™

having said this, I would also accept option f) get down to Bismuth ;D

also permafusion needs to stop being the only romantic demonstration of love between Gems

also why did we get "Three's a Crowd" declared twice and then Steven tells Amethyst Bismuth's third wordplay namedrop would be funny and get proven wrong, why are you not giving me my rule of three with Three's A Crowd, where the fuck is the final note

I mean I guess the numbered Lion episodes wasn't 3 either but >_>

 Antipuff:

xDD

But yeah, those are some good points

 Harinezumiko:

also I feel okay with my e) point mainly because [friend] not only agrees, I think they're the one who gave me the formatting, so.

 Antipuff:

*nod nod nod I think that one's the best point!

 Harinezumiko:

I do too! Although I also don't think that the ship should sail solely to subvert the trope. But like... what was the point of Sardonyx arc if they end the series more emotionally distant than they started it?

like, Pearl lying to Garnet [and Ruby and Sapphire] is so distressing that Garnet can't exist over it

and they then make it clear that this is Not Normal and also that finding out Rose was a lying liar is at least as distressing when they drop the Pink Diamond Bomb, when do I get resolution

 Antipuff:

Right??

 Harinezumiko:

like, at least lampshade it outside of the book on fusion where the only page with Garnet as an individual component to the fusion other than Rupphire is the Sardonyx lead-in where Sugar used a line typically describing romantic relationships for it

I would not be #satisfied but like at least have someone say it in the show??

give me someone from the rebellion noticing they're domestic damn you Sugar

 Antipuff:

xD God, right? Don't just tease it!

 Harinezumiko:

right??

like, it wouldn't even be totally unprecedented, we literally have Bismuth and Amethyst who've only seen them at wildly different points in knowing each other

and Bismuth already remarked on Pearl's affectionate behavior being Not What She's Used To like a liar, because give me touch-starved overly-affectionate Pearl who lavishes affection on her friends after battle because she's afraid she won't see them again because she has to go back with Pink and pretend they didn't just fight  Yellow's troupes directly and Pink's not disposable like she is

it would be completely appropriate for her to be like Amethyst wtf they're attached at the hip, I have never seen this, and Amethyst to be like yeah no they were worse, also this is why I visit the barn always, Steven's room is too crowded now that he's got a neck

//shot

 Antipuff:

sgfbhrwbhgwal too crowded

If Bismuth isn't used to it, I wonder at what point they started being touchy-feely with each other?

 Harinezumiko:

Right?

Pearl was pretty handsy with Amethyst in the early-90s because someone had to reign in the feral child, so my assumption without shipping goggles was that they were all more physical before Rose died

and where Amethyst and Pearl clashed utterly on Not Dealing With That Shit and wound up fighting about everything, Pearl overcompensated for losing both the opportunity to cling on Rose and the closeness she'd had with Amethyst by gluing herself to Garnet's arm all the time, and Garnet allowed it because her new Leader Spot prevented her from being outwardly vulnerable

and then the +shipping opinion on my end was that they've been in love the entire time because OTP friends-to-lovers, and Garnet never said anything because Rose Reasons, and was waiting for Pearl to get her head out of the sand

...and also, obviously, in Pearl's case, a side of "oh my god the Gem I was made for is half of a meaty human baby now and everyone from the rebellion is either shattered or corrupted, I can't lose Garnet too" which only gets gayer the longer the series goes on

but I don't think Sardonyx would be who she is if the closeness was just after Rose died

 Antipuff:

No, I don't think she would be either

I don't think they'd been Sardonyx since Rose died tbh

 Harinezumiko:

I think if they had, it would've been to get shit done, but I generally agree

it would've only been short-bursts

but it'd also explain Amethyst's buttmad if she had a snag in her mane deep down that they still formed Sardonyx but she and Pearl couldn't form Opal

 Antipuff:

Yeahhhh that absolutely tracks!

Harinezumiko:

watch, though, Sardonyx only existed post-Rose because Escapism outside of instances where Amethyst's life was at stake, but Amethyst being Amethyst only ever needed Sardonyx Intervention right before poofing

[cruddyborderlandstheories]

Athenas Masterpost

This is going to cover everything Athenas, like the official page and trailer, both new trailers, the art book preview, and some stuff shown in the ign trailers. It’s a lot.

There will NOT be endgame spoilers in this post. If there’s anything that comes up that I want to discuss, you can find it in a spoiler post I’ll be making soon :) I DO discuss a thing that occurs during the first 3 hours of BL3, though I think that’s pretty okay with y’all lol

tl;dr: there’s too much to summarize. 13 days until bl3. lmao im screaming on the inside.

“A misty, tranquil planet that has recently attracted the wrong kind of attention. Athenas is mostly uninhabited, save for a sect of monks known as the Order of the Impending Storm who have made their home in the high peaks of the mountains. What secrets do they guard here, inside ancient walls that were built long before humans set foot on Athenas?”

We definitely got a lot less info for Athenas than the other planets, and I can see why. They want to keep it mysterious.

Also, I’m not saying I totally called it that the pyramid was Eridian, but I totally called it. I am surprised it’s implying that the entire area was built by them, but what can ya do 🤷‍♂️

Anyway, since this post is long overdue, let’s just jump right in!

The Athenas video is nearly half the time of the Eden-6 one, so there’s not a lot to cover unfortunately:

We’ve seen this shot multiple times before

also the emphasis that Athenas is ‘tranquil’ and ‘peaceful’ ahahahaha no it’s not.

i love these dudes! Order of the Impending Storm!!! I wonder if their funky goggle things have anything to do with Sirens, like how they have Siren-trackers. I also really love their outfits. lowkey want one of these robes.

a great overview look of the area leading up to the pyramid. I got more to say about this... but it’s probably best if i leave it for later on in the post after we get more info

also, note the water and the rocks and stuff on the left there. This will come into play later... not even in this post. a later post.

also i totally called this being an ancient aliens reference lol

Vault logo on the flag there. definitely shows how much these guys worship the Vaults

This!!! I have so much to talk about here!

alright so now that we know what the vault keys look like.... this doesn’t appear to be part of any of the Vault Keys we’ve seen. especially not the Promethean one. not even the pyramid shaped one.

im mostly interested in this because this is obviously a monk, her robes match the ones we saw above with the hood. she doesn’t appear to be Eridian because we’ve seen the Watcher and the other Guardians, who are built in the image of the Eridians, and she looks wayyy too human. We’ve also seen statues of the Eridians in that one shot of the Pandora temple.

so it seems like the monks have gone inside the pyramid before and... built this statue? for some reason??? It’s interesting that she has an extra pair of arms as well. I wonder if she is like the Siren ancestor of Amara. which could prove my theory that the next successor of Amara would have another set of arms... it might also explain why Amara’s tattoos are everywhere on the buildings (outside of her being the Tiger)

it would also explain this shot, the skeleton with the book, which we now know we’ve seen before with Maya:

so even though they’re protecting the pyramid/temple, i don’t think they’ve been avoiding it entirely- at least not for the first time after discovering it. maybe they stopped going in after they discovered something bad, somethin like iunno... the Rampagers?

it would be Really Weird if the Eridians built that statue, especially when they probably didn’t know what humans looked like at the time. unless of course they helped shape humanity or smth. meaning they probably personally created Sirens. oh that’d be wild... i wonder if we’re going to learn about how early Sirens shaped humanity in that case. discovering fire could be entirely different lol

“hallowed land” 

i wonder if this is where we’ll have anointed gear explained to us... i imagine the order is still worshipping Eridian/Siren stuff, so them having all sorta knowledge of this stuff would make sense

more Maliwan. you guys notice we see cultists purely on Eden-6 (outside of the crashed ship), but Maliwan purely on Athenas? a mix on Promethea, tho that’s bc we’ve actually gotten gameplay. 

So my guess is Maliwan has joined up with the cult (be it through whatever means: Maliwan is in) and they’re looking for the Promethea key. which makes sense. they’re attacking Rhys on Promethea, so when he helps us out, word probably gets back to Maliwan (somehow) and they swap from wanting to take over Atlas (either by defeating them w/ Zer0/that giant space laser/whatever or just changing priorities) to wanting to open that fuckin Vault. Teaming up with the CoV is the best way to ensure that happens. I’m sure there will oodles of betrayal going on between the two parties.

I LOVE THESE THINGS

THEY’RE AMAZING

GOOD BOYS

in all seriousness, actually, im curious why we don’t see these good boys on Promethea. maybe they’re only for the top-tier squads? (mechanically, probably higher-level enemies) they look super high tech, so i would not be surprised if Maliwan thought Atlas would be an easy takeover so they didn’t send everything they could have

Nog! not much to say here tbqh

“Protect Athenas Before It’s Too Late”

I imagine before Maliwan gets the Vault Key or some other wild power, like power over the Rampagers. seriously, in the We Are Mayhem trailer, there’s a rampager are fighting on the side of Maliwan (altho if this is The One Rampager, or just One of Many is hard to tell. it could morph depending on which element it is. we just don’t know. personally i think there’s 1 per planet... i’ll explain later)

From the Art Book Preview:

Alright yes. “Maliwan forces have already seized control of the monastery, where part of the Promethean Vault Key has been located, turning a simply recovery mission into a vicious firefight...... A large and foreboding crypt built into the side of the mountain was also designed, and might perhaps have housed the Vault Key fragment deep within its gloomy interiors”

i don’t think this means the crypt is like an actual area. it would be interesting to discover that the pyramid is a giant crypt because... jesus. it would fit with the whole pyramid theme, at least. altho im wondering if this is more like a labyrinth situation where they’re trying to keep a Rampager inside as well as the treasure... which MAY be a Vault Key Fragment

Actually, this brings up a great point: did Atlas spread the Vault Key out throughout the planets? Is this where Typhon originally found that Key fragment? wtf was in the Vault that Atlas needed to disassemble the Key and return its fragments? oh boy i hope it’s something scary

From the Moze Eden-6 E3 Gameplay:

oh ye this. okay so this is definitely 100% Eridian. I’m guessing we get this from Athenas because this seems like a fairly important object and, well, Athenas is all about Eridian stuff. When we go through the next few videos, keep an eye out for the temples. You’ll see the glowing red diamond shape constantly reappearing there.

one of the devs admitted that there are hunks of Eridian Writing left around the world that will ‘open up’ things for the players, so I imagine this is exactly what we’ll use to get to it. If this IS only for endgame stuff I’ll be slightly disappointed. I know we have access to this before Eden-6, since there are gameplay videos that show the player breaking the Eridium chunks with this thing. the above one is from the Moze Eden-6 gameplay, tho I’ve also seen newer footage from the Balex gameplay with this same tool

The following clips can be found in this video:

im mostly interested in the wall art here

what looks like a sun or a planet

this symbol which makes an appearance elsewhere

these two are the same area, im imagining this is the fight up to the pyramid, with Maliwan forces and barricades everywhere

the sun again in the background (middle top)

this cool piece (bottom left of the above pic) which looks like a hand covered in glowing blue. i imagine this is some sorta representation of Phaselock? mainly because of the blue orb in the palm of her hand

not much to say about this area tbh. looks like a residential area to me, so possibly not in the residential district

writing on the top mid-right. 

idk why i just noticed these trees are green and not red but yeah, that’s interesting. so probably a different area from Amara’s trailer aka: not Partali

and yet we see amara’s tattoos on the building in the back right. sorry for such terrible quality btw, tumblr ate these images and spit them back out

These clips can be found in the Borderlands are Yours trailer:

looks like the small building we see directly next to Maya and Ava

altho very clearly not the same exact area so im curious what these are supposed to represent. tbh im kinda reminded of graveyards. i really hope there aren’t corpses in those omg

another better look at the two pieces of art. i imagine the one on the right has something to do with the eridians given its in a diamond shape, which we know has something to do with the eridians now

also im not playing amara first (possibly last. depending on how i feel fl4k may go last) but HOLY SHIT her action skills are beautiful

THIS FUCKER

i know he’s probably a vault monster but like... 

idk i feel its kinda sad gearbox is showing off a VAULT MONSTER of all things in so much promo material. like why is he fighting with Maliwan/the cult in the We are Mayhem trailer??

sup with that?

does he have multiple stages?? is that’s why he changes elements? goes from two heads to wings to extended necks. like wtf is up with this guy?? he definitely looks like he can be elementally charged given his eye sockets aren’t glowing when he emerges like they do

here but then

this dude looks like he has an entirely different skull like...

this dude is a corrosive one who also seems to be working with Maya (who i guess IS probably the corrosive aligned siren)

and we’re guessing the nuclear charged one is the one from Athenas... for reasons i’ll explain below

AND honestly i've been thinking and maybe the fire one is actually from Promethea? and maybe there’s another that’s on Eden-6 and another on Pandora?

alright so i have 2 reasons for this. one involves spoiler talk with the cloth map, so that won’t be discussed here (but if you see the map and the planets, you’ll understand what i’m alluding to here, most likely). the other is that in this screenshot of all the quests from the Eden-6 demo:

we see immediately after “hostile takeover” is the quest “the impending storm”. which is, indeedy, a reference to the Order of the Impending Storm. We know they’re on Athenas, so I imagine we run over to Athenas to get part of the Vault Key. We’ve established from the art book that’s where it is.

but then after The Impending Storm, Space-Laser Tag (which we all know is that giant-ass laser thing in the asteroid belt), and Atlas, at Last, there’s a quest called Beneath the Meridian.

And we know this area... is definitely underground. we’ve seen with the fire-y boy that the ceiling is just rocks

then we see this shot with the nuclear (?) one where the window outside is clearly showing off mountains/sky, which we know is kinda Athenas’s deal

and we know these two areas are the same v ^

since there’s the same ‘Vault’ in the background

so my only problem with this entire theory that there’s multiple rampagers is that

we see the twins killing/absorbing the red/fire one’s power which is also on athenas since the background is the same as the vault area from the above two pictures. unless there’s a similar vault-thing on promethea and eden-6. we know there’s one on Pandora, but that one is outside so.

so i guess they are the same beasty boy but... why why why show us one of the vault monsters

it’s so cool going in blind and not knowing what you’re going to get out of it.

so im going to say this is a minor vault monster (especially given it’s not exactly the same rock-like design as the other vault monsters) and the ‘vaults’ are actually something smaller. maybe they hold keys, or the pieces of the keys, or they’re part of that teleportation network i keep talking about (and i guess i should just make a seperate post about it) but i don’t know if these are actual Big Boy Vaults. especially when the Rampager doesn’t match actual Eridian-created Vault Monsters

that said given we see a bunch of dead guardians on the floor, its possible the rampager killed them? but i get the feeling we might actually be the ones to pull the trigger cause... combat is fun

so. yeah. if the rampager is guarding something that’s fine. i wanna believe teleportation network. i’d love to see the twins come in, walk out of that vault, absorb the rampager’s powers, and then walk out after locking us in like ‘peace’ and we have to use the teleportation system to make it back to promethea with the vault key fragment or whatever

[im here after the cloth map reveal like... uh huh. i see. u dumb bitchard.]

idk i just thought this was a fun screenshot lol

BoRdErLaNdS

ah yes

that’s eridium

this also appears to be in the temple, but, like, again if there’s more than one temple this could also be on Pandora or even Eden-6. Kinda leaning towards Pandora. HOWEVER since we only know for certain this sort of temple area is on Athenas (from that one statue shot), we’re gonna analyze this bad boy right now (also lowkey think this is Pandora because of the varkid nests but shhh)

what do i actually have to say about it? uhhh not much tbh. i think i’ve said all that needs to be said concerning the twins mutating cultists with slag/eridium. 

i will say im pretty shocked at, like, the eridium HORNS and shit. so maybe this is just some cool little miniboss. (okay not mini because look how big he’s gotten!! just like Bloodwing :D)

you know what, it looks like he’s standing on one of these

floor tile things, and now im super curious. is the fire part of a trap? is it powering this lad up? i definitely know he’s a cultist because he’s got the neon light tubes on his shoulder pad

see here

you can see these on other cultists like goliaths and such and such

also this is pretty similar to what we’ve seen in the LLE (especially the powersuits) given their bodies also form eridium crystals when they’ve ascended

i feel like its powering him up

you know during the fight with bloodwing when Jack powers up bloodwing using the elemental flamethrower things? would be interesting if this is similar to that.

like dis

yeahhh

the radiation boy is back and he’s actually elementally charged this time

huzzah

also i love the chest mouth lmao

has anyone here seen stretch armstrong? like that one episode where Gabe (crostini man) gets turned into a bunch of flexarium monster chunks

but yeah, awesome mouth my guy.

im curious if it’s being elementally charged to cryo or if it’s stopped being charged. if this is like a cutscene between different stages in the fight, etc etc. 

this also looks fairly similar to this area here

but red this time. which... may tie into the elemental stages. which maaaaay tie into those floor platforms elementally charging that demon baby up above. bloodwing 2.0!

You can find the following clips in the Official Guide to the Borderlands:

god i keep telling myself to be on the lookout for athenas clips but i get so distracted by the gorgeousness of this fucking game i forget and have to keep going back

if that dude in the back floating was t-posing i would have lost my shit

new Siren tattoos!!! we haven’t seen these before. they’re very flowy, i love them. i hope we get to meet the siren with them!

i also loooooove this area in the back. i hope we get to climb it and explore. i would love to just be able to climb to high up areas in bl3 and look down and see the area i just came from. it’s possible! we have the technology! thousand cuts / bnk3r ascension 2.0!!!

more of amara’s awesome looking powers

zane has 2 trans pride skins im so happy 😄

also look at how teeny tiny that ‘Vault’ is in the back!!! it’s only like 2x the size of Iron Bear!!! gimme BIG vaults!! GIANT VAULTS

also also

the VOID vault

i get a feeling these are connected somehow.

sniper spoooot

not much to say about this tbh. zane’s claw things look fucking dope tho. i want one irl.

we’ve seen this shot a few times before already

alright before you get mad, let me explain why i think this is athenas

you see this picture

this maliwan jackass. the building to his left is 100% athenas architecture.

the rocks in the top picture look identical to the ones next to him. plus we’ve seen water in the distance of some of the areas of Athenas

it could also be Eden-6 (which honestly i would not be surprised if it is instead) but given the ivy and the rocks i felt it was worthwhile to put in. plus the moving eridian structures are so cool looking. i feel like that’s going to be a puzzle.

oh oh also

maybe that area leads into/exits from here? because they’re both underground in cavern-like areas

but like... it could also be eden-6... because of that one shot of the temple area in the side of the cliff ASDFHDGJFJGFHSD

still radiation charged. 

also seriously this ‘Vault’ is wayyyy smaller than a regular Vault. like... the one in BL2 that you can walk right up to... huge. and nothing even comes out of it. the Warrior climbs up from over the edge

the bl1 is much bigger than this one, too. also the vault of the traveller, i would argue is the biggest out of all of them but eh

for the Vault of the Sentinel, the actual arch we see... i’ve already gone over why i don’t think that’s a ‘real’ vault and that its all more of a simulation, but you can read that whole thing here bc i am trying my damndest to not get off topic for this post because holy fucking shit. this got long.

Alright so. Onto the website pictures

another cool shot of the academic district, really showing off the pyramid in the background. god i wanna know what that is. could be the temple (underground things notwithstanding). it’s probably holding that statue with the vault keys in either arm

you know the one, it’s at the beginning of this post. but damn that thing is huge!! i am hoping it holds more than just the promethean vault key. 

did i already talk about how there are siren tattoos written along the edges of this area??? because... damn.

also the symbol for what is probably Vault Key sitting right smack dab in the middle??

also sorry i just noticed those blue shapes are moving. like a fountain or something?? weird light.

i mean... the trees are also warping in the background. wonder wtf is going on here... 

anyway whatever she’s holding actually doesn’t match up with any of the vault keys we’ve seen so... wtf are you???

a very nice shot overlooking the water. also a wind turbine in the background. i think the area on the left is where we’ve seen ava and maya? but dont hold me to that lol

definitely looks the same. even has the tree

another shot of that area i think we’ve seen Amara fighting in

big shot of the pyramid with the vault symbol everywhere. and the planet with the beams coming out of it. which in retrospect...

anyway that’s spoiler talk so let’s talk in another post.

another shot of athenas from a slightly different angle, we’ve seen this one before, too, and i remember because i complemented the road signs

annnnd im tired. good night everybody.

[eisforeidolon]

Shit like this [X] is why hellers come off as creepy basement-dwelling maladjusted freaks that shouldn’t be allowed out in public.

What the fuck do they think the handlers and other CE staff are there for?  The reason fans have to ask about things to be signed or poses for ops are so that fucking boundary-blind weirdos don’t try to break the rules and/or curbstomp all over the actor’s personal boundaries, FFS.  The actors are people, not blowup dolls that exist just to act out or validate their delusional fantasies to whatever invasive extent some nut feels entitled to.  Those rules are there because the actors want them to be, not because CE staff are persecuting poor shippers who would otherwise get their way if the staff were “taken out behind the toolshed”. 

[justanearth-boundmisfit]

I want you to know that I love and appreciate your blog. When anything good (or bad) happens to Misha, most of the 'Misha blogs' are posting Jensen's reaction to it like that's the big take away. I feel like when Misha got to pie 'trump,' it was the happiest I'd ever seen him bc even tho it was for charity, the act also represented something very personal to him. I feel like that's a side of Misha we don't get to see often. So thank you for consistently highlighting what's really important.

Hi anon! Thank you so much for your words, they mean a lot really because that’s exactly why I have this blog. Misha and Cas are very important to me, and it’s a little upsetting when almost everything I see is posted through shipper goggles. Don’t get me wrong, everyone has a right to post whatever in their own blog (as long as it’s not hate ofc), but it gets a little... tiresome imo, to see the same thing over and over again. That’s why I totally get what you are saying, to find content that is only about Misha (or Cas) lately, it’s really difficult. That’s why I’m very careful with what I reblog. If there’s something Misha related, I want the pic/video/text to be really about him, if I don’t find a good post to reblog, then I would do my best to find that pic/video/text to post it to be exclusively about Misha, because for me he is what’s important. It’s another reason why, although I’m a destiel shipper, I tend to leave the shipper stuff out. There are already 3242524123992 blogs about destiel and cockles. Me? I like to concentrate on the amazing human that Misha is and the amazing character that he plays as Cas. 

My blog is not popular by any means, and I’m fine with that. A few weeks ago I got a couple of recs for people to follow me, and I’m really thankful don’t get me wrong, but then I wondered if these new followers knew what I was all about. I’m not pro spn at all, I almost don’t post shipping stuff, I rant A LOT (although lately I’m a little bit quiet because of some things I’m dealing in twitter and I come here just to relax and reblog and post Misha/Cas stuff, imagine how crazy is over there!), I don’t post J2M at all... I think those followers were: wtf is this blog? XD. In general people don’t read my bio and just follow, and I always hope they can understand where I’m coming from with this blog, that’s why your message is so important to me, because you got my intentions 100%. The happiness that I see in him in this pie “trump” thing for example, I don’t want to be about anything else, sorry not sorry. I think we don’t get too many “Misha only or Cas only” moments that we can enjoy. And that’s why I like to highlight the ones we do get.

Thank you again anon! I’m really bad at taking compliments about the blog, I always get awkward af, but I really appreciate your message. Hugs!!

[sachi-pon]

free! dive to the future episode 10 liveblog/review thing

i appreciate anyone who is actually reading these weird liveblogs, hahahahahaha. i know that i kind of ramble on and on and on. hopefully you guys like my rambles!!!

my previous liveblogs:  (episode 1) (episode 2) (episode 3) (episode 4) (episode 5) (episode 6) (episode 7) (episode 8) (episode 9)

watch the episode here: http://www.crunchyroll.com/free-iwatobi-swim-club/episode-10-the-grab-start-of-hope-775641

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"it wasn't anything special," says albert. haha this reminds me of something i get annoyed by... i hate when a highly skilled artist says this after making an amazingly good-looking artwork!! they're like "this is just a quick 10-minute doodle. sorry it's so ugly," and yet, it looks waaaaay better than my artwork *sob* *sob* *sob*

okay, that's a nice shot of albert's gorgeous body <3333

makoto knows about odin??? aaaaah he's so smart!!!! lol i had no idea who odin was.

so albert is not an alien, but a god?!?!?! and... haru's mind has been torn apart?? ;__;

STUPID GUY!!!!! he asked everyone else to leave, but i think he should give a married couples exception for makoto to go talk to haru <3

rin and sousuke meeting again ^_____^

that shirt rin gave him is so kawaii, lol. i wanna see him wear it tho.

rin being a little embarrassed was so precious!!!

*dramatic pause* A SUCCESS!!!!!!! (yay!!!)

I HATE HOW THIS SHOW GIVES ME SO MANY FEELS, UGH.

rin isn't crying. he has pollen allergies that make his eyes watery, or something.

i know it was just a fist bump but it was the most romantic fist bump ever <33333

haru, come on, text makoto back pls ;__;

mako is so sweet, he apologizes when he did nothing wrong XD

just fyi, i am trying to watch this episode while eating and i keep forgetting to eat because i am too nervous lol

"i heard something from a friend..." uh, who?

massage?? =) =) =) sounds like a good idea to help haru =) *prays to kyoani writers to create this scene* PLEASE? ...PLEASE? ...PLEASE? ...PLEASE?

what happened to nao's eye? if this has already been revealed, then i forgot ^__^U

mako leans down while talking to masaki, that's a little detail i noticed that is so cute <3333

wait, we didn't find out who nao's "friend" was...

even ladybugs are attracted to makoto's awesomeness. hey if i were a ladybug, i'd land on makoto too.

mako's phone is vibrating. IT'S HARU!!!!! ... no, it's not =(

omg what??? congrats, rei!!! and to think, he didn't even like swimming.

i love how a dark cloud just randomly appeared behind rei lol

nagisa mentions how everyone is going to see each other in tokyo... omg, there's going to be a big reunion!!! =D i am so excited!! =D

haru suddenly becomes this magical fairy tale prince. okay, i'd watch that anime. XD

omg makoto looks adorable in that outfit. <3

"BKC NANASE" LOL WTF GOU. what is wrong with you. XDDDDD

hahaha makoto's facial expression is like "uhhhh this is kinda strange"

makorin date yaaaaay XD all right, to be honest, i kinda ship it. >////< like, not seriously, but like... kinda sorta. a little bit. they are cute together!!!

um, that thing is not cute at all. ^__^U

rin, how are you calling someone else weird when you have shark teeth????

makoto being so happy about sousuke's surgery is melting my heart... (but my heart has already been melted many times this season so i don't understand how it is still melting more and more...)

makoto (casually): oh btw, haru swam an IM. rin: *spits his drink out all over makoto* WAIT WHAT?!?!!?!??!?!?!? hahahahahaha

rin is so dramatic, like he is about to lead an army into battle. but he's just going to go with makoto to see haru. XDDDDD

whoa, haru looks mad o__o

hey coach... don't be so hard on haru!! it's not haru's fault that he lost to an alien god.

no, haru wasn't always this competitive. he is acting out of character...

haru's like "this is stupid, i'm outta here." lol.

there is really dramatic music during this casual conversation so it's kinda weird

"he doesn't listen to a thing i say." but that's because what you're saying is confusing and vague.

"i haven't looked at my phone in two weeks" huh??? how are you a young person in today's world who doesn't use their phone??? something is extremely wrong here. XD

hahaha i figured this would happen. makoto would explain things in a way haru would understand. of course haru understands mackerel, hahahahaha, makes sense to him!!!

i love how haru took a moment to think about what mako said. that was funny. ^__^

rin is like "good, i approve of this mackerel teaching method."

i can imagine that haru is pretty surprised to suddenly see rin appear out of nowhere!!! o__o

"i was swimming, but it didn't feel like i was swimming." huh???

soft piano music in the bg, awwww it's so cute.

huh? makoto heard what rin said, through the windows? either rin was talking very loudly or makoto has hearing superpowers. XD

"what can i do?" asks makoto. well, makoto, i have an idea. why don't you give haru a massage, like nao instructed you to do earlier in this episode????? come on!!! (okay, so maybe that's not exactly what nao said, but that's what i heard!!)

yes, mako knows haru well, but it's also true that he is good at reading people in general, not just haru. of course, haru is the person he can read most of all, but makoto can also read others.

wooooow that little part with haru taking off his swimcap and shaking his head as sparkling drops of water fall around him was one of the most magical moments of my life and i will cherish it forever.

"don't tell him that." makoto should totally tell him that. =P

i literally laughed out loud at the timing of haru (and rin) walking into the room. haru, you should have come in just a little bit earlier and then you would have heard what was just said about you that you weren't supposed to hear!! lol!!!

haru is so confused like "why is he a good coach? he's just annoying."

ugggghhhhh, makoto, you are not listening to me. -___-UUUU you are blatantly ignoring what i said. i said give HARU a massage. you've got the wrong person!!!! ;___;

misaki doesn't really know all the specific examples you're talking about, makoto... ^___^U

"i'm sure swimming with natsume-kun again will open your eyes, too." well, idk about that. i thought haru was the only one who has the power to give people epiphanies while swimming with them...

well this is awkward. misaki and natsume aren't happy to see each other =(

his goggles flew off??? i feel sorry for his eyes, then! XD but i guess this is the "opening your eyes" makoto was talking about hahahaha

awwwww that is so sweet. natsume was happy for just a second and then he held back because he didn't want to make misaki feel bad awwwww ;__; ;__;

...but misaki was a good sport and congratulated him anyway. okay, it's official: these two kids are extremely adorable!! =)

why is makoto so shocked that he helped misaki? that's kinda the entire point of his job. XD

makoto has a new dream!!!! he's so fired up and determined. aaaah i love him so muuuuuch <3333

aaaaaaand here comes the iwatobi crew. this will be fun!!! =D

ummm okay, that's it. the episode's over... i am sad because that was a fun episode to watch. i really liked it, and that's because this episode had a lot of makoto in it, so of course i'm going to like that. XD and i just loved seeing makoto discover some of his own strengths. he even figured out his new dream at the end. he's just so special!!!! he is someone who has a positive impact on other people around him, and that is so clearly seen. it makes a lot of sense that he wants to be a trainer. he knows how to bring out the potential in others, because he can understand their feelings and figure out the best way to challenge them and encourage them.

oh, and... as of now, it is a real, true, canon fact that makoto is good at massages, which is yet another thing that makes him more perfect. <333333 this is really important to me. no seriously, this is something that matters to me a lot. this is like if the writers had thought, "hmm. what can we make makoto do that would be the #1 most amazing wonderful thing that sachi-pon would love???" it's like they read my mind and are trying to appeal specifically to me!!! ^___^ this is exactly what i would have thought of... uh... i mean... already thought of. okay, i thought about this a long time ago. >///////< but now this has gone beyond my fangirl fantasy and is a real thing that exists in the actual show. XDDDD hooray!!!!!! *waves pom-poms like a cheerleader* now all i need is a scene of makoto using his massage skills on you-know-who, and i'll be fine. ^__^

yes, i do have a problem with being too addicted to makoto. no, i do not intend to see a doctor. i intend to live with this problem forever. <3

wait... were there other people in this episode too? i forgot about everyone else besides makoto. uh, oh yeah. there was haru. he was so sad after the loss, but i think he's starting to feel better now, so that's good. i was getting worried when he wasn't texting makoto. =( don't do that anymore, haru!!! ;__;

also, there was rin, and later, makoto, finding out about sousuke's surgery. both of them had such excited reactions!!! and yes, rin, you cried, admit it!!! (haha) but yeah, it just shows how much those two care about sousuke. i loved those moments!!!

i am so happy for the big reunion in the next episode. i think it's going to be a little crazy, but definitely a lot of fun!! and of course, rin and haru's big showdown. who will win?!?!?!? also, what about the mysterious alien god????? how can anyone defeat him? the only way to defeat him is for haru to... TURN INTO A MERMAN!!!!!!!!!! (yes, i am still talking about merman throughout this whole season)

[bring-me-bellarke]

The 100 Ask

Tagged by @griffinnblake ! Thanks, Lindsay! Honestly, what a blast this was.

rules: answer as many as you want if tagged and then tag three more people OR just reblog it and treat it as a regular ask meme!! have fun xoxo

1. What would you get arrested for on the Ark?  Probably for punching a guard or something, tbh. Maybe starting underground resistance (yikes)

2. Would you take off your wristband when you landed on the ground?  Maybe. 

3. What would the necklace Finn would make for you look like? (Clarke: deer/Raven: a raven duh..)  Probably a fist or some sort of cool resist sign. 

4. If you could resurrect any MINOR character who would it be?  WELLS JAHA DESERVED BETTER. (close second would be Anya) (close third would be Ilian)

5. Create a squad of 5 characters to go on missions with. Who are they? Bellamy, Clarke, Raven, Monty, Miller.

6. Minty or Briller?  Mintyyyyyy all da way. Briller just never did anything for me. 

7. What would your name be in Trigedasleng? (example: Octavia=Okteivia…just make it up!)  Jessei, Jessai, i have no idea. 

8. Thoughts on Finn? I’ll be honest, I was blind when I first started watching and thought Finn was a good guy...until Raven showed up and was like WTF ....and then he massacred a bunch of people. Then I looked back and realized how manipulative he was with Clarke, and what a shitty person he was in general.

9. Be honest. How willing would you have been to take the chip without knowing all the horrible things it does? I don’t think I would have. It wouldn’t really appeal to me. I could see myself giving in if someone I loved was threatened (like Clarke with Abby, I would’ve folded like a lawn chair)  

10. What character do you relate to most & What character do you like the least not including the obvious ones like Pike, etc… I relate to Clarke and Raven the most. I’m bossy and serious like Clarke, but also sassy and passionate like Raven. The character I like the least was (don’t bring out the pitchforks) L/xa. To me, from day 1, she was too bland of a character. It’s like she was always putting on this brave facade that I just never bought into. But I truly love ADC and she’s awesome. I just didn’t believe all of L/xa’s dumb philosophies and thought she wasn’t a good leader. Also, Octavia was on my most hated from the moment she laid her hands on her brother (i will never be over that. bitter 2kforever)

11. Describe your delinquent outfit. (Would you wear something like Murphy’s jacket with the spikey red shoulder patch or have a trademark like Jasper’s goggles? Be creative, yet practical)  I probably would have had a patchy black leather jacket, gray t shirt that read Space Sucks, combat boots, black ripped up jeans, and the jacket would’ve had RESIST stitched onto the back in big letters (or maybe a patch). I like to think I would’ve been a total badass but who knows. 

12. Favorite type of mutant animal?  I don’t think we saw many besides two-headed deer, pauna, and maybe some panthers? Oh, wait! Glowing butterflies, those were cool.   

13. What would your job be on the Ark? Oooooh, I don’t know. Sounds weird, but I would’ve liked to work in the archives/library, making sure all the history was preserved (sounds like a Bellamy thing, I know). But tbh, I probably would be jailed for starting a resistance as a side gig. 

14. Would you have willingly pumped Ontari’s heart if Abby asked?  I’m squeamish, but I would’ve done it to save Clarke (and everyone else in turn). 

15. If Lexa wasn’t Heda, then who would make the best commander?  Hmm, good question. Well I loved Anya and think she could’ve. I think Luna might’ve if she’d given up her weird ways and NOT BEEN TOTALLY RUINED in s4. ALSO LINCOLN (RIP IM NOT OVER IT). If all 3 could’ve led as like a council, that’d be fire. 

16. If you were a grounder, then where would you live and who would be your mentor? Oh god, I don’t know the tribes. Maybe Trishanakru (sp?) just cause Ilian’s such a hottie and it would’ve been cool to be friends. 

17. How would you act if you ate the hallucinogenic nuts like Jasper and Monty?  I’d probably dare everyone to go jump off a waterfall with me (but like a small one)

18. How would you have dealt with Charlotte’s crime? A more John Murphy approach or Bellamy Blake?  Uggggghhhh, this is hard. Listen, neither method worked. Charlotte wouldn’t have survived on her own and Murphy’s dumb. Maybe like a jail or something they could’ve kept her in? Idk, there’s too many things that went wrong with all that. 

19. Who should be the Chancellor, if anyone?  Anyone at all? Crap, I don’t think there should just be one, it’s too much power. I like the idea of council/committee with the mains like Bellamy, Clarke, Kane, Abby, uhh idk who else. 

20. Mount Weather had a lot of modern commodities. (example: Maya’s Ipod) What is the one thing you would snatch while there?  Headphones to escape all the drama, probably. Maybe some good hiking gear because goddammit how do they all travel through all these jungles/woods? 

21. Do you think you’d have caught the virus spread through camp or would you have been immune like Octavia?  I would’ve caught it probs. 

22. What would your grounder tattoos look like? Hairstyle? War paint? I’d have just cool geo shape tattoos probably. I’d wear a high pony because how do the girls deal with humidity/sweat wearing it down???? My hair is hella thick, so no thanks. War paint would probably just be a few lines on my cheeks, maybe diagonals. 

23. Favorite quote?  I CAN’T JUST CHOOSE ONE. OH GOD MY HEART LITERALLY HURTS AT ALL THE ONES I LOVE. (this deserves its own post tbh)

24. Can you forgive Murphy for his actions? How about Bellamy?  Murphy’s a real pain in my side. Full offense, I hate that we move on so easily from a white boy’s VERY SIGNIFICANT MISTAKES, yet poor POC Bellamy has to keep suffering from the repercussions. Like Murphy LITERALLY permanently damaged Raven’s body yet they’re cool now? Idk, I hold grudges, and I don’t think I’d be able to let it go. Kudos to Raven, ig. Though I won’t hesitate to admit that Bellamy has royally fucked up too, from the radio to the army (which happened in a season I hate altogether). It just seems like we forgive Murphy much easier than Bellamy and it kills me. Whooo, sorry for that. 

25. If one of the characters was in the Hunger Games, who would have the best shot at winning? Hmm, I was gonna say Bellamy but he’s a real softie. Clarke is sneaky and sometimes heartless, so maybe her. BUT ACTUALLY Octavia would because she’s absolutely bat-shit crazy.

26. Least favorite ship? Favorite ship? NOT INCLUDING CLEXA OR BELLARKE  Aww crap. I didn’t like Flarke. Fave ship (that never happened) was Ice Mechanic, like imagine the chemistry/hotness. Ugh, still upset about this. Fave canon would be Kabby, I guess? They’re great, but it’s weird to think Kane had Abby tortured. Idk (Y’all know I’m ride or die Bellarke). I was conflicted for a long time about Linctavia because I loved them but when you boil it down, he was way older than her and it seemed kinda Stockholm Syndrome-y? Plus, she turns psycho and he would’ve hated it. IDK ALL SHIPS ARE PROBLEMATIC DAMMIT.

27. A song that should be included in the next season, like when Radioactive was? If there had to be another guest star like Shawn Mendes on the show, who would you want to make a cameo?  Lindsay said Home II by Dotan and I 100% agree because that song is amazing and would work so well for S5. Oooh, cameos! Um CAN YOU IMAGINE IF STEPHEN KING JUST SHOWED UP OUT OF THE BLUE? Like I would die. Or Kass Morgan, the original creator! 

28. What would you do if you were stuck in the bunker with Murphy for all that time?  Honestly, I’d probably be very annoyed and want to be far away from him. BUT if we did warm up to each other, I think we’d bond over cooking (if there was any food). 

29.Opinion on Emori? Roan?  Both badasses. Kinda indifferent on them actually. Like I don’t love or hate them. 

30. Would you want to be an extra that is killed off in a brutal way?  Yeah, sure. It’d be cool if it was memorable, poignant, and really related to/impacted the storyline. High hopes, amirite? 

31. A character you’d like to learn more about and get flashbacks of? Raven, I think. All her flashbacks were related to Finn and I hated it. WHO WAS SHE BESIDES FINN’S GIRLFRIEND? Show us her mess of a mom, how her love for science started, how she became a mechanic! God, there’s so much we don’t know. 

32. A character you’d bang?  BELLAMY FUCKING BLAKE, ladies and gents.

If you made it through all this, bless your soul! BUT THIS WAS SO MUCH FUN!! I loved having to really think about the hypotheticals and what I’d do if I was in this world/show. Side note, I’ve been totally gone from this blog and not even tagging my stuff (which is where I freak out the most). I’m slowly coming back and hope April comes soon! All right, this has been long enough. I tag @littlebellarkemix & @southsideserpentine & honestly anyone who wants to (it’s a lot of fun). 

[jokocraft]

[long meta] the hidden depths of voltron S1 E6

part 1: lance’s literal awakening and keith’s metaphorical one 

(if you already know where I’m going with this, you might find part 2: an entire subtextual plot in S1 E6? - in this same post - more interesting)

I’ve been rewatching season 1, and I got to episode 5 with the bonding moment and was like yeahh but then I got to the beginning of E6, with everyone waiting for lance to be released from the healing pod, and I was like wait. I never really thought twice about the scene before, but this time around I was like...hold the phone. 

what is keith’s reasoning for being impatient in this scene, anyway? like, if everyone else can wait a few ticks for lance to wake up, why can’t you? 

is this just your Personality, to be an impatient nuisance sometimes, haha queue comedic intro? well, while keith is often impatient, it’s usually during situations involving life or death decisions. and since lance isn’t about to die, and the timing of his release from the pod doesn’t put anyone else’s life at risk...

since i trust the vld writers enough at this point (at least with keith, i guess...?) to not make characters do shit for no good reason, i don’t think keith was being impatient for the hell of it, especially to do with someone he’s made a point of *Shrug* Not Really caring about -- that is, until shit went down in E5 and keith dropped that pretense like it was hot and didn’t hesitate to initiate the famed bonding moment.

my point here about this scene in E6, is that it’s directly linked to E5′s bonding moment, like 100%. maybe you’re like DUH OBVIOUSLY - and you’d be right, cause it’s obvious to me now and I was probably just being really slow on the uptake - but nevertheless, i don’t think we should hang up the the phone there...

i think that - well, with the “cradled you in my arms” line, we all kind of know - that keith took that bonding seriously to some extent. but to what extent? just seriously enough to be annoyed with lance’s response? personally, I think keith took it seriously enough that he truly believed a major shift had occurred between them - a shift, if my thoughts here are on the right track, he’d probably been hoping for (perhaps only subconsciously) since this scene: 

it’s from the tail end of S1E2, after they successfully form voltron for the first time. i referred to this frame as “first time keith realizes that lance is actually kind of cool”. the way I interpreted this was that now, keith can no longer see lance as >insert stereotypes here< and predictable, but rather as someone interesting and possibly full of surprises and definitely worth paying attention to after all. but in this episode, keith’s still too closed off emotionally to acknowledge at maybe his new perspective of lance is making him wish things between them were different - not so they could be BFFs like lance and hunk are, but something else....something he can’t yet put into words (space ranger partners). 

god they r all 3 uber-dorks okay

anyway

back to E6, I’m now imagining that keith has spent the last 24 hours secretly relishing the idea that he’s finally (for the first time in his life??) got himself a friend that is both a peer and someone that he feels instinctually closer to compared to other peers. (shiro is of course someone he feels instinctually closer to, but he is not quite a peer in age or maturity. the stuff can you do with a mentor/idol is definitely not the same stuff you can do with another shitting teenager like yourself).

buuuut we all know keith’s about to be disappointed when reality rears its ugly head and lance says some bullshit to allura again. “classic”. and so, from keith’s perspective, the reality is this: despite any shift between them that lance definitely felt (he saw it with his own eyes dammit), lance must have nevertheless interpreted it in a way did not put them the same page. fukin sux

poor keith. don’t we all hate when we hype something up in our minds and it turns out we were totally off the fucking mark all along? I imagine right now that he’s busy mentally burying his disappointment six feet deep. (note to remember for later: you can also see in the image above that shiro has the highest tolerance for lance’s shit.)

((((((( also eye-narrow worthy, but....perhaps...meaningless........hm: 

when coran presents the ticker when the topic of ticks vs seconds comes up, hunk and pidge come over to look instantly. allura is shown walking over to the group moments later at 22:00 into the episode. shiro is shown watching from where he stands a few feet away. and keith is just ... ... ... absent from this exchange for 4 seconds before he’s briefly shown finally walking into the frame at 22:04. for four whole seconds he was just...what? staring, I guess? at lance, waiting, probably feeling determined to Be There when lance woke up. but not so determined that he’d risk someone calling him out for it. (but shiro is likely an exception for him: shiro doesn’t have his back turned, and so keith must trust him not to raise an eyebrow if keith kinda wanted to, you now, Be There.) )))))))

anywaaaaaay

we know that burying disappointment not so simple as pushing it away and never feeling it again. because like keith, when present reality doesn’t match our perceived reality, we’re like, “wtf? where did i go wrong? how did i misinterpret this? was I delusional?” and sometimes we’re like, “no, fuck you reality, I was not delusional, not this time, I was not wrong.” And voila, here you see keith in all that frustration: he’s planted himself as much in lance’s line of sight as he can without just straight up taking the yellow mouse’s seat right in front of the bowl of goo. keith clearly intends to be acknowledged. or at the very least, to glean some clue from lance’s behavior as to why he’s being Capital-I Ignored. 

keith stays quiet during the conversation at the table until lance make a quip about the mice besting them all, and keith makes his salt known:

BITCH WHAT HTE FUCK? DID U NOT SEE HOW VALIANT I WAS PROTECTING YOUR ASS? I WAS THE SHIT! NOW STOP SPOONFEEDING THOSE FUCKING MICE I SWEAR TO

lance goes onto totally dismiss what keith did and this is....honestly not what keith expected

lance isn’t even making a dumb joke, he’s just being an asshole, plain and simple. keith now is like *softly* bitch what the fuck. “We had a bonding moment. I cradled you in my arms!” keith says, trying to look indignant, because alternative emotions are supposed be buried six feet deep.

but it’s no use, he’s stonewalled and subject-changed. and while we the audience know that the overly-defensive tone of lance’s stonewalling practically confirms that he remembers, we can only hope that lance realizes this too and is able to feel a pinch of salty relief. 

it’s my conclusion that the whole point of these beginning scenes is not just to have some character interaction and a bit of thrown-in development, but to provide legit exposition and rising action to the fully-fledged subtextual plot of ep6. Read part 2 below, an elaboration of what I mean by this. 

part 2: an entire subtextual plot in S1 E6? 

(apologies to anyone else may have posted similar conclusions and I just totally missed them)

so here i get into are more circumstantial stuff. maybe my reasoning is clouded by ship-goggles, or maybe it’s the opposite, when armed with the interpretation lens that season 3 is all but dreamworks-signed confirmation that Keith and Lance’s relationship is intended to be something more than BFF friendship, and always has been, and everything about their relationship from S1E1 to S3E7 is very deliberate in order to make their future endgame as believable, nuanced, and in depth as is possible for a younger audience show. 

assuming that this interpretation of S3 is not totally mistaken, then I contend that S1E6, in its entirety, is a far more momentous step in their relationship than all previous S1 episodes combined, including the bonding moment. 

basically, hunk wants to fulfill his promise to save his girlfriend shay, but allura decides a new incoming distress beacon needs to be looked into first. they arrive, and very unlike shay’s introduction (S1E5), characterized by dull colors, distrust, and caution....

E6′s introduction to rolo and nyma is characterized by brightness colors, camaraderie, and repose. some quality irony here. tbh, It’s a fantastic way of fLipPing The ScrIPT if you ask me Hunk.

also I suppose it should be mentioned that shay is meant to be noted for her tattered clothes, androgyny, and lack of traditional beauty (but we aren’t fooled, shay is perfect) while rolo and nyma are clearly typed to be MUTHAFUCKIN SEX BEASTS. nyma is very overtly feminine and rolo is equally masculine.

as expected, lance swoons and does his gig. even says “Name’s Lance” which uh, de ja vu anyone ahem episode uno?  as the episode progresses, it becomes clear that lance is going hella overboard, b/c even shiro (who, remember, has the highest tolerance for lance’s shit) is like for the love of fuck-

that night, there’s a bonfire, and rolo starts getting into his backstory. it’s worth noting that that besides space parents shiro and allura, keith is the only other paladin there listening. anyway rolo mentions sendak, immediately acknowledging him as a major threat. the point of that: considering just earlier in the episode, keith mentioned sendak’s threat to lance and lance promptly didn’t give a shit.....

even from profile view, keith’s expression in this frame ^ is distinctly similar to his expression from before (last frame from part 1), e.g. wide eyes revealing vulnerability, small frown, etc. i would take a gander that this is the moment that keith decides to...let things play out, rather than support hunk’s suspicions. 

(why? maybe because he sees lance being a dipshit and if hunk’s right, and these people are liars and cheats, then lance is going to get what he deserves. but, i admit, such a theory has no basis in canon.) 

meanwhile lance is being a dipshit and lets nyma inside the castle while the others aren’t looking. she plays him like a fiddle to get to the lions specifically, and at this point, the keen viewer is really starting to wonder why he’s being so dumb. 

and this is important: I do not believe the writers were making him dumb because that’s his Personality. Just like keith’s impatience with the healing pod, there’s gotta be a reason behind his behavior beyond “that’s just how he is, that’s just what’s happening right now, don’t look into it too hard”. 

I believe - going off of lance’s highly defensive refusal to acknowledge the bonding moment with keith earlier - he’s in a rather delicate emotional state right now, whether he consciously realizes it or not.

regardless of what keith might believe at this point, I think the reality is that lance sure as hell did remember. and although lance’s interpretation was probably different, it was different in the opposite way keith probably imagined (i.e. an even more dramatic and sentimental interpretation than keith’s). but the real divide between them at the beginning of E6 is their reactions to their own interpretations of the bonding moment: 

keith reaction: omg a real friend?? for me?? maybe jesus does love me

lance reaction: lies jesus lies i have never had a gay thot in my entire life nope

one of the big reasons I’m fairly confident I’m not just making lance’s reaction up totally with ship-goggles is because of this slap-in-the-face parallel: 

of ALL the things that could have been done, nyma is cradling lance in her arms, the very thing lance wants to deny even to himself ever happened with a certain someone else. 

if you’re followin my theory, i think it could go like this: 

because of the bonding moment, keith’s mind promoted his relationship with lance from we’re-both-in-voltron to F IS FOR FRIENDS, but i think from what can be seen of lance’s vastly exaggerated womanizing behaivor all E6, lance’s mind promoted his relationship with keith from grumpy-voltron-frenemy to ... 

...

...

... something he can’t yet bring himself to put into words (space ranger partners, italicized coughcough)

honestly, the frame of lance in nyma’s arms is a little depressing when put in context with the beginning of the episode. what is lance thinking, in this moment? or trying not to think about? is he telling himself on repeat: this is what I want, this is what I wanted, this is how it’s supposed to go, this is who it’s supposed to be -- he’s 100% blushing when she asks him to take her on a ride around moon, holding him like this. 

this post is cancelled if keith’s explicitly mentioned cradling is somehow not intended to be totally parallel to this scene right here with lance blushing. 

(sorry little baby cuban, but it is not mindless bromance that is in your future.)

immediately after this, lance seems to check back into reality, and shows some resistance to nyma’s request. but then: 

TRIGGERED

chances are, nyma made an educated guess that lance - like any hopeless romantic douche (psa i still love lance with my whole soul) - would react stupidly and competitively when threatened to be bested by another suitor. but there is a smidgen of possibility that she’s smart as FUCK (which there’s plenty of evidence of) and she knew that there could be only ONE1 reason lance could be overcompensating so obsessively. and out of other TeenPaladins, keith’s the hottest. i wouldn’t put it past this chick to put 2 and 2 and 5 together to get 69 and be correct. 

bonus: she mentions how the minerals of the kinetic spring “reflect off the water, making a rainbow”. Also, I’m almost certain someone has pointed this out before, but I guess I’ll do it again - the bisexual flag colors are pink, lavender, and blue, and this background..!.............but that’s just whiteboard conspiracy silliness, surely.    surely. 

necessary? i think not

((((((( also on a related note, i’ve watched this clip below like eight times because I have a feeling that this sequence is some kind of subtle parallel or reference to something as well. on the surface, lance appears to be surprised and blush when nyma rests her head against his armpit side and starts laughing.

it just caught me off guard like, why would this bit be included? we already know that lance is infatuated with her, so what’s the point? why waste time and frames to keep making the same point? ... oR is there some other point that’s trying to be made and I am blind to see it? right now I can’t come up with anything, but if you have any ideas, definitely let me know. )))))))

meanwhile...

keith stap.

and so lance’s massive fuck up comes to a peak, and he’s so desperate for this thing with nyma to work (so desperate to prove to himself that nothing’s changed, he’s still the same, a beautiful girl is still what he wants, what he needs) that for one sad moment he’s actually willing to believe nyma’s a dominatrix before he’s willing to believe that she’d been playing him all along...

(how can I be mad at this boy?) 

the others start the pursuit to save lance, and i think that it’s clever how keith was given the spotlight in the blue lion’s recovery via navigating the asteroid belt. that pursuit scene was very flexible in its requirements for how it needed to go, technically keith’s role doing that was interchangeable, and so the whole sequence could have been designed in a way to cater to another lion’s strengths. but. 

“This kid can flat-out fly,” says rolo. the title of this episode is “Taking Flight”. why would the title of this episode, in which, tbh, keith hardly does anything for a majority of it, be dedicated to this relatively predictable space car chase?

A: because it enables keith to say that he got is lion back. I saved your ass AGAIN and this time you can’t deny it! 

and because of this experience, lance now has come to understand (to at least some extent) that there’s no point in wishing that he’d had his Magical Moment of Connection™ with some cool and pretty girl like he’d always imagined.

maybe, very very deep down, he’s begun to realize that the moment was only magical in the first place because it was with keith. 

keith, who keeps coming through for him when it matters most. 

the episode comes full circle, and - going along with my theory so far - the real conflict has been resolved. One might argue all that this “subtext” was just a subplot to the main plot of learning their lesson with the bounty hunters and always listening to hunk because he’s right and shay is 1000% more pure than rolo and nyma combined, tattered clothes be damned. 

Or like me, one could argue that all that non-subtextual stuff (not counting the interspersed, juxtaposed scenes of Overarching Plot, Starring Your Hosts Haggar and Zarkon) was just an external plot chalk full of thematic parallels tailor-made to accommodate the true purpose of the episode: for lance and keith to come to terms with each other in the aftermath of the subtle but major shift that’s occurred between them. 

lance took a big step in this one episode by going from total denial to verbal acceptance (for everyone to hear) of a bonding moment, in fact, existing.

and keith did good by accepting lance as he is and choosing not to continue resenting him for how he first reacted. its safe to say that keith progressed in character even more than lance, which I think is why he wins the focus of the episode title, because what he learned was that if he wants a deeper friendship with lance, fate’s not going to hand it to him in a healing pod. he has to do his part developing it. he has to work for it. 

knowing keith, that’s a pretty tall order. but at least this time, keith got to Be There for lance after all.

Here is a follow up post: link 

[uniquesmalltreasures]

Voltron season 4 episode-reactions

It is time for another reaction thingy while watching Voltron season 4. SPOILERS BELOW.

Epsiode 1:

OH KEITH YOU BEAUTIFUL HUMAN BEING.

OH KEITH YOU POOR HUMAN BEING.

OH KEITH, OH NO.

Seriously, first Kolivan, then Shiro, now the rest? WTF.

Can I punch Shiro in his face? I love him, but I want to punch him. This is bullshit.

Also that fanart of Shiro someone from Reiphod had left me speechless.

GO BLADES!

FUCK REGRIS.

Oh no.

I’m getting whiplash. That’s good narration, but it’s painful to watch.

Go Coran…?

No, Allura, no. That was not a good thing to say to him. That was a shitty thing to say to him, because he doesn’t feel like that, quite the opposite. He wants Shiro to take his place. He doesn’t want his place in Voltron any more. Plus he feels more Galra and a Blade than a Paladin? How can they not get it? HOW CAN SHIRO NOT GET IT???? (also that could have been such a nice Kallura moment…? *sigh*)

OH HI LOTOR.

Hey Shiro, maybe try again to bond with Black? Just an idea? Why isn’t he trying again? I love you, I believe you are the original-original Shiro, so step up, I know you can do it!

YES. YES BOY. TRY. COME ON.

HELL YES. SEE IT WASN’T THAT HARD.

Seriously, Allura? Lance? Pidge???

Oh look, Keith actually has a plan and was doing what is right. And the others had been bullshitting on him for that for how long.

No you are not there for him. One sentence and all is right? No, no no. I do not like that.

But oh well, at least we saw the other genuinely like him and will miss him? Kidge, Klance, Kunk shippers unite! (except that was half-assed, bad writing, too rushed. *sigh*)

Episode 2:

Oh, Pidge. I mean, oh Katie <3 You’re too smart for this shit.

AH HE CALLED HER PIDGE.

MATT IS GREAT.

PIDGE IS GREAT.

THE HOLTS ARE GREAT.

AH THE SPOILER PART. YES. PIDGE KICKING ASS. YES. YESSSSS. I LOVE PIDGE.

GO GREEN LION!

I KNEW IT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN.

OH PIDGE’S PISSED. SLAY GIRL. THIS IS A PLEASURE TO WATCH <3

Oh no, another death?

I like how Matt stopped needing glasses <3

I LOVE THE HOLTS.

OH SHIT, that monument. OH SHIT, I know he’s alive, but...OH SHIT. That is heartbreaking. NO. NO NO NO. OH FUCK. OH YESS. KEEP LOOKING BABY. THIS IS SO EMOTIONAL. GOOD WRITING.

OH NO, A CREEP IN THE SHADOWS.

OH YES. BROTHER AND SISTER FIGHT <3

I AM CRYING.

OH THE CREEP.

YEAH MORE FIGHTING. I AM CONSTANTLY SCREAMING.

OH THERE IS AN EXPLANATION ABOUT THE GLASSES.

Episode 3:

Haggar is getting her memories back?

I SEE SLAV I AM HAPPY.

HUNK AND LANCE ARE SO CUTE AND SUPPORTIVE.

MATT <3 <3 <3 <3 THIS IS CUTE <3 OKAY SO HE IS THE SMART VERSION OF LANCE. YES. I APPROVE. WHERE IS THE SHIRO-MATT REUNION THOUGH. YES THIS. THAT’S WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT. I WANTED THIS. HUG IT OUT BOYS <3 <3 <3

Jealous Lance…? So Plance and Allura shipper can rejoice, it can be jealousy for both girls. YES <3 GOOD WRITING <3

Zarkon’s new look is great, I approve.

OKAY THE HOLT SIBLINGS ARE THE BEST THING WHICH HAD HAPPENED TO THIS SHOW.

PIDGE’S ROOM WTF xD I LOVE YOU. YOU ARE MY SPIRIT PALADIN.

Kaltenecker with Allura and Coran. Oh God. THIS EPISODE IS GREAT.

So um, this will be more meta, but is one of the reasons why Lance is so upset and playing the game alone in his room, because his position as a brother-like figure for Pidge is now no longer needed, because she has Matt back?

Okay, poor Lotor. We knew it was coming. Oh look, he is okay. Oh look, he’s plotting something. Is Narti going to betray him because Haggar controls her?

OH MATT IS BUTTERING HUNK UP. YES. I APPROVE THIS.  

So you know, just an idea, maybe start looking for Sam Holt now? How does that sound? Hmm?

AH, THE KALTENECKER PART <3

And now we will have a Zarkon-Lotor war. Oh no.

AH 3 SMART BABIES <3

Lance and Pidge <3 THAT WAS CUTE.

Oh no. Narti. Oh no. That is going to backfire. Badly.

Episode 4:

Allura as Keith? THIS WILL BE GOOD. SHE IS ALREADY FILLING UP NICELY <3

OH GOD, THIS IS SO AWKWARD. WHAT THE HELL.

OH NO, IT’S THE UNILU GUY. OH NOOOOOO

OH GOD CORAN, NO. THIS WILL END BADLY. I CAN’T WAIT.

Coran has King Alfor’s poster in his room. I cannot believe this.

EW EWWWW NOOOO, DO NOT DO DRUGS KIDS.

SHIRO BABY????? WTF. OH GOD THIS WILL BE BAD.

YOU’RE TRENDING GALAXY WIDE XDDDD

VOLTRON ON ICE. I WASN’T EXPECTING THAT. OH GOD. THIS WHOLE THING IS THE BEST THING EVER.

LANCE JFC, CALM DOWN.

SHIRO THE HERO. No seriously, all those nicknames are good stuff. The stuff after it is a problem though. NO WAIT, I TAKE THAT BACK. SUPER TIGHT SHIRT FOR SHIRO IS A GOOD THING. AND THAT THING LANCE DID.

...Coran, your obsession with Shiro is disturbing. Not that I don’t understand you. But…

CORAN WHAT THE FUCK.

OH FUCK. CORAN NO.  

Let that head smacking work.

BI BOH BII <3 <3 <3 OUR REAL MVP <3 <3 <3

NICE JOB KEITH <3 Allura, I love you <3 <3 <3

Episode 5:

Let’s combine forces. Nice. Reminds me of the last Blade+Voltron plan, which kind of backfired. I wonder what will happen now.

Axca seems like the only one of the generals still trusting Lotor… This will end up badly too. I wonder if Lotor knows Haggar is his mother. Lotor, bby, that is not going to work.  

Beezer X Pidge confirmed. Good stuff.

Hunk, you wonderful human being, I love you <3 *though both Hunk and Lance need character development and this season still didn’t deliver*

That’s war for ya. I really hate it. COME ON BLADES. Come on Keith. YES <3 GOOD KEITH. WE MISS YOU. I MISS YOU.

Oh no, cute Galras. My only weekness.

Ass kicking!

Oh wow. Axca.

Keith, you are badass <3 Please let us learn more about Blade of Marmora through Keith having training? Back-story please? (Bonus points if we get to learn that really it was Blaytz Galra lover who started the Blades of Marmora in his memory. I STILL HC THIS SO STRONGLY)

LOTOR YOU ARE BADASS. HE TOKYO GHOULDED HIS ASS. ALSO WHAT WILL HE DO NOW? HELP VOLTRON?

Actually, that sounds plausible.

And meanwhile Axca will give Haggar and Zarkon the ships.

Episode 6:

So I’ve been screaming the whole time while watching.

Lotor vs Zarkon vol. 2.

Go Lotor. Yaaay <3

Oh, bad stuff, BAD STUFF. GOOD STUFF.

Okay, this is heartbreaking. I know they will get out of this situation and I know they will somehow save the planet, but hearing all those ‘we can’t die yet’, just gives perspective to the whole show. Yeah they’re mostly fighting robots, yeah there isn’t much death, but this is war and really, it’s a given someone will die. Like Regis. Like Te-osh and Narti. Yet we are supposed to see them as heroes that are invincible and that just hurts to see them so broken. UGH. Feelings for a cartoon.  

LANCE I LOVE YOU, YOU ARE THE HEART OF VOLTRON, YOU JUST DON’T KNOW IT OH GOD. Someone please just make this boy appreciated.

GO ALLURA!

YES, PRAISE LANCE. AH, SHIPPER GOGGLES ON. THAT WAS SWEET.

So, that was the only time in this whole season when Lance wasn’t used as a comic-relief. That’s not a good thing.

KEITH. KEITH NO. DON’T YOU DARE JFC WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU, YOU CANNOT…

OH HI LOTOR.

I HOPED FOR THIS AND YET I AM SURPRISED.

That was a rollercoaster.

Yes Lotor, go and talk it out like adults. I have high hopes for this meeting the next season. Please let there be heart eyes and all that. Please. OH WHO AM I KIDDING THIS WILL END BADLY. YET AGAIN.