#television asks

[safflowerseason]

Ted Lasso, the OC!

Favourite character:

Funniest character:

Best-looking character:

3 favourite ships:

Least favourite character:

Least favourite ship: 

Reason why I watch it:

Why I started watching it:

Thanks so much for the ask!! This is a fun game!!

Ted Lasso

Favourite character: In season one it was Rebecca, but S2-3 Jamie Tartt (unexpectedly!) has earned the top-spot in my character ranking.

Funniest character: oh god, how can I choose...a tie between Roy and Jamie?? Although Higgins is also extra-delightful, and I love Kitman Will Kitman's little bits. OH WAIT NEVER MIND my answer is ISAAC.

Best-looking character: Jamie Tartt. Phil Dunster is...whew.

3 favourite ships: hmmmm!! this is hard, Ted Lasso is the rare show where I don't find myself super invested in one particular ship. Higgins/his wife are probably my Ted Lasso OTP to be honest. I do like Roy/Keeley although I think the writer bungled their break-up pretty badly this season.

Least favourite character: Besides Rupert who I feel is everybody's automatic least favorite, probably Nate, just because I think the show ultimately ruined all the interesting potential for his storyline.

Least favourite ship: idk, Nate/Jade, probably? Also Coach Beard/Jane never made much sense to me either. Give Beard a more compelling love interest!

Reason why I watch it: To see how it ends!! (Assuming S3 is the final season, which it may not be...increasingly it feels like they are going to continue just without Jason Sudeikis/Ted).

Why I started watching it: I started watching Ted Lasso in late December 2020...I had seen some chatter about it online, and I had an AppleTv+ subscription earlier than most of my friends/family because I got a new iPad at the time when Apple was giving out subscriptions for free ☠️ It was such an intense time...I spent most of that month just lying around and feeling sad about the state of the world, and the show's focus on kindness felt really revelatory in a time of such political turmoil, but also in general a really tightly written, well constructed show (I do not feel that way now, necessarily). I remember sobbing my eyes out at the end of "Tan Lines" where Ted says goodbye to Michelle and my dad was like "...what are you watching???"

The OC

Favourite character: Oh god, probably a tie between Marissa and Kirsten...two characters who I feel got screwed by Josh Schwartz (albeit to very different degrees).

Funniest character: Unfortunately because the character has aged so poorly, it is indeed Seth Cohen, although I think Sandy is a close second.

Best-looking character: MARISSA. S1 Marissa is just the EPITOME of California beauty to me.

3 favourite ships: Ryan x Marissa, Sandy x Kirsten, um...I *guess* Seth and Summer, their S1 story anyway. My favorite trash!ship is Jimmy x Julie. Smarter writers could have done something with their chemistry!

Least favourite character: Hmmm...of the main ensemble I have to say Jimmy, although among the rotating supporting cast I really don't like Rachel in S1. Trey, of course, for what he did to Marissa. Also Rebecca and Carter in S2. Basically everyone the writers invented in S2 and S3 for "drama" purposes, because they were all so poorly written!! (with the exception of Alex).

Least favourite ship: Ryan x Sadie and Marissa x Volchok. I only saw S3 once and I found both of those relationships offensive.

Reason why I watch it: S1 is prestige television!!! Especially through "The Best Chrismukkah Ever." Teen drama at its best!! The pilot is one of the best episodes of American network television ever produced, and I will go die on this hill.

Why I started watching it: The OC was so omnipresent in the early-mid 00's I honestly don't remember where I first heard about it. I do remember seeing a youtube clip (in youtube's earliest days when it was just fanvids and bootlegged movies) of the ending of The Countdown and Ryan and Marissa's iconic kiss and thinking "wow, I have to watch this show."

[mydeerfellow]

Susan shows up demanding a tour of the hotel and complains at Vaggie about the tacky wallpaper while Alastor and Charlie aggressively play rock-paper-scissors over who has to be the tour guide.

[projectmayhem-stims]

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32. The decade you were born in: the 2000s! I'm a 2005 baby :]

[mango-sideburns]

My fav thing about TAZ is that any aspect out of context sounds fucking bonkers.

Like, in the balance finale there's a scene in which Garfield (who is very specifically never described visually bc most people imagine him as like. The Lasagna Cat. Who in this universe is the most powerful warlock in the realm and also has a hobby of cloning people, which is great for the one character that got forced into haunting a mannequin) is summoned by an alien spaceship that runs on the power of friendship so he could beat up some flashing balls. In D&D.

And that was just. Such a normal scene in the narrative. No one blinked an eye. I would like to bow down to Griffins clear unmatched talent for making me feel such big emotions over ridiculous shit like a goddamned umbrella or a regular ass pair of jeans or the idea of a taco recipe.

[the-meme-monarch]

aro wally darling real. to me

[saeraas]

Everyone that told me “Denji learned his lesson” owes me financial compensation 

[suzuki-ecstar]

f1 teammates jarno trulli and fernando alonso goof off before their visit to renault’s ayrton senna complex — brazilian gp 2003, automoto tf1

[blessyouhawkeye]

now why would he say this.

[diathadevil]

Do you ever think about how Fakir, after him and Ahiru finally broke everything that kept the town of Goldkröne in the ghostly hands of its writer, after they finally have some air of peace over the town finally being able to live in its intended early 2000s environment, that Fakir still feels at times like it's not real and that for a while he fears that if he closes his eyes it'll be back in Drosselmeyer's control. Like it just doesn't feel real to him during that first year of calm, until he feels the dull pain on his recovering hand injury and Ahiru who follows him without a pendant anywhere to be found.

He doesn't feel it's real, the calm finality of this town, but he makes sure to feel the scar on his hand. And he makes sure to hold the little duck and realize that she is who she has always been. Him and the town are finally living peacefully.

[lullabiestoparalyze]

martha kent being fat while jonathan isn't? pretty sure i personally have never seen a skinny man with a heavier woman in an animated series before.

also, jimmy is Black, which is cool in and of itself, but! the palms of his hands are paler than the rest of his skin

AND clark gets a magical girl transformation

james gunn, take notes

[captainofthetidesbreath]

not to be like this but all of the posts (and there are many across multiple platforms) right now going "I mean obviously I'm not mad or whining or anything but it sucks that there's all these three week breaks, how am I going to survive, this is awful, I cannot believe this is happening to me" like, it does in fact come off as entitled no matter how many qualifiers are put onto it

and the a smaller subset of THAT going "CLEARLY C3 isn't a priority for the studio" or "they're obviously trying to kill C3" or even posting stuff that comes off as "um, don't they know that if they keep doing this I won't shop here watch anymore", like, come on

as a tangent, genuinely, I feel like a lot of people have trouble admitting that they don't actually like C3 so they get existentially worried about them losing interest over a slightly longer break because it'll force them to acknowledge that they aren't actually interested, but it's fine not to be interested!

[homoeroticgrappling]

The Acclaimed getting a tag title shot against the EVPs? After calling them out for trying to just hand a title to Jack Perry?

Caster. With your raps comes great power and great responsibility. I am holding your hands and looking you in the eyes, please imply they're fucking Jack Perry. Please you love implying factions are sucking and fucking, it'll be worth the suspension and I'm sure Bryan would let it slide without a fine

[hells-greatest-performers]

Who do you think got video of the birth?? Wasn’t there a blackout in the city?

Alastor: THERE IS ONLY ONE DEMON WHO WOULD DARE TO DO SUCH A THING!

Meanwhile…

“Good evening and thank you for joining us. I’m Katie Killjoy.”

“And I’m Tom Trench! We have breaking news out of Pentagram’s City’s cannibal district as notorious Overlord and Radio Host Alastor has — get this— given birth to the new heir of the Pride Ring!”

“That’s right Tom. According to several sources, the Radio Demon gave birth to our demonic Head Hancho — Lucifer’s — child. The name and gender of the baby have not been released but videos and pictures of the Radio Demon were spotted in Rosie’s Emporium by several VoxTek drones. Now we must warn you, what you’re about to see may be too gruesome for some viewers,” Katie said and the video shifted and began showing the gruesome act of Alastor shifting into a monstrous form and pushing out the baby without being spotted.

“This is footage caught by one of VoxTek's drones. As you can see, the Radio Demon has given birth to the infant — becoming the first sinner to ever give birth — at this time we do not have a comment from the new Daddy but we will keep you updated as this story develops,” Tom spoke over the footage.

Vox: NOW THATS GOOD TELEVISION!

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I’M SWITCHING FASTER THAN THE CHANNELS ON TV!

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TV heads, neon and ramune for @bloodmoon24 , requested by @dead-dog-dont-eat !