#thank you this is so much

[queseraone]

Because it came up on my dash again and now I'm curious to know if your answers to this one will be the same as they were for the top 5 Chenford episodes question (if they are, let's pretend I never asked this).

What are you top 5 episodes of the show in general?

Oooooh Pauli, what a tricky (and good) question!

Honestly I think they're mostly the same? I can't lie to you, I clearly love Chenford most of all. But I love this show in general, so I think there might be a few differences... and for the ones that are repeat answers, there's a bit more to the reasoning.

It's way harder for me to pinpoint specific episodes beyond the ones I love for Chenford reasons, but I love talking about this stuff and found a way!

Day of Death (2x11) - Truly a masterpiece of an episode. It's flawlessly done, from the acting to the cinematography and sound editing. The way we see our characters band together, support each other, just work so well to save one of their own?? They are a family and the care this episode shows that. And then the minimal, almost haunting music that turns to dead silence after Tim finds the ring?? Killer! It locks the audience right into the scene, so we're fully in the moment, like we're experiencing it all along with them. It's all just so powerful and one of my favourite episodes of television ever.

Double Down (5x01) - Okay, okay, I know this is looking a lot like my favourite Chenford episodes list, but I can't help myself! Yes, of course, the Chenford of it all, from Lucy dreaming about the kiss to seeing them go undercover to the HANDS to the kiss to the hotel room to the "do you want to come in" to HIM ACTUALLY GOING IN... it's perfect and I'm forever obsessed. But beyond just Tim and Lucy, the rest of this episode is fantastic too! I love (LOVE) Tim and Angela's conversation. No one can deny that Rosalind was an incredibly compelling character, so seeing her again is practically guaranteed to be good (exception: 5x04, sorry for sorry) and seeing the whole crew involved in so many great ways is just awesome.

Life and Death (4x01) and Under Siege (5x22) - I love both of these episodes for a lot of the same reasons. (Yes, one of those reasons is Chenford, duh). This cast is so special, and I love when we see these big events where they really come together as a team (also evident in 2x11). They are a FAMILY and these are great examples of that. To hurt one of them is to hurt them all.

Shoutout to Daddy Cop (5x13) too! OMG THE FAMILY VIBES, CAN YOU EVEN!?!?!?!?!?! Listen, I truly think I could watch these characters hanging out in Nolan's living room shooting the shit forever, it's so much fun!

Safety (2x07) - This is a fave, even though Tim and Lucy don't interact at all. I LOVE Lucy and Harper working together. It gets off to a bumpy start, but we see the start of a great rapport between them (and Lucy is a total badass at the bomber's house!). And then seeing worlds collide with Angela's security job and Tim/Jackson/the football kid. (The guy Angela's guarding asking if she can do something about collecting the evidence and her immediate "nope" lives rent free in my head). I love this one!!!

Man of Honor (3x10) - First and foremost, I absolutely adore Tim and Angela's friendship, so it's so fun to see so much of that in this episode. I also really enjoy the calls we see this episode — seeing Lucy and Jackson riding together as P2s for the first time, the bank robbery that Nolan and Harper respond to, Lucy and Jackson saving the little girl. Great episode!

Okay, so that's technically top 7 ("top 7" because I guarantee I've missed some other standouts). Truly I just adore this show and this cast and everything, but these are the episodes that are jumping out at me right now!

Ask me questions! 😊

[tariah23]

Oh…. Well, it’s over for Crunchyroll I guess

[hansoeii]

we go just right.

[kimdokjas]

though the movie might be cancelled, yuri on ice will live forever in our hearts. thank you yoi fandom, it's been real ♡

[kellinrk800]

TRISHA PAYTAS WHAT HAVE YOU DONE

[eatmyson]

this one's inspired by @cringefailvox's time has changed the metaphor!

It was such a good read and I couldn't stop thinking about these three ever since.

[nessieartss]

Another sibling au featuring megumi (they finally met and sukuna already made yuuji cringed)

Also happy new year!

Part 1 | Part 3

[anessthetic]

happy new year everyone :]

[maria-ruta]

"what if chilchuck was a butch?" we thought

and Ryoko said - "say no more!" - and made Meijack, can you believe it???

anyway I'm surprised nobody's done it before, you can have it!

original panels under read more

p.s. - she just doodled chilchuck genderbend once and couldnt let go of the design and BAM Meijack was born lol its so funnt tbh. but fucking valid

[unforth]

Gentle reminder that very little fandom labor is automated, because I think people forget that a lot.

That blog with a tagging system you love? A person curates those tags by hand.

That rec blog with a great organization scheme and pretty graphics? Someone designed and implemented that organization scheme and made those graphics.

That network that posts a cool variety of stuff? People track down all that variety and queue it by hand, and other people made all the individual pieces.

That post with umpteen links to helpful resources, and information about them? Someone gathered those links, researched the sources, wrote up the information about them.

That graphic about fandom statistics? Someone compiled those statistics, analyzed them, organized them, figured out a useful way to convey the information to others, and made the post.

That event that you think looks neat? Someone wrote the rules, created the blogs and Discords, designed the graphics, did their best to promo the event so it'd succeed.

None of this was done automatically. None of it just appears whole out of the internet ether.

I think everyone realizes that fic writing and fanart creation are work, and at least some folks have got it through their heads that gif creation and graphics and moodboards take effort, and meta is usually respected for the effort that goes into it, at least as far as I've seen, but I feel like a lot of people don't really get how much labor goes into curation, too.

If people are creating resources, curating content, organizing the creations of others, gathering information, and doing other fandom activities that aren't necessarily the direct action of creation, they're doing a lot of fandom labor, and it's often largely unrecognized.

Celebrate fan work!

To folks doing this kind of labor: I see you, and I thank you. You are the backbones of our fandoms and I love you.

[the-names-quinn]

I have changed a lot from the kid I was when I was 13. Any type of love apart from cis/hetero relationships used to not compute for me, and now I'm out to 5 people in my day-to-day life. And honestly, I do kind of owe it a little bit(a whole lot) to Undertale for opening up a different life path. I could have ended up really freaking stupid and probably super depressed without it.

[hansoeii]

stuck in the rain.

[crabussy]

god I'm so fucking furious at the removal of Te Reo Māori names from organisations around Aotearoa. it's a complete non-issue, every organisation has the English name directly underneath the Māori name. I have never once as an English speaker been unable to understand what an organisation is for. Winston Peters, the Deputy Prime Minister, who is literally Māori himself, said “Te Papa is a historic name but tell me this waka kotahi, how many boats have you seen going down the road?”. Waka does not just mean canoe. it means vessel, and waka kotahi (the transport agency of Aotearoa) explains this VERY SIMPLY on their official website. waka kotahi means to travel together as one. Can you see how fucking upsetting this is. A Māori person in power who is in agreement about banning his own language, being so cocky about something that he does not even understand due to the suppression of the language of his people. It makes me sick. I've seen reports from Māori people all over Aotearoa speaking out about how upset and furious they are, how decades of progress have been undone in the fight to restore the rights of their people who have for so long been oppressed and have suffered the effects of colonisation. Please share this if you can, I hate knowing how few people will hear about this, I know there is so much injustice in the world right now and it is so exhausting, I know. I love you all, keep it up.

https://waateanews.com/2023/11/27/te-reo-public-service/

[caviarr]

I LOVE THEM

[thatmooncake]

xd

(I once saw a tumblr post with these kitty images but I couldn't find it again)

OBSESSED WITH THIS THANK YOU<3<3<3

[chremes007]

You when your friend told you his ex turned into the moon.

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