#tts rewatch

[bananaphone---t]

I just rewatched Be Very Afraid, and while there are some really good parts that I still enjoy, there are others that left me unsatisfied. (Under the cut)

To start, I'll say the parts that I can give credit where credit is due.

They did a really good job showing just how overwhelming and draining fear can be.

Fear really can stop you in your tracks, and can take over if you allow it to become you (as seen with the "frozen permanently" suggests, at least to me).

As someone who suffers from chronic anxiety (to the point of being treated and in therapy for it), the message of this episode hit me hard.

Speaking of this...

I love how the writers handled Varian.

I love that they showed the fact that he's still struggling with what happened to his father and the fact it made him turn evil. And that despite the fact it's all in the past and that everyone has seemingly forgiven him, the fear will remain, especially if he doesn't face it head-on.

On another note; LANCE. GETTING. A FUCKING. SOLO.

James Monroe Iglehart getting to show off his singing chops is one of my absolute favorite parts of this episode.

Whenever I watch this one and he begins singing, I'm just screaming happily that they finally just let him go off and show everyone why he belongs not only on this show but also as a freaking Broadway actor (*cough* kinda like Jeremy Jordan *cough*).

Okay... So here's where we run into where I was, and still am, dissatisfied with this episode...

While I enjoy most of this episode, I wasn't really happy with both Rapunzel and Eugene's fears... Specifically, Rapunzel's, as I've slowly started to make a bit more logical sense of Eugene's.

Throughout the entire episode (both watching it the first time and recently), I was expecting her fear to be of Gothel's return, sort of similar to her dream in What The Hair?!. Or her seeing Eugene's death again. Or some sad, heart-crushing combination of both.

Unfortunately for me, it was none of the above, and, instead, it was her losing Cass and seeing Corona in flames...

While I can see that to be a valid fear of Rapunzel's, I just can't see it as her worst fear.

This may just be me nitpicking at this point (and could also come across as me not liking Cass as a character, but that's a post for another time), but I also didn't like that they copied a lot of things from the movie, to be mirrored into being with Cass, in Rapunzel Day One.

Events like that, what happens in BVA, and her holding Cass in her arms while a tear falls in Plus Est En Vous, kind of annoy me... I feel like it affects the impact of what Eugene did for her, and the fact that those moments were supposed to be sort of... special between them, I guess?

With Flynnposter I can let it slide (sounds biased since I love said episode), because of the obvious implications of not only the name of the episode but the actual happenings in it as well; Brock is pretending to be Flynn Rider (and, in turn, pretending to be Eugene).

I just think that using Cass as Rapunzel's worst fear just because of their relationship at that point, and the fact that Cass essentially had the same fear, was just a cheap way of showing that Cass could still be saved.

Overall, despite all my nitpicking and dislike of certain parts, this episode is still one of my favorites. And even though I don't like certain parts, in a way, that's kind of a good thing. It leaves more room for freeform with fics. 💕

[terracottakore]

etho my beloved

[ectokelpeigh]

All these DP x DC posts on my dash and not ONCE has anyone capitalized on these two sharing a voice actor

[theinternetarchivist]

Idk why but I have a headcanon sorta thing where:

I don’t think it was Varian’s plan to steal the entire sun flower. Not initially at least. I do think he was going to only take a few petals and leave, but upon seeing it wilting and wasting… he gets angry. He believes this sun flower has the key to solve the issue with the black rocks and it’s just… sitting there? As decoration?

He seems almost surprised here, it could be a “oh wow it’s the sun flower the powerful sun flower it’s really here” but tbh I think more of a “really. That’s what the sun flower is being used for, they’re just letting it waste away instead of using its magic to help people?

And then he gets angry. It’s not a mischievous look, it’s not like a “hahahah I’m betraying the princess” look. It’s anger

[nicnsmth1]

adult karma cause I love drawing his hair oml

[anonymouscatloaf]

the show may be called Phineas and Ferb but Candace and Doofenshmirtz are the protagonists of the A plot and B plot, respectively; they both grow the most as characters over the course of the show and PnF would absolutely NOT work or be as popular as it is without BOTH of them

[marshmallowwitharubberband]

Okay, but you mean to tell me Changbin deadass spent a good chunk of the episode mentioning how sensitive and fragile Felix is and then turned around and sang a song about a person who cries very easily but the singer adores and treasures them for that; a song which he got Felix himself to duet?! You can't tell me that wasn't on purpose. That was so smooth and so sweet aaaah!

[toyxic]

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You guys aren't ready for the show I'm back into right now

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[tuatism]

finally posting something here that isnt a repost from main.

five's character is so utterly tragic. we already knew that, of course, so let's focus on his relationship with his family.

from his perspective, his family is everything to him. he may act like he doesn't care too deeply for them but he does. they're the sole reason he kept living for 45 years in an apocalyptic hellscape and a horrificly traumatizing work environment (granted he was already desensitized to some of the violence thanks to his training as a kid). he is constantly looking out for his sibling's safety and spends all his time once he gets back trying to save them.

but that's just it, he spends all his time trying to save them. trying to save people who don't care about him as much as he cares about them. sure, they love him, but nowhere near as much as he loves them.

In their eyes he is almost a tool to stop the apocalypse. many of his siblings disregard him when he isn't being actively useful or necessary.

(havent rewatched in a bit running off autistic memory with this one) remember that scene in s3(?) where five didn't immediately know what was happening/how to stop it and one of the siblings (im thinking allison, but im not sure) got mad at him for it? or maybe not mad, but definitely upset. That's exactly it. he will always just be a means to stop the apocalypse to them, nothing more. their compassion for him ends with his usefulness.

and the worst part? for as long as they're together as a family the apocalypse will happen. all those years he spent alone and all that he's endured was all for naught. he can never truly stop the apocalypse and be with his family, it's simply impossible.

[mushroomhellx]

I would give absolutely anything too see these two interact/meet

[naetles]

[birb-tangleblog]

So back in the day, I would stream new episodes of TTS season 3 at like 12AM PST when they dropped using Kast. The watch parties capped out at about 100 users and it was always kind of chaotic to tell ppl to show up early so they wouldn't lose their spot, and then refreshing the page until the ep showed up on Disney Now- it would appear for different people at different times.

Here's a small collection of random screenshots from some of the streams I hosted, including Cassandra's Revenge where Ricky (one of the writers) turned out to watch with us. I only had (have lmao) 1 monitor, which means I couldn't actually participate in chat because I had to keep the video in fullscreen mode- and I'll always be a bit sad I missed it LMAO

[arohawke]

From the intro of the PALISADE pre-premiere stream: the America’s Playground crew try to generate contempt on the spot.

ART: If you’re filtering into the chat right now - and I hope you don’t want to use it right now - but you do have access to our new contempt ghost [Keith laughs in the background] emote. [inaudible]

JACK: Say something that would- say something that will generate contempt.

AUSTIN: I just might not finish this episode description...

ART: [crosstalk] Wow!

AUSTIN: We just won’t have one

JANINE: [crosstalk] Wooow!

JACK: Woow... woow. Yeah, this is gonna be the first season of Friends at the Table without a theme. [Austin laughs in the background]

KEITH: A narrative theme or a musical theme.

AUSTIN: Yeah, correct, yeah. No ideas, empty head.

JACK [crosstalk]: We’re gonna be- we’re gonna be splashing aimlessly through...

AUSTIN: It’s all combat from here on... at Friends at the Table. We’re gonna do tactical maps every week. [Art laughs in the background]

Janine: Mhhm.

JACK: Wow, every week?!

AUSTIN: Aha.

JACK: Friends at the Table: All Combat. Or, alternatively we’re gonna go Friends at the Table: Wholesome Games, no combat... uh, at all.

KEITH: But still no themes.

ART: Still no themes.

AUSTIN: Zero themes.

JACK: Zero combat. Zero themes.

AUSTIN: Anti-themes, it’s gonna be- you’re like “ah, I think I understand what this is” - no you don’t understand what it’s about.

JACK: Now, hold on, Austin. Cause we are wrapping back around to cool again with the first dadaist series of Friends at the Table [Austin laughs ] a show that I would like to make.

AUSTIN: [laughing] Uh...ah, have you heard America’s Playground, because I feel like we did that already. And we did it with this crew, didn’t we.

[Janine laughs]

ART: Mhhm.

KEITH: Mhhm.

JACK: Yeah, dang.

[meiloorunsmoothie]

guys i rewatched tangled (the movie) today and it's actually insane how happy it made me

[tanukitheater]

Back on my bullshit lmao

[scrambledd3ggss]

Shout out to tangled the series, I didn’t forget about you 😔🤞