#Chapter 5 Episode 2

[heckyeahponyscans]

Review of G5 Make Your Mark, Chapter 5 Ep 2: "Family Trees Part 1"

Summary: Misty has a bad dream . . . or is it a vision? Her friends take her to Bridlewood and she begins to remember a little about her past. Also, her magic awakens the Wishing Tree, summoning the Breezies for the first time in generations!

General thoughts: I almost skipped the theme song of this episode (which I never do, except I had brownies in the oven and didn't want the timer to interrupt my viewing) but I'm glad I didn't because it's been updated with Misty looking happy instead of meek next to Opaline, and subsequently running up with the rest of the main cast. Love it!

In general, the storytelling feels much tighter and more focused than in previous chapters, probably because now they don't have to do a splitscreen between Misty and the other ponies.

Anyway, Misty's dream is of herself as a filly chasing a bunny until she stumbles down a ravine. She sees a huge tree in front of her with a door in it, but before she can open it a mysterious, shadowy figure approaches and she wakes up screaming. My first thought was that this was probably Opaline finding her as a filly, but Zipp voices that same thought, which makes me think it's actually NOT Opaline. (More on this later!)

So if you recall the Manesquerade episode, there was a moment when Alphabittle leans forward and squints when he catches a glimpse of Misty, but he only gets a brief glance because another pony gets in the way. I speculated that this meant he either knew Misty way back when or was related to her, and I think I was right! My guess is he's her father. (And if not, then a close relative like an uncle.) However, as of the end of the episode he and Misty haven't met yet.

Part of the subplot of this episode was that Zipp starts fixating on the vision to the point of needling Misty. It makes sense that Zipp's greatest strengths (her analytic nature, no-nonsense attitude, and sense of responsibility) are also her greatest weaknesses. When Zipp gets too overbearing Misty pushes back and says she doesn't want to think about the vision anymore (which she would never have done with Opaline, so that's growth!) and Sunny shows her social skills by offering support to Misty and putting Zipp in check.

I also enjoy Sunny's stink eye here, lol.

I have a lot of thoughts on Misty's memories / visions, but first let's talk about BREEZIES!

Breezies are little fairy ponies who live in / tend to flowers. They originated in G3 and also appeared in G4.

These breezies live inside the Wishing Tree and haven't seen other ponies in hundreds of moons (years); inside the tree is the Night Market. Great name, very D&D.

The breezies go out of their way to go to the teashop and invite Alphabittle, Queen Haven, and the patrons to the Night Market. I'm curious if they know about Alphabittle's connection to Misty or if they're just inviting everyone in Bridlewood.

They do seem to have special knowledge relating to Misty, as one of the breezies takes her aside and offers her a magic key . . . one that has the same shape as the door in her dream. "This enchanted key will take you to the place you most want to go. One use only."

OKAY, now for my theories on Misty's dream / memories. I think the door is metaphorical and the key will unlock her memories of what really happened.

As to what did happen: we know that Twilight Sparkle set up an "invisibubble" spell around Equestria to hide and protect the land from Opaline. Misty's memories involve her running to and fro as someone calls her name. "I'm right here! Why can't they hear me?" she cries. She also talks about getting lost in the forest and when she returned Bridlewood was "just gone." Finally, there is a memory of her in a crowded marketplace in Bridlewood, but she's panicked and getting jostled around. No one looks at her or acknowledges her.

So my guess is Misty accidentally stumbled out of the magical barrier protecting Equestria and--since she was on the "wrong" side of the invisibubble at that point--couldn't perceived / return to Equestria. (Maybe she was able to physically enter it, but her perception was altered and the other ponies couldn't see her.) And my guess is the tall shadowy shape in her dream is Alphabittle, her dad (or whatever) and the nightmarish part is that he can't see her.

I can't wait to watch Part 2 and see if I was right!

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Random thoughts:

When Misty first arrives at the Brighthouse and the other ponies think Opaline is about to attack, Hitch immediately runs over to cradle Sparky. In fact, he consistently looks preoccupied and worried even when the other ponies are relaxed (like when Pipp films her outro for her "mega pega mindfulness" day, where he fakes a smile when the camera is on him.) His anxiety is palpable.

Speaking of which, I am pretty neutral on Sparky (don't love him, don't hate him) but it was truly unsettling seeing him so unenthused and low energy. And of course it's painful seeing Hitch so worried. So good job building that tension.

Zipp hiding from Izzy's enthusiasm

"thank moons for that!" "ooo, listen to that unicorn-speak!" I am taking notes. I want to know more about unicorn-speak. I want to be a unicorn too.

I love the unicorns relationship with their tree homes, where they are "tasked with tending the tree and leaving it more beautiful than they found it."

"It's okay, Cloudpuff, these are . . . ponies. *dubious side-eye*"

MYM usually struggles with liquid physics, but this episode had perfume etc sloshing around in bottles very realistically, nice job animators!

I'm fairly sure that's Twilight Sparkle's telescope in the background

Sunny's bad "inside this tree" joke was very endearing, she is out-dadding Hitch with that dad joke

me taking a deep breath, about to bombard you with my Transformers headcanons

#MYM #spoilers #G5 #my little pony #Make Your Mark #Chapter 5 Episode 2 #it was SO HARD waiting an entire week for Part 2

[ratfest]

my heartbeat sounds funny!

#one piece #gear 5 luffy #op luffy #monkey d. luffy #i lost a bet so i had to start watching one piece #i also lost my furina 50/50 #so i did it #all 1088 episodes #and the latest manga chapters #so thats what i was doing for 2 months #my bad guys #i got glue trapped #my brain has been rewired in an indescribable way #luffy forever

[canadianlucifer]

While I was reading Blue Exorcist I didn't fully register just how dark the Illuminati arc was, but watching it animated... holy shit.

I could not imagine going through what Izumo has and is going through. And being in the place of any of the other students? Dealing with unkillable regenerating zombies speaking to me in broken up bits saying they want to go home? Having so much pressure to do things most adults wouldn't be able to do? AT 15 YEARS OLD??

I feel like this is the turning point for the series bc it goes from "heehoo funny with epic fights and some character bonding" to "everyone you love is going to die if you don't fight right now. This world is bleak and horrifying under the thin veil we have created and the fate of it rests on your shoulders, all of you."

#pspspsps tokyo ghoul mutuals if ya like half human protags dealing with the horrors of what it means to be their other half #and deep philosophical thoughts and violence and the eternal struggle of good vs evil where there is so much grey #then blue exorcist is for you #10/10 highly recommend #anime or manga they're both really good tbh #though the anime is non canon after season 1 episode 17. The rest of the episodes don't make sense with season 2 or 3 #season 2 and 3 follow the manga very accurately if a bit rushed #I really really hope that since it appears like the manga is getting close to the end that we'll get more seasons sooner than every 5 years #I need to see chapters 120 and 126 animated!! #anyways I'm gonna go draw that pink bastard lmao #blue exorcist #ao no exorcist

[chandralia]

I think I’m gonna make this a whole post in case people didn’t see my reply, but this is the pace we’re going this season:

If we keep going like this, Bakugo’s sacrifice should be around episode 9, Deku’s Vigilante Arc around episode 16… and Bakugo’s apology around episode 22.

Also Tsuyu’s key visual for this season was the color page for chapter 320

and Bakugo’s apology is chapter 322.

#so again unless they change the pace………. #*comically loud nervous gulp* #season 4 and 5 adapted almost 70 chapters so looks like season 6’s on track to do the same #even if they add a couple filler episodes it can still fit… WHICH IS A WHOLE OTHER THING… how are filler episodes gonna work in this WAR 😭 #if anything we deserve a whole recap episode for everything that has happened between bkdk #BUT ALSO even if they do manage to slow down and do 2-3 chapters per episode we’ll still get a majority of Deku’s vigilante arc #they have 3 options: 1) slow down immensely so the season ends before the vigilante arc (even though the pacing so far feels fine) #2) have the season end in the middle of Deku’s vigilante arc (which would feel off…) #or 3) keep going at this pace and get through the vigilante arc and Bakugo’s apology 😭 #bkdk #dkbk #bakudeku #dekubaku #:’)

[sad-emo-dip-dye]

Old man yaoi is IN

#it feels like they are giving fukuzawa dead wife flashbacks #also how many episodes are they doing cause I feel like the 2 fukus chapter was pretty recent #bsd #bsd season 5

[sunlit-haruka]

I'm so glad none of y'all saw my Ace Markey hater arc (and I am so glad I also got a better understanding of his character lmao)

#haru chats about drdt #danganronpa despair time #drdt #ace markey #drdt ace #like as the episodes for Chapter 2 were releasing I was so ANNOYED with Ace #And then CH2-5 came out and I thought to myself #yknow Ace and Arei are very similar characters it's a bit hypocritical for me to love and empathise with Arei so much #and than hiss at my screen every time I see Ace #And I went into CH2-6 with the goal of trying to understand Ace's character and empathise with him better #And well #I guess you could say I got what I wanted lmao

[loganslowdown4]

Welcome back to my

Roleslaying With Roman Rewatch!!

Ep 5: Teamwork Makes The Dream Demon

Here’s all the best parts! Continuing my rewatch from June 😄❤️💜

Youngblood: I’d rather be alone

Roman: wow, that… kinda hurts my feelings

Thomas: [realizing] oh wait you’re telling a lie

Thomas: I was not acting, genuinely confused there haha

Roman: Think of yourself as the daughter of Kanye and Kim, cause you’re going Northwest

Roman: they’re from my village you didn’t meet them

(Also Roman’s encounters with the crystal got me 😂)

Criss: this is supposed to be hard

Roman: ok criss I need you to develop a bit of a lockjaw buddy

Youngblood: shut upppp

Roman: and shhhhhhh silence yourself over there

Roman: STOP! STOP NOW! LAND! GO SOUTH!! TOUCH DOWN!! LAND LAND LAND!!!’

Youngblood: AAAAAHHHHHH

(Poor Terrence blindly following instructions as Thomas yells at him omg 😭🤣)

All of them dying over not just opening the door by the handle

And the head bonk because they’re both too polite 🤣

Roman: can he just sit on my lap?

DM: I’ll allow it

The TRAUMA

Terrence ‘phantoms’ his way out lol

There’s too much sad WHY 😭

I did all this for two rocks? 😂

And finally

Reunited gay skeletons beloved 😭💙

#so much happens in this episode lol #I’m going to try and recap the rest of the episodes finally all the way up to the end of the frogs #and then update my list of theories! #roleslaying with Roman #RWR rewatch #RWR ep 5 #chapter 2 RWR #teamwork makes the dream demon #RWR Roman #RWR Youngblood #RWR criss #RWR cross #gay skeletons

[kyouka-supremacy]

Sorta continuation of this, here's some observations on how the bsd anime adaptation rate (average of number of chapters adapted per episode) changed every season:

Season 1: 10 plot episodes + 2 ln adaptation. Adapts up to chapter 16. Average of chapters adapted per episode: 1.60

Season 2: 8 plot episodes + 4 ln adaptation. Adapts chapters 17-37 (21 chapters). Average of chapters adapted per episode: 2.63 (+1.03)

Season 3: 9 plot episodes + 3 ln adaptation. Adapts chapters 38-39 & 41-53 (15 chapters). Average of chapters adapted per episode: 1.67 (-0.96)

Season 4: 10 plot episodes + 3 ln adaptation. Adapts chapters 54-77 (24 chapters). Average of chapters adapted per episode: 2.40 (+0.73)

※ I opted out of counting the Hitori Ayumi OVA this time around, reasoning that the factors that play into conditioning the season episodes adaptation rate wouldn't have influenced the OVA given its nature of stand-alone episode.

Seasons 1-3 adaptation rate: 27 plot episodes, 52 adapted chapters. Average of chapters adapted per episode: 1.93

Season 4 adaptation rate compared to the average of all the previous seasons: 2.40 (+0.47)

Seasons 1-4 overall adaptation rate: 37 plot episodes, 76 adapted chapters. Total average of chapters adapted per episode: 2.05

That being said, let's try to guess how season 5 might play out taking in the previous four seasons adaptation rate of 2.05 as standard. Here's the fun thing: if season 5 is just 12 / 13 episodes of plot adaptation, that would mean adapting up to chapter 102 / 104. Coincidentally, chapter 104 (fukufuku flashback) is also the furthest in the manga plot that was shown in the last season 5 trailer. Feel free to draw your own conclusions, but as of now a new light novel adaptation seems positively unlikely and a Stormbringer adpatation basically impossible to make fit.

#bsd #bungou stray dogs #bsd s5 #bsd season 5 #mine #Just sorta pissed because it doesn't seem likely they'll dedicate the sskk fight the space they deserve... #The sskk vs. Fitzgerald fight and the sskk vs. Fukuchi fight have the exact amount of pages - I counted #(123‚ cutting chapter 36 when Fitzgerald falls down from the Moby Dick) #So it is ONLY fair chapters 84-88 also get *checks* one episode 4 minutes 36 seconds of adaptation!!! #But when you think about it it's likely they'll make a cut of the kind: *episode x ends with Akutagawa's glorious comeback* #*episode x+1 starts with Akutagawa joining Atsushi and Fukuchi on the ship and ends with Akutagawa's throat being slashed* #*episode x+2 starts with “you damn fool / hurry up and go” etc etc* #Sigh. I need more time. /They/ need more time. They need at least a lil kiss additional scene. Or a kabedon #Akuatagawa really is going to come in after a whole season say “I'm not here to reveal your identity.– #I'll chop you up and scatter you across the sea” And then die in the same episode. You go king give us nothing 😭😭😭

[cobbssecondbelt]

I know we are all worried about the pacing of this season's plot, but let's not forget the past two seasons weren't much different.

The "real action" always started only towards the sixth episode (with Greef's holocall in s1 and Grogu's kidnapping in s2). Before that, we had a general idea of what the quest was, but the stakes weren't too high. Heck, the main antagonist of the show was only introduced in the seventh episode of season 1. The first half of a season usually takes its time with side quests and little hints and installements and then it really delivers in the last 3 episodes.

So yeah, season 3 feels like it's dragging a little bit and the plot sure is less clear than in the precedent seasons, but it's not exactly a huge change from what we've seen in the past.

#filler #There's a lot of complaining about episodes being pointless but season 1 and 2 both had their own share of episodes #Chapters 2-5-6-9-10-11-12 are random adventures and sidequests but they all end up contributing to the story on a greater scale #Don't get me wrong season 3 confuses me just as much #but it's not that different in structure compared to the other two #din djarin #the mandalorian

[plantboiart]

I planned on making the night vale au happy... it was meant to have minimal angst and not a lot of pain…. why is my brain making it sad i just wanted them to date and be cute please..

#it will still be a lot less angsty than like all my other fics #but #listen i just went looking through the episode transcripts to see which ones to include #and episode 13 has. a lot of sadness potential if i play my cards right #episode 25 has even more sadness potenial #chapter 3 will be ep 13 and chapter 5 will be ep 25. chapters 2 and 4 will be in between time #and chapter 6 will be a cute date or something god damn i need it for my mental health

[phonyrams]

bram and his coffin in the intro... slight stormbringer reference in the intro... bones is baiting us all and we are nothing but the willful fish falling for it

#unless . chapter 88 in season 4.... or season 5 right after this #also what if stormbringer gets animated ill die.... #it better be amovie it better be a movie. or they have to split it into 2 seasons 4 episodes each . or ill have to take drastic measures.

[sophosthewisebunny]

I love how the changed variable is just. Beatrice openly showing up???

#lyta liveblogs umineko #umineko #lyta liveblogs #Umineko episode 2 #Umineko episode 2 chapter 5 #I love her and I’m delighted #magic murder domme out in the open what crimes will she commit

[theworlds3rdeverchara-ty]

* The Addison finishes up with your hair, running their fingers through it a few times to style it. A question comes to them, one that worries them.

Spammy, my love, I must ask. Do you... do you know how to fight? I don't think I've ever seen you do so.

(@pinkaddiofficial)

hmm...

*He sits there for a moment with a grim look on his face.

yeah i...ve... go..tt...en... in a few... br...awls... in my ti...me... ha ha...

...

i... can de...fe...nd... my...self...

you do...n...t... roll wi...th... the ca...th...ode... crew as lo...ng... as i di...d... wi...th... out pi...ck...ing... up a fe...w... tr...icks...

eaheah...

eah...

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and th...en... the...re...s...

#as spamton g. spamton #cammy (pink addison) #entry97 #crossover event... 2! #chapter 5: crossover episode 2 #>... >IT SEEMS YOU ARE STILL PROCESSING YOUR MEMORIES OF NEO. >... #>... >YES IT IS QUITE A POWERFUL WEAPON. >Even more so now than when it was first... acquired... #>... >OH I SUPPOSE IT WOULD BE MORE ACCURATE TO SAY YOU ARE A POWERFUL WEAPON. HA HA. >...

[yahoo201027]

Day in Fandom History: March 5…

Gary and Avocato must stop a bounty hunter named Terk from telling the Lord Commander that Mooncake is on the Galaxy One; meanwhile the former prisoner has a disastrous first encounter with the Lord Commander. “Chapter Two” premiered on this day, 5 Years Ago.

#Day in Fandom History #5 Years Ago #Final Space #Season 1 #Episode 2 #Chapter Two #Cartoon #Animation

[starswallowingsea]

rosa would be a facebook autism mommy if umineko took place 30 years later

#shay speaks #julie plays: umineko #umineko #im only on episode 2 chapter uhmmmmmmmm i wanna say 4 or 5 #but shannon affirmed this one so #making it everyone elses problem

[comicalcarnival]

"X AU_ Missed Connection"?? it sounds sad...

it starts off as like. Angst train 101 but surprisingly speedruns into "the entire Xio team has adopted X (who has taken on Daichi's appearance and is claiming to have amnesia) and now X has like, 5 siblings and 4 parents"

there's teeeechnically a fic I posted about it already (The Dream is from the MC au) but most of it is unposted still. (which is a shame, its like. 30k words and only 6~ chapters so far. well, 6 chapters and then mini .5 chapters between every chapter w/ silly in between moments/things only mentioned in the main chapter/other chara's introspection on misc events)

I'm tempted to post it, but also i feel like I should re-do the first few intro chapters so it's more coherent (p sure i wrote those ones back in 2020...? MC AU's been a WIP for SOOOOO long, awhoopsie.)

#comical asks #Anonymous #its planned as a rewrite of the series so theres 22 chapters/episodes #chap 17 also has a bit of work on it done? its a 2-parter w a horror premise #i figured since X is a phone #it would be fucked up if someone hacked the Xdevisor. #temporary antagonist: robot!X who has to watch his body attack his friends against his will :) #also ep 16 (24 hrs inside xio) also happens and X tries to host an AMA as the .5 chapter for that #i should shut up now sorry i get excited abt the missed connection AU #ive put way too much thought into it but im too shy to talk abt it #one last thing. if your curious why 'x eats rice off the floor' is a joke MULTIPLE fics on Ao3 reference #its referencing chapter 2 of MC #X who is too dumb to realize he needs to feed a human body to live. desperately tries to eat rice after he learns he needs to eat. #MC X is just. X being extra dumb. still the polite lad we know. just dumber than bricks