#i meant to be watching a different show

[chipthekeeper]

Andor + planet title cards

#late night andor posting hello #just some places i miss #interesting that kenari didn’t get one of these #andor #i meant to be watching a different show #whoops

[beatcroc]

there's no way the bathroom at peppino's pizza is actually that big but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ . hey ummm anyway.... i care them...... anyway there's a lil ramble on my take on fake pep's like psyche or whatever in tags on the og post if ur into that kinda thing :y

hey! it's a series! fake peppino world tour: [noise] [noisette] [peppino]<- u are here [gustavo] [gerome] [noisette again]

#ramble after realtags yeag. shoutout to serrangelic btw suggesting the silhouettes thing bc i would have Died otherwise #pizza tower #peppino spaghetti #fake peppino #gustavo and brick #arting #pizzaposting #so anyway i think fake peppino has like. a general awareness that he is supposed to Be Peppino and that he was Made to do that #and likewise he does generally try to...do that. the thing he does NOT realize is hes like really goddamn bad at it #not to be mean but like...c'mon. they are pretty distinctly different kinds of guys even beyond the physiology yknow. #he's neither on-brand nor fooling anyone dsjdsjjkgfsd. BUT! #since the rest of the cast generally likes him [at least as I play it] he thinks hes doing just fine #he's like 'oh they r happy with me so i must be getting a good grade in being peppino :)' #so getting told that 'yeah you actually really suck at that but that was never the reason people liked you' #and told that by og model peppino no less--yknow THE guy he's supposed to be living up to #who's already a bit intimidating for that and who ALSO totally wrecked him TWICE in the tower #making him acutely familiar with just how formidable the guy is and how much there IS to live up to.... #it's a Moment for sure. not really a sad or hurt one though. just... contemplative. #thinking abt people liking him for being the guy he's already naturally been being even though that guy is Not Peppino #i don't think he's gonna be super broken up about realizing he has a bad grade in peppino given everything else hes got now #nor do i really think he cares enough to go like reinvent himself or whatever after the fact #he seems to b pretty clearly having fun with it already so i think he just keeps doing that #and in some cases he still has the pre-installed peppino traits/instincts like to cooka da pizza. and that's fine #is this projection. yes. but if youve been following me awhile you know most of my character writing is ghdhfdgf #gonna kinda expand on all this in the gerome one which is...one after next. itll be a bit but man. #anyway peppino will never admit to anyone and especially not himself that he's gotten a little attached to the guy. hee hoo #pep tends to be kinda surly but he certainly has his ways of showing he cares. all of which are on display here #''that thing is not my son'' says man currently watching thing's antics with the 'bemused dad' arms crossed pose. yeah ok buddy. #gus is totally onto him already but hes not gonna say anything. #if u read all this ur prize is not having to go decode fp's rot13. his lines are ''meant to be you...?'' and ''wrong question.''

[liquidstar]

Going to finally watch konosuba will report back later

#in the mood for a goofy comedy #it's surprising how long I've waited to check it out given it's tangential relationship to rezero #but they're also fundamentally such different stories #they both subvert isekai tropes but one in a very grim and serious way w actual societal commenatry and the other. well. goofy comedy #but maybe there's more hidden underneath the surface who knows. even if theres not tho i just wanna laugh so thatd also be fine lol #but also to be fair i don't really have any interest in the other two isekai quartet shows. but i always meant to watch konosuba #for the silly #hope it's good silly!

[bugeyedfreaks]

#powerpuff girls #ppg #blossom #bubbles #buttercup #boogie frights #this episode is actually super awesome for all of the cool monster designs #probably one of my faves i gotta admit #also man just... imagine this in your mind's eye okay? #being a little kid and watching this on a crt television late at night with all the lights off #literally the only way to watch old ppg episodes #like i really want to buy an older TV and do that again it would be so fun 😭 the first season of the show just hits different that way #there's such a vibe that's different from the later seasons... it's just meant to be watched at nighttime

[dustykneed]

you are my sunshine, my only sunshine

you make me happy when skies are gray

(prompt fill for @mcspirkevents' mcspirk bingo prompt "gone with the wind".)

static frames below:

ouch! neck deep in aos bones feels rn... lmk if i should make a fix-it or somethin

#yeah so yesterday i said id try not to get distracted.. Guess how well that went LMAO #SORRY BONES hes going thru it in this one but literally this is all aos canon. aos is so mean to him and for what #not a single drop of closure... tos bones would flip shit if he found out. Thats the real reason why bones prime never shows up in aos #YEAH BTW PLEASE LOOK AT THE STATIC FRAMES PROCREATE HAS A ASTRONOMIC GRUDGE AGAINST THE 3RD SLIDE FOR SOME REASON #it would NOT stop crunching that one single GODDAMN FRAME in the gif. like full on colour blowout. like WHAT DID IT EVER DO TO YOU #YEAH SO I HAD TO SCREENSHOT IT AND PUT THAT IN THE GIF. EXCEPT MY IPAD SCREENSHOTS THINGS WEIRD. so its CONSPICUOUSLY BRIGHT #the 3rd and 4th frames are meant to have the same background color. every time i watch the gif i am filled with unimaginable rage #WHAT DID THAT FRAME EVER DO TO MY IPAD. what unforgivable crimes did it ever commit to be disrespected like this #ok rant over tags now :)) #star trek #star trek aos #star trek fanart #mcspirk bingo #mcspirk #mcspirk fanart #spones #mckirk #spirk #star trek alternate original series #aos #spones fanart #leonard mccoy #bones mccoy #spock #jim kirk #did not use a single ref so the fact that the uniforms are reasonably legible as aos is a win (not like i use refs for anything else lol) #spirk is holding hands in that last frame!! gay people moment #OH AND I DID THIS IN LIKE. AROUND 3 HOURS? ive been meaning to draw that first frame for ages now so YIPPEEEEE #i did have a different caption in mind tho. Guess ill redraw it in the future LMAO #dust medibang paints

[youhavereachedtheendofpie]

Brasso definitely had to babysit Cassian at least once

#you can't change my mind #i suppose their age difference isn't meant to be that big in the show #so I like to think a teenaged Brasso had to watch like ten or eleven year old Cass at some point #like 'go interact with the other kids' kind of thing and the oldest kids get stuck with the responsibility

[dollopheadsandclotpoles]

Legit can't believe it's been 10 years!?!? 10 motherfucking years!?!? I remember being so worried about the finale that in the week leading up to the airing I was having dreams about what was going to happen

#bbc merlin #merlin #actually I didn't even watch it on the day itself i was meant to watch it with the person who was then my best friend #and she kept delaying it till my sister was like FUCK IT we need to know what happens!! #and I was avoiding tumblr like the PLAGUE like I logged out of it because I had this exact blog #and I knew I'd be spoiled it if I came online #and a friend kinda spoiled arthur dying for me but I thought he was trolling because i did not believe they would actually kill him off #it's so weird to think how different my life was back then also like... fuck me!!! #i can't believe this show is such a big part of my life still!

[abelllia]

Transcript:

[From MAG 92]

Elias (Statement): -if I leave a letter here, in your institute, you might find it, you might be able to save me. I have no other hope. I have no other hope. Please, Jonah, if you have any compassion within your heart, you will not leave me in this place. Your loyal servant, Barnabas.

Elias: Jonah Magnus did leave him in that place, Jon. He got the letter, oh yes, and was on good terms with Mordechai Lukas. He could have interceded, perhaps even saved him, but he did not. And it was not out of malice, or because he lacked affection for Barnabas Bennett: he retrieved those bones sadly enough when the time came. Bones that you can still find in my office, if you know where to look.

No, it was because he was curious. Because he had to know, to watch and see it all.That’s what this place is, Jon, never forget it. You may believe yourself to have friends, to have confidantes, but in the end, all they are is something for you to watch, to know, and ultimately to discard.

[From MAG 159]

Jon: Martin. He’s gone, Martin. He – he’s gone. 

Martin: His only wish was to die alone.

Jon: Tough. Now – listen to me, Martin. Listen.

Martin: Hello, Jon.

Jon: Listen, I know you think you want to be here, I know you think it’s safer, and well – well, maybe it is. But we need you. I need you.

Martin: No, you don’t. Not really. Everyone’s alone, but we all survive.

Jon: I don’t just want to survive!

Martin: I’m sorry.

Jon: Martin. Martin, look at me. Look at me and tell me what you see.

Martin: I see…

I see you, Jon.

I see you.

Jon: Martin.

Martin: I… I was on my own. I was all on my own.

Jon: Not anymore. Come on. Let’s go home.

Martin: How?

Jon: Don’t worry. I know the way.

[CLICK]

End Transcript

Going insane about this for a multitude of reasons

#firstly i love how jon disregarding the one piece of 'advice' elias gives him leads him to the last step needed for the ritual #like. mmm the flavor of tragedy #second and more the main point I think it shows the main difference between Jonah and Jon #the two scenarios are SO unbelievably similar w/ a lukas a lonely victim and an eye person w/ the ability to free the lonely victim #the big difference is Jonah is willing to toss those around him to put himself up top #to be just a watcher #while jon goes in there and is not willing to let those he loves go #i don't doubt jonah saying he actually did care about barnabas actually #i thoroughly believe he did #he just didn't love him *enough* to do anything else other than watch #this is elias so everything he says is subject to at least two tablespoons of salt #maybe some lukas deal is forcing his hand to do nothing #but i don't think he'd keep barnbas' bones just for fun it seems terribly impractical #also the fact Jonah said that Jon is just meant to watch and see *others* #while in 159 jon let martin see *him* #like KJDNFIUSKDJ #tma #JMart #Jon Sims #Martin Blackwood #Elias Bouchard #MAG 92 #MAG 159 #MAG 92 an MAg 159 parallels my beloved #anyone who wants to ask me more about my thoughts about the gang pls don't hesitate to ask fjghfg

[x-adoringvoid-x]

A couple of rodents

#yeah I felt like drawing furries what about it #oc f/o #f/o art #fictional other #f/o #self shipping #self ship community #self ship #oc #self_insert #Hadri is meant to be a hare specifically here #because they have a spooky lanky vibe #But I think rabbits in general suits them too #they're kinda mystical and serene but still cute and silly #rabbits have a lot of different symbolism and character traits #and you can also style rabbits in a lot of different ways which also fits Hadri! #I'm a squirrel...for various reasons #feel free to guess #btw I love Rocky and Bulwinkle #wanted to make Hadri a jackalope so I could reference it but I don't wanna draw horns #I haven't thought about that show in a while but it just strengthens my squirrel interest now #I love seeing being about to just randomly see squirrels here they're so fun to watch

[hydenine]

I really loved the movie Robot Dreams and I've seen it twice now, but there is something extremely jarring about the number of shots where the twin towers are prominently featured in the background, especially since the film seems to have nothing to do with 9/11 sjdjjdjf

#Like how much of this was on purpose??? #the movie takes place in the 80s #but the song September by Earth Wind and Fire is heavily featured in the movie #but like... the central themes of the movie are about moving on from past relationships that once meant a lot to you #9/11 has nothing to do with it sndnndjd #it feels different somehow from watching 80s and 90s movies that were shot then where the towers just happen to show up in the bg #because this was clearly art directed #i just can't figure this out ajdjjd #also the movie takes place in new york but was animated in spain so I'm also wondering #if that has anything to do with the filmmakers not realizing how jarring it was sjdjjdnf #robot dreams #animation #hydenine rambles #the towers are just so loaded in their imagery to americans... #like I was trying to stream it for friends and everytime they appeared it was like... #a comical jumpscare that kept taking everyone out of the moment sjjdnf

[tomwambsmilk]

Gonna write briefly about “The Rehearsal” on my succ blog bc why not. But I think it truly is brilliant, in hindsight of the finale, that the show turned out to actually be an effective criticism of itself, of reality tv as a genre (even and maybe especially the shows that are framed as being helpful for their participants), the use of child actors, and even, to a certain extent, Nathan Fielder’s own brand of comedy. All of that is 100% intentional - they could’ve shown anything they wanted and deliberately showed things that would make us deeply uncomfortable for ethical reasons, and deliberately highlighted the ways in which participants may have felt pressured into participating and how the presence of cameras impacts behaviour.

I’ve already seen the claim that the finale’s big twist is that it’s a “scripted narrative” and I don’t think that’s true at all. It’s pretty clear that Nathan and the team had an idea of where they wanted the show to go, but all the people they featured were real people. They didn’t script so much as… well, manipulate what happened by introducing certain elements, as all reality shows do. While they might have had a general sense of where they wanted the show’s “arc” to go, they were reliant on the participants behaving in certain ways or raising certain issues to dictate just how they went about achieving that arc. The brilliance here is making it fairly obvious to the audience what they’re doing, whereas most reality shows will try to hide it.

(And this premise is built into the pitch! We all expected to get a show about Nathan running these little rehearsals, and that idea is built on the premise that human behaviour is predictable and manipulable, if you control enough variables. And then we watched this exact premise play out entirely differently - and in a way that was much darker - from how we expected.)

There are so many more things to unpack about the show, obviously, but personally I just keep coming back to the fact that they made a reality tv show to say “hey, maybe even ‘helpful’ reality tv is somewhat unethical because these people are being helped for our own voyeuristic benefit, and those motivations will determine how producers approach the participants and the arcs they deliberately try to set up, even if we don’t see that on our screens.” It’s a bold move but I think they pulled it off well

#I keep thinking about this episode of queer eye I watched with a friend #long story short the guy they were helping had dropped out of school and hadn’t told his parents and they encouraged him to and had him #do it on camera #and my friend was horrified. they were from very similar immigrant communities with similar cultural norms #and she said ‘that’s so awful of them. this is going to make his life miserable for a while’ #‘the only reason his mom isn’t beating his ass right now is that the cameras aren’t there’ #and you could tell she was right. everyone except the queer eye guys was so uncomfortable with this #but they wanted their ‘happy ending’ arc so they pushed it #but even aside from that. isn’t there something inherently exploitative about ‘we’ll help you fix this problem but only if you let us #showcase it on national tv’? #and I think the rehearsal critiques that so well by showing Nathan derailing the rehearsals for his own purposes #the only difference is that he’s motivated by his own issues rather than being motivated by audience response #the rehearsal #nathan fielder #not succession #anyways. I think everyone has realized by now that the point of the show is that it was unethical. but I don’t think the takeaway is meant #to be just that the rehearsal was unethical but that a lot #of other reality tv is similarly unethical. we just don’t usually see those parts

[gen-is-gone]

I can't go five minutes in DW fandom without people being just atrociously mean about things that I love with the blissful unawareness of majority mainstream opinion holders that the people they're being mean about are like. In the space with them. And this in a space full of ardent fans of arguably some of the most esoteric obscure side stuff that everyone else disdains or doesn't even know. And I'm having fun for the most part but also like. It's just exhausting, constantly goddamn exhausting.

#this is about moffat and eleven #in case that wasn't clear #megan whines into the empty abyss of cyberspace #i'm not gonna say that Lawrence Miles in particular doesn't have every reason to hate Moffat #or that as an EDA fan first and foremost I don't also side eye the fuck out of a lot of his early arc plots #but Moffat wrote *characters* in a way that no one before or since does #everyone droning on about rtd found family has nothing on 11 and 12 era character relationships #also yeah it is genuinely annoying and upsetting that people are STILL going on and on and on and on about ~bad vibes~ ~misogyny~ whatever #like that's just your opinion man #and I think certain fans would genuinely be shocked to actually acknowledge that some people just straight up disagree with them #and straight up have a different experience with that era of the show #and don't share the opinions that got so saturated with so little pushback that the arguments are by now parodies of themselves #like do you hate eleven's era because you formed that opinion yourself or do you hate eleven's run because hbomb made a video? #do you feel the way you feel because you came to that opinion or because others in fandom 'warned' you about moffat before you started? #also like ngl it just straight up hurts my feelings #it's mean! it's just really mean and I'm tired of getting my feelings hurt in situations that are meant to be fun! #I lived through this ten years ago when I'd watch Dr Who and then get on the internet to talk about it #and every post would be just endless bad faith nitpicking and tearing the episode apart #anyway gonna watch power of the daleks now and remind myself not to engage w nuwho fandom

[rotisseries]

fandom bubbles are so fun because we're at the point where I'll see posts like "it's just so OBVIOUS that mike is gay I mean the queercoding is ACTUALLY INSANE literally just LOOK AT THIS WHO MISSES THIS??!!!" and the "look at this!" in question is a blurry item in the background of a 2 second shot that takes up 5 entire total pixels on my screen and has 3 unidentifiable but vibrant colors so it must be a rainbow obviously

#it's just so fucking funny lmfao #although I will admit it's *mildly* annoying when you guys get pretentious about it like everyone watching this show is stupid #"HOW DOES NO ONE KNOW??” guys mike is meant to be undectable to anyone who hasn't been in his place #also show me your posts from july 1st. no reason I just wanna see #anyway. refusing to listen to different interpretations and being an asshole about it bc they're sure mike is straight #is one thing. but general audience members aren't just stupid for not catching things #stranger things #byler #mike wheeler

[humblemediagenius]

nvm I'll write an essay now but in the tags because i like writing that way

#look its just like. theyre those characters that are meant to be friends no matter where or what #basically destined to be friends #I keep thinking about the episode where ruff tries finding the 'perfect home' for blossom and that perfect home is his doghouse #and they play it off as a joke in the episode but like. did the show realize what it just said?!? #its why she comes back in season 3 and stays around #shes never seen to leave again which leads me to believe she just permanently is staying there with ruff and thats so important to me #when I was watching the show season 1 at first felt fine w/o blossom but going back and rewatching it feels so empty #and honestly ruff wouldn't get his character development w/o blossom there either #and THEN they're still friends in the spinoffs too like ruff is living with blossom in trrs #even in completely different circumstances they're still together #idk why but this friendship is so important to me. even though it looks like theyre always at odds they really aren't #still thinking about that entry in hmg. ill post the screenshot later maybe but they clearly value each other's company #arrgggghhhh. oupy and kity best friends forever #fwrr #seaspeak

[britneyshakespeare]

This might sound silly but the more time goes by the more I miss the pre-streaming era of TV. It was so delightfully simple. Sitcoms slap so much harder when you see the same episodes more than once a week.

#you just have a more intimate relationship w the tv show if it's like a living thing in your house all the time #as opposed to one of a dozen programs available on demand at any given time and watched in sequential order #from beginning to end. #tv that was meant to be watched that way just hits different. the good stuff was made to be lasting #and there still are shows like that around don't get me wrong. like that's how i watch bob's burgers almost every night #i just about never stream that show. and when i do i don't binge it. #the bingewatch model is bad for a lot of reasons we all know that now yeah #tv just used to have a much more enticing and relaxing way about it. it was like a low-maintenance pet #the streaming era is like taking care of a horse #u either feel me on that simile or you don't i guess #tales from diana #have u guys ever taken care of a horse? it's a lot of work is what i'm saying

[neverendingford]

Therapists have two genders:

Professional Asshole and

Well-meaning Incompetent

#color says shit #text post #replying to my therapist is the most frustrating thing in the world. ma'am you think you're building rapport with me? #I hate to tell you but you've been wildly unsuccessful if that's what you think you've been doing here. #stop trying to educate me about my bullshit diagnoses that I already know about from my years on the internet. #like. babygirl I'm over here trying to build up to feeling comfortable enough to talk about the six-layer trauma cake I've got going on #and you're over here showing me a diagram consisting of two concentric circles meant to convey the idea of self versus other #you're very nice and trying to be helpful but I don't want to fucking talk about the girlfriend I want to talk about the issues that matter #girlfriend is an experiment. the other shit is stuff that lives in our fucking soul. shit that made me into the weird person fragment I am #and I had to fight for an hour. therapist kept on scheduling us for half an hour. HALF A FUCKING HOUR HALF AN HOUR ISN'T ENOUGH TIME TO TALK #I had to fight for it and even when she finally scheduled us for an hour she still tried to cut it short #I had to pull up the appointment confirmation to prove I had an hour allotted. like seriously what the fuck. #one of those people who had their own mental struggles and then is like “I want to become a therapist and help other people uwu” #and then is fucking useless and projects their own issues onto someone else and shoves their personal solutions onto you #like someone in r/aita projecting their own shitty relationship onto someone else. some of us are different Daryl #ugh I'm so fucking pissed and I'm not giving up the controller until I get this shit sorted out for now. #r wanted to hop back on this morning in the shower and we had a shouting match but our deal was she takes a week break so I'm keeping it #because too much shit has built up and she's been not doing so hot so I'm gonna get this mess cleaned up before I let her back on. #I bought groceries. I did laundry. I got the car repairs done. I got our bike fixed up. I showered. I did dishes. I'm going to #and I'm going to get even more done tomorrow. maybe then I'll go back to watching over her shoulder and backseat gaming but not for a while. #it feels nice though. like I get to finally stretch my arms and yawn real good. #and btw to answer the question she's always fucking asking. she's not ace in the slightest lmao. I am and the bleed over confuses her. #there. question answered so maybe she can stop asking about it. #I feel like in her push to find herself she kinda pushed me back into the corner. which... ngl that hurts a little. #oh well. you don't need to hear about our lovers' quarrel. I'm going to bed in these cozy fresh bed sheets I just put on the bed.