#i think this is the 5th time i watch this

[remidyal]

So I'm going to start speculating a little about future D20 seasons, just because we're running out of JY and thinking about that makes me sad.

My guess is that we're getting another four side quests, plus the replays of the Time Quangle live shows, before whenever the next IH season is (probably jan or feb 2025). From Dropout's production schedule, most likely at least two, probably three, and maybe all four are either already filmed or filming presently. The strikes may have disrupted this somewhat, however.

We know the names of two from the 5th anniversary video; we also know from the JY FAQ for a fact that one of these two, called "Never Stop Blowing Up" is next.

In the last few years this has been the slot for a campaign not GMed by Brennan or Aabria; I'm going to actually guess that there's a decent chance Brennan also won't be a player though I'm not at all sure of the timing with paternity leave and all. What the season is from that title could be a lot of things, though social media stars or stuntpeople have been guesses I've enjoyed. I think this is going to be a new setting, rather than something set in a preexisting universe, but I could be wrong there and there's been speculation that it might be something Starstruck (in which case I WOULD expect Brennan at the table).

GM possibilities for this or any other season even just from among people who have played on D20 before are too widespread to even do a complete list; highlights who have played on but haven't GMed for D20 and who I understand have experience (and would be excited to see) include but certainly aren't limited to Jasper, Ify, and Anjali from various side quests. Among the IH, Siobhan has made it fairly clear that she's not interested in GMing. I don't know if Ally has experience or not but they would obviously run something wild and I'd be here for it. Lou I believe has DMed home games but not actual plays; I'm uncertain if he'd be interested in running for a show, but I'd certainly watch if he did. Emily and especially Murph have a ton of experience as well but I think NADDPOD is kind of too much for Murph at least to GM outside that. Zac is low-key the IH I think is the most likely to end up GMing a season; rotating heroes is a thing, of course, but I don't think the workload there is as high as NADDPOD's.

We also know a Dungeons and Drag Queens 2 is coming at some point. The most likely format for this is a straightforward sequel with Brennan GMing for either the same four players or four different Queens, but I would actually love to see one of the players from the prior run step into the GM seat if any of them have gotten deeply into the hobby in the meantime. If they swap Brennan out for another DM here, this would maybe be the one season where I'd be delighted for it to be Murph, simply for the makeup possibilities. (One possibility is simply that he wears Cody Walsh cosplay for the season.)

I also think (or maybe I'm just trying to speak into existence) that we will get another 10-episode Aabria-GMed season this year, probably as the lead-in right before the next IH season for the third time running. Burrow's End and ACoFaF are both out of this world, stellar seasons to me (MiMa is... complicated by how much I want the property it's mocking to fade from memory, but that isn't its fault or hers) and I want to see what she does next.

Last, probably between D&DQ2 and that 10-episode season if that happens, we'll probably have another 4-6 episode original. If Brennan DMs D&DQ2 and Never Stop Blowing Up, this will probably be someone else; otherwise, not much to go off of.

It's possible that the live shows end up filling in one of these slots and are treated as a season until themselves, but I think they're going to be released not all in a row but rather to fill weeks between seasons. This might just be a greedy hope on my part, though! I do hope Brennan sits out at least one season, and I'd love it if the person who GMs who isn't Aabria or Brennan is someone who's done less prominent projects. (I'm actually talking myself into really rooting for a Zac-GMed season, though Ify's been my main hope for a long while.)

One thing that does seem to have shifted lately, specifically in Dropout's marketing - in the past, they were always extremely secretive about seasons past the currently airing one until it was complete, with the names not even known until the release of the season trailers. This changed a little when they teased Matt Mercer gming a season (which turned out to be RavWar) during Never After's airing; it's changed much more in the last two seasons, with a teaser for Junior Year coming out before Burrow's End had even started airing and with the names of multiple seasons being given in advance. It wouldn't surprise me if we continue getting little seeds for future seasons as we move forward.

#dimension 20 #dropout tv

[borisbubbles]

Eurovision 2024: Last Place

37. ISRAEL Eden Golan - "Hurricane" 5th place

Decade Ranking: 150/153 [Above Noa Kirel, below Roxen]

Where do we start?

Let's begin, perhaps by stating the obvious. Israel's participation in this year ruined the contest. You encounter an entrant or two that completely warp the meta around them at every contest, but never to an extent this cataclysmic. Every sour note of this contest, and there were plenty, sprouted from the decision to allow Israel into the year. That was the tipping point. I believe that makes "Hurricane" the worst entry of all times in terms of the sheer negative impact its presence had on the edition it parttook in.

The ESC discourse -on asocial media- completely revolved around the conflict in Palestine either to denounce the war crimes perpetrated by the Israeli goverment and the subsequent silencing of critical voices calling it out, or to make a stand against the Poor Young Girl who was unfairly maligned by radicalized leftists for a conflict she had no hand in.

So was it any surprise that Israel won every Western televote? Be honest. I know that the Twitter manchildren claim Israel cheated, but they are in denial. The televote was genuine. The scalpel slices both ways, sadly. For every heckler booing Eden or protesting for Palestine or announcing a Eurovision boycot or lecturing the general public to not vote for Israel, a sympathy vote for her arises because "Aw She Doesn't Deserve So Much Negativity, Poor Thing". That she willingly chose to rep israel at THIS time with THAT song is blissfully ignored. Eden Golan is not a child. She's fully accountable for the effects that her participation caused, and is perfectly a-OK with it.

So, wake the fuck up. The sympathizing nutcases were OPENLY mobilizing to vote for Israel without even watching a second of the contest, to prove a point against you know, "insane leftist wokery" or whatever they call it. "You can't make me think what you want or do what you want, TAKE THAT". It's the same principle that led to Brexit and Trump beating Clinton. Similarly, they attempted to hijack the results like a particularly nasty species of asian hornet because their 'Freedom of Speech' is more important to them than fair results in an entertainment show, or a potential genocide. Or maybe they were just indoctrinated. A smaller sample size due to boycots + 20 votes per crazed zionist, it's honestly a miracle Croatia STILL beat them in the TV overall.

In other words, pretty much every opinion about Eden revolved around the politics that accompanied the flag she flew under.

And I'm sorry, but Eurovision is not supposed to be about Israel. Why should THAT country get more attention, or even preferential treatment in this otherwise excellent line-up? That's not what it should be about.

It is THEM who it should be about:

None of these artists asked to be a part of this shambolic display. So in that sense, let's do something many have FAILED. Let's do what we're supposed to dp: Discuss the SONG, outside of context.

Frankly, there's remarkably little to say. Even without the context, "Hurricane" would have been bottom of the barrel for me regardless? It's a mediocre sappy ballad aimed to Make People Cry. We see such ballads pop up all the time in NFs (most recently Krick in Luxembourg and Noble in Portugal), where -more often than not- their sucktitude catches up with them and manifests a loss.

I've seen people be outraged that Norway's jury gave it points but I mean, look at any recent scandi NF and tell me a Hurricane wouldn't fit within its ranks. It's Undo, What if, A Monster Like Me, all the tacky soulless ballads with poor narratives preying on the soft-hearted and the guillible with cheap emotional manip. "Hurricane"was cut from the same dementor-esque, sympathy-craving cloth. Call me old fashioned, but I was taught that sympathy requires a modicum of respect, which needs to be earned, not begged for like a dog's dinner. (I hope the Europapa fans are reading this because this also applies to him, and that ghastly outro). If your song was written with the idea in mind of pinkwashing the deaths of a few thousand children, then perhaps you may have not fully earned the benefit of the doubt, jussaying.~

In terms of performance, Eden was vocally good, at least. It's her voice that carries it although i don't find her particularly likeable as a lead. Then again, she is a Russian nepo brat whose family emigrated to Israel after the Ukrainian war so that her daddy to secure his financial assets and the Golans could continue their lavish, privileged lifestyle in a safer country. It was always a challenge, so to say, to consider Eden Golan a likeable individual.

Also what is UP with the choreography? Why do the dancers look like they are loading air rifles? A Choice, to say the least.

So all in all, a pretty weak entry that always would have been in my bottom 3 for any country, but that probably had a ceiling of lower top 10 in a normal, generic year of ESC.

However, this was NOT a generic ESC. There's NO imagining "Hurricane" without its context which makes it so, SO much worse. It was specifically written in support of the Israeli victims in the war (why go through that trouble and not simply withdraw and spend the participation fee on providing for the families of the hostages? Isn't that more effective charity? But hey, what do I know.) There is no "depoliticizing", no matter how often you retcon the lyrics into gibberish. Hurricane's intentions are present in its rhythm, its instrumentation, the keys in which it is sung. The notion that you can separate it from its context is absurd.

And yet, that is precisely what the EBU were hoping for when they allowed it in, and it exploded into their face like a firework. I can't say they didn't deserve it. Ultimately, the full blame for all of this rests with them. If a certain entity threatens the integrity of your being, you get rid of the threat. You don't passively sit back crossing your fingers they leave at their own volition. The Israeli's would understand the reasons for exclusion, surely, as they've been applying the exact same principles to the Gaza Strip since mid October.

The EBU allowed them in, officially to prove Eurovision wasn't political and United By Music (in reality because they're cowards and didn't want to be the first organization to ban Israel from an international event, and be branded antisemites as a result). The result was the most politically charged and divisive contest of all time, rife with incidents that were as avoidable as they were outrageous. It couldn't have been further away from "apolitical unity" if it tried.

Hurricane was NEVER worth the price of admission. All the controversy, the security risks, the boycots, the antisemitism and xenophobia, the censorship, the harrassment of other delegations (which the Israeli delegation EAGERLY participated in) and of course the Israeli embassies in participating countries OPENLY advocating to vote for Israel as "a signal". Even the tensions that led to Joost's dubious DQ which I doubt would have happened at any other contest. This could all have been foreseen and avoided by excluding the country that clearly would have brought the contest into disrepute. Eurovision is now on life support. Congratulations EBU. You KILLED your own contest.

It briefly looked like Israel could win (leave to RAI to be woefully incompetent and blasé), which would have been the final nail in Eurovision's coffin but then they magically lost the televote (thank you SO much Eastern Europe, you are SO real for this) and stranded themselves in 5th place. Instead of being the Worst Winner of All Time, Israel are merely a mediocre also-ran, which I can live with. It makes "Hurricane"' marginally less appalling than "Unicorn" and "I.M" for me. Let their fifth place serve as a grim reminder for future editions that Hatred Breeds Hatred, and also, thankfully, that Love Can indeed Prevail.

THE RANKING

#BorisBubbles #Eurovision #Eurovision 2024 #ESC #ESC 2024 #Eurovision Song Contest #EBU #Switzerland #Croatia #Ukraine #Germany #France #United Kingdom #Ireland #Spain #Portugal #Italy #Sweden #Norway #Denmark #belgium #Netherlands #Finland #Iceland #Serbia #Slovenia #Greece #Cyprus #Azerbaijan #Armenia

[tylersnecktattoo]

Stargazing with Steve Rogers

Warnings: none. Just fluff.

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You leaned in more to Steve, watching the stars and he wrapped a protective arm around you, getting more comfortable on the grass you both are currently laying on as you enjoyed your 5th date together.

“The moon is really beautiful tonight” you murmur, watching the moonlight being the strongest it has ever been in a long time. “the stars too. I really like watching the stars”

Steve smiles down on you, “that’s why I brought you here”

You can’t help but let the butterflies flutter crazy in your stomach every time he looks at you that way. And the thing that drove you even more crazy was that he picked up that small little detail you told him during one of your dates, that you liked stargazing. And he listened and remembered. So now here you are, having the most romantic date you’ve ever had, with picnic at this little spot Steve found, watching the stars as he holds you close. It felt like a movie. And speaking of movies, this is the part where one of the partners always talk and show their significant other constellations. So that’s what you decided to do for the hell of it even though you had no idea about it

“See those stars over there? The ones that form a triangle?” You point at a random batch of stars you saw

“What about them?”

“That’s The Umbrella” you randomly said, although it sounded kind of believable?

Steve raises his brows at you, “you’re into constellations?”

You grin amusedly, kind of proud of yourself that you managed to trick him “mhm. And that one’s The Bear. See? Because of its rectangular form?” You confidently say and you guide his hand to point at another batch of random stars.

He chuckles lightly and nuzzles your hair. “You’re just full of surprises, aren’t you?”

You let out a giggle. “No I’m just full of shit. Made all that up”

He raises a quizzical brow at you which makes you explain yourself furthermore, “this all just seemed so cliche. Like, in every romantic movie there’s this couple stargazing and then some of them just randomly knows something about constellations. Thought it’d be funny to recreate that”

Steve smirks softly and slowly hovers on top of you, “and I thought I was different doing something original” he says with a faked defeated look

“You are different.” You softly say with those damn eyes that makes him fall like a teenager all over again. He is genuinely captivated by your beauty and he can’t stop. It’s like you cast a spell on him.

“And you are really beautiful” he compliments as he moves a piece of hair out of your face, getting a better look at the blush that is forming on your cheeks which makes him smile even more. You were just so goddamn cute.

“Can I add some originality to this cliche by giving my beautiful lady a kiss?” He says with a boyish grin, which makes you smile like an idiot for his gentlemanliness.

“Well, I really liked how you kissed me goodnight last time”

“Then I’ll make sure it’ll be better than that, sweetheart” he replies which makes your heart bloom at the nickname before he cups your face and press his lips against yours. And God, it was like you were made for his lips every time you kissed, lips perfectly molded against each other in a slow and tender kiss, Steve’s big hands caress your face while the other one runs through your hair

Once you both pull out for air he rests his forehead against yours and smiles. “Was that original enough?”

You mirror his smile as you jokingly pretend to think, “hmm, I’m not quite sure. I think you’ll need to kiss me again for that”

“With pleasure, my lady” and with that, your lips are connected again and he could swear his heart would jump out of his chest when he felt you smiling against the kiss and caress the back of his head. You were gonna be the death of him.

#steve rogers #steve rogers fanfiction #steve rogers one shot #steve rogers fic #chris evans #chris evans x reader #chris evans x female reader #chris evans x you #chris evans fanfiction #chris evans fic #steve rogers fluff #steve rogers drabble #chris evans drabble #steve rogers imagine #steve rogers x reader #steve rogers x you

[gay-strawberry]

im sorry but alec breaks up with you and then suddenly your evil dad comes back and gives you your magic back and you dont conect the dots ????? you are DUMB

#out of context shadowhunters season 3 #yes im still rewatching #this shits so long #i hate this season so much #but this plotline is the worst #the magnus i know would conect the dots #magnus #alec #malec #shadowhunters #the mortal instruments #shadowhunters tv show #season 3 #i think this is the 5th time i watch this #and i still dont know whats worst #the jace owl thing #malec breakup #clary incest with his literal evil demon brother #human raphael #and i could keep naming bad things forever

[buildoblivionthenwewilltalk]

four to doomsday is a funny serial because it’s objectively kinda dull but it’s so SO good at showing us what makes fivey and his friends tick

#doctor who #especially because 5 is out of comission for a lot of Castrovalva #or at least he hasn’t quite settled into his rhythm yet #and 4todoom is an excellent example of how a ‘second ep’ is a vital part of a new doctors initiation #just plonk the doctor and Co down somewhere and see how they react! #we see his designated driver ‘oh shit where’s heathrow’ role #but also his energy and even a bit of mischief #making faces at the security bots and that little smile when he blocks the camera with his hat #and his tetchiness too - ‘ah! you’re spoiling my concentration >:( #I also love that scene where they’re watching the dancing and Tegan is like ‘what are we doing the vibes are off’ #but five explains that he needs time to think so just look like you’re enjoying yourself #before cheerfully waving at their hosts #it’s a nice microcosm of how his outward ‘politeness’ is very much a facade #also we get some good scenes to show how team 5 works #nyssa and adric being impressed with the logic vs the doctor and Tegan’s knowledge of earth (and dry humour) #‘how’s your ancient history Tegan?’ ‘like I feel - awful -_-‘ ‘not to worry mines pretty good!’ #iTS SO GOOD #I will defend this serial I have so many thoughts #fifth doctor #5th doctor #season 19 #Tegan #adric #nyssa #classic who

[camelspit]

me n the girls really do be doing anything except drawing

#lmao i have a maruca wip thats made almost negative progress the last 2 days #and that is. about it. #whenever i have free time i simply choose to read or sleep. #school has been sucking the life out of me #most week days my schedule is school. watch old episodes of bb australia. sleep. #does not help that school ends at 4 and i usually get home at 5 #like girl that is the entire day gone what happened to elementary school when i was getting out at like. 2. #do u think i can draw in these circumstances #wait actually! i have technically been doing art. #making a kids book for a childs lit class rn <3 its a remake of a book i made in 5th grade about a turtle named bob #putting my lifeblood into that project

[lobotomyladylives]

love how these end preview bits will have gon saying stuff like "in my next life I want to be me and meet you again <3" to killua, and then in the episode itself he's like "you are an emotionless robot just like your abusive family always told you. go kill yourself"

#ive gotten to this part in my rewatch & am experiencing the usual levels of suffering. #''you have it easy killua. youre perfectly calm. since it means nothing to you'' WHY DO YOU THINK HES EVEN HERE?!?? #its so sad bc killua cares SO much & hes not calm at all hes constantly breaking down in this arc. always about gon #we get 80ish episodes dedicated to making us love them & their friendship. then 60 of it being ripped up & set on fire #really cool really fun stuff love to make myself experience it all over again for a 5th time #its so crazy that its been a decade since i first watched hxh. and 9 yrs for hannibal. but then again its not bc who was i before that #my post

[revenantghost]

I feel so bad for the folks who bought those figures at $500 a pop in the last year or so, but also I deeply understand because those guys are banger

#I know that any spare change I get #I need to save for bills and to take care of my car and stuff #BUT YOU BETTER BELIEVE I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT HOW TO GET THEM ALL DAY #Who would like to buy them for me for my birthday next year. As a treat lmao #I have a fondness for merch so even without the budget I've just been watching the ebb and flow of Trigun merch #(And I help friends find deals/rare merch) #And other than the super exclusive rare figures #Those ones are CONSISTENTLY the most expensive #And now you can get them for 1/5th the price #What a time to be alive #Rotating them in my mind #I doubt the resell price will be better than this but I WILL DREAM OF BETTER TIMES #Yadda yadda

[gnomeantics]

absolute worst thing is watching a show with loads and loads of seasons and you're having thoughts about it but you can't go into the tag for fear of being hit by 1000x Spoiler Beam

#i just finished season 1 of #spn #i started watching it for the bit (nov 5th) but i'm actually really enjoying it #which i honestly didn't really expect?? like if i'm being completely truthful #the only spoiler i have so far is the obvious one and i'd like to keep it that way because i'm invested now #mind you with 15 seasons i think if i saw one spoiler it would be kind of inconsequential because i lot has to happen in that time right #anyway i'll stop going on #i maybe need to change that tag it's quite old #yapping

[deaths]

hearing about the chainsaw man movie announcement the other day almost spiraled me into another chainsaw man fixation but i was strong and looked the other way. for everyones sake.

#i dont think my fiance will watch it with me fully a 5th time in a year

[adanseydivorce]

Julia including the detail she and James are engaged in the asylum dreamscape is such a sick specific touch to torture Quentin with after the 1.03 argument but I like how it’s depicted as subtle but not significant. And yet another moment (because she does it constantly in 1.03) of Julia using her relationship with James like a badge to show she’s successful/normal/doing well but as she says it “doesn’t really matter” to her.

#TM 1.04 #s speaks #unauthorized magicians rewatch #this is maybe the 5th? time I’m watching this episode and this is the first time that stood out to me I forgot it was a part of the fantasy #(I’ve always had a lot to say about 1.03 and how not into the relationship Julia is vs being in love with Magic and enticed by Marina..) #to be clear. I’m a lesbian Julia truther but I think any romantic relationship she had would not match her love and passion for Magic. #knowledge student after all … and I love that for her… #julia wicker #quentin coldwater #q & jules #James the magicians #ig

[that-one-ao3-writer]

On this late occasion of november 5th lets reminiscence on the craziest parallel from 4x01/15x18

#destiel #nov 5th #supernatural #LIKE I SAW IT THE FIRST TIME I WATCHED IT AND IT MADE ME SAD ×2 #they did not have to do that to us #do you think dean used to look at that scar in the mirror and shed a few tears every time he thought back to that day?

[awakefor48hours]

Can Cas come out of superhell now? I think he's been through enough.

#i've still never seen spn #but i decided to finally watch the clip of him going to super hell #and i think it's time #spn #destiel #november 5 #november 5th

[bloodydeanwinchester]

im actually pretty happy that i wasnt on tumblr from 2020 to the end of 2021 because i watched s15 for the first time at the end of 2021 and although i knew SOMETHING destiel was gonna happen, i knew none of the details so i was able to watch the confession scene and get absolutely kicked in the fucking mouth by it which is a least a little bit like how i imagine it was for those who watched live

#anyway im just thinking about the confession scene this morning #god you dont understand how fucking hard i cried when i watched it the first time #happy 5th yall

[eternal-brainrot]

feeling unwell about xiyao hours

#i mean when am i not tbh #they never leave my brain for even a moment #saw an mv of them i hadnt seen before and now i am emotionally unstable sdfgndk. i have too many thoughts about them and not enough time in #the day to sit and do nothing but think about them #arghjhklewsfm gonna go watch the edit again for the 5th time in the past hour and cry brb

[vonlipvig]

hhhhh there are a lot of shows i'd like to watch, but watching shows is such a Commitment. with movies i can just pop them in one night and if they're lucky i'll think about them for the rest of my life but like...in the back of my mind. with shows it's a whole brain takeover.

#i'll probably watch severance next (<- like the 5th time they said it) #i also know i need to watch the bear because dad told me he kins me as ayo's character JKDHJKDHKJS now i need to know lmao #and then seinfeld west wing mad men bcs many more......aughhhghghghg [watches nothing] #AND i can't even stop thinking about veep i still have things i need to draw so even slower kjdfhkdf #according to jules