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I've done nothing remotely functional today and instead I'm now incredibly emotional about Spike's goddamn coat
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nobodysdaydreams · 6 months
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My Reaction to Episodes 7-10 of Wolf 359 (But first, an update on my reactions for those who are curious...)
Thank you to everyone for your enthusiasm. I wasn't expecting this much excitement for my reactions/liveblogs, but I love it! 🥰
Shoutout to @commsroom for sending me a list of episodes with post credit scenes which include ep 5 cigarette candy, ep 37 overture, and ep 43 persuasion. Thanks Comms Room!
I did go back and listen to the post credits scene for episode 5 and OH MY GOSH HILBERT. WHAT. What. Why. Why? like dude. You're in space! Of all the places to be conducting highly dangerous and deadly and unethical experiments on human test subjects. I've insulted Curtain (tmbs) and Uncle Andrew (narnia) a lot on this blog but I gotta give them credit: at least neither of them were stupid enough to do their experiments in space. Though in Andrew's case, I think that's mostly because he couldn't get to space in 1900s London even if he wanted to.
I currently have Wolf359 Tags blocked to avoid spoilers and will try my best to react blindly.
Tagging the mutuals who got me invested in this, and if you want to be tagged or untagged from these posts, lmk, or you can follow my blog or simply follow the tag "#bods wolf359 reactions". Anyone who has followed me for a while knows my updates are inconsistent, so I apologize in advance for that.
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Anyway on to the actual reactions. I did not intend on feeling ill today, but while I take a late lunch break, perhaps I can give a few episodes a listen.
Episode 7:
Interesting that the AI has her own emotions and can fight with them. I wonder what information she's withholding from the captain?
Wow Hilbert should have been a professional chess player instead. I think that would have saved everyone a lot of trouble.
Oh hush up Hilbert I don't trust you. Um...why do I think that Specimen 34 might have indoctrinated Hilbert in his (her? its? their????) cult?
Eiffel. DO NOT TELL HIM WHERE THE FERTILIZER IS!
Hopefully that lie will buy a little time.
"Soon you will be allowed to surrender to the growth of your biological superior" ... you know, for a "biologically superior" plant, it might want to try being a tad less ominous.
Mincowski, I like you, and I agree thus far, but listen. Hilbert is worshiping a plant now. This is a huge crisis. What if he uses it to cheat at chess?
Hera and Mincowski. Please. I think this is important. I think Hera needs to be more honest, at least for my sake, because I want the tea.
...Seed of life? ...THE OPPRESSOR? What. who is the oppressor?
Eiffel. Please just get to the point. 👏 Hilbert. 👏 Is. 👏 Worshipping. 👏 A. 👏 Plant. 👏
✨Maybe you should do something✨
"Audrey 2 territory" THERE IS A LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS REFERENCE! I KNEW IT!
Oh they're calling him a plant worshipper now. Finally, acknowledging it for what it is.
Oh dear. He's back.
THE BLESSED ETERNAL?
Wait. That can't be the end. The crew was gonna watch Home Alone 2!
Episode 8:
Huh. This is a cool title. "Box953", which is 359 backwards. Hm. You also get 365 if you scramble the numbers and rotate the 9.
Okay. No more about Commander Mincowski. What happened to the plant, oh I'm sorry, "the blessed eternal". That's such a long name. Can I just call him Percival? Percival the plant. Percy for short.
Talent show???
I do not want to know what Dr. Hilbert's talent is. Creating plant monsters?
Yeah. It is scary that you agree with Hilbert. Again, did I skip an episode??? Where did the plant go??? Where is Percy?
How often has Hilbert been knocking people out? I don't like this.
AND WHERE DID PERCY GO?
I'm sorry. You have a room with HUNDREDS of crates that you've never been into? Oh. Godard Futuristics? Corporate sponsor? I sense some backstory.
...Russian dolls???
(wait...Garrison...???)
Oh no eyes, don't like that. That's weird.
Box 239...paper? Santa letters??
Box 56...canon? Yeah I agree what is all this random stuff for?
Oh that's faster. A log that will tell what's in the boxes. 217 has Lego blocks? 300 has pieces for 3 full suits of armor? Is this like an amazon delivery ship?
"Please handle with a vague feeling of existential dread" always a great thing to read.
Box 953- reserved for Douglas Eiffel. Don't open.
What does that mean?
Hilbert. You were worshipping a plant. The commander singing is not a crisis. Oh, pirate costumes! This is shaping up to be quite the performance!
Does everyone else get a box too? And how is a room with hundreds of boxes go unnoticed after a year and a half. Are the boxes not in order?
Hilbert. I would also fire a shot past your head. The captain needs her ice cream! This insubordination will not stand.
Hilbert doesn't scream for ice cream. Hilbert only screams for the blessed eternal.
Oh and apparently ice cream too. Prioritizes.
And where is Hera? Oh Hera is here? Proud of her for getting into theater.
1,000 and something crates?
Oh. The errors and access denies hurt Hera? That's awful.
Wow. That's a big box.
"Keep closed at all times". Very ominous. Don't like the cold.
HUMMING FROM INSIDE THE BOX? That sounds like a heartbeat? Don't like that. Don't like it at all.
Yeah Eiffel. You can go. You can go and figure out why nothing on the ship makes sense.
Okay. Box open. Don't like those noises.
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Oh good he's back. ugh we still don't get to know about the box?
Box 56? OH THE CANON. OH BOY.
WAIT. NO. NO. PLEASE TELL ME WE DIDN'T LOSE THE BOXES. PLEASE. Wait. THEY DID? NOOOOOOOOOOOOO....
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Hilbert this was the ONE TIME you could have used your evil science talents for good you had ONE JOB.
There...there was a heartbeat in there. It scared me, and it could have been another evil plant, but...but what if it was a little friend? What if they killed him 🥺?
I wanted to know too Eiffel. I want to know too. This is so sad.
What were the boxes for? Why did Douglas have his own? Why couldn't Hera access it?
Well this was frustrating. I hope you all enjoyed it though.
Episode 9:
Yeah Eiffel. Space is dangerous. Maybe you should all just go home. After all, why do you have to stay here?
Yes please define safe. I don't think that's a simple question. I still wanna know about the blessed plant Percy. And the box.
Canaveral? Command? ...okay backstory the command center stopped giving them calls...I feel like they should have questioned that a bit more...
"The golden rose is ready for melting. Proceed with designation alpha. Beware 5: The empty man has awoken."
Nope. Turn around. Go home. Clearly something nefarious is a foot and WHO OR WHAT IS THE EMPTY MAN? Well, there are only two men on this ship that we know of, plus one woman and an AI. Oh, and about a thousand mysterious boxes which could contain alien life capable of surviving in space that just got launched into space, so I suppose one ought to account for that. Oh and the evil plant monster that seems to show up whenever the crew wants to avoid each other.
Godard futuristics again. Yeah they sure do have some explaining to do. TWO WEEKS TO GET A MESSAGE TO EARTH?
TWO WEEKS TO TELL PEOPLE YOU'RE IN DANGER?
Don't like that.
Don't like Hilbert's response either. He said "what? why?" not "no, why?". If the answer is no, just say no.
Oh more info!
"The andromedas are broken. The northern light should be reversed. Alert 4: The empty man approaches."
Um. What do the numbers mean? And are they telling 5 to beware of the empty man, or someone else to beware because 5 is the empty man?
"The frozen pages are blank. Decide what to do with the time that is given to you. Emergency 3: The empty man hungers."
...
Okay. So it looks like the numbers might be an extremely fast countdown.
...
Well at least there haven't been any more messages.
A lockdown is nice. Unless the monster is already inside.
Good idea: don't give Hilbert a gun.
Yep. there comes another message Eiffel. You had to tempt fate...oh shut up Hilbert I don't want to agree with you.
"The broken flower is in the vase. Don't listen to your eyes. Danger 2: The empty man sees you."
Maybe the empty man took the eyes from the Russian dolls.
OH MR. PRECIVAL PLANT AKA THE BLESSED ETERNAL IS STILL HERE????
Why. Why were they having a talent show? Should capturing and killing the plant not be priority one?
"There's no way out. There's no way out. But there is a way in. Danger 1: The empty man shall knock."
Okay so this is the second message with danger. It's an alert and level system. Beware, Alert, Emergency, Danger, with levels 1-5, with 1 being the worst. Okay.
...weird that they are warning them, and yet they seem to know exactly what the empty man is going to do. That doesn't really make sense.
Oh do NOT like that sound.
"0: The empty man is with you. Extreme Danger 0: The empty man is with you. Extreme Danger."
Is...are they the empty man? Or is the empty man...
"The proceeding six pulse beacon relays that you have received have been part of a psychological experiment. Please disregard the content of these messages and return to regular operational activities as soon as possible. Please report and clearly label any unusual crew behavior, deviation from protocol, or undue lack of decorum that resulted due to the transmission of these messages."
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Sounds exactly like what the empty man would say.
Suspicious.
Also if the "empty man" was with them...and apparently they can't trust their eyes...then theoretically, the seventh message might not say what they think it says. (Conspiracy theory????)
But my wild theories aside, this was extremely unethical. And I think we ALL know who would call that an experiment. HILBERT.
Wait Douglas used to work at pizza hut? Now he works in space? Uh, congrats on the promotion I guess.
Episode 10:
Oh Nitrogen tanks. Eiffel...I think you might have messed up...
✨Yessssssssssss✨
And...boom goes the Nitrogen!
"One of these days I'll actually kill you" I hope you don't. You two need to team up against Hilbert and his crazy-crazy experiments.
Wait...did they just discover a secret room? ONE HERA CAN'T EVEN SEE?
...so they're all working with limited information...
How did they hide such a huge room? Wouldn't they need to account for that while flying through space.
Dark medical lab. Well. That could be where Percy is hiding out.
GENETIC EXPERIMENTS ON SPIDERS TO MAKE THEM BIGGER?
No. No. No. No. No. No. No. Don't like it. I agree. Why wall it up?
Elia Selburg? I can't spell but let's see. "mixed results...specimen growth and development promising but extremely high levels of toxicity unintended side effect. Contact with live specimens extremely dangerous as shown with recent exposure trial. Captain Lovelace has ordered termination..."
Hold on. Lovelace? I've heard that name, I've seen that name before I blocked the tags I think.
Why wall it up? PROBABLY FOR YOUR SAFETY.
Maybe it was walled up to keep something in!
Oh no. Looks like Hera agrees with me.
"What has it been eating?"
Probably the other spiders.
Well Eiffel's done for once again. He was a good character while he lasted. 🫡
Why would you not tell the crew about the secret lab with dangerous spiders? Tell them so they know to keep it walled up! WHO is keeping all these secrets and WHY are they keeping all the secrets?
The sneeze of death. Put your finger under your nose. That will do it.
Nice of him to leave Hera in his will.
Aw the spider is cuddling for warmth. Eiffel has a little friend. A poisonous, deadly friend who has killed and will kill again.
Oh no he snapped.
...but was that the only spider...????
At least Eiffel is okay. And it does look like it was just the one...
...I hope they're right. If they really wanted to be terrifying they could have had it be a pregnant spider. You kill one of those things and BAM! All the baby spiders, hundreds of thousands everywhere. Everywhere. Don't ask how I know this. You don't want to know.
Oh...archives and notebooks. Interesting. I hope we get a chance to look through those.
Well I have actual work I need to try to go but this has been fun. I hope I get some more answers soon, but I am enjoying the mysteries. Thanks everyone for reading, and have a great day!
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backtothegaypilot · 2 months
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Dice Club Episode 22 liveblog let's go
• ooh the music is beautiful
• okay this is a Venus backstory episode that's fun 👀
• classic "bumping into someone and making them drop their stuff and then helping them pick it up" meet-cute with a sketchy but sweet stranger
• Venus was like well I don't want to go home yet. might as well help out this possible fugitive (and that's so valid of her)
• this Kane guy is charming to be fair. Suspicious (?)
• Venus 😭😭😭😭 you can stay in my spare room you don't need to go with the sketchy pirate 😭
• ship name drop hello Despair we've met before
• listen this Kane guy is so far sweet if very forward. Is he secretly evil or is he going to die????
• ah. yikes
• Venus again you can sleep on my air mattress okay this guy is not it. Horrible
• oh man this is intense besties. Venus do you want to kill him together please
• oh noo not a pregnancy 😭
• yikes that murder is murdering? Executing those people what is wrong with him
• Venus run away or murder him and steal his ship please please
• well someone named Shepherd can't possibly be evil at least
• so Venus has an entire child?? What happened to him !
• I too went to eight years of mathematics school 🙏🙏
• gee this living situation is idyllic. Sure hope nothing bad happens to it
• nothing bad happened to it? Huh.
• wait so Venus' ship the Hope was renamed to the Despair (II) ? That's harsh
• Venus the Robin Hood pirate do you know I love you
• teach your child that he should beat people up over a few oranges 🍊 this is good parenting if you also teach him how to beat people up successfully
• boy I am worried about how Venus will end up in the podcast plot. Is Apollo okay
• birthday party 😭 they've been happy for fourteen years
• THE MUSIC!!! HELLO!
• uh oh besties confrontation is coming
• Apollo wants to beat up his shit dad hell yeah kid. I am. SO worried
• boarding! the tense music. I am going to explode I think
• I feel like in the long term killing Kane's ass maybe will have been the better option but I respect that Venus makes brave good choices. Proud of her 🥺
• she's such a good mom 😭
• noooooo what happened next. Please is the boy okay
• oh god I am going to explode. Why would you do this to me
• are you telling me he's dead. No no no
• why 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 not the baby
• i'm crying
• hey dice club what the fuck.
• everyone crying on the voice chat too 😭 yeah.......
• and she wears his jewellery now😭😭😭
• THE DOOR IS CARVED WITH LITTLE LINES THAT SHOW HOW TALL HE'S GOTTEN. GABBS I'M ON YOUR LAWN
• we can't go back to the plot yet I'm busy having feelings over here
• Cyrus: oh uhhh hey people. The group: *weeping in each other's arms* Cyrus: ookay *jumps off the ship*
• at least there's handholding 🥲
• hey dice club. hey dice club. what the fuck even
• google search how to sue podcast for emotional damages
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ethtyn · 1 year
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etho's limlife #5 pov liveblog
oh good. bdubs is just. here.
not the boogeyman. so my initial supposition was incorrect [squints]
uhmmm the group screenie moment with bdubs halfway up a ladder to look shorter 😭 goodbye.
"i'm washed up at pvp, i don't know the answers to these questions anymore" WAAAAAAH
"the BITES lawncare service" HELP LOL
this post
WHERE THE FUCK ARE THE BAD BOYS. WHAT ARE THEY DOING IN ALL OF THIS.
"if they ask me why we did it, i have no clue, to be honest (laughs)" GHGNFNF. (from between gritted teeth, affectionately) i can't stand you.
SCREAM i am dying at Etho crouching in the water elevator listening to jimmy monologue to his commenters. "wait, where are you??" PLEASE.
...shrieker in the TIES base. 🫵🏻 Cleo.
"why does everybody call me a traitor?!" "you put a shrieker in our base!" "(laughs) oh, yeah, Mom told me to do that." SEE. CLEO.
"i love it when we're pranked by people who don't know how things work" pfffft damn tango go off
obsessed w Etho apparently immediately sniffing out the bad boys in TIES' base. "this is just embarrassing at this point" to hysterical laughter from the BBs. j'adore.
"Jimmy. you're a BAD BOY." "i'm a very bad boy." 🥴🥴🥴
tell me the bad boys are not wearing priest skins. like i'm sure they're supposed to look like regular suits but THEY LOOK LIKE PRIESTS i'm. this is. hm
deviation for. this post
"i would be here all the time if it was allowed!" "you're allowed. you could be a Clocker." IMMEDIATELY LOOKS AT BDUBS. "i could, couldn't i" in the softest voice. i am ripping up my pillow with my teeth.
SORRY. BDUBS PLACING TNT AND CLEO AND SCAR JUMPING AWAY WHILE ETHO'S JUST LIKE "this is nice 😌". IM CLAWING AT MY OWN FACE.
"i especially like that Cleo's been quiet. that's my favourite part of this whole supper." first of all it's dinner not supper you Canadian fuck (/aff), SECONDABLE you are. really going hard on the "not afraid of Cleo anymore" exposure therapy today sir. i love it keep going
KIDS DO YOU WANT TO GO PLAY CATCH RIGHT NOW. SITS DOWN AND WATCHES INTENTLY. HI ANON I AM THINKING OF YOUR OUT OF CONTEXT SPOILERS RN.
fucking JCNCKFNCKDNCKF. insults Cleo, fails to find the button to the iron door, gets slapped for his troubles. I AM EATING SO GOOD RN
bro i. my mouth is open. jaw is flapping. this is some roleplay all right. also i love being right, there are TNT minecarts involved which means this is going to end Horribly.
IM SCREAMING. I WATCHED THAT BACK LIKE FIVE TIMES. there are literal tears in my eyes that was funnier than i possibly could ever have anticipated. AND ALSO BOTH OF THEM DIED IM FUCKING CACKLING.
i feel like i can HEAR Etho wondering if he'll need to edit out Scar's "banging" comment LMFAO
aaddhdnckfkg Joel's "ETHO?! disgusting" after Scar tattled on him in chat HELLO?
??????????? Scar crits him like. at least twice when they go back inside and Etho's just. so blasé about it. "he's going through his angsty teenage phase, i should leave" and Scar LETS HIM. the dynamics here are confusing me. i need to watch Scar's video. (i will confess to not keeping up with the Clockers since the first couple of episodes since Bdubs isn't uploading 😔)
Grian's "WHAT?!" after Etho admitted he didn't know why he blew up the bridge made me go into a coughing fit i laughed so hard. don't smoke, kids /srs
"i still have your sword, so if you ever need something from me—" sicko ha ha yessss dot jpeg. GIVE ME GRITHOOOOOO
bdubs crouching in a corner pointing a crossbow at Etho with his shield up and Etho is Still having a casual conversation. WHAT ARE THE DYNAMICS HERE?!
sorry, are you telling me. that Scott heard Etho say "uhhhh....yep" LIKE THAT in response to his question about whether that spot was how you access the farm loot and STILL WENT DOWN THERE? i'm also shocked that Martyn wasn't like "what do you mean, "tell them""
GODDAMMIT. who triggered it. i wanted to see that dynamic shift so bad.
KCNCMFMFM he is SO BAD at lying. it was a good decision to interrogate Jimmy first to confirm the Mean Gills' findings bc i don't think that man can tell when someone is lying to him Ever.
the unconvincing "whaaaat"s when Etho then goes to Joel & Grian 😭😭😭😭😭😭
OH GOD THAT FISHING ROD SNAG SCARED ME TOO. their little giggles 😭
NOT THE RED HOT PANTS, SKIZZ
uhm. episode conclusion: Etho is the Disneyland Dad™.
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thessalian · 8 months
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Astrid vs the Nautiloid Vessel
First, meet Astrid:
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Bard extraordinaire, and the closest I've ever been able to come to the original Astrid when I was playing WoD lo these many years ago. Astrid was my way of exploring the WoD's dark grittiness on very different terms than the usual; most people lean into the dark broodingness of it all, so I made the most cheerful and optimistic person alive, partly to see how much she could take. I did not expect the response I got to her - nearly everybody absolutely adored her, and got a little bit surprised by how subtly nasty she could get to actual threats. She's the one who had the time-delayed rote that would have any vampire who tasted her blood feel like their blood was on fire ... and would feel like their blood was on fire when they tasted any blood for three months. Her take on it: "I warned them..."
Anyway. On with the liveblog.
Scene: a burning Nautiloid ship:
Lae'zel: RAAA KILL YOU, THRALL!
Astrid: Um ... no thank you?
Mind-Sharing Thing: *happens*
Lae'zel: It is ... abominably cheerful, in your head. And what is that?!?
Astrid: You ... know what they are. I mean, technically an intellect devourer, but I helped them, so they're nice to me. Then again, that might have something to do with having treated the haematoma that had them too swollen for the skull they were in, and since I couldn't fix the whole ... being an intellect devourer now thing, I settled for a little bit of medical treatment. I think I might have made them a little more docile during the procedure but I didn't mean to...
Lae'zel: Please. Stop.
Astrid: Oh. Sorry. Anyway, this is Us. Us, meet ... Lae'zel? Am I pronouncing that right?
Lae'zel: *glares*
Astrid: Manners are a thing!
Lae'zel: Ugh. No matter how ... insufferably nice you are, you might at least be of some use to get to the helm. I don't need to run faster than the abominations; I just need to run faster than you. Now help me deal with the imps.
Astrid: ...Okay. *turns to imps; voice goes Vicious Mockery resonance* A PLAGUE RAT FUCKED YOUR MOM!
Imp: *straight up dies*
Lae'zel: ......................
Astrid: This is why I'm nice to people. If I'm not ... that can sometimes happen.
Lae'zel: ...noted.
Later:
Lae'zel: Why are you rooting around this place like some kind of deranged pack rat?
Astrid: I don't know how it works where you're from, but most of the places we're probably going to escape to tend to want money for important things like ... you know, food. Anyway, there's that one lady banging on the pod over there and I want to find a rune that fits that machine...
Lae'zel: What did I tell you about touching things?!?
Astrid: She's trapped! You saw what happened to the last one! This one's at least responding! ...Plus she has an awful lot of really great curse words I'm looking forward to fitting into my repertoire...
Lae'zel: We have no time for this, you--
Astrid: ...and if you let me finish, look at her armour! Her circlet! She is a cleric! Tell me that a cleric wouldn't come in handy right now!
Lae'zel: ...Ugh, fine.
Astrid: *finds rune; frees Shadowheart*
Shadowheart: You keep dangerous company.
Astrid: *raises eyebrows, gestures at the absolute carnage all over the place*
Shadowheart: Fair point. We stand a better chance together.
Lae'zel: You will follow my orders!
Astrid; Shadowheart: How about no?
Lae'zel: ...Hate you both.
Later still, at the helm
Lae'zel: Get to the helm! I'll hold these creatures!
Shadowheart: How about we listen to the suicidal warrior-gith, hmm?
Astrid: Ummmmm ... nope. *Vicious Mockery Voice* HEY! YOU! I'M TALKING TO YOU, YOU STRAWBERRY-COLOURED MOCKERY OF A HELLSPAWN!
Imp: *straight-up dies like the last one*
Shadowheart: ........Or you can keep yelling insults until everything around us is dead. That works too.
Several dead imps later
Lae'zel: I won't reach that in time; it's too far!
Astrid: Nyoom! *dashes over and connects a thing*
Lae'zel: ...what the--?
Astrid: That one imp's father was a plague-rat; mine was a wood elf. Now let's-- Oop.
Dragon: *breathes fire at basically everything*
Astrid: Oh nuts... Okay, maybe it works like lute strings... *twangs single connected bit of tentacle weird*
Nautiloid Vessel: *blinks into existence over some beachy area or other, dropping parasite infectees like confetti*
Astrid: Oh nuts-- *is hit on head with rock and knocked out of ship* shouldvelearnedfeatherfallshouldvelearnedfeatherfall yeeeeek!
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sleepymarmot · 3 months
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Vertigo (1958)
[Watched on August 28th]
Please enjoy a liveblog of me watching this classic completely blind and having An Experience. (But only if you’ve seen it yourself, because this is one of the films that work much better when you know nothing in advance.)
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The first scene between the man and the woman was the height of “as you know”. They just talk and talk in exposition while I spend several minutes trying to figure out whether they’re a couple or father and daughter.
I decided to watch this film right now because I know it was brought up in Laura Mulvey’s article about male gaze and wanted to read it without getting spoiled, and I don’t know what exactly she said about it, but I immediately noticed how the man is filmed “objectively” but the woman is shown through his eyes, following his line of sight.
Glad I know nothing about the plot because I’m genuinely intrigued.
Has she really not noticed an extremely obvious trail even once?
Oh my god I misread the dates on the headstone as the 20th century instead of the 19th and kept thinking Carlotta died just before the events of the movie. Well, this makes more sense now!
Really pretty shots with the Golden Gate Bridge.
My late grandmother must have looked a lot like the main character when she was young… They were probably born around the same time, she wears her hair in a similar way to what I remember...
Bro I know she’s the other main character and the two of you are probably going to have at least some romantic tension, but why are you grabbing her hand like that, she’s married to your friend…
I am hoping more and more that we’ll get a recap of the entire film from her POV at some point. Like her hiding in the hotel room when he came in to check, or listening in to his conversation with her husband on the phone.
This black-and-white outfit slaps
I’m glad I know nothing about this movie because I genuinely have no idea whether it’s going to be supernatural or not
I didn’t expect her to die so soon. There’s 45 minutes left! So what now? Has the husband been driving her mad to take possession of the inheritance? Is the film going to be about him from now on?
Damn, the effects in this dream sequence did NOT age well
I like how the film draw attention to the 50s pretty women looking indistinguishable. I kept wondering whether Midge and Madeleine were played by the same actress!
Huh, I suspected that she threw a fake body, but didn’t think she wasn’t alone!
Oh, so the dead body wasn’t fake, the living one was.
The film really shifted POVs, and not in a way I expected. Now we know what she’s thinking but have no idea what the fuck he is.
Oh I bet there’s class commentary on this too. I can see where the gender commentary is. I thought the perfect alluring image of upper class white femininity, mysterious and vulnerable, was just a patriarchal cinema convention, but it’s actually constructed even within the fictional universe! What a pity, to know that a man does not want a real you, only a mirage designed to be as stereotypically attractive as possible. “If I let you change me, will that do it? If I do what you tell me, will you love me?” “Yes. Yes.” “All right. All right, then, I’ll do it. I don’t care anymore about me.”
Either he has figured it out and is trying to set up a trap for the murdering husband, or he’s oblivious and poor Judy needs to grab her IDs and run far far away asap
Like, I have to be fair to the dude. From his perspective, he found a woman who is somehow an exact copy of an innocent who’s been murdered by a ghost. He’s living in a fairytale now, as far as he’s concerned she might as well be some magical changeling and if he believes enough he can bring his beloved back or something.
It’s amazing how makeup can change a face — she’s a great beauty as Madeleine and barely noticeable in Judy’s garish facepaint
Oh no is he going to push her into the bay now
“One final thing I have to do.” Nooo motherfucker
“And then, I’ll be free of the past.” Noooo
Oh he’s not pushing her into the water, he’s pushing her off the top floor
Can she push him off instead? Please Mr Hitchcock
Noo why did she kill herself at the last second??
What? That’s the end? He didn’t even jump after her?
Well this was a great movie until literally the last minute. RIP
Why are women so in love with this below average guy anyway???
Rating: between 8 and 9, I think.
[End of liveblog]
Full disclosure: I am publishing this “review” months after watching the film itself, because after reading Mulvey’s “Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema” I fell into a research rabbit hole, got my hands onto a bunch of academic writing on the film, and didn’t want to post my thoughts on the film until I went through it all, in case my future self wanted to make this movie review double as literature review.
I read “Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema” immediately after watching the film (fighting for my life throughout the psychoanalytical sections, and skipping the paragraphs about the films I haven’t seen yet). Turns out, the analysis of Vertigo takes up only two and a half paragraphs, but it spoils everything so I’m glad I watched the film first. These paragraphs are, of course, quite insightful, except for one weird part where the author describes Judy’s acquiescence to Scottie’s demands as “exhibitionism” and “masochism”. I hope these words had very different connotations half a century ago, because this sounds like downright victim-blaming to me. The current day meaning of these words would imply that Judy enjoyed what was happening, and she made it very clear that she didn’t.
Another essay, “‘The look,’ narrativity, and the female spectator in Vertigo”, written by Karen Hollinger more than a decade later, is a more thorough analysis of this film alone that takes into account the shifts in POV I mentioned in the liveblog above, but to my disappointment, it also describes Judy’s attempts to mollify Scottie as “masochistic”. For the sake of my own sanity, I’m going to assume that word really meant something else in old academic writing.
“The Critic as Consumer: Film Study in the University, Vertigo, and the Film Canon” by Virginia Wright Wexman is a much more grounded essay: it does away with psychoanalysis and talks about the film in the context of its production, which was pretty informative, as well as provides the class commentary I wished for in the liveblog. It was enjoyable to read an analysis based on the material realities of the world that actually exist, and not on someone’s fever dreams. This might be my first dive into this corner of academia, and I was unpleasantly surprised to see people spend so much effort on a methodology that seemed so obviously inadequate to me.
I went through 5+ more articles in addition to the ones I named above, but that reading had diminishing returns. The more I read, the more familiar with the material I became, and the less interesting it was to read other people’s analysis, especially because I kept disagreeing with it. Broadening my horizons in this way was pretty fun and I don’t exactly regret it, but the process wasn’t a great use of my time and energy, and actively demotivated me from watching more films because after months and months I still wasn’t done with this one.
Here’s something I learned from one of the articles: there doesn’t seem to be a singular canonical explanation for whether Judy fell accidentally or jumped to her death on purpose. The initial screenplay, which I found online, indicates it was an accident; Kim Novak herself said in an interview that it was suicide. Not only did Hitchcock not show what happened, he didn’t seem to bother to either inform the actress of his interpretation or come up with one at all. That's how little he, and therefore the film itself, cared about the main female character. Nothing matters but the man and his trauma. Scottie’s storyline is concluded poetically regardless of the reason why Judy falls, but Judy’s own storyline is literally dropped as if it was never there.
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agendratum · 2 years
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tagged by @kissporsche​​​ for this one, thank you aagain!!
NAME: yana
SIGN: for some reason i feel... inclined... to use... a gif.......
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(a virgo)
HEIGHT: 173cm (you go figure out what it is in your numbers people i still don’t get it)
TIME: like right now? 1:31am
BIRTHDAY: very soon actually!!
FAVOURITE ARTIST/BAND: i don’t really have one cause i listen to like, stuff, on and off, but my initial instinct was to say mother mother, so here you go
LAST MOVIE: again, terminator 2
LAST SHOW: .........................kinnporsche
WHEN I CREATED THIS BLOG: i guess before 2015, but the archive doesn’t go further than that :C but this is my second blog on tumblr, since i moved out of the spn infested one
WHAT I POST: memes of questionable quality, gifs, liveblogs of me going nuts over some blorbos, a lot of reblogs
OTHER BLOGS: @linkletrieswitchcraft​ is where i keep all the text posts for memeing purposes (can you tell by the url that it wasn’t its original purpose?) and then there is another one that’s basically empty
DO I GET ASKS: sometimes, usually it’s fun, occasionally weird, but honestly asks are always welcome and at least they’re like an experience for sure
AVERAGE HOURS OF SLEEP: i’d say it varies from 10 to 4, so an average is 7? nice
WHAT I'M WEARING: a sleeveless t-shirt and some shorts
DREAM JOB: goddddddddddddddddd. not that being god is my dream job. maybe ask me again in 10 years and then i’ll have it figured out.
DREAM TRIP: at this point? anywhere at all
ok that’s depressing aklsds i actually would still call japan my dream destination. i would just love to see that place
FAVOURITE SONGS (and quotes from them, just for some spice):
поговори со мною ольга (talk to me, olga) - ночные снайперы (nochnye snaipery) (i already translated it like 3 years ago)
Поговори со мною, Ольга О судьбах нашей страны Мы скоро с тобой будем ей не нужны
Please talk to me, my dear Olga About the fate of our land It won’t need us soon, it was already planned
let’s fall in love - mother mother
Mommy did it, daddy did it Even though I bet they wish they really didn't
the foundation of decay - my chemical romance
You must fix your heart And you must build an altar where it rests When the storm decays and the sky it rains Let it flood, let it flood, let it wash away
tagging wwwwwhoooever wants to do it, i’m so lost, it took so long, it’s nOT 1:31am anymore lkajsd but hey @greenwitching​​ @vegasandhishedgehog​​ @the-rat-king-shriggy​​ @sugarbabywenkexing​​  hey hey
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“A Joyful Lens” liveblog!
I know I’ve been kind of delayed on these but I want to watch the finale as soon as I can, so this liveblog is happening tonight LMAO.
RIP bingo for this one, I did not have time, and I don't have time for the finale either. I've been really busy, and work has me working weird hours, so I'm really sorry about that.
As always, spoilers under the cut!
0:58 it’s really fucking creepy how he sicced a kid on number two. Creepy ass child
1:21 just let him drink it dude
1:46 welp there she goes
2:09 well there goes that plan
2:22 “I could not poison my own brother” my guy it’s not poison
2:34 what the
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3:03 I love that they have a code between each other LOL
3:10 “it’s our own system we made up to classify bug and animal threats to the farm and dictate our response” LMAO THOSE CUTE ASS NERDS
3:29 “I’ve stared down the barrel of Curtain’s brainsweeper. I’m fine staying put.” MY BABY GIRL KNOWING WHEN TO STEP ASIDE
3:35 “run silent, run deep.” REFERENCE TO THE INSTITUTE BREAK-IN
3:52 “thirty seconds pretty much guarantees they’ll be too far away to see our movements.” LMAO i take back everything I said earlier but at least my girl’s funny as fuck 4:13 straight jackets? really?
4:32 he is stone fucking cold. That's the face of a kid who rightfully held a grudge
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4:47 you’d think the happiness technique thing wouldn’t make Constance lose her contrarian nature, just make it have a pleasant flare. It goes to show how much it’s truly altering these people
4:55 “just pull it.” why does he know how a straight jacket works
5:03 she ripped that thing off like tearaway pants LMAO
5:14 “that’s not my way, you know that Sticky” I hate that he’s already trying to appeal to him
5:48 yikies
6:01 and now time for the lovely intro. I really do like the style, I don’t think I’ll ever get tired if the vibe
7:06 it makes me sad that she was so unhappy, but at the same time it’s upsetting that it’s being achieved through manipulation and hypnotism
7:11 it really does seem similar to a manic episode
7:28 “but when I think with my mind I just want to resist with all my might” smart. Please listen to yourself
7:42 “what if you just don’t think as much? What if everything’s just fine?” this sounds like a neurotypical person trying to tell someone to just not be anxious
7:53 wtf is happening
8:03 again wtf is happening. This is like two drunk people pretending they’re sober
8:05 oh lord it’s both of them now hahahah
8:21 okay the hard cut was really fucking funny
8:25 is the two of them screaming out a song going to be an important plot point for the gang reuniting hahahah
8:34 “...wolves?” LMAOOOO
8:40 what on earth
8:45 OOP
9:11 “blink once if they have this room bugged” yikes
9:18 “sir, you’re dressed in the faded rags of a hostage” tell me why that reminded me of gert’s “the tower” (gert if you’re reading this i love that fic and its additions so fucking much)
9:24 “I’m getting my own soon” if they’re anything less than a loud yellow im suing
9:26 “I requested yellow” girl you’ve been hypnotized for like 5 minutes when did you have the time to do that
9:36 what is wrong with this child
9:52 rip rhonda and milligan’s free will
9:59 “it’s like a… horse-camel.” does Kate not know what a llama is??
10:29 Constance looks like she jumped right out of Hansel and Gretel
10:58 “I know I tease you, Sticky, but the truth is that I enjoy your scientific facts.” I wonder how much truth there actually is to that
11:24 AWWWW. I know Constance would not do that when not under the influence but it’s so sweet
11:27 “...what’s wrong with her” she didn’t even hesitate
12:07 oh my gosh actually?? Smooth. And very smart to keep up the act so that they can meet up with the other two
12:30 “you two need to blend in” as if they aren’t already on curtain and his team’s hit list
12:38 ew is this like a PR thing
12:51 I really don’t like the phrase “reach into someone’s mind”. Very brainsweeper-adjacent of you
13:07 is this supposed to be a masterclass or some shit
13:29 “and soon all of you will be ready to share your gifts with the world” this is getting very Whisperer-takeover-adjacent of you
13:35 I’m sorry but Milligan you look ridiculous
13:36 I love how they somehow managed to make the four maintain some aspect of their personal styles in their hobo clothes. Reynie has a collar popped for fuck’s sake LOL
14:04 happiness centers?? This is the same but opposite of the books’ SAD cases and facilities
14:10 yikes, they’re operating them? Curtain must be fully convinced that he has control over their minds at this point. Scary
14:17 another one bites the dust
14:24 “I got it, they’re undercover.” Sticky I love you but do you think Mr Benedict is that good of an actor. Like Milligan and Rhonda I get, they are skilled as hell, but he would never be able to keep his cool around his brother like that
14:32 oh that made me so sad, I saw how ecstatic Miss Perumal looked
14:46 wait it happened that quickly? You get one neck pain and then 10 minutes later you’re fully catatonic?
15:05 of course the guy it happened to was conveniently on a wheelie chair
15:27 I really don’t like the implications of “worldwide happiness revolution”
15:37 Mr B looks incredibly concerned. Did he break out of it? Is it possible to break out of it? Is it possible to feel things other than happiness? I have so many questions
16:28 “they seem… very happy to be with you.” fake asf
16:44 ohh Reynie sweetheart
17:15 ohhhhh Kate
17:35 “there is no point to that emotion” dude’s fucked
17:42 “you guys are so convincing!” “thanks :D of what :D” incredible
18:01 “we love it here Sticky, and you will too.” fucking creepy
18:38 “it’s only natural to want others to be as miserable as you are” I mean there’s her usually biting tone but also huhhhh
18:58 Garrison team up part 2 electric boogaloo
19:09 LMAO SHE YOINKED THE NOTEBOOK
19:40 oop they weren’t in unison that time
19:52 cover’s blown
21:13 “a correlation. Which is not the same as a causation.” just say you’re in denial and go
21:40 “and next time, do not bring me a problem for which you have no solution” so what I’m hearing is that homeboy doesn’t want to held responsible
21:57 AWW REUNION TIME
22:02 I GET THAT THEYRE MENTALLY COMPROMISED BUT MY HEART IS SO HAPPY SEEING THEM HUG
22:37 why does she write her r’s like that
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22:37 I mean I get that it's a font but still
22:46 “optics. You mean like shining a bright light in someone’s eye?” don’t tell me they’re about to strobe people into awareness
23:06 “I’ve successfully stolen several items recently.” Kate, my love, I’m so proud of you LMAO
24:02 I’m really enjoying this compilation, each person is contributing in ways that play to all of their skills so dang well
24:19 that’s right, now learn to appreciate your dad’s contributions
24:36 “50/50… maybe…. 40/60?” loving the confidence lol. What a weird ass solution
24:49 it is so deeply strange seeing them all frolicking
25:01 I find it hilarious that the hippy pants don’t have belt buckles so Kate had to make a sash for her bucket
25:22 good grief. I know I said it earlier but it’s like they’re drunk off their asses
25:24 so did Mr B just like… forget about what he saw or
25:35 “that… is an unexpected vision.” agreed
25:47 “where’s my dad? Let’s start with him.” she can pretend she’s not worried about him all she wants but I will simply not believe her
25:57 okay so he didn’t forget. But he’s still dancing. So does the hypnosis thing kind of interject happiness into everything else, like force it to the front no matter what? Is that why he’s so chill? I still don’t quite understand how this works logistically
26:03 “and I knew I should feel something but I couldnt, which terrified me” okay so that does kind of answer my question, from what Mr B’s saying it negates other feelings to the point of overriding them
26:22 Milligan my guy chew with your mouth closed
26:42 I know he’s compromised but I think he would’ve responded the same way if he wasn’t because he’s so soft for her
26:54 “you are an amazing person, Kate Wetherall.” “I have strong genes.” AOJSDLFKSJDLF
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26:54 THEY ARE SO PRECIOUS
27:19 moment of truth
27:28 “...you deliberately misled me at the gates.” LMAO HE’S BACK AND HE’S BITTER
27:45 MY HEART CAN’T HANDLE THEM
27:57 “looks like you’ve gotten acclimated :D” creepy
28:34 RHONDA’S FACE HAHAHAH she’s like “I can’t believe this shit”
28:43 “Oh, can it wait? I’m vibing.” drunk queen energy lol
28:53 “trust me.” “and I do, with my life” LSKDFJLIDSFJ AWWWWW
29:07 they’re going to be a problem if they’re watching so closely
29:13 first of all, don’t J&J recognize them from school?? LOL. second, called it
29:58 why did they have to tackle him like that adfjlafj
30:06 “my shoulder! It’s dislocated!” “STAY WITH ME” “it’s just my shoulder but thank you!” these two hahahhaa
30:58 “she gets a vote now?” in this house I demand respect for Miss Perumal 😤
31:52 “us :)” awwwwww
32:18 so is he like trying to do it to himself or
32:21 he WAS damnit that’s sad
32:28 equal parts sad and creepy. This is a desperate man
32:47 LMAO HUH
33:08 so number two’s original plan is in action lol. He is in a literal body bag
33:47 LMAOOOOO they’re fucking zoomin
34:06 why do they call them the greys too? Like.. don't they have an actual name for them. Like, say. Recruiters
So I did this liveblog in a few parts, but as I’m typing this it’s Wednesday night. I’m about to watch the finale.
34:24 idk why I gasped bc I knew it was coming
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Damn, this season really took a hard left LOL. I have 0 idea what to expect for the finale. See you guys there!
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ntshastark · 2 years
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fuck it, i’m gonna finish this thing today
Bridgerton Season 2 liveblog: Part 5 (eps 7-8)
Episode 7
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penelope bby do you have a fucking death wish???? like, i’m not even trying to be cute, this is literally treason
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AN ICON, A LEGEND
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listen, i love them so much
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LISTEN
THIS IS SO FUCKING FUNNY
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NOT ANTHONY AND KATE HAVING TO BE FORCEDLY KEPT AT OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE ROOM BECAUSE THEY’RE JUST TOO FUCKING HORNY
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- Chris Van Dusen, once I get my hands on him
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ALL, AGAIN, LITERALLY FUCKING TREASON
YOU KNOW, THAT CRIME YOU CAN BE HANGED FOR
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my mother coming pick me up at university
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why is he like this
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THIS IS JUST SO GOOD, THEY’RE LITERALLY GONNA SEND HIM TO HORNY JAIL
BUT ALSO, WOULD YOU LOOK AT THAT
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TURNS OUT THEY DID READ THE BOOK AFTER ALL!
(and this apparently is all i’m getting from my beloved office scene 🥲)
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god i really don’t care about any of this, i just want to see kathony
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spend some time staring at her........ necklace......... did you
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NÃO ME INTERESSA SE ELA É COROAAAA, PANELA VELHA É QUE FAZ COMIDA BOA 🎶🎶🎶
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I’M ACTUALLY FUCKING SOBBING, THIS IS THE HARDEST I’VE CRIED SINCE EDMOND’S DEATH
ANTHONY’S RELATIONSHIP WITH GREGORY AND HYACINTH IS MY WEAK SPOT
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well
fuck
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WELL
FUCK
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WELL
FUCK
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THE MISS SHARMA -> KATE TRANSITION, I KNEW IT WAS COMING BUT IT STILL FUCKED ME UP
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Episode 8
that poor man is just a bunch of traumas under a trench coat
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WHAT IS SHE DOING THERE AGAIN
DOES NO ONE IN THIS SERIES FUCKING KNOWS THAT TREASON IS A CRIME???????????????
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oh i LOVE this wig
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oh babe your brother got there first
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oh, anthony.................
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i remember a tweet complaining that half an hour before the season finished anthony and kate still weren’t together so i keep glancing at the time to see when can i start to get my hopes up
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hey i just remembered lord dorset
por onde anda lord dorset, um beijo lord dorset
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OH FUCKING HELL ELOISE
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i refuse to believe london isn’t big enough for two modistes, my suspension of disbelief simply does not go that far
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zzzzzz
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this dude enjoys a guilt trip doesn’t he
(i’m back to team phillip if you couldn’t tell)
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i could only dream of my hair on a good day looking like hers does after a week in bed
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missed the bicons wallowing in self-pity together tbh
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OH
OH THEY’RE ABOUT TO MAKE ME CRY AREN’T THEY
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WELL THEY’VE DONE IT, I’M CRYING
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I’M A SOBBING MESS
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I’D LIKE TO BRING THIS SCREENSHOT BACK, NOW UNDER MUCH BETTER CIRCUMSTANCES
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just dropping these here
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GOD I LOVE BLENDED FAMILIES SO MUCH, SHOUT OUT TO BLENDED FAMILIES, GOTTA BE ONE OF MY FAVOURITE GENDERS
AND I’M GONNA NEED A SCENE OF ELOISE TALKING TO KATE ABOUT OLIVER AND AMANDA ON SEASON 5 OR WHICHEVER, PLEASE
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oh my god i had no idea how much of a quadrilha still came directly from the quadrille (speaking of which, only 25 days till june 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻)
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i quite missed philippa, actually
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oh fuck they actually brought eloise
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OH SHIT SHE KNOWS
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OH SHIT????????????????
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damn the polin girlies are eating GOOD this episode
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this combined with her wearing yellow/orange after a whole season of only blue and purple??? poetic cinema
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DIMPLE
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A VICTORY FOR THE KATHONY/NILEY INTERSECTION OF THE MENTAL ILLNESSES VENN DIAGRAM
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HE’S LITERALLY SUPPOSED TO BE COURTING HER GRANDDAUGHTER WHEN THIS TAKES PLACE, I-
CAN SOMEONE PLEASE JUST BRING IN MY DUDE LUMLEY
OR MR BAGWELL, DO WE HAVE ANY MR BAGWELLS IN THE CROWD????
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well...
fuck
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YEAH MR COUSIN JACK, YOU CLEARLY FORGOT WHAT THE M IN MILF STANDS FOR
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YEAH THAT’S WHAT I SAID
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OH MY GOD IT’S HAPPENING (DEROGATORY)
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the polin girlies just threw up everything they ate
(and, damn, at least in the book he was talking to his brothers, and she had a chance to give a killer answer)
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3 dead, 5 wounded
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GOD I LOVE THESE TOO BITCHES SO MUCH
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OH NO THEY FIRED JULIE ANDREWS
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oh wait nvm
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bruh, simone’s body 🥵🥵🥵🥵
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MOMMA DAPHNE SUPREMACY
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PALL-MALL AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PLEASE LET THEM DO ONE EVERY SEASON PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE MAKE THIS THEIR VERSION OF B99′S HALLOWEEN HEIST, I’LL EVEN FORGIVE THEM FOR MUTILATING MY FAVOURITE BOOK IN THE SERIES PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE
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I WOULD GIVE MY LIFE FOR THEM
AND NOW THEIR SEASON IS OVER AND I FEEL LIKE I DIDN’T GET NEARLY ENOUGH OF THEM THIS IS A FUCKING CRIME I DEMAND THEY TAKE OVER POLIN’S SCREENTIME AS PAYBACK
also, not enough newton
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castle-dominion · 7 months
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castle 6x17 the belly of the beast
the russassin episode liveblog
meh I honestly don't feel like doing a plot heavy ep rn. It sounds draining.
uwu not your husband? lmao this is so cute
Okay, stop describing my life. RC: Yeah, I find deadlines … inspiring.
"You could convince me <3" "yes we do that's so true"
She is not on call babe.
sus I like how at least becks tried to tell gates she wasn't on call
I love ryspockett sm. More bras sthan a marching band lol "detective?" *three detectives are there*
Why is this so quiet tho? Why not let ryan in? english better than we do lol.
Inter act.
Yeah of COURSE she attempted suicide when y'all leveraged her into this.
lol beckett russian moments
sus. I'd take ryan in on this. Heck I read a fanfiction where beckett is all like "ooh trauma" & castles like 'see someone' "wdym? a shrink?" 'no' "castle I love you but i ain't talkin to u." 'glad u thought of me but no, someone who knows what you're dealing with.' "Esposito chatted w me abt ptsd before but he is not touchy feely in a figurative emotional sense" 'girl i didn't mean him either. i meant the one who has done undercover narcotics operations & been fricking water tortured.' "o ryan. ya u right castle. my B."
lol castle zombie games I love how he stops his game as soon as he worries.
VG: You don’t have to do this. You can walk away and I’ll take the heat. I love her.
voiceover
the real elena is NOT intimidated.
it is SO easy to spot a cop.
Elevators have cameras? no?
Dun dun dun! Sally pendrick moments
Green intro
lol dinner plans XD
Yeah it's an elevator.
lol rysposito listening in
except neither of those are true. they would have done this to elena too
love her door & tha audio
wow an hour
what thing? there a camera in there? or is it just the mic?
why tell her to get on her knees & then maker her stand? so close to her. rly sus. I thought she swallowed it but that wouldn't work well.
Ooh martha rly pretty! Love her! Ha, pray for me.
rysposito turned off their phones, sending castle straight to voicemail? also martha & ryan & esposito we need more interactions with the three of them.
Nice place. big gun. move packages she says. The act he says.
Good music. Obviously they did an audio commentary & I love it but yk w/e
This man ain't lazarus. no way. Da aka (chair thing)a
Yes please, whiskey or water
btw good caption choices, but I would still like the original language written even though it has "speaking russian" AND the translation.
why write it down on paper?
that's a bold request.
a bedroom.
Apparently the where-should-people-be question was a thing.
why she callin esposito? instead of straight up 911? also their phones would be wired to pick up 911 or calls to the pigsty. Couldn't they get her a phone call with lazarus at least?
she be noisy.
I loooove especkett this ep is actually good i love first names Audio remains the same when he put her on speaker. why did i say remain not stay? more letters to type. Also harden is a pretty hot guy for being the age he is.
If I were her I may have sat down facing the door on the edge of the desk.
At least she made contact. I heard The ukraine, bounced all over The europe lol
Oh no castle shows up. Gates I love her sm she is genuinely so much better than the fandom implied.
Niec room.
who are these ppl coming out of the car?
Why are esposito AND ryan AND the narco captain here?
Blood oh no! officer dead? If they took elena then becks is done for but if elena fled (which we will know in the future) then beck is fine
fricking no babe that is not how a paperclip works, Rip a hangnail if you want easy access to blood.
the uncertainty of not knowing if you'll make it out. I love this letter.
Becks is much less afraid looking now.
"I'll take it." they not giving her any intel? Oh they are.
the list? is she supposed to know abt the list? she's good. Are there guns in the house? curiosity keeps me alive.
so obv we're all like "whats going on who even is this guy" but where did she get the beet juice & ketchup to look enough like blood? chocolate syrup?
Ah she came out the back door. Show him what? do u usually take a souvenir to prove? Like I said. the apckage is delivered. What if he moved while they were still watching.
OH SHE'S LEFT HANDED
she's the contract killer lol this is great Love esposito kind of holding castle back
calling gates the homicide captain
poor guy still covered in beet juice lol Poor mr potter.
you can't but she is good at what she does
501 the nameplate says. who has this many guns tho? also isn't this new york? who has a house in new york even mr potter the attorney?
Harden watching her love it.
Make sure that there is no bullet in the chamber & the safety is on before you lose your legs to a gun going off in your crotch there becks What kind of a gig is this gal talking about?
I'd hate standing in a doorway guarding with my back to an open door.
wow lol an ugly basement. of vourse.
it suits him? lol the sound. Oh & the stairs were cgi. HOLY CRAP THAT IS A LOT OF NEARLY-NAKED WOMEN COUNTING MONEY. WHY.. WHY ARE THEY NOT WEARING MUCH?
wHO is screaming in there?????!?!?
future foreward
blood in the place
WAIT
WAIT NO HOLY CRAP OH NO THIS IS LAZARUS? WE KNOW HIM. GIRL COVER YOUR FACE WITH YOUR HAIR MAYBE. I love the "you are not" instead of aren't or you're"
Oh yeah she did break glass with him. Good scene. I'm glad they brought back vulcan simmons. He never confirms he's lazarus.
she texts javi again, not castle, not gates, not fowler, not ryan. 41319 becks badge # I would not be the one to send "address" before writing the address.
I love this stuff. rly good. Def better this way, glad they cut the scene.
VS: Let’s do without all this Kabuki theater, Detective. It’s undignified. KB: (harshly) Do you want undignified? Then wait ‘til you see what I do to you. So hot
I like how he says mama. mamma. Love the audio too & underwater. didn't the MIB remotely turn back on a cell phone once? ew still water, ew bubble on the eye. Ooh simmons took off his jacket. Vulcan simmons is an amazing character & I love him. At least Ryan made a joke & then got his knee almost shot out & then rescued. poor becks looks like she's been longer.
Harden my beloved. *sends her down a hill for no reason* It could make her body easier to be tracked
A few of them are your new neighbours lol
Yeah he probably has a better deal with these ones lol. Ohhhh she was sent in with a gun bc elena usually uses a knife!
Good scene here. Love it a ton. artistic.
He wanted her to live bc he owed her but he was willing to kill harden?
Oh they literally never found her! it was 6am when she called them after elena saved her, they were sitting there waiting thinking she was dead trying to find her, they never succeeded. I could read a fanfic abt the hours between when we last had contact with her got the cell phone & when we got her call & found her & saved her. I'd love a fanfic of finding her.
what sense of honour has this lazarus chosen to keep her alive?
love her bruises. "heart attack" It's impossible to know *she knows*
love her fur coat. nice & warm. warm to help her after being chilled this entire time.
Next tmie u see each other it's fair game, but then you will no longer be even, one of you will kill the other & then you owe them you owe letting them kill you even tho they're dead so that then you'd be even. doesnt make any sense.
But yeah I did fine with this plot heavy one. never took a clip tho. Considered it when esposito was figuratively holding castle back.
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I wanna say there’s one podcast I think deserves a recommendation. It’s probably one of my favorites; Red Valley 
From the website, it’s the following:  A mystery drama about the limits of experimental science, confronting your own past, present & future, & trying to remember the level select cheat from Sonic 2.
It’s very good and a very fun listen, it has some of my favorite back and forth between the main characters, it’s fun, it’s sad, it’s all around wonderful. 
There’s currently six episodes that are pretty short, minus ep 6 which is 40 or so minutes long and put me on my ass. There’s also a four part shorter series at the end of season one that’s very fun as well. 
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Guardian liveblog eps 26-29
Shen Wei: your fav is problematic.
Is such a SUCKER for true love. The way he delivered Lin Jing’s ring to Miss Electricity Cool Hair Bisexual and asked if she had any message for him back? Soft.
Every time the case involves people in love—which is, ahem, a lot of times—the camera zoooooms in on SW’s tragic yearning face.
(If I was a feisty undergrounder and the Black Robe Envoy showed up to cart me away, I’d grab a crowbar and be like “My wife 🥺 it’s all I have left of her 🥺” And then when I went to undergrounder prison, I would pry open the bars with the crowbar that Shen Wei had allowed me to keep.)
Acts all mad about ZYL’s self-sacrificial behavior but cannot enforce consequences. Like, when ZYL is unconscious and SW’s thinking to himself “you’re so smart, why do you keep doing this??” But then sees ZYL’s little hand peaking out from under the covers and tucks it back under, smiling. Disaster.
Thinks he can get away with not healing a tiny scratch in the middle of a fight that is taking place in the middle of a hostage scavenger hunt taking place in the middle of a cosmic battle of good and evil. Fool! Zhao Yunlan is always watching.
Honestly tho I’m so worried about my man. How hurt is he?? Zhao Yunlan and I have formed a team, and that team is now called “Is Shen Wei Okay? How Can We Find Out? #2021”
Consorts with the bad father of his boyfriend!! Behind his bOyFRienD’s BaCK.
Made Zhao Yunlan’s face look like that when he realized. Like, ZYL could have forgiven almost anything else so much easier. But the dad thing? Oooh Shen Wei, you done fucked up.
Will do almost anything he has to do to protect his person, even if that means breaking his person’s heart. Even if it means hurting him, or lying to him, or gaslighting him, or….
Please understand: I love this. I want to watch Shen Wei abandon everything, every principle, one. by. one. to keep Zhao Yunlan in his life for even just one more day. And on god, if canon doesn’t give it to me I will write it myself.
Too cute in his little suits uwu 🥰
Update on Team Stop Zhao Yunlan From Using Sacred Objects #2021:
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Your fav is problematic: gremlin edition
Zhao Yunlan really said, “My most important value is truth and my least important value is my own life” and then got a boyfriend whose values are exactly the opposite. RIP.
Really going through it in these eps isn’t he? I swear, I understand Shen Wei now. If I have to see this man choke back tears and laugh instead of cry one more time, I am going to burn the world down.
Listening to his dad say those awful things about him? You could see it hit so hard. Even when he knew that his father was trying to help him, you could tell that he still believed every word his dad was saying.
“I want to show you it’s a noble thing to sacrifice yourself for your family” DAMN SON.
Also, ugh, the way Shen Wei was looking at him that whole time…just furious anguish that Zhao Yunlan had to hear those words.
I just want to keep him SAFE and make him FOOD and tuck him in his BED and help him LOVE HIMSELF.
Me 🤝 Shen Wei 👊 Zhao Yunlan’s dad
His hair is so fluffy. I want Shen Wei to brush it.
“For us to bring peace, we all have to be alive”. Ugh he’s so worried about Shen Wei leaving his sight.
I note that he did NOT promise Shen Wei not to get involved. I NOTICED THAT YOU SELF-SACRIFICIAL ASSHOLE.
So like,,, he’s Kunlun right? I have no idea how, but he’s gotta be Kunlun.
So, it’s 200% clear to me that Shen Wei is in love with Zhao Yunlan. Has been for 10,000 years. What keeps me up at night is wondering how Zhao Yunlan is conceptualizing all this.
Shen Wei is in Eros with ZYL. He would marry that man. He would lovingly and gently dom that man every night for the rest of their lives. It’s sexy, it’s emotional, it’s the whole shebang.
Zhao Yunlan….
He thinks Shen Wei is cute, is special, is his “best brother”, is the person he always wants around and relies on. He wants to stick his tongue down Shen Wei’s throat and see what he does about it.
But then, sometimes, when something threatens Shen Wei or when he’s not overthinking it to an insane degree, you can watch him make decisions from his gut. And those are Eros decisions too. In those moments ZYL doesn’t treat SW like a professor he just met, he treats SW like he’s loved him for 10,000 years.
Like, you can sometimes see ZYL snap out of this. He’ll be vibing with Shen Wei, they’re totally in sync (mentally or physically) and then something will remind him where/who he is, and his whole demeanor changes.
He pulls that laughing mask on, gets rigid and unsure. He doubts himself, doubts Shen Wei….
These actors’ performances, dude. They are so good.
Anyway, I think Zhao Yunlan is really weirded out by how he unconsciously responds to Shen Wei. And I think that’s beautiful.
I want to see both halves of himself at peace with each other, and both in love with Shen Wei.
Stick your tongue down his throat babe I promise he won’t mind.
People in this show are so stupid god bless
Merit Brush man taking revenge because he saw ZYL’s dad in the hospital one (1) time.
(Not that I don’t want to see that dad get fucking wrecked NOT in a fun way but still!)
Miss Electricity Cool Hair Bisexual hearing half a conversation and devoting her life to Evil™️
The sheer amount of times people are like “Could it be?? Is it This Particular Plot Point??” And I’m sitting on my couch like “oh sweethearts. you dumb babies yes. Yes that is the Plot Point you were all looking for.”
Everyone is very pretty and very in love, and really that’s what matters.
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Lin Jing is…a traitor?? But also…maybe not? Stressful!
Lao Chu (who is now “Chu Ge” in my mind) and Changcheng continue to find amazing ways to be gay in a homophobic way. Their power!!
No, I can’t explain.
Like….Something something the way Lao Chu yells at Changcheng and then something something the way he grabs the back of that boy’s neck and massages it during their entire conversation.
Anyway, I kinda want to read the porn that y’all write for them now. Damn. I’ve clowned myself into yet another ship.
Cat boy got his memories!! But we don’t know them!! Ohhh the way his memories have him talking to ZYL in the past and being told about devoting your life to someone…and then we see him thousands of years later still with ZYL.
Cats, man :’)
I continue to hold out against the insane handsomeness of ZYL’s dad. Though the way he refers to himself as “us” and “we” was a heavy blow against my hatred. I love the two souls in one body trope.
Look imma be real I’m just assuming he’s got a Venom symbiote in there, and I am a HUGE Venom fan.
….but I remain UNMOVED!!!!
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Ok I'll liveblog
EPISODE 9: THE FAMILY BUSINESS
SPOILERS BELOW!!
The yellow color filter, very nostalgic and hitting me like a goddamn brick after the blue one
Aw fuck not clowns
They really just gave michael a pastel shirt and said do your thing and nothing else
He looks his age not 10-20 years before
But then again there was the wig in the og series
DANIEL LICHT'S THEMESSS
He's wearing the henley my dudes
HES TELLING IT TO HARRISON???
The Aspect Ratio Change!!!
Harrison finished dexters sentences!!
"why are we like this" brb crying
"you too?"
Aw fuck man this is emotional
"Instead he gave me the code" jury's still out on harry won't lie
Look into the cameraaaaa
Debs reaction to 'i would never hurt family'
Why the clown look like joaquin one phoenix he a good dude
The clown saying what the fuck is funny
RED NOSED DEXTER
THE BLOOD THEME
He's gonna say kill He's gonna say kill He's gonna say kill
'I confront them' oh god oh god
I love the taking to the camera thing
'You tell harrison you kill people there's no going back' NO THERES NOT
He didn't tell?, HE DIDNT TELL????
'you're like batman' 'i prefer the dark defender'
The love in dexter's eyes I'm gonna die
HES GETTING ELRICS BODY THANK GOD IVE BEEN SO WORRIEd
Dexter's so happy I'm laughing
He's scared to kill say trinity or arthur
'at least elric's frozen, no bloody mess' BRIAN CALLBACK BUT I STILL WANT MY NAME DROP OR HALLUCINATION
Oh COME ON not angela comparing the needle marks. Look I get the suspicion I do, but like whats with the supercop stuff. She's comparing the two needle punctures, like for us it's obviously- you know what I'm not talking about this
Dexter what did you get him
Please don't be a gun
Scarf and A HENLEY????
That looks like a rifle
It's a rifle, the one he has while he ran with the deer
Redneck energy won't lie
'guns are loud messy'
'all the guys at school have guns' oh my god what is wrong america
Aww son and father bonding over guns (👀👀👀👀)
Please no
This is alternative to the kurt scene no?
Yea just drop the kurt being a killer bomb
Vigilante shit
"ask me what the plan is" dammit dexter get your head in the game
HARRISON GAVE HIM A DRAWING OF DEBRA
Oh my god
Michael c hall is so good please
Tradition I've been doing???
Why did harrison make that face
ITS AN UGLY SWEATERRRR
Aww both angela and dex lying to each other a dexter tradition for sure
In front of your parents?????
Dex gave her a POLICE HANDBOOK THAT'S INSULTING
KURT????
Oh fuck
Oh my god, the implications
SERIAL KILLER OFF
Not the GUN SIGN
IN FRONT OF HER MOM??
The example being wiggles is so funny cause they keep saying wiggles in a serious tone
She went to the vet didn't she
Oh fuck not the ketamine
The drone???
Harrison looks sad
He's confessing about ethan
Dexter is smiling???about ethan??
Fantasies about Hunting down the trinity killer
Oh fuck, dexter don't-
Dexter doing the right thing is so weird
How is the drone working so well in snowfall
First rule don't get caught
Ok angela is listening to the BHB podcast
She didn't say love ya back that's so funny
Ok kurt cleaning his guns with the song
The song is a banger won't lie
"I wanna help him"
"There were alternatives" get his ass
I WANNA HELP HIM?!?
Whose side are you on??
Dexter sounds like he's convincing himself
'And you fucking love it' GET HIS ASSS
Audrey scaring angela please
Oh fuck molly's on voicemail
She dead
Kurts gasing dexter's cabin???
Merry Christmas jimbo this is so funny
Oh shit
HES LIGHTING IT
Kurt is going to die this episode I know it
What's is up with the gun? They'll find the gunshot wound and they'll know it was murder
Buggy in the snow leaves tracks you idiots
Both killers trying to kill each other irony at it's peak
Father teaches son to break locks bonding moments!!!
Dex triggered the alarm
God when Kurt breathes heavily I think of mr krabs
Ohh the container is underground
Embalming items ok
Oh fuck
Dollboxes DOLLBOXES
Trophies are the bodies obviously
This shit terrifying
He's out make up on all of them and dressed them in virginal white dresses
MOLLY DEAD
You killed wiggles didn't you
Please dont
I did
I took care of arthur mitchell too+_+
Catch me crying and angry
FOREHEAD KISS
Ok so angela is onto molly disappearing
Kurts back
He's running
Ok I think kurt is gonna kill angela tbh
Oh god
THEY GOT KURT
Angela is gonna catch them in the act??
Harrison is taking too well to this tbh
Dexter had the code developed through years
'How many times have you done this' 'in the 100s'
'youve saved 1000s of people?' oh god
It's as if they're euthanizing an animal
'Hey you got me'
'no, I saved them!'
'i told you no dad shit!' I'm laughing so much
Ok dexter and harrison pale in comparison to kurt
Dexter's smile he's so happy
'This wasn't about saving them this was about power'
'you deserve to die'
He's making dex jealous of the time I spent with harrison
Oh shit
'Some kinda bullshit justice code?'
'Like father like son' and focus shifting to harrison
Crying and throwing up
'you don't have to watch' gotta love a consensual king
He's cutting up kurt in front of harrison
And harrison is into it???
Is he???
They're not making it clear???
Harrison is going to have a panic attack
He's having a flasback
Oh god
Harrison isn't as fucked up oh my god
OR IS HE??
blood moon
Dexter pulled out the heftys ok
Dexter's goin too fast for harrison
Burning the bodies
Too soon dex
'thats how it works' but It doesn't have to
Ok so but it doesn't seem like dexter and harrison will get caught
Poor angela, hope she lives
The 'yep' in unison
Poor angela
Breakfast wizard
'Jim lindsay killed matt cladwell'
And the screws
Ok so...
Angela girl what you gon do?
End credits
Gonna wait for the preview for the finale too
DEXTER IS ARRESTED
VOICEOVER OF HIM SAYING YOU'LL SEE WHAT EVIL LOOKS LIKE
Ok so theory for ep 9:
Harrison will feel the dark urge but he'll understand that it's not right
Dexter will get caught (not killed)
The cycle will end it cannot continue the writers cannot do that they really cannot.
Clyde Philips has always been against it
either Harrison will turn dexter in and dexter will betrayed and fully lose it
Or harrison will die and dexter will fully lose it
Dexter dying and harrison either losing it or going on with the code is too much a 'plot decision'
Or a classic murder-suicide but most likely from harrison
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(Liveblogging ‘Tommy Faces His Traumatic Past’ stream)
'Hi I am currently thinking about that moment after Tommy asked Ranboo to leave after the Prison moment went badly, and he waited for Ranboo to go and then swallowed and let the atmosphere hang for a moment and held his totem in his main hand (I’m pretty sure; he was definitely holding it) and I am telling you, the shot of fear that went through me as I thought “No... He’s not gonna ask Tubbo to kill him, is he?” Now that’d be one way to overcome a fear of dying, holy heck.'
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Rough edges, shining eyes, a heart of gold. He supposes there's a metaphor or a comparison that could be made there, but to be quite frank, he's sick of the poetic parallels and the dramatic ironies. It's not a tale spun of rhetorical devices and an audience: it's his life, and it hurts. 
Appropriately, the skin on his palms is still tender from scrabbling at the walls of the mock cell, and he can feel every groove of the wood the totem's outside is carved from as he grips it firmly. He's doing away with the allusions and analogies and beating around the bush: there's no easy way to ask this, so why make it even harder? 
It's going to be difficult. It's going to be painful. It’s going to be helpful in future.  Just get on with it Tommy.
Ranboo vanishes up the ladder, and Tommy and Tubbo are left alone in their unused replica of the Final Control Room ('cause their dear friend Eret had a more accurate one). When he turns his eyes to his best friend, Tubbo's giving him a quizzical look. Tommy opens his mouth to begin, but fear stoppers his words, and no sound comes out. He holds fast to the totem and to his courage.
"Are you alright?" His friend's light touch to his arm leads him back. Right. Tubbo. Totem. Question. 
"It didn't work." He says despondently. "I couldn't- In there, I couldn't keep it together." "Tommy-" "Look, Tubbo," Like a paranoid exile hiding in a cave, he casts another glance towards the ladder, double-checking that they are truly alone. "And you can't tell anyone this, but I need you to trust me, because I've thought a lot about this." 
Tubbo's expression is unreadable for a moment, like his solicitude is elsewhere, like he's remembering something, and then he's back and he's squeezing Tommy's arm. "I trust you, Big Man." And Tommy can tell he's being earnest, so he pushes on. "What is it?" "We had the chance, back in that vault- We had the opportunity to slit Dream’s throat, and we didn't, and- And we agree on this right? Dream... Dream needs to go." 
Tubbo seems to think about it for a moment, "You think the revive book isn't worth it?" "Tubbo, I-" If his words could stop clogging up his throat every five seconds, that'd be lovely. "Listen to me, I've been to- to the other side, and I've been here, and I've been in between, and- and I mean this, I would've rather- rather stayed there than be in between again." "Really?" Tommy nods curtly. "Really. It's not worth it." "Well, I'm glad you came back, even if it sucked for you." Lightly, but not without a hint of worry in his voice, Tubbo half-laughs. "That sounded selfish." And Tommy feels wretched about what he's going to ask him to do. 
"Look, Tubbo," He clears his throat for good measure. "If I'm going to kill Dream, I can't get into the prison cell and panic. That- That could cost the whole operation, and I can't let that happen." "Tommy, you-" Tubbo cuts himself off this time, "Tommy, do you really have to do this?" 
"Yes, I do." His quiet determination matches Tubbo's building exasperation. "I have to do this because he's- he's ruined me, he's broken me and I can't let anything else happen to this server because of our fighting." Their faces and feelings fall to the same resignation as swords impale them against the walls of a room very much like this one, as L'Manberg burns behind their eyelids every time they blink. 
"Would you like to try again?" The reproduction of the cell, his tomb, beckons, but Tommy's mind is made up. "I can come in with you this time." A jolt of warmth emanates from his heart at the offer (he wishes it were that easy) and races through his bloodstream, momentarily soothing the aching feeling all around his body, from his head to his feet to his fingertips, and he feels practically like a person again for a few seconds. 
"Actually, I- I want you to- Only if you- I won't force you but-" He's abruptly aware of a substantial volume of saliva in his mouth, or maybe he's just too scared to say it out loud. Tubbo waits, his fingers mussing with the end of Tommy's sleeve. "What is it?" 
He raises aloft the totem so they're both looking at it, and then very carefully, so he knows he hasn't said it wrong, he says it: "I want you to kill me." 
"What?" His adrenaline spikes; no turning back now. "I want you to kill me, and because I have this totem I'll be fine. I can't be scared of dying if I have a totem on me, but I still get scared of getting close, so I want you to kill me. Please." He tacks on hastily, opting to look at the sword at Tubbo's side so he doesn't have to meet his eyes. 
"You... Where are you gonna get another totem then?" And Tommy squints at Tubbo for a second, because really, that's what you come out with after that? "I don't know, your husband?" Tubbo giggles a tad despite the concern in his eyes. "Excuse me, I'm the gold-digger here, get your own." And they both crack up, and some of the tension lifts from Tommy's shoulders. 
"Okay, seriously, you want me to kill you?" The terse air settles between them as Tubbo's hand floats to his sword. "I- Yeah." "Because then you can't be scared of being close to death." "Mmhm." "So you want me to kill you, right now, right here?" 
Tommy nods steadily, and Tubbo, still uncertain, unsheathes his sword. The blade isn't the sharpest, but it'll do the job. Tommy swallows thickly. "I- I trust you. If it were anyone else... Never." 
He thought about how, whenever he'd asked to be hit earlier, it was Tubbo who'd stepped up to the plate. Certainly, it was true at the time that he'd felt the jolt of terror and pain, but he was always glad it was Tubbo. There was an unspoken promise in their shared glances, their short requests and careful responses. 
“You know I’d never do that, right?” An echo of an old memory, from a less-than-ideal location. “I won’t turn on you or go insane like Wil and Techno.” “Mmhm… And I you.”
"Ready?" Tommy waves the totem around to illustrate, "This better not be a bloody decoy." Their shared smile is forced and wavering, flickering like a candle, shaking like fraying ropes, reaching for a hand that isn't there. The hand is on his shoulder, Tommy notes faintly: it steadies him as the sword pierces his gut, snatching all the air from his lungs. He's drowning in a sudden wave of 'Why here? Why the hell did we stay here?' as a familiar numbing sensation starts to wash over him like the tide, receding in parts and then coming back for more. The darkness entices him - the very same darkness he's been fighting to outrun all along, the same darkness that engulfs him and all his friends in his nightmares. Once, many moons ago, they were all blissfully ignorant of that shadow that stayed firmly three steps behind them and six feet below. Except now, at least for Tommy, death is a memory, and with a totem in hand, he rises to meet it. 
Tubbo rips the sword out, and the body of his best friend crumples to the ground like paper disregarded and consigned to oblivion. His weapon hits the ground with a clatter and his sword arm falls limp, reluctant to acknowledge Tommy's blood on the blade as he watches, hands balled into fists, nails digging into his palms, as the totem in Tommy's hand starts to glow, golden light emanating from the emerald eyes and intricate details. About time. About bloody time. 
It's pitch black, and the totem is gone. Tommy feels weightless. Tommy feels like a person made of pieces, loosely strung together like a marionette doll. Tommy feels helpless and alone, and quite possibly dead. 
Make no mistake; there's also that perverted sense of comfort, ever-present as it seems. A welcome gift, he supposes, to what should be the rest of your eternity. He feels all his 'worldly worries' start to scatter, leaving him feeling so empty he's clawing at nothing to get them back. No worries, no troubles and no meaning. That is the lot of the dead. Yet, Tommy will not be one of them, not today. 
Everything returns to him so quickly, it almost feels like he's having aspects of his personality thrown back at him with the force of bricks launched from cannons. Should he reach out to grab them, or should he let them go? The darkness begins to melt away, leading him back to a room full of chests and a friend, and for a second he imagines he hears a familiar voice tease: "You should take off your coat Tommy, you look like you're not staying." 
The instant his soul is catapulted back into his body, instincts kick in, and his wobbling legs somehow get him halfway across the room before they get too tangled up and surrender. He doesn't bother cowering - it's Tubbo - instead, he chooses to pull his shirt up to his ribs. The entry site of the stabbing has healed, golden radiance under his skin like godly blood swirling away from the closed wound and leaving it the proper crimson hue of mortals. It worked. He's back. He's back. 
Suddenly, he's hit with a force equitable to several small dogs and, oh, it's Tubbo. His arms rest wearily against his best friend's back as the smaller boy buries his head in Tommy's shoulder, folding him into his arms and cradling him tightly. "I- I'm ok- Are you crying?" His response from the shuddering mass of brown curls next to his head comes quietly, "Don't ever make me do that again." "...Okay. I won't." 
Eventually, they break apart, Tommy noticing the red rims around Tubbo's eyes as he messes with Tommy's shirt. "Ah, dammit." "What?" He gives a tiny snort-laugh marked with tears. "I've put a hole in your d*mn shirt." He looks down at it too. "That's alright, long as you fix it." Consequently, Tubbo gives him a funny look, which he raises his eyes to meet with bemusement. "Yeah, right. I'll fix it, it's nothing." 
Tubbo holds his eye contact for close to ten seconds. "You have..." He shifts across the floor to the left, putting one of the lights at his back, before reaching out and taking Tommy's face in his hands. "You have little flecks of gold in your eyes, dude." "I- What?" Tubbo drops his hands and nods. "You've got gold in your eyes now, boss man." "Does it-" He jumps to his feet, somewhat unsteadily, and strikes a pose. "Does it make me even more incredibly good-looking?" 
Tubbo snorts. "Something like that. It's not bad, just... After-product of the totem, I'd guess. Which is interesting to know." He gets to his feet too, hand finding Tommy's side and holding on by a fistful of cloth. "Hey, how about, are you alright?" Tommy asked, picking the hand up and slinging it over his shoulder so they stood hip-to-hip, heads tilted up and down for each other’s benefit.
"I'm fine, just... That wasn't the most fun." Tommy ponders for a moment before responding. "I think I'd be concerned if it was." They chuckle a little. "No, but seriously man, thank you, for doing that." He says sincerely. Tubbo smiles back, all of a sudden seeming too tired to even stand, and Tommy stoops a little to catch him before he faints or something. "Just... did it work?" 
Did it work? The darkness still terrified him, ripping the warmth from within him, and he wasn't totally expecting to go back there when using the totem. So, points for new knowledge discovered, perhaps? Despite all that, though, the look in Tubbo's eyes makes his mouth move on its own. He looks so weary. 
"Yeah. I feel... less afraid now. Honestly." He tacks on, for the dubious non-believer by his side that could always tell when he was lying. "I... I can do this now." "...Okay."
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Marghe. MARGHE. I can’t link you like this, but I need you to google “babygaga 20 Italian words baby names” and then fucken liveblog your reaction to the whole article, including (this is v. important) the editorial note at the end. Please I need to witness another soul leaving their earthly body like mine did
I’m scared. Alright.
I suppose you’re talking about an article titled “19 Italian Words That Make Perfect First Names For Babies” (wait, weren’t they supposed to be 20? Did they edit one out?) written by a person called Miriam.
“There’s no better place to find inspiration than in the land of romance and pasta.” Please don’t tell me you want to name babies after pasta. Hello this is my son, Strozzaprete. Wait, no, that’s cool af.
The first sentence is “The Italian language is one of the Romance languages. The others are French, Spanish, Catalan and Romanian” n-ngh-that’s-nevermind.
“They were the languages that originated from the Romans, hence the reason that they are referred to as the Romance languages. And they certainly are romantic. In fact, they are so lovely that many words in any of the Romance languages would sound amazing as baby names.” No, they aren’t. Miriam what are you doing.
Miriam apparently visited a few Italian towns, “and by the end of the trip, I was already speaking basic fluent Italian, which was quickly forgotten after leaving”. Miriam I speak in Italian with American students professionally, you were not speaking fluent Italian.
Miriam. Miriam
“I thought it would be fun to find 20 beautiful Italian words and to talk about how they would make the perfect first names for babies. While some of these words can be found in baby name databases, others can't yet.” MAYBE THERE IS A REASON THEY AREN’T THERE MIRIAM
“Since there are plenty of Italian words that sound beautiful but don't have the best meanings behind them, they may never be considered to be used as a name.” BUT DON’T HAVE THE BEST MEANING?? MIRIAM WHAT ARE Y
19 Peri (Apericena)
That’s. That’s the single ugliest and most hated word in the Italian language and you. You are. Oh God. Oh Jesus. Oh all the saints in Paradise.
Listen there are still 18 to go and the first killed me. I am dead. I am no longer in this plane of reality.
“When you hear the Italian word Apericena, you can't help but appreciate how pretty it sounds.” YOU DON’T!! WE HATE IT WITH A PASSION!!
“After learning that this word is associated with adult beverages, then that would be a reason that some parents would even hesitate to use this for a baby's name. And the question is why? Names like Vin which is French for wine, Bellini which is a cocktail, Cassis, Brandy, Chianti, and Merlot have been used as baby names many times.” WELL THESE NAMES WERE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE USED AS NAMES EVER THIS IS AGAINST GOD’S PLAN FOR HUMANITY. Why is the Church obsessed with gay people when clearly the thing that most offends God’s love for humanity is thijkjklklklklj
18 Roca (Rocambolesco)
Whatever, call your son Rocambolesco, what’s stopping you, society is in shambles, the devil has taken hold of hearts, angels cry.
17 Gia (Passeggiata)
Miriam
16 Abbi (Abbiocco)
ABBIOCCO
ABBIOCCO
She fucking wants you to call your baby after when you get sleepy when you’re not supposed to
15 Magari
Like, why
14 Lina (Sorellina)
Just give your daughter a fucking complex, why won’t you. Supernatural but the characters are called Older Brother and Younger Brother
“I did a search to see if this word is in baby name databases and I have not seen Sorellina in any of them. That means it either has never been used for a name or if it has, it has been rarely used to the point that it has never been recorded” ASK YOURSELF WHY, MIRIAM
13 Daje
NOOOOO MUOIO STO MORENDO DIO SANTO
12 Meri (Meriggiare)
Literally no Italian can think about this word without thinking of the poem so why won’t you call your daughter Cigola la carrucola del pozzo. Or Ho sceso dandoti il braccio. This is my eldest, Spesso il male di vivere ho incontrato. Wait, this is Supernatural again
“There are many baby names out there that have meanings that are worse than that.” Miriam please think about what you just said
11 Lino
A name? An actual name people have other people call them? Did I get a stroke?
No, of course she’s not referring to the name Lino, but the fabric linen. Of fucking course. Have you met my twins, Cotton and Wool. Fuck, there’s probably people called Cotton and Wool in the United States
10 Gracie (Grazie)
Wait if it’s Gracie then it’s not Grazie, what the hell
9 Gattara
PFFFFT just call your daughter crazy cat lady and she will grow up a normal person I promise
8 Perla 
Actually, that’s a name already. Fun fact, my own name comes from ancient Greek margarita which means pearl, so, can’t judge this one.
7 Allora
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6 Lacrima
Listen. Listen. This not only means ‘tear’ as in what your eyes produce when you cry, but it’s also impossible for a native anglophone to pronounce anyway, is it worth it? is it worth it Miriam? is it?
5 Tesoro
No, okay, this is weird as an actual name, but it’s a common way of calling your partner or child, also I watched Lilli e il Vagabondo, it says Tesoro and Giannicaro are legit human names, so.
But it’s also how Gollum calls the ring in Italian, so maybe don’t.
4 Auguri
Fghjklklkjhklkjkl
3 Salve
Dio Santissimo. This is my child, Hello
2 Cucciolo
That’s-that’s- that’s this guy’s name
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1 Gio (Giorno)
Oh God, at this point this is fucking normal, just call your child Day, whatever, it’s the least weird option on here
No. No no I don’t wanto to believe t-
Editorial Note: This article has been updated on March 18, 2021 to replace the baby name "Cazzi (Sticazzi), Tura (Sprezzatura), Culaccino, and Lino (Topolino)" for a more suitable recommendation. (March 19, 2021) this article has also been updated to remove an entry
W-what was the entry that can’t even be named. WHAT WAS WORSE THAN STICAZZI
WHAT WAS WORSE THAN STICAZZI, ANON
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Fundy 28 APR 21
Delayed Liveblog Vault Hunters Part 1/1
Our favorite fox is damp. And apparently can’t get his hair to sit right.
He’s already having to raise the redemption price. It’s been 5 seconds.
I don’t even quite get Vault Hunters I know Hbomb did it last season and that it.
Charm. Lovely.
Is the bottom right a confetti cannon?
Oh no we have to fight? We can’t be trusted.
We are the sort of people to purposefully lose the fight.
Don’t get me wrong. We love Fundy and will cry on command. But also we are rather mean to him.
Mystic Tomato. I don’t know what it is but I love it.
I was saving up Chanel points for water and ads. But now I gotta save for those and the little fun reward pack things.
Oh no. Did we hit 100 subs already? That’s what it says over his name?
Confetti canon?
5up! Hooray!
HBomb humoring Fundy with the emotes.
Fight fight fight!
So close. We tried out best to fight the giant.
Alright chat. We need another arena. Everyone get him.
Everyone in chat yelling about Phil doing stuff in OSMP. Wrong server y’all. We can deal with that later.
Ooo are we doing VC?
Everything is so chaotic already.
Tubbo and Fundy trying to figure everything out.
You know things are confusing when the original people are like “the what?”
There was a how to play meeting? And somehow these boys are still confused.
Tubbo at least has an excuse to be confused.
I love skill trees in games. They just look so pretty.
“I see a melon!” -Fundy
5up our beloved.
My streamer is being beat up with a boomerang.
Fundy doesn’t know what’s happening, but he’s rich so it works.
Tubbo is just saying every name in hopes he says the right one.
Pizza!
We attack!
WE WIN!
We did it! We’re a good chat!
Is 5ups skin still cog champ themed? Maybe not. Maybe my brain is being goofy.
Is Fundy complaining about his hair? I’m not actually paying attention. What is chat on about.
That’s one thing that can be said about all the chats. They like it when their streamers have fluffy hair.
Chat really is just crying aren’t they. Fundy’s chat has a skill of crying at everything.
Hooray 5up is active! Fundy go say hi for us!
Hooray friends!
Super good item! I don’t get it, but super good item!
ITS THE BEING!
Arena arena. We’re almost to the arena!
Aww. I missed the bets.
ARENA TIME!
Beat em up chat!
Oh no. He’s hitting hard.
WE DIDS IT!
ARENA TIME!
Oh were getting hit hard.
But we did it!
Good Job Wolf! Awesome Millionaire!
No arena box for winning. Rude.
Chat can’t even remember how many fights we’ve won.
Stupid full inventory.
Temporary base on the hill.
Pretty chest!
All the gifted subs. Such a popular streamer.
That looks so cool! I missed what it did but it looks cool!
Ooo all sorts of cool things.
Look at chat go
SHULKER SHELLS!
Look at everyone giving Fundy things.
It’s neato that they use peoples skins. That you can see the people who donated.
Shulker crates! Nice! That’ll be good for transporting things.
We’re so fancy.
Ooo sorting. The most complicated thing.
Chats over here spoiling our streamer.
Wool?
ARENA TIME!
We got this!
Beat em up subs!
WE WON!
Looting 2 noice.
Mods bribing chat to stop barking with Scooby snacks. I love them so much.
Wolf my dear you have done nothing wrong.
Oh cloud9 has a fox skin!
Ooo create mod. We know about that.
A lovely little base.
Cake is being stolen all over the place.
Stab stab the dragon.
Hooray follow goal! Music time!
Oh... that was it. Alrighty we’ll take what we can get.
Time to win an arena subs. We want music.
Our boy is confused.
Fundy just read the chat. They are telling you.
I got to get this time! The subs will destroy everyone!
Happy Halloween?
Gasp! Mega gift!
Pretty skin!
We love the Fundy mods dearly. They are so chill and nice.
The water well has run dry.
The streamer has escaped. It’s just us, the mods, and the chair.
Oh a Schlatt plush! Neato!
Schlushy I agree with that name.
“Not the hat the other one.” LOL.
Chat go Glatt
Went to get water the. Forgot to drink it.
Subs can modify emotes left and right.
Viper good job! Good book!
Fundy doing his game at middle of the night o’clock.
Streamer... please sleep. Please eat meals.
We’re almost at the Arena!
Sleep 8 hours... just at the wrong time.
Chat fully admitting to thinking our streamer is dumb enough to fall in lava.
We have learned to balance our expectations Fundy.
Oh this is going to be a long stream. A really long stream. I’ll probably need to take a break and do some work.
Arena Time! Beat em up subs!
Good job subs!! You did it!
Let’s see what we get for the arena.
So many Wolf!
Diamond!!!
Putting the winners on their boxes. Nice.
I have so much work to do, but I just want to watch the funky Fox.
Villagers? We love villagers.
PIANO!
Oh we’re switching screens it’s serious piano.
So lovely. I love listening to music people do their things.
I love the fact the subs keep shouting FundyJam!
I swear improv music should not sound this lovely
Spooky sounding tune. Sounds like a boss fight in a haunted castle.
Awesome piano!
Poor boy so annoyed by his hair. Bless his heart.
For anyone who doesn’t touch Twitter. The Fundy Updates Twitter is fabulous and amazing. They are just always so upbeat over everything.
Trying to nether portal. You go fox friend.
Wow Just portal to the center do a lava lake. Under soul sand.
You go 5up! You get that bastion.
Rip 5up.
Poor Fundy doing his best.
How’s the VC crew doing?
MENDING GOLD PANTS!!!
The drip is back!
Also I voted no in the will he burn pole. I have faith in my streamers.
We’re calling Fundy emo now. And he’s trying to deny having an emo phase, and failing.
I don’t know what’s happening half the time in this chat.
Fire Fox!
We’re still calling Fundy emo. Chat spoils the streamer and chat bullies the streamer.
Oh are we trending emo Fundy? Nice. I’m conveniently scrolling on Twitter.
Look at us bully our streamer.
The two people in chat. Those saying emo Fundy. Those going “his hair is nice stfu”. The duality of chat.
Sounds of suffering coming from the nether.
Fundy has taken responsibility for enderpearls.
We cursed Fundy? I look away for 10 seconds.
Pixel has turned on Fundy.
Fight that ghast.
Fundy’s going to get all the endermen.
Piglin goes smack.
We’re wearing the drip. Nice.
Everyone gets rich so fast here.
Well. We’ll just leave the corpse there.
Sizzle.
The people who bet on him dying are so rich in channel points now.
*sad fox noises*
Surely not. Fundy we have lost all hope in you.
Pixel doing everything they can to do anti emo Fundy.
Aww. I missed the prediction. I bet he won’t die. I believe in him.
Fundy being scared by his own body. Cant wait to see that clip everywhere on YouTube.
Back to attacking the endermen.
Tubbo is such a villain. He’s so willing to kill HBomb.
Fundy just getting back to work.
I’m sorry corpses become skeletons. That’s horrid.
Off to get the dragon. The dragon the dragon.
Tubbo was smote.
HBomb and Fundy fully ready to be that person that steals the temple.
Hbomb shaped chest. That is great.
Everyone bullying HBomb.
Almost Arena time.
Betting yes on the arena. The subs are strong and they’ve got this.
My twitch app is being stupid. This might be my signal to take a break and do my school work.
8k boosters and the chat goes nuts.
Chat from where I am is just a bunch of booster packs. I think I need to close and reopen the app.
There we go. There is the lovely chat.
Arena time!
Aww. My bet disappeared when I moved the app.
No! He’s cheating! The subs are doing their best!
Good job subs!
I mean it’s a diamond sword. It’s not diamonds but it’ll do.
I heard a du du du du?
I’ve got to go. Time to be productive with my life and time.
Let me know if I miss anything especially stupid or funny.
Alright it’s been 2 and a half hours but I’m back.
Looks like I missed a lot, and the boy has been going 5 hours.
Still on Vault Hunters? How is he not tired of this yet good gracious.
We’re enchantin’
I don’t know what’s happening but I’m watching.
Who stole all the luck from the boy?
Good that he’s drinking plenty of water
Good that he’s taking a break for foods.
What is with the lightening sounds? I don’t like it.
Spare the soup pet.
Sadness. No 3rd cow.
Yes! One more arena!
Lure da cows.
No that’s the Fundy Cow!
Nooooo. That’s worse than killing it!
Did we win our other arenas? I only say the first 5 or so.
Lightening Cow. Lovely.
Noooo the cowwww!
For once Fundy isn’t the one thriving.
He tunneled the cow out. Wow.
Bye 5up! Good luck!
Hi Crumb. The cow was snatched.
Noooo. Quit stealing our cows!
What he jumps like Superman and steals our cows.
Cow bunker.
These cows will get snatched. I just know it.
No. No taking da cows.
Our cows must be protected.
Enchanting is not on our fox’s side
Oh so they did beat the enderdragon. Good for them.
All sorts of neato elytra.
I must go again. I am called to dinner.
Good job getting you diamond sir.
30 minutes later I am back and we are chatting with HBomb.
Sharp boomerang.
Saw a bit of cat maid peaking out there.
5up judging Fundy for just sitting and mining.
Oh the facecam is off. I’m just noticing.
I guess it probably goofed up and froze.
Everyone in chat talking about how much to make the magic packs. I like the people saying 6.9k just for the funnies.
I’m voting 6.9k in the pole just for the funny.
I know it won’t win but I’m doing my part.
Goblins? What the squeak did I miss?
What. We stab the goblins. And they give us emeralds?
This mans has been going for 6 hours and a while. I hope he doesn’t forget to look after himself. He was talking about eating an hour ago.
I love all the product minions. All the donators just chilling on their chests.
Why are all the minions black and white? I missed that one?
Oh they run out. They ran out of stuff and out of color.
Wealth in the chest, since we don’t have a mouth.
Angel or Fairy? Is that even a question? (Chat chose fairy)
Fairy Fox. I want to draw that but have negative amounts of art skills.
We’re killing time until we hit 7 hours.
We’re meeting up with 5up! Nice!
Oh HBomb left and thought Fundy hadn’t done anything in 20 minutes but jump around his castle. LOL.
We hit 7 hours and dipped.
7 hours and almost a thousand subs. Look at us go.
Hello Puffy Raiders! You’re a bit late but hello!
Oh no. He’s panicking and not ending.
Please someone who feels like being annoying remind the mans to eat.
Raffle? Oh donators! They go through a raffle thingy! Nice!
Hooray OSMP but also Fundy please sleep and such.
Not even raffling. Just opening and closing.
Nice spin noises.
WOLF! Wolf earned to win the raffle.
Wait wait wait? Fundy go get some food and go to bed!
Hey look there is our streamer!
This is the max post size lol. 5up raid let’s go! Hello 5up! We are here! But now I’m going to bed. Oh nevermind. I hear the fox. Ah that’s smart 5up. Anyway. I’m gone now.
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