idk how many of you guys are watching the bad batch, but i just wanted to write an open letter of recommendation begging people to give it a try. i admit the first time i tried to watch it, i quit after a few episodes as uninterested. i'm not a big found family adventure kid show person, i had trouble getting into the first season of rebels as well for similar reasons. however, i tried again and fuck am i glad that i did. you have to have the first season to fall in love with the characters and build the depth of the relationships, so when the breaks bad later, it really fucking matters and hurts. the scope of the show unfolds like a flower into the whole of the empire. it has just transcended itself and built up to a third season that actually rivals andor in richness and commentary to me except it's children in prison and hunted down. the animation is sublime, the huge environments and the light and smoke and grit of everything, the aliens and cities and planets, to me it is a strong argument in favor of animation being the ideal storytelling medium for star wars. the action grabs you and holds you, the combat is captivating and tense. the plot delves into the empire and the force in such a fascinating way, like we are actually getting the linking material between phantom menace's mention of midichlorians and the survival of the emperor into the future of the sequels. there are cameos from old beloved characters, but they do not distract and do not feel gratuitous, just richly embedded in the tapestry of the galaxy. the bonds of love and betrayal between the clones, brothers fighting brothers, the fate of the clones after the end of the clone wars, it's fascinating and heartbreaking. idk it's just so heartening to me as a fan to know that there is still good star wars being made, like it's everything i wanted it to be and more, and it's not done, so i'm just at the edge of my seat honestly to find out how it will end and i want everyone to know that it's good, so fucking good, im dying, come join me in hell pls
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Rambling abt a very specific moment in ep.10:
the heartbroken soldier looking at Vash through his scope, seeing through it only the monster that took his family
Vash lowering his hands means nothing to him, nor the expression on his face, mirroring his own grief
to Vash, I bet the bullet just punctuated the devastating mess of emotions he already got from the soldier's words alone and the heat of his glare :')
the sight of his parents' supposed killer through his scope, just taking in all his hate without a word or retaliation or self-defence
so easy to pull the trigger
Vash's hand on his fresh wound like he's cradling the bullet close and keeping it in, as he then turns his back to them all and calmly walks away....
did he see the empty look in Vash's eyes through his scope after that??? did the soldier manage to notice it, past the veneer of hatred he held onto so tightly?
the mirrored emptiness left within the soldier as he lowered his gun, after he exacted revenge, left with an outcome he'd probably thought about before ever since Jeneora Rock, and had likely been so sure would feel better than this
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one of my fave things in the fanbook is the shit about sakurai and koyama. if i wasn't preoccupied with other projects, i would be writing new ship fic about them.
sakurai comments on koyama, saying he's always annoyed by his muscle/hothead shit, but that they mysteriously seem to just go through life in lockstep. he uses the term kusare-en to describe their bond that outlasted claw. it's one of my fave japanese words to crop up when characters describe their relationships, and means undesirable but inseparable bond. so exactly their vibe!
but. one of the questions was about their favorite sweet treats in their shop.
koyama's answer was bananas, which is already Great. but sakurai. holy fuck sakurai.
sakurai's favorite sweet treat is a banana roll cake. which. is an entire banana. covered in cream. inside a roll cake. and he likes them when they're real stuffed full of cream.
he likes his banana inside a cake filled with cream and koyama likes bananas!
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i've never before felt this validated with my (non-canon) ship headcanons
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TREY LOVERS HOW WE FEELING
TWST DROPPING THE FACT THAT SCIENCE CLUB IS THE NEXT SET OF CLUB CARDS WHICH MEANS WE'RE GETTING TREY CLOVER CLUB CARD WITHIN A MONTH. A MONTH?!?!?!!?!?!?!? THIS CLOSE TO DOWNLOADING JP TWST FOR THE EXPRESS PURPOSE OF GETTING MY GRUBBY LITTLE HANDS ON IT PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD
THE TREND THAT WAS NOTICED ABOUT THE CLUB CARDS HAVING NEW HAIRSTYLES FOR THE TWST BOYS MAKES ME WANT SLICK BACKED HAIR TREY BECAUSE OHHHH LORD I WILL MELT INTO THE FLOOR CRYING SCREAMING KICKING THROWING UP HE'D LOOK SO HOT LET ME KISS HIS FOREHEAD
ROOK HUNT SHOW YOURSELF I NEED TO KNOW WHAT TO IMAGINE TREY IN FOR THE NEXT MONTH EVERY SECOND OF EVERY DAY.
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I feel like at least several times a month, I have a random insane revitalization of my love for The Smiths. Not that I ever stop loving them, but I'll listen to some song and then suddenly fall into this pit of just deep, intense love for their music again where I can't stop listening to their music on repeat and watching live performances and looking at pics like AAAAAHHHHHH WHY IS THEIR MUSIC SO GOOOD?????? WHY IS IT PERFECT?????? WHY WERE THEY SO GENDER???????
(songs I am feeling intense brainrot over rn in case you're curious: "I Want The One I Can't Have(live)", "Stretch Out and Wait(live)", "You Just Haven't Earned It Yet Baby", "Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others(demo)", "What She Said", "The Boy With The Thorn in His Side(live)"(p.s. I Want The One I Can't Have is Martian-coded to me, pls listen)(also it reminds me of that movie I watched yesterday)
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gave in to curiosity and pulled up a pucci clip on youtube to see what hes all about and was like. oh ok he seems like a pretty compelling character as you said. only for a girl's head to open up and eject a disc and he gets stabbed in the neck somehow? and then i thought oh right this is jojo, something i cannot even begin to comprehend
HEY….. DONT WORRY ABOUT IT OK :)
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"no mbappe no party" as if the only time mbappe didn't exhibit disasterclass levels of performance post wc wasn't when he was shamelessly statpadding against his own fanboys. even if mbappe plays on the 14th and -miraculously- gets out of his funk and manages to score a hattrick bayern are going to put 9 goals past him bc your midfield is ass and defense is non-existent and your tinpot club has no vision. god himself cannot help you
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