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nalyra-dreaming · 3 months

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Two fans met Jacob and Sam a short while ago, after the cocktail. They really are inseparable when they are in the same place

Co-dependent, as Jacob put it.

It's... Man I'm so glad it still is like this for them. Honestly. This level of friendship. I'm kinda jealous. 😅

Feels like love, indeed.

#Anonymous #and I'm totally with Eric and not classifying it further but it is a DELIGHT to watch happening #let's leave it at that #I'm very happy for them whatever it is (or not)#asks #ask nalyra #amc iwtv #iwtv #iwtv amc #iwtv 2022 #interview with the vampire #sam reid #jacob anderson #iwtv cast #jam reiderson

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cross-my-heartt · 1 year

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Crosshair’s ‘rise and fall’ in the Empire

Episode one: Aftermath

I’ve been seeing some takes in the fandom regarding Crosshair’s time in the Empire and considering it’s been a while since season one, I wanted to do a little retrospective analysis and compare it to his situation in season two. Because the two are very very different.

The takes in question are that Crosshair was naive or foolish to trust the Empire and I think that way of seeing things doesn’t do his character justice. And by this I mean it disregards the fact that his perspective is limited and doesn’t take his personal experience into account. So let’s delve into that for a bit…

(Bear in mind, this isn’t an analysis of Crosshair’s morality but rather of the practical motives behind his decisions.)

As this is going to be an episode by episode analysis, we’re of course starting with Aftermath. Aftermath is an episode that doesn’t shed much light on what the batch stands to gain from siding with the Empire but is more about the risks they face in going against it.

That being said, even though the episode shows us why the Empire is worse than the Republic and has the characters acknowledge that, we are also given some clues that it’s not all too different from its predecessor, at least from the batch’s pov.

Later on in its run, the show makes a point of showing us the derisive attitude the ‘nat borns’ and some officers have towards the clones. But Aftermath indicates that this isn’t an attitude the batch are unfamiliar with. The mess hall scene aside (it being the most self-explanatory), there are other smaller moments sprinkled throughout.

And it’s an attitude that we’re given to understand extends to the officers as well:

A mission’s a mission. The batch are used to facing unfavorable odds (in TCW Hunter asks Cody what ‘suicide mission’ he has for them) while serving under officers with a less than kind disposition. The Empire is worse than the Republic but its attitude is not entirely unfamiliar.

What the batch does object to is the Empire’s distinct disregard of morality but if there’s anything we learn about Crosshair down the line, it’s that morality often takes a backseat to his batch’s safety.

Another thing Aftermath emphasizes is that the Empire seems stronger and more dangerous than the Republic.

But even more important than that, is that we witness what happens when the batch fail to achieve their objective.

As we all know the consequences of that are immediate and severe and something that Crosshair will personally make a point of reminding Hunter of, not just in this episode but in others to come.

Keep in mind that his violent reaction, though it could be in part explained by the chip, is also understandable when you realize that the batch are an experimental unit that has never once failed in achieving their objective before. Even if they didn’t always follow orders in getting there, we know that they had a 100% success rate until Onderon (or technically, until Kaller).

They’ve never faced the consequences of failure before because they’ve never had to – completing their objectives in order to survive as a squad, whatever that may mean or whatever they take that to mean, has always been a fact of their existence and it’s the same thing the Empire is offering now.

To cut a long story short, the batch’s situation after the Empire takes over is not entirely uncharted territory. It’s somewhat familiar and navigable terrain. The Empire is worse in many regards but it is also stronger and disobeying it has dire consequences.

The observations Crosshair makes in Aftermath (because we know that clones retain their memories from the time their chips are active, regardless of whether their perception of events is skewed at the time) will later lead him to the conclusion that the risk that comes with obeying the Empire is lesser than that of opposing it.

We also see the Empire make promises in this episode. And at the very end we even get a glimpse of what fulfilling that contract looks like. The first glimpse of Crosshair’s ‘rise’ if you will – Crosshair with his newly enhanced chip is released from custody and decked out in new gear (which, since we’re given to understand the Empire’s inventory is new and improved and we later learn that Crosshair’s squad is considered elite, is probably new and improved as well).

In conclusion, Aftermath sets the stage and introduces us to an environment where success, and by extension survival, is difficult but not impossible to achieve. This is the situation Crosshair will navigate seemingly successfully until the very end of season one where his circumstances will start changing for the worse.

Until then however? Crosshair has plenty of reason to believe that taking their chances with this new regime are better than what’s in store for them if they don’t.

And remember: we’re limiting ourselves to Crosshair’s perspective here. As the audience we have both hindsight and additional insight on our side – something that characters shouldn’t be faulted for for lacking.

But anyway I hope you enjoyed and welcome any and all feedback! The next episode we’ll be looking at is episode three and I’m quite excited for that one.

(Also anyone who wants to be added to a taglist for this series, please let me know!)

#tbb #the bad batch #tbb crosshair #tbb meta #my meta #this became significantly shorter when I removed all of the morality/Crosshair's personal biases bit #but considering there's at least four more parts to come 😂#let's leave it at that

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edgepunk · 9 months

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accidentally came across some fandom discourse that I somehow missed bc I was too busy w my current obsession

#t #it's some fandom drama that I got pulled into against my will about a year ago #let's leave it at that #there are so many posts too how did I miss this lmao #anyway. staying in my own corner. having fun with my blorbo

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child-of-hurin · 10 months

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leegal imigration to the u. s. of A is a scam

#let's leave it at that #tbd #inane post #personal

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hoppingoutcasketfresh · 4 months

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Wrote receipt instead of received😭😭😭sir really gonna be judging my stupid ass like😭😭😭WHY WOULD I NEED TO WRITE RECEIPT HELPPPPPP

#such is the dichotomy of the english language #not my fault it sounds similar #let's leave it at that

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dudefrommywesterns · 1 year

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I'm hard pressed to think of anything too great that happened this year

#it was pretty bad #let's leave it at that #typewriter dings

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cloud-ya · 16 days

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outcast of the village

#werewolf #folklore #slavic #poland #folk clothing #folk costume #wolf #me when The Peasants (2023) i hate that movie #nothing against it I actually love how it's made along with the soundtrack and references to polish paintings #but having watched it in cinema it triggered so many traumas that i wanted to immediately leave the screening room #kto się wychował na polskiej wsi ten się w cyrku nie śmieje #art #pl #polblr #how much more tags can i fit to get people to notice this? let's see!

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cyancees · 1 year

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i have neither a good imagination nor aphantasia, but a secret third thing

#adhd #doodles #show this to your therapist instead of failing to explain it like i did #me: its like i cant control my thoughts like i was trying to think of something earlier today but #all i could think of was this giraffe eating leaves and no matter how hard i tried to focus the thought would just. replay #my therapist: what happens if you try to let the thought just play out #me: ........ i dont know but i dont want it to be there at all when im trying to do simple addition in a maths exam #10k #100k

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sleepless-in-starbucks · 2 months

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guy who's stuck in a timeloop for so long he stops wanting to leave it. guy who started out trying to escape but slowly grew used to and became comforted by the familiarity of the repeating day. guy who is no longer who he was before the timeloop. guy who is offered a way out and violently refuses it because he can't leave, doesn't want to leave. guy who escapes the timeloop by chance or force or accident and doesn't know how to live anymore. guy who keeps going through motions that don't match the situation and keeps having conversations that aren't actually occurring. guy who panics every time he realizes he can't predict the next instant. guy who left the timeloop but still lives with it.

#the cryptid speaks #time loop #ik there's been talk of the trope '[x] never left the timeloop' but what about [x] who never Wanted to leave the timeloop #like astronauts who come back to earth and keep trying to let go of things midair #former timelooper who is still expecting to know your next sentence; to predict the next major event; to survive everything

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ambrosiagourmet · 3 months

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I think one of the biggest tragedies of Laios & Falin and their relationship is how much his actions impact her life. But like. Specifically how much they WOULDN’T impact her life as much if they weren’t both stuck in such a shitty abusive situation.

This part of the Falin-tries-makeup daydream hour comic is what got me thinking about it again because truly it just... it seems like such a like an offhand comment that I'm sure Laios didn't mean to be cruel or anything. That's just like. A little kid not thinking about what they are saying. ESPECIALLY when the kid in question is Laios.

But man they depended on each other SO much as kids. Too much. It really feels like they didn't have any other source of positive reinforcement, or anyone else to share themselves with. So of course an offhand comment like that has a huge impact on Falin.

Or this little bit from one of the flashbacks:

This tears me apart. Do you think it tears him apart to think about? I think it does. I think Laios holds every small failure to care for Falin against himself.

And then there's the Bigger stuff. The way that him coping with his own trauma ended up impacting her.

Like his interest in monsters. Like him going to find a ghost, and accidentally revealing Falin's magic to the whole village in the process.

Like him needing to leave. And leaving her behind.

He shaped her life so much, and he carries so much guilt for it. And again, there should have been other people there to help. The same things that made Laios need to leave home are the things that made his leaving so hard on Falin. She ate alone after that. She shouldn't have had to eat alone just because Laios wasn't there.

She was 9 when he left for school, and he was 11.

Nine. And Laios feels like he failed her because he didn't stand by her through this better. As an eleven year old.

Both of these kids deserved so much better from the world.

#dunmeshi analysis #dungeon meshi #delicious in dungeon #falin touden #laios touden #dungeon meshi spoilers #AND this isn't even getting into her leaving the academy & how much it seems like that was directly tied to how poorly he was doing #there's a comic in the adventurer's bible where marcille is like 'yeah she had a job lined up and everything'#and like. do you think he feels bad for that too #like he wrecked her life by leaving #and wrecked her life by showing up #what do you even do at that point. if you feel like a failed protector when you are away & and a burden when you return #unable to make yourself accept. unable to make yourself resist #Laios strongest moment is when he lets himself accept that. the contradiction of his life & his relationship with Falin #that he has to kill her to save her #as a small note this came out a little more focused on Laios' POV with this stuff but Falin's experience of it is v important to me too #didn't mean to sideline her but her feelings about stuff are more speculative and probably need a post of their own

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ialwaysknewyouwerepunk · 5 months

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going to watch women's football tonight at the local stadium. should i try to meet the one there

#i'm.........#am i horny? yes #let's leave it at that #my posts

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pangur-and-grim · 9 months

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cars need to stop testing me. I have no problem with kicking a car. I love kicking a car. if you honk at me for walking too slowly across an intersection, I will kick your car. please instigate something because I have so much stress that could be relieved by kicking your car with my fragile meat legs

#spoiler: it drove away before I could kick it #saddest moment of my life #they can always tell that I want to kick their car #and so they speed up and leave.#you stupid fuckers. let me kick your car. I need to kick it

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maedictus · 2 months

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