#season 15 coda

[leothil]

fic recs: archive edition 15

Hello again and happy 911 bts posting season! To cope with the longing for S7 and maybe find some more inspiration for spec and spiraling sessions, why not take a look at some fall 2021 fics. We've got AUs, codas, and a whole lot of Eddie and Buck talking in the kitchen.

Find all the previous archive recommendations here!

a touch of someone else (to save me from myself) by allyasavedtheday (@littlespoonevan) Canon divergence where Eddie joins the 118 in S1 instead of S2, which means Eddie meets Buck 1.0. Very sweet and funny! 19.4k words, rated T

at the kitchen table by iphigenias (@oatflatwhite) Coda to 5x03. Eddie is single, Buck isn't, and they address the elephant in the room. The truest tag of them all: "the inherent homoeroticism of Eddie and Buck in a kitchen" 1.6k words, rated T

Bases Loaded by @lamardeuse It starts with them getting together, and Eddie asks to go slow. Every scene is a slow escalation one step further, and I'll be honest this is probably up there in fics I've reread the most in this fandom. Also look at this artwork by @luluxa, I'm obsessed with it! 2.1k words, rated E

tell the whole wide world and this room by @hattalove Established relationship fluff where Eddie proves he actually listens to and remembers all the random fun facts Buck tells him. I'm-melting-over-it sweet, and yes, they're, naturally, in the kitchen. 5.2k words, rated T

everything i feel for you (it hits me) by lecornergirl (@clusterbuck) Buck kisses Eddie, freaks out, and runs to Maddie and Chimney. Quoting the author: "for frida, as an apology for dragging her into this clown car of a fandom." Seeing as I'm still here two and a half years later with no end in sight, I think the apology isn't needed anymore. 1.6k words, rated G

Enjoy, everyone!

#911 fic rec #buddie fic rec #fic rec #buddie fic #911 fic #frida's archive project

[welcometololaland]

2023 writing wrap up (for the mems) (part 1 - i want to do the stats one as well!)

Thanks for the tags @liminalmemories21 @alrightbuckaroo and @reyesstrand 💜 Rules: Share what you wrote this year! It can be works you posted to Ao3, Wattpad, Tumblr, or anywhere else! You can share everything you wrote or just the ones you're most excited about.

1. a long time ago (we used to be friends) (December / Tarlos / E / 166.6k)

Carlos is a former private investigator, and his runaway ex is being accused of murder.

2. Cursed is a State of Mind (September / Firstprince / E / 17.2k)

A commentary on Alex and @dustratcentral's cursed coffee habits. Also, a love story. For my angel @rmd-writes.

3. (Un)Professional Services (September / Tarlos / E / 63.3k)

The Tarlos Professional Services AU co-write with @rmd-writes.

4. Catch and Release (September / Firstprince / T / 4.8k)

Snippet of a Rowing AU. For a title challenge given to me by @tailoredshirt.

5. oh baby, i'm a fool for you (September / Tarlos / E / 3k)

Total crack. TK tries to get Carlos to watch Twilight (and fails). For the vampire enthusiasts @strandnreyes @lightningboltreader @rmd-writes.

6. Fifty First Dates (September / Firstprince / E / 26.4k)

Alex challenges Henry to go on fifty first dates and then wishes he was one of them. Also, oodies. For my baby girl @celeritas2997.

7. living at the centre of a wound still fresh (June / Tarlos / E / 43k)

The Tarlos honeymoon, reimagined.

8. all is near and can't be touched (May / Tarlos / T / 3.8k)

Season 4 Episode 16 coda.

9. Cause of Action (WIP / April / Hangster / T / 7.7k)

ARGH don't look here I need to finish it.

10. (Fl)oral Arrangements (March / Tarlos / E / 5.2k)

Tarlos smut made into a season 4 episode 8 coda.

11. Like Gravity (February / Hangster / E / 6.5k)

Flirting at a bar that turns into something else, with a twist.

12. Warm Whispers (February / Tarlos / E / 4.3k)

Gratuitous wedding night spec.

13. Hearbreak High (January / Tarlos / T / 6.8k)

Kidfic part 3 with a teenager experiencing heartache.

14. Love in Slow Motion (January / Tarlos / E / 32.7k)

Tennis AU prompt fills. Super soft.

15. Target Audience (January / Tarlos / E / 8.2k)

Carlos Reyes vs. TikTok. This fic is a damn comedy.

I'll leave an open tag for anyone who would like to share, please tag me if you decide to participate. I'll also yeet this into the rwrb fandom by tagging @rmd-writes @clottedcreamfudge @cha-melodius @cricketnationrise @kiwiana-writes @inexplicablymine @dumbpeachjuice @happiness-of-the-pursuit @everwitch-magiks and @indomitable-love just in case you haven't done it <3 and also @cold-blooded-jelly-doughnut, @carlos-tk and @carlos-in-glasses just because.

#2023 writing wrap up #rwrb #tarlos #tarlos fics #rwrb fics #hangster #hangster fics #911 lone star #firstprince #red white and royal blue #top gun maverick #tgm

[heartdrift]

Every Caryl Scene (S1-11) (1080p/Logoless)

PART 1

PART 2

PART 3

PART 4

PART 5

PART 6

PART 7

Whew. I'm not gonna lie to y'all, this took forever. My goal with this was to recreate my previous Caryl compilation with 1.) all scenes intact, not missing anything and 2.) much better quality. I ran into many issues that I won't bore you with, but in summary - almost everything here is completely lossless from the original files, aside from S10, which I unfortunately had to reencode to fix a few issues I could not solve no matter how much I fiddled with it. However, it is still much better quality than the previous file I had up! These also have 6CH audio, which means that if you make fan videos and use something like Vegas Pro, you will be able to isolate the spoken audio from the music/random background noises and have better, cleaner voiceovers!

All of the seasons add up to about 123 GB, so I'm sorry that these will take up quite a bit more space than before, but the improved quality hopefully makes up for that! These are not perfect, so please forgive any little framerate bugs or very slight (hopefully) issues with video/audio syncing. I'm aware that the audio for S10 is a bit behind, but hopefully not to an extent that ruins anything - that season gave me quite a hard time, and I'm not really sure how to get it just right. It bothers the hell out of me, so I'm sorry, but I did my best. Otherwise, any issues should be pretty minor, but let me know if you run into anything major.

As always -

Credit is not necessary.

You are free to - and encouraged to - use these for anything creative that your heart desires. Just don't claim that you put these together yourself and I'm happy.

If you want me to see something you made with the scenes, tag me! I love seeing new creations in the tag, so don't be shy.

This is my love letter to y'all. It's not much, but I hope it sparks joy!

(Pssttt, psstt. If you would like episode timestamps for each season, click the link below. It's pretty lengthy and they're not precise, I just did my best.)

Season 1

00:00 to 02:52 - Episode 5, Wildfire

02:52 to 04:17 - Episode 6, TS-19

Season 2

00:00 to 14:21 - Episode 1, What Lies Ahead

14:22 to 20:05 - Episode 2, Bloodletting

20:06 to 21:38 - Episode 3, Save the Last One

21:39 to 26:16 - Episode 4, Cherokee Rose

26:17 to 27:18 - Episode 5, Chupacabra

27:19 to 42:17 - Episode 7, Pretty Much Dead Already

42:18 to 45:16 - Episode 8, Nebraska

45:17 to 51:00 - Episode 9, Triggerfinger

51:01 to 55:03 - Episode 11, Judge, Jury, Executioner

55:04 to 57:49 - Episode 12, Better Angels

57:50 to 01:12:48 - Episode 13, Beside the Dying Fire

Season 3

00:00 to 11:34 - Episode 1, Seed

11:35 to 20:08 - Episode 4, Killer Within

20:09 to 26:13 - Episode 5, Say the Word

26:14 to 31:12 - Episode 6, Hounded

31:13 to 33:14 - Episode 7, When the Dead Come Knocking

33:15 to 39:58 - Episode 9, The Suicide King

39:59 to 43:41 - Episode 10, Home

43:42 to 44:45 - Episode 11, I Ain't a Judas

44:46 to 46:18 - Episode 15, This Sorrowful Life

46:19 to 46:37 - Episode 16 - Welcome to the Tombs

Season 4

00:00 to 02:11 - Episode 1, 30 Days Without an Accident

02:12 to 06:11 - Episode 2, Infected

06:12 to 10:03 - Episode 3, Isolation

10:04 to 13:49 - Episode 4, Indifference

13:50 to 14:53 - Episode 5, Internment

14:54 to 16:18 - Episode 8, Too Far Gone

Season 5

00:00 to 20:07 - Episode 1, No Sanctuary

20:08 to 33:23 - Episode 2, Strangers

(^tw for emetophobia at 22:27 to 22:42, I know it might seem silly since this show is full of blood and gore, but I don't want to catch y'all off guard with something unexpected that might really bother you to see.)

33:24 to 34:19 - Episode 3, Four Walls and a Roof

34:20 to 34:52 - Episode 4, Slabtown

34:53 to 01:16:24 - Episode 6, Consumed

(^yes, I included this entire ep, y'all ain't missing a second of it.)

01:16:25 to 01:23:28 - Episode 8, Coda

01:23:29 to 01:27:29 - Episode 10, Them

01:27:30 to 01:28:14 - Episode 11, The Distance

01:28:15 to 01:30:58 - Episode 12, Remember

01:30:59 to 01:33:56 - Episode 13, Forget

Season 6

00:00 to 01:31 - Episode 1, First Time Again

01:32 to 09:26 - Episode 3, Thank You

09:27 to 12:59 - Episode 6, Always Accountable

13:00 to 14:59 - Episode 9, No Way Out

15:00 to 17:18 - Episode 11, Knots Untie

17:19 to 19:40 - Episode 13, The Same Boat

19:41 to 25:28 - Episode 14, Twice as Far

25:29 to 28:38 - Episode 16, Last Day on Earth

Season 7

00:00 to 02:55 - Episode 1, The Day Will Come When You Won't Be

02:56 to 03:55 - Episode 9, Rock in the Road

03:56 to 20:43 - Episode 10, New Best Friends

20:44 to 28:13 - Episode 13, Bury Me Here

Season 8

00:00 to 08:46 - Episode 1, Mercy

08:47 to 13:22 - Episode 4, Some Guy

13:23 to 15:22 - Episode 5, The Big Scary U

15:23 to 17:45 - Episode 11, Dead or Alive Or

17:46 to 20:02 - Episode 13, Do Not Send Us Astray

20:03 to 27:51 - Episode 16, Wrath

Season 9

00:00 to 02:33 - Episode 1, A New Beginning

02:34 to 07:27 - Episode 2, The Bridge

07:28 to 08:28 - Episode 6, Who Are You Now?

08:29 to 23:25 - Episode 7, Stradivarius

23:26 to 28:00 - Episode 10, Omega

28:01 to 29:41 - Episode 13, Chokepoint

29:42 to 31:01 - Episode 14, Scars

31:02 to 58:58 - Episode 15, The Calm Before

58:59 to 01:22:21 - Episode 16, The Storm

Season 10 (Part 1)

00:00 to 09:24 - Episode 1, Lines We Cross

09:25 to 35:48 - Episode 3, Ghosts

35:49 to 38:34 - Episode 4, Silence the Whisperers

38:35 to 39:46 - Episode 5, What It Always Is

39:47 to 53:52 - Episode 6, Bonds

53:53 to 01:06:48 - Episode 7, Open Your Eyes

01:06:49 to 01:19:18 - Episode 8, The World Before

01:19:19 to 01:44:24 - Episode 9, Squeeze

Season 10 (Part 2)

00:00 to 08:41 - Episode 9, Squeeze (continued from the previous part)

08:42 to 16:35 - Episode 11, Morning Star

16:36 to 20:04 - Episode 12, Walk with Us

20:05 to 31:45 - Episode 14, Look at the Flowers

31:46 to 40:01 - Episode 15, The Tower

40:02 to 01:02:20 - Episode 16, A Certain Doom

01:02:21 to 01:07:40 - Episode 17, Home Sweet Home

01:07:41 to 01:33:05 - Episode 18, Find Me

01:33:06 to 02:05:42 - Episode 21, Diverged

02:05:43 to 02:08:40 - Episode 24, Here's Ne/gan

^I don't want this post to show up in that character's tag on mobile, it would just be annoying for those fans since this doesn't have anything to do with him.

Season 11

00:00 to 09:55 - Episode 1, Acheron: Part I

09:56 to 15:29 - Episode 9, No Other Way

15:30 to 18:51 - Episode 10, New Haunts

18:52 to 24:27 - Episode 14, The Rotten Core

24:28 to 27:26 - Episode 17, Lockdown

27:27 to 37:24 - Episode 18, A New Deal

37:25 to 57:18 - Episode 20, What's Been Lost

57:19 to 01:19:32 - Episode 21, Outpost 22

1:19:33 to 01:20:56 - Episode 22, Faith

01:20:57 to 01:32:27 - Episode 23, Family

01:32:28 to 02:00:35 - Episode 24, Rest in Peace

#caryl #long post #kimmy.txt #caryledit #< this is here so that y'all know you can use this as a resource for any graphics/gifs/videos/etc #i am still salty that i had to reencode s10 and that the video and audio aren't synced properly EVEN AFTER THAT >.< #but sometimes you just gotta throw in the towel before you lose your mind

[elephant-in-the-pride-parade]

Dal/Gwyn, Janeway/Chakotay parallels

I've been mulling this over for a while so I just wanna put all of these down. I really have been enjoying the parallels between these four, and there's a bunch. Will add to this as I think of more.

Dal and Janeway:

They're both on a quest to find home. Janeway back to Earth. Dal back to his family.

Both captain a nontraditional crew and bring them under the Starfleet banner. Dal captains his crew of escaped prisoners from Tars Lamora and Janeway the combined members of her original crew and the Maquis in each case this is born of expediency. They need the crew numbers to get the ship running. And for both part of their journey becomes learning to be a better captain to their unique crews.

Both explore and grapple with their relationship to starfleet ideals. In Dal's case learning Starfleet ideals and laws from scratch and putting them into practice. In Janeway's having her existing ideals tested by an environment where they are difficult to hold to. She and Dal both experience obstacles that test their commitment to these ideals and face consequences of straying from them.

Stars: Dal's window of dreams. Janeway's love of nebulas. The stars mean different things to these two: freedom to Dal and discovery to Janeway but both are seen to have a particular affinity for them.

Learning to lean on their crew: Both in one way or another return to themes of accepting help rather than depending only on themselves. For Dal, this comes from a past of self-preservation and survival. For Janeway, from guilt-driven instinct to put her crew before herself. Both see some of their greatest successes and moments of growth when they set aside those tendencies and accept help from their crew.

Gwyn and Chakotay

Both leave their home for Starfleet, and later return to it when it is in trouble. Chakotay leaves Dorvan/Trebus at 15 against the wishes of his father in order to pursue Starfleet Academy. and only returns when it attacked by the Cardassians. Gwyn idealizes Starfleet her whole life on Tars Lamora only to decide to try to save Solum rather than join her friends as warrant officers.

Both have complicated relationships with their dead fathers. Both of their fathers disagreed with their pursuit of Starfleet, and wanted them to embrace a future that more directly benefited their homeworld. Both were in conflict with them before their deaths and Both of their fathers were killed violently, spurring a shift in their thinking.

Both love exploring other cultures. Gwyn has a love of languages. Chakotay of archeology/anthropology. Both enjoy learning about new people and places and making connections.

Both of their homeworlds are abandoned by the Federation for political reasons - a treaty with the Cardassians in one case and a commitment to non-interference in the other. In Chakotay's case this leads him to turn against starfleet for a time, feeling that it had abandoned its ideals. I'm curious if Gwyn's mission to Solum will lead her down a similar path.

Both act the first officer to an equal. Chakotay was a captain of his own ship before agreeing to be Janeway's second in command. Gwyn has more technical expertise about the Protostar's systems than Dal, and more familiarity with the Federation.

Dal/Gwyn &. Chakotay/Janeway

Both pairs begin their relationship at odds in similar ways. Janeway is seeking to arrest Chakotay. Dal is first Gwyn's prisoner and then takes her as a captive.

The Moral Star/Coda parallels. I just enjoy a good "You might be dying in my arms and I never told you how I felt moment" okay. I am a sucker for it.

Gwyn and Dal ending Season 1 in a similar place to where Janeway and Chakotay were at the start of it. Chakotay winds up trapped on Alt!Future Solum after accepting a mission to complete some of the unfinished work/fix some of the mistakes Voyager had when it first traversed the Delta Quadrant. Gwyn ends Season one going to fix some of the mistakes made between Solum and Starfleet in the alternate future. Janeway and Dal, meanwhile, are at HQ with their own Starfleet-focused duties.

Speculations:

All of the above have me wondering if both couples are in a similar place romantically. Dal and Gwyn are just beginning a romantic relationship when they separate. Is that where Janeway and Chakotay are as well?

And will this mean that Gwyn will also need a rescue? Will her mission go sideways like Chakotay's did?

#gwyndala #dal r'el #kathryn janeway #chakotay #janeway x chakotay #gwyn x dal #janeway/chakotay #gwyn/dal #star trek voyager #star trek prodigy

[kalena-henden]

I watched soooo much tv at the end of last year and loved it! This post will be all of the shows I finished watching in November and December 2023.

Twinkling Watermelon - Oscar award winning CODA meets blockbuster fan favorite Back to the Future. I really enjoyed this time traveling musical romp with excellent romances and friendships and learning more about your family.

The Worst of Evil - A cop's life is upended when he goes undercover with a gang to take down their burgeoning drug trade. An interesting watch. I especially liked the unlikely bromance between Ji Chang Wook and Wi Ha Jun. But this was just heartbreaking. Was surviving even worth it?

Castaway Diva - After a pair of island teenagers try to escape their abusive homes, they are separated for 15 years when one of them ends up on a deserted island. When Mokha is rescued, she decides to pursue her long-delayed dream of being a singer and reunite with her childhood friend. This was touching, fun and occasionally harrowing. Love Park Eun Bin, Chae Jong Hyeop, & Cha Hakyeon!

Perfect Marriage Revenge - A passive beleaguered woman is given a one year reset to get revenge on the family who made her life hell by marrying the man of her sister's dreams. A fun makjang that shows you can find the love and support you deserve with family and in marriage.

Moon in the Day - When a ghost who has been following all the reincarnations of his ex-wife who killed him 1500 years ago becomes corporeal, he tries to discover the truth and break the curse that has bound them together. This is a tragic, bloody, ride or die, epic love story. I liked it. Faves Kim Young Dae and Pyo Ye Jin star.

The Great British Baking Show - This is my happy place.

Fixer Upper - I really enjoy the banter of Chip and Joanna and these beautiful house renovations inspire me. I had watched a few seasons when it originally aired but I was able to watch the whole thing through this time.

#twinkling watermelon #the worst of evil #castaway diva #perfect marriage revenge #moon in the day #the great british bake off #fixer upper #kalena watches kdramas #kalenapost #tv #tv list #kdrama

[twdmusicboxmystery]

https://www.ign.com/articles/the-walking-dead-daryl-dixon-season-1-review-norman-reedus

Do you think this makes it sound doubtful that beth will return? This is the first 6 episodes review

Okay, so I've read about 10 of these review articles over the past day or two. I get that it doesn't say we'll see Beth, but I actually think it sounds VERY promising. A lot of what me and my fellow theorists have been saying for a long time now is already being confirmed.

I'm going to combine several Asks into one post so I can gather all my thoughts in one area. I'll also insert some of the articles in case you want to read them yourself. Just keep in mind that they do have a lot of spoilers.

If you read across all the articles out there, some of them clearly are loving the Daryl spinoff, while others are much more negative and hate it. (Most of them seem to harbor negative feelings toward Norman and TWD in general, so I wouldn't take their words too seriously.) But you start to notice similarities between the articles. Most of them talk about the same things in the series, and we start to get a lot of hints toward what we'll see.

It's true that they don't mention Beth and some go out of their way to say that there are no other familiar faces from TWD. But keep in mind a couple of things about that:

1) I think that's aimed toward the Carylers. They're so sure we're going to see Carol at some point, and to me, it doesn't sound like we will. Or, if we do, it will be at such a last possible secondn to kick us into season 2, that her presence will have absolutely no effect on season 1.

2) Several of the reviewers have said that AMC swore them to secrecy when it comes to episodes 5 and 6. So, they've said some general stuff about how amazing episode 5 is gonna be, but overall, they can't say anything about what they saw in those episodes. So even if someone big showed up (Carol, Beth, Rick, Shane, lol) they wouldn't be able to say.

And I think it's SUPER significant that AMC would swear them to secrecy about those episodes. When the show literally leaked Troy's return 15 minutes after the FTWD Coda with the "mysterious" person, why would they demand that those receiving the screeners not reveal anything about the final two episodes of the Daryl Spinoff. Sounds all kinds of promising to me.

But there's plenty more. Let me just mention some things that stick out that seem to confirm we're right about smaller things (i.e. not Beth, per se). If you read across all the articles, there are actually a LOT of spoilers for the first few episodes. You can piece together a lot of the story from what's said. Yet, there's nothing about Carol, as I've already mentioned, and nothing suggesting a Daryl/Isabelle romance.

I did read one that said there are some "romance tropes" they use between the two of them, that are sure to get the Daryl shippers all fired up, but we don't actually hear about a relationship.

To me, that just means we'll see more of the same. Just as with Connie, just as with Carol, or Rosita, or just about anyone else he's had friendships with, he will be close to Isabelle and they'll connect on a deep level. Because of that, we're sure to see some Daryl/Isabelle shippers spring up, and the more angry people who ship Daryl with someone else (we all know who they are) will be on the warpath.

But I think if we were truly going to see a Daryl/Isabelle romance, it would be apparent in some way from these reviews. Even if they didn't come right out and say it, they would be frustrated that something is going to happen to inflame the shipping wars and would say so.

Another thing certain shippers were saying is that the leaked pictures of Daryl near the moose crossing sign were just down the road from the Commonwealth and were a scene where Carol caught up with him before he left the states and they had some kind of interaction.

That's proven to be false. We're now being told by the screeners that he's in Maine, very far from the Commonwealth, and Carol is nowhere in sight. To those of us to *actually* follow the details of the story and the symbolism, this has a lot more ties to Tales of the Walking Dead's Davon episode. If you haven't watched it, I would highly suggest you do. We're hoping to see some obvious ties to it in the show.

Of all the articles I read, this may be my favorite. It just gushes about how good Daryl's spinoff is, and has lots of good clues in it. But yes, the line you mention, Nonny, really stood out to me.

If you read carefully, it says Daryl will be asked about those he loves, and being Daryl, he's fairly closed-mouthed about it. But they specifically entangle that idea with him saying, or almost saying, a name that will break the internet. The Carylers, obviously, assume it will be Carol. But would him saying her name break the internet? I don't think so.

Exactly!

It doesn't make sense that Carol's name would break the internet. He already told Carol he loved her before leaving the CW, so it wouldn't be anything new. The names of any other character (Rick? Judith? Michonne?) wouldn't either because the audience knows they're out there somewhere. To break the internet as the reviewer suggests, it would have to be someone we don't know about (most of the GA doesn't think Beth is alive) or something we haven't heard Daryl say before.

So, here's what I'm guessing/hoping for. What if someone (Isabelle, I'm assuming) asks Daryl if he's ever been in love? Now, it says it's an "almost" name drop, so maybe he doesn't actually say Beth's name, but mentions a girl he once ended up alone on the road with or something.

That would be sublime. 😍

And naturally other shippers think he'll refer to Carol. But here's the thing. Let's say--you know, just for kicks--that he IS talking about romantic love and he DID refer to Carol. I still don't think that would break the internet. Sure, the Caryl shippers would go absolutely ballistic with triumph and joy, but remember that, while they're very loud and vocal, they're just a small part of the internet. Most of the GA doesn't know who they are any more than they know who we are. And I think the after TWD viewer who isn't part of the ship wars would just go, "huh. Okay. So they finally had Daryl say he was in love with someone." And then they would shrug and move on. Because most of the GA wants Daryl to find a happy ending, but they don't care overly much who it's with.

Now, obviously I DON'T think he's going to say Carol's name, in a romantic or any other capacity. My point is just that no matter how you slice it, Daryl saying Carol's name would not break the internet, so that can't be what the reviewer is talking about.

But referring to Beth would be completely different. We've never heard him talk about her before. And if he talks about feelings he had for her, well, even the average viewer remembers his and Beth's storyline (AMC has certainly kept it in the forefront of most people's minds all these years) and would have an emotional reaction to Daryl talking about her, and even more so if he says he loved her.

Now, of course this is all speculation one way or the other. We have no idea what he will actually be talking about in that scene. Again, this is just what I'm guessing/hoping for, because it's the only thing I can think of that would "break the internet" as the article says.

So, I've already addressed most of this. I'm not getting the Daryl/Isabelle romance thing at all when I read the articles. Again, just read them very carefully. It says there are set ups that feel like romance tropes, but it doesn't actually say there's a relationship, and the same thing could have been said of Connie and plenty of others.

As for the happy ending, I really think we'll see something of that by the end of the first season, but remember that the reviewers have admitted they can't talk about that. But even if we don't get a total Daryl/Beth reunion in S1, keep in mind that Judith's line about his happy ending probably spans the entire spinoff series.

And if I'm right about him mentioning Beth, (yes, still a big IF right now) well, there's no reason to do that unless they're foreshadowing her coming back into the story.

So, as always, we'll have to wait and see what the episodes bring us.

Can reviews be misleading? Yes. Definitely. And I don't even think it's always done purposely on the part of the reviewer. Sometimes yes, sometimes, no. But we have someone who has seen the show and is trying to reveal it without spoiling it. Each reviewer has their own thoughts and impressions and biases that naturally leak into their reviews. Some of them don't have English as their first language. Some of them are Caryl shippers, and that will make their reviews sound a certain way.

So, you just have to keep in mind that these reviewers are human beings with their own insights and opinions. And while that might make their review come off as misleading, it's really just that they have their own interpretation of what they're seeing, just as we do. Whose to say who's right or wrong? (Except we're totally right. 😉😁😇)

Overall, I've really enjoyed reading all these articles and harvesting clues and insights from them. I'm more excited for the Daryl spinoff than ever and still think it is leading to Beth. And we'll get episode 1 in just a few days. (Yay! 🎉)

Xoxo! 🍁🍂💓

#beth greene #beth greene lives #beth is alive #beth is coming #team delusional #team defiance #td theories #td theory #beth is almost here #bethyl #daryl dixon spinoff #dd spinoff

[cha-melodius]

Fic Rec Friday

This week's theme: Rec a fic that starts with the same letter as your username (or, if you like, a part of your username) The rules: Tag a fic that starts with the same letter as your username and describe why it's so good / how it has a hold on you. Then tag some people to see what everyone else is reading. Spread the love! Also, she'll do the round up on Sunday, so if you're still recc-ing on Saturday, no pressure! Please tag @welcometololaland or tag #fic rec friday so she can compile the masterlist.

Thanks Lola and @rmd-writes for the tags. I'm also gonna cheat and give more than one per fandom because I actually sorted all the fics in my fandoms by title and went through all the C's, which was enlightening but also gave me too many options that I love. Narrowing it down to three or less was hard enough.

Red, White & Royal Blue

Cinnamon & Earl Grey by @everwitch-magiks This is actually a series of 100-word drabbles, one each week, that tell a complete outsider-POV story. I'm still in awe, especially since Evie didn't even know what the theme would be each week, but it still fits!

Come Fly With Me by politics_and_prose Super adorable airline passenger/flight attendant AU. The flirting is so on point.

Competent Guardians of Horny Little Miscreants by M0ssPiglet Amy POV! Missing canon scene. I am obsessed with Amy and Cash moaning about having to protect our two horny idiots. Someone give them a raise.

The Man from UNCLE (2015)

Careful of the Company You Keep by @alienfuckeronmain (objectlesson) Oh, the angst. This is one of my favorites dealing with the messiness of them getting together. I love how this deals with Napoleon’s past and relationship issues from Illya’s perspective.

Closer and closer by @heytheredeann (Elisexyz) OCTOPUS NAPOLEON RIGHTS. I'm not sure I need to say more. So soft and snuggly and lovely.

Loki (Series)

A can of josta by @jim-jam-gem A lovely little season 1 coda of Loki looking for Mobius, and he finally gets a hug!! 😭

Cold, Cold Heart by @amadness2method Country music AU! I just love the world that was built here. This is a WIP that hasn't been updated in a while, but well worth reading the 15 chapters that are already there (and if you see this, Cyn, I'd love to see more, but also know I love it as it stands 💕).

Tagging the above authors, and also @loki-is-my-kink-awakening, @14carrotghoul, @xthelastknownsurvivorx, @three-drink-amy, @clottedcreamfudge, @orchidscript, @wolfpup026, @athousandrooms, @natendo-art, @celeritas2997, @cricketnationrise, and anyone else who sees this to join in. Share the love!!

#fic rec friday #fic recs #rwrb #firstprince #tmfu #napollya #lokius

[my-shields-are-down]

WHY I THINK ROSALIND IS STILL ALIVE

The Rookie episodes follow the standard seasonal arc trope of what was started in episode 1, will be resolved in Episode 21. What were the topics of Episode 1?

Chenford

Nolan and the stupid golden ticket and becoming a training officer

Rosalind’s escape

So then each topic would need to be addressed during the season and resolved by the end, right?

The first third of the season (1-7) - NOLAN was the focus of the season and him learning and reacting to the dynamic of being a TO. I love Celina , because she is forcing Nolan to learn and adapt - much Ike Talia did because their backgrounds and motivations are so vastly different than his. And she pushes back on his smug, condescending, know-it-all-ness.

The second third of the season (8-15)- LUCY has been the focus and we’ve seen and are seeing her find confidence and strength within herself via her blossoming relationship with Tim.

In 5x1, Chenford, they are in massive denial about their feelings and attraction to one another - and have their 2nd kiss because of, and ultimately hook up blocked by Rosalind. Plus I love yous and possibly, possibly a proposal. Depends on Rosalind.

That would mean, by season’s end, they should be open and honest with their feelings with each other, in a committed relationship that everyone knows about and finally vanquishing Rosalind once and for all is the last real hurdle to them being together.

The final third (16-end) is about the capturing and ultimate killing of ROSALIND .

I never believed she actually died. Her death was too easy. I think she has a twin. You all can laugh at me, I don’t care. If Lucy + Tim can have unrelated doppelgängers who are lovers? Then, fuck yeah, Rosalind can have a Twin who she sacrificed to secure her freedom and give her time to plot. I don’t think it was an accident that Rosalind’s disguise was of Ashley, or that the Tim in time was in darker blood on the wall.

We had a conversation about EVIL today and whether a person is themselves inherently evil or a person does evil things - a third of the cast had opinions! Plus, there was a Priest in this episode- and Catholic Priests do exorcisms to battle evil. (Altho I hope Damian isn’t involved in any way with Rosalind)

Oscar. I love Oscar. He is a sociopath - EVIL personified, and every time he shows up, very bad things start happening to the people in our show,

Chris returns. Yes, this could be innocent and unrelated. But he’s always seemed off to me. He’s never fully clicked with Lucy. He’s got a nasty/mean streak to him. Hello ? He treated her like crap when she got upset about him singing that song. If he really did watch the video multiple times, that means he watched Lucy DIE multiple times. That’s heartless. And like Voldie he never seemed to care about Who Lucy actually was or help with her trauma.

Plus, the timing of his bleeding out has always bothered me. That UC op was need to know, so how did Rosalind KNOW to leave Chris on her sofa at that exact time. The only person Lucy told was Tamara. (I’m assuming everyone in the precinct is not linked to Rosalind ), so Rosalind had to have cloned Tam’s phone. (Chris and Austin had best chances to do that).

Thought of another one. Chris was picked up at night by Rosalind. A) how the hell did she know that he would need a ride and what time he would need to be picked up? B) What happened between the late night hour of his pick up and when the next morning he was placed in her apartment, like 8 hours later? Was he drugged? Held hostage? There was no mention of torture? I HAVE QUESTIONS! Seems like a very big ball for our detectives to drop.

Nolan publicly took credit for saving Lucy.

We are seeing Lucy really come into herself this season. So having a showdown with Rosalind would be in line with that.

I think the final coda will be Lucy + Nolan + Rosalind in some kind of final showdown.

Oh, hello. Melissa even said the audience said we’d see what’s coming and I believe that starts with Oscar and that smell Lucy deals with next week.

Cannot wait! Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk.

#chenford #tim bradford #lucy chen #the rookie #tim x lucy #rosalind ruins everything #maybe he is a link to rosalind #rosalind + chris = two crazy loons #f*cking chris sanford #john nolan #fun twist

[chaotictarlos]

Lone Star Season 4 Fics

m a s t e r l i s t

An ongoing collection of season 4 Fics that I'm writing. I hope you enjoy them! Please reblog if you enjoy my fic's and leave some comments! If you would like to be tagged in any Coda's or Season 4 Fics let me know!

This entire series is dedicated to @kiloskywalker who has helped me come up with so many of the ideas.

4 x 01: The New Hotness -

where do we go from here? - TK POV Coda

Summary: TK finds out Carlos' secret and they talk about it.

how did we (i) get here? - Carlos Begins

Summary: A look at Carlos, from when he was younger to present.

Or, in which I meant to write a Carlos POV Coda and wrote a Carlos begins and so much more.

And in your hands, is all of me - the parts I never let you have - Carlos POV Coda

Summary: Carlos has a secret he needs to tell TK, and it's killing him to get it out. Sequel to how did we (i) get here? Carlos POV coda to 4 x 01

4 x 02: The New Hot Mess -

All Night Long

Summary: TK has some feelings about seeing Carlos in plaid.

4 x 03 / 4 x 04 Speculation Fic -

Searching for my heart

Summary: Carlos goes missing.

4 x 03: Cry Wolf -

Waiting up for you

Summary: After the 126 gang goes home, TK waits up for Carlos who never comes home.

do you still want me like i want you?

Summary: TK can't get Carlos words out of his head. He can't help but feel maybe this is all a mistake and that Carlos is regretting saying yes to him.

4 x 03: Abandoned -

"It's yours"

Summary: “TK,” he says softly.

The two syllables of his name falling from Carlos’ lips is enough to get TK to move his feet and push into the room. 

Carlos reaches out and TK immediately grabs onto his hand, clinging to it desperately. When he feels Carlos’ warm skin under his, he lets out a sigh, his body relaxing. 

Carlos is alive.

4 x 05: Human Resources -

Let me be your shoulder

Summary: Carlos struggles to let TK help.

4 x 06: This is not a drill

beneath your hands, i come apart

Summary: TK gets his dessert and shows Carlos how much he loves him.

4 x 07: Tommy Dearest

in the quiet with you

Summary: “We had the craziest call tonight,” TK says as he sets the table for dinner, freshly clean from his shower.

“What was it about?” Carlos asks where he’s finishing up at the stove, dinner almost ready.

“This man came in with his wife on a refrigerator dolly, hanging upside down, claiming that if she’s not upside down then she dies.” TK chuckles slightly, still amazed at the memory, setting out the various sauces and toppings for the tacos that Carlos has made.

4 x 08: Control Freaks

you're all i need

Summary: TK and Carlos finally get a night to themselves to reconnect and relax after some hectic wedding planning.

4 x 09: Road Kill

these moments with you

Summary: A soft moment between TK and Carlos

4 x 10: Sellouts

off duty

Summary: Carlos is at home when he hears about an ambulance exploding.

after gala fun

Summary: Carlos and TK have some fun after the gala

4 x 11 Double Trouble

Dreamy Officer Reyes and his Nincompoop

Summary: Carlos and TK have some roleplay fun.

4 x 12 "Swipe Left"

A future without you is no future at all

Summary: Carlos and TK talk again later that night about kids and Carlos tells TK more about the fears that he has.

4 x 13 "Open"

Lost in You

Summary: TK comes home making wife jokes and Carlos reminds him who he belongs to.

4 x 14 "Tongues Out"

Pudding Punishment

Summary: Carlos faces some fun consequences to stealing the pudding.

4 x 15 "Donors"

after work conversations

Summary: Carlos ices TK's face while they talk about their day.

4 x 16 "A House Divided"

in sickness and in health

Summary: All Carlos has ever wanted is to love TK and live a life by his side, now that's threatened by yet another thing that he can't control.

4 x 17 "Best of Men"

Words left unsaid

Summary: Carlos deals with his grief after his father's funeral

4 x 18 "In Sickness and in Health"

Vacation Eyes

Summary: TK and Carlos start their honeymoon.

The Loft

Summary: TK and Carlos decide that they're going to stay home for their honeymoon instead of going someplace else.

Other Season 4 fics (not set with any particular ep)

mine oh mine

summary: After things settle and Carlos heals up, TK and Carlos finally have a moment to reconnect. TK takes the time to remind Carlos who he belongs to.

total word count: 76,401

#chaotic fics #tarlos #carlos reyes #tk strand #911 lone star #911 lonestar #911 ls #season 4 #season 4 fic's #911 lone star season 4 #tarlos fics #tk x Carlos #tk strand x carlos reyes #season 4 coda #ronen rubinstein #rafael silva

[katy-133]

Rick Prime's Leitmotif

[This post is copy/pasted from the Rick C-137 & Prime Masterpost I reblogged. I'm reposting my thoughts for organisational purposes.]

Imma bout to be destroyed by a literally 823 year old song.

Prime's Leitmotif (Music)

A favourite of mine to talk about: Leitmotifs.

A leitmotif is a piece of reoccurring music that is associated with a particular person, idea, or situation.

Because of how animated tv series are produced, giving each episode a new and unique soundtrack is hard because of the limitations of time and resources. So series will often reuse music and start to create patterns and associations (both on purpose and sometimes by accident) that the audience will start to pick up on. These patterns and associations become leitmotifs.

You can even use leitmotifs to do things like create foreshadowing, remind the audience about a previous idea, and to give a previous scene a new emotional perspective that changes its context. There's a great video on how motifs are used in the musical Hamilton by music theorist Make Stuff that includes examples you can listen to.

Rick and Morty uses various leitmotifs throughout the series.

For example:

For the first episode Evil Morty is introduced in (season 1 episode 10), the ending song that plays is "For the Damaged Coda." It's a very recognisable song in the show because of its unusual use of the piano and vocals. It stands out. (YouTube clip)

It's never reused again... until The Ricklantis Mixup episode that reveals Evil Morty has taken over the Citadel (season 3 episode 7). This establishes the song as "Evil Morty's theme." (YT clip, at 1:25)

Then it is used a third time (this time it's remixed as an epic orchestral version with strings) when Evil Morty escapes the Central Finite Curve (season 5's season finale). (YT clip)

So, does Prime have a leitmotif? And if so, what does it say about him?

For the first question: The short answer is yes. It plays during the scene where Prime shoots Jerry. Right when he fires:

This theme also plays:

During the beginning of the scene (more subtly).

When C-137 and Morty are in Prime's lair (remixed to sound more like an action sequence) in season 6 episode 1. (YouTube clip)

During the end of the season 6 season finale (during C-137's rant about hunting Prime down).

On the second question, the longer answer is:

Dies Irae.

As in

THIS mf:

So, this was something I didn't realise myself, but 4shame pointed out in this video (at the 15:04 mark) that Prime's theme uses a variation of Dies Irae (the go-to music to introduce a villain or kill off a character). Thank you to @fanbun for introducing me to this video in a post.

You have likely heard this motif, even if you didn't realise it. Dies Irae is used in the darker moments of The Lion King, Home Alone, The Shining, Jurassic Park, Frozen 2, The Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Good Place, and Star Wars, just to name a few examples. (YouTube compilations: 1 , 2 , 3 )

Dies Irae was originally a 13th century (circa 1200) Gregorian chant created by Catholic monks. For more information on its history (and more examples of its use in media with on-screen note visuals), here is a video about it by Vox I watched 3 years ago:

For the purposes of this discussion, I'll sum up the Dies Irae ("Day of Wrath") motif as a set of 4 deep notes that are about the Catholic church's belief in a day of judgement (where God judges the living and the dead and decides whether they go to heaven or hell).

Dies Irae was used specifically for funerals and has an association with death, facing a grim reckoning, and an overall sense of dread.

It's also worth noting that historically, some more stuff happened to this song prior to it being used in film:

French composer Louis-Hector Berlioz took Dies Irae and removed the words (the version we recognise, since the vocals are rarely used in film--The Hunchback of Notre Dame is the only example I recognise that included the monk chanting). This resulted in the movement (a self-contained part of a musical composition) "Dream of the Witches' Sabbath" located in "Symphonie Fantastique" (1830 symphony), which is about a man whose past lover comes back to torment him.

The music is associated with obsessive love.

4shame's video points out that Prime's theme ALSO uses a variation of the Rick and Morty opening theme song (aka C-137's theme), removing only one note and slowing it down to make it sound more sinister. You can actually hear this best/clearest when Prime's leitmotif is played during C-137's rant in the season 6 finale, near the end, because the scene has to transition to the ending credits music (C-137's theme), which is cut off in this clip, but you can still hear the beginning of it:

The Rick and Morty opening theme is blended into Prime's theme.

So in conclusion, Prime's theme is an evil-ifed version of C-137's theme, making the two characters very very linked. More linked than any other alternate version of Rick. Using a very specific set of notes that represents death, obsessive love, and facing a day of judgement. Something C-137 will have to reckon with when he reunites with Prime.

#rick and morty #my text #storytelling #music #videos #long post #Youtube

[dispatchpodcast]

Dispatch's first call is here!

In Episode 2, tune in to meet Kris (aka @hattalove!) and hear her thoughts on the show, and to listen to Rachel gush over Kris' amazing fanfiction.

Listen to a preview above, stream the full episode on Anchor.fm, or find it on platforms including Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and more.

See the show notes below for timestamps of when specific discussion takes place, and for links to Kris and her works, and her recommendations for creators @eddiediazes @henwilsonmd @rewritetheending and @clusterbuck and their fanworks.

Episode 3, with Dispatch's next guest, is coming Monday 25th of July.

Show Notes:

Topics:

Welcome (02:56)

How Kris got into 9-1-1 and some of her favourite things about it (04:49)

Discussion of Kris' fic (28:41), mainly focused on: i don't swim and you're not in love (31:34), rainbows have nothing to hide (1:09:50), and tell me about despair (1:20:45)

What Kris is working on right now (2:07:42)

How Kris got into fanfiction (2:11:55)

Kris and Rachel's histories in the One Direction fandom (2:18:15)

Kris' poetry edits (2:28:03)

Kris' hopes for Season 6 (2:34:10)

Kris' recommendations for creators and fanworks (2:44:08)

Goodbye and outro (2:51:08)

Referred to in episode:

Kris' Tumblr and AO3

Main fics discussed: i don't swim and you're not in love; rainbows have nothing to hide; and tell me about despair

Other published fics of Kris' mentioned: this savoir faire (kermit verse part 2); the soft animal of your body (coda to tell me about despair); the christmas party hop; the wood marked for your fire; tell the whole wide world and this room; and the light's been out though, baby

One Direction fic that inspired the solar flare fic Kris is working on: things have gotten closer to the sun

Kris' buddie poetry edits

example buddie-coded Tumblr post

6x01 episode title Tumblr post

Kris' recommendations:

always glad you came by eddiediazes (foxwatson)

right on time by henwilsonmd (tuckergreen)

sundae kind of love and let me stay there awhile by rewritethending (withoutthetiger)

the voice under all silences by clusterbuck (lecornergirl)

Contact details:

Dispatch Tumblr: dispatchpodcast.tumblr.com Dispatch email: [email protected] Rachel's Tumblr: burnthatbridge.tumblr.com

Credit:

Intro and outro music by BrightestAvenue from Pixabay

#podcast #fan podcast #911 fox #911 podcast #dispatchpodcast #buddie #ep 2

[lonestardaily]

The team of Lone Star Daily is excited to announce our very first event! With hiatus just an episode away, we do plan to fill the time with various events and celebrations. We did figured that this season has delivered us so much that we should kick it all off with showing appreciation over it and it’ll be broken into four parts because we didn’t feel like it could be all just packed into one. The first part is going to be solely about the episodes themselves. This event open to all creators and writers.

Season 3 Appreciation Week - Episode Edition will run from 12 June to 18 June, 2022. Please tag your creations and fics as #lonestars3epweek so that we can find and reblog them! We will also be tracking our usual tracking tag #lonestardaily or checking the edit and fic tags. Prompts are below the cut.

Here are the prompts for each day for GIFMAKING/EDITING:

Day 1 (12 June): favorite season three episode

Day 2 (13 June): favorite tearjerker moment

Day 3 (14 June): favorite comedic moment

Day 4 (15 June): favorite quote(s)

Day 5 (16 June): favorite multi-ep arc

Day 6 (17 June): favorite parallel/callback

Day 7 (18 June): free choice (but remember to keep it episode centered not character)

Here are the prompts for each day for WRITING:

Day 1 (12 June): season 3 episode coda/fix-it

Day 2 (13 June): s3 heartbreaking moment from outside perspective

Day 3 (14 June): season 3 centered crack fic

Day 4 (15 June): pick a prompt and write a fic that would take place in s3′s timeline

Day 5 (16 June): s3 canon divergence

Day 6 (17 June): season 4 spec fic

Day 7 (18 June): free choice (but remember to keep it centered on season 3)

Please feel free to signal boost and we can’t wait to see everyone’s creations/works!

*Our member applications are still open! If you can create gifsets at least once a month, please apply here.

#911 lone star #911lonestaredit #911 lone star fic #lonestars3epweek #actuallysara #userthai #userbones #tuserjen #useream #tuserdawn #usermorgan #usermbg #usermimsi #usermillicent #tuserjackie #userjillian #tusererica

[winxngasks]

AU Winx Club Next-Gen Guide

Since I made a guide for my main next-gen universe earlier, I thought I would go ahead and make a guide for my AU next-gen universe too! :3 That way it can have an official list instead of the WiP/concept lists before lol. Since I won't be adding anymore characters to this universe(unless I can think of good side/crackships to add to it with remaining characters lol), it is pretty much 'finished'/filled in a sense. I just need to draw everyone out(besides the few I doodled before), but I have other projects to work on so that will have to come at a later date(but hopefully sometime within the upcoming/summer months). Until then, I hope you enjoy! :D

================================================

- Diaspro + Nabu, together

. 3 children, 1 son and 2 daughters

* Carnelian, age 24, Wizard of Reflective Crystals

* Amber, age 21, Wizard of the Shield

* Beryl, age 19, Witch of Luster

- Darko + Alice, together

. 3 children, 2 daughters and 1 son

* Bonnie, age 24, Witch of Sparkling Snow

* Odette, age 22, Witch of Blizzards

* Alastair, age 20, Wizard of Hail

- Flora + Darcy, former but still close

. 1 child, a daughter

* Aine, age 21, Witch of Corrupted Plants

- Flora + Brandon, together

. 3 children, 3 daughters

* Fawn, age 17, Fairy of Roots

* Alaine, age 15, Wizard of Minerals

* Rosalind, age 13, Fairy of Leaves

- Brandon + Darcy, not together but connected

. 1 child, a son

* Sorrel, age 8, no signs of possible magic at the moment

- Tecna + Helia, together

. 2 children, 2 sons

* Donatello, age 21, Paladin

* Ernest, age 17, Fairy of Typography

- Valtor + Icy, together but not close/strained

. 2 children, 2 sons

* Vale, age 20, Wizard of the Fire Frost

* Julian, age 18, Wizard of Blackened Ice

- Tressa + Roy, together

. 1 child, a son

* Ford, age 20, Paladin

- Musa + Riven, together

. 3 children, 2 sons and 1 daughter

* Brio, age 19, Specialist

* Madeline, age 17, Fairy of Sound Waves

* Coda, age 14, no signs of possible magic at the moment

- Krystal + Nereus, together

. 4 children, 4 daughters

* Heather, age 19, Fairy of Herbs

* Morganite, age 16, Fairy of Blossoms

* Amethyst, age 13, Witch of Whirlpools

* Dahlia, age 9, no signs of possible magic at the moment

- Stella + Timmy, together

. 4 children, 1 daughter and 3 sons

* Aurora, age 18, Witch of Sunbeams

* Apollo(older fraternal triplet to Lars and Cyrus), age 13, Fairy of Healing

* Lars(middle fraternal triplet to Apollo and Cyrus), age 13, Wizard of Lightning

* Cyrus(younger fraternal triplet to Apollo and Lars), age 13, (future) Specialist

- Bloom + Sky, together

. 3 children, 1 daughter and 2 sons

* Adara, age 18, Fairy of the Dragon Flame

* Louis, age 12, no signs of possible magic at the moment

* Blaine, age 10, no signs of possible magic at the moment

- Layla + Nex, together

. 2 children, 1 daughter and 1 son

* Coral, age 17, Witch of Tidal Waves

* Deniz, age 15, Paladin

- Stormy + Anagan, together

. 3 children, 2 daughters and 1 son

* Gale, age 17, Witch of the Howling Storms

* Rain, age 15, Fairy of the Dark Wind

* Malik, age 10, no signs of possible magic at the moment

- Galatea + Unknown Partner, separated

. 1 child, a son

* Bene, age 17, Specialist

- Selina + Unknown Partner, together

. 2 children, 1 son and 1 daughter

* Ronald(older fraternal twin to Isla), age 17, Witch of Serpents

* Isla(younger fraternal twin to Ronald), age 17, Wizard of Poison

- Andy + Unknown Partner, together

. 2 children, 2 sons

* Dorian, age 17, no magic

* Lucas, age 14, no magic

- Miele + Jared, together

. 3 children, 2 daughters and 1 son

* Adeline, age 16, Fairy of Seasons

* Basil, age 12, no signs of possible magic at the moment

* Camellia, age 8, no signs of possible magic at the moment

- Roxy + Unknown Partner, together

. 2 children, 2 daughters

* Grace, age 16, Witch of Camouflage

* Juliet, age 14, Witch of Mimicry

#winx club #winx #next-gen #alternate universe #au #next-gen au #ocs

[penultimate-step]

JJK S2 Livewatch: Eps 5-7

the watch continues! Ep 5 acts as a sort of coda to the previous arc, and then we return to the present time for eps 6 and beyond. honestly that surprised me - part of the fun of going blind into a series that you heard mutterings about but don't know details is seeing where you have weird impressions for no reason. I thought the flashback arc was going to be more substantial - like half this whole season. joke's on me, I guess, but it's fine.

Ep 5 continues going extremely hard and unsubtle on the imagery. Like 15 minutes are devoted to showing just how traumatized Geto is. Everywhere he goes, a part of him is back in that audience room, hearing the cultists cheer. The show uses audio and visual cues to indicate this to the audience - windows act like TV sets and display scenes from the past, the sound of rainfall is swapped out for the sounds of applause. I'd be quite interested to know how the manga conveyed it, because these all seem like flourishes distinct to the adaptation, which I appreciate. Eventually we get to the moment of Geto's final choice, with the light flickering his shadow into two versions of him that he could become, he fully becomes a villain and massacres the town.

Honestly, while I did feel the ep was great, if I do have a complaint it did feel like the whole thing happened way too fast. I didn't question my assumption that the flashback was going to be longer last time because it seemed like there was a long way to go for Geto to become the self he was by the movie, but in the end it felt pretty abrupt. He struggles for a while with inner doubts then decides he will be the kind of person to commit mass murder, and then does. It's a little weak for a villain arc.

What's not weak is the scene where Gojo confronts Geto, though. My favorite bit is how they have their argument in the middle of a crowded street. The way passerby are going about their day, pushing the two aside, really emphasizes the whole thing - because the everyday civilians can ignore the sorcerers, can walk right past them as if they are in a different world entirely, but they aren't. theyre right there, and their presence is very clearly what the whole fight is about. One of my favorite scenes.

I liked the scene right before where Geto talks with Shouko a bit less, though. Apparently she doesn't go on missions? I'm curious what her deal is. Anyway. Feels like she didn't get enough screentime for me to understand her relevance or her importance to the other characters. Between her and Tsukumo, both of the relevant female characters in this ep only have screentime so that they can show up and ask the main men about their feelings. The "proud" shonen tradition of strict gender roles in action I suppose.

Overall while I have some issues with the pacing, and think the flashback needed some more substance to make us really feel the change in Gojo and Geto, I still liked ep 5.

Ep 6 brings us back to the present, but not fully into the main plot just yet. First we have a brief interlude where the main trio meet at a cafe, along with an old classmate of Yuji's. Going to be real, I had forgotten what the personalities of these three even were, so it was nice to have a relaxed refresher before jumping into the main event. That is the main purpose of this little event, I think, a bit of a tone cleanser to break up the melancholy flashback and the action-heavy present time. It's also good to get glimpses of the lives of the protagonists from before they entered the story - little bits of characterization can go a long way.

As for the battle that follows, I have mixed feelings. It did have the kind of overly flashy fight style that I disliked in S1. However, the fact that the guy brought out a whole mecha does make it seem warranted this time. It didn't really grab me as a fight, but probably if it had been less dramatic I would have thought it had fallen flat.

The fact that I rambled for so much longer about ep 5 alone than the next two eps combined is probably a bad sign, I think. I just find the present day plot less interesting than the flashback was. But I'd rather be optimistic, the show still has plenty of time left to change my mind.

#jjk #step.animanga #step.live #jujutsu kaisen

[angelthefirst1]

We get to start over - Ass end is still an end...the Coda cottontail.

We've hopefully all seen the final by now and have picked up on the many visual and dialogue similarities to the Terminus/Coda era.

I would actually argue that it's not just similarities, that they infact have deliberately been using season 4/5 scripts and storyboards, as a guide while writing these episodes.

We now know that the show or main music piece, as i like to think of it, is 11 seasons long.

That means the half way mark of this musical story is at the 5.5 mark, or Coda 5.8

Below are four definitions of Coda, all are correct, all are used differently, and I believe they are using all these meanings in TWD.

Definitions of Coda

1. Coda comes from the Latin word cauda, which means “tail”.

2. A coda is a passage at the end of a piece of music that brings the music to a close.

So...Coda is the tail/end, and that's why we saw Coda (508) so heavily repeated at the tail end of the series 1124.

3. What does DC al coda mean in music?

Go back to the beginning

Phrase. d.c. al coda. (music) A music notation roughly meaning "go back to the beginning, playing everything again up to the coda."

508 was a maker for them to start again and they played through the music repeating it until they doubled it getting us to 11.

So, what have they done since Coda 508?

They took the old storyboards as a template, while writing in new comic book material on top of the old, and repeated it up until the end of the series...

but that's just it...it's not over yet, and that's where the final definition of Coda comes in...

4. In music notation

The instruction "To Coda" indicates that, upon reaching that point during the final repetition, the performer is to jump immediately to the separate section headed with the coda symbol. For example, this can be used to provide a special ending for the final verse of a song.

A coda is a musical tag, or extension, which usually follows the main body of the piece

The concluding passage of a piece, typically forming an addition to the basic structure.

Outside of music it can also be used to describe:

A concluding event, remark, or section.

"his new novel is a kind of coda to his previous books"

It seems we have played through the music and repeated it from the coda mark of (508) and while we have reached the end of the replaying in 1124, we are still yet to see the tail/Coda which is the conclusion, that is formally distinct from the original structure (the main show).

The spin-offs are the Coda to the main piece of music.

As frustrating as it is, this has taken so long to play out, the Coda is still to come.

How does the cottontail connect to Coda?

Why did Norman get a cottontail tattoo? 🐇

And...why was it so prominently featured in Rest in peace 1124?

They could have covered it with make-up, or had him use the other arm, but instead they let it be shown front and centre, infront of Judith who is Beth 2.0.

And yes I know his Mingus tattoo is partially showing too but...

I suggest Norman got the cottontail tattoo as a representation of the Coda which would bring Daryl's happy ending and the love of his life back to him.

How do I get there?

The repetition we have seen in season 11 includes the Claimers.

In season 4 episode 15 we saw Daryl with the Claimers and he is hunting a cotton tail...

I have written about this episode many times before because it stands out to me, as being extremely important to Beth's return.

It's set between two important Junctions

1. Daryl being with Beth at the Funeral home and losing her.

2. Daryl finding her again (at Coda)

It's the time between her being lost and then found again, which is ultimately what we have always believed Coda would bring.

In-between these junctions we see the Claimers and Terminus. Themes we have just seen major repeats of with the Reapers/Leah stoyline and the Commonwealth/trainlines stoyline.

When Daryl and Claimer Len are fighting over who the cotton tail belongs to...

Len guesses Daryl is messed up because he lost a piece of tail (coda) or...in this instance, Len is referring to a sexually attractive young woman, which is the slang meaning of bunny.

It's no coincidence Len talks about this topic of a lost love interest for Daryl, while they are fighting over the cotton-(^tail)/bunny.

The cottontail/bunny is Beth, but it also represents the Coda or (tail end of the music) that Daryl lost in Beth.

Len and Daryl fighting over the cottontail could well play into a future story, where Daryl and another love interest fight over Beth, but that's a theory for another day.

The cottontail is then cut in half by Claimer Joe...

Who says to Daryl "The ass end, is still an end"

Ass being the tail or end is one of the definions of Coda.

So Beth is represented by the rabbit/bunny.

ClaimerJoe's statement about Daryl getting the ass end of the bunny, is an indication he will have to wait till the ass end (coda) for his cottontail.

The d.c al Coda meaning to repeat the music won't bring her back he has to wait till the ass end.

Coda...

upon reaching that point during the final repetition, the performer is to jump immediately to the separate section headed with the coda symbol.

The separate section, is the conclusion to the music but it follows the main body of a piece.

Len also asks Daryl, if it was one of the littluns that he lost, meaning a child.

So, the cottontail becomes a representation of a child (Judith) and Beth and the different meanings of Coda.

Why did they allow Norman to show it so prominently in 1124?

Because it's repeating all this symbolism from season 4/5 to season 11 band linking it the codas.

The cottontail gets cut in two halves (508 with Beth, and 1124 with Judith) which is two similar or repeating parts of the same story.

The tail or end of the series and the end of 1124, the very last scene we see, is Judith saying to Rj "We get to start over", which is one of the definions of Coda.

Judith gives the Coda signal by saying "We get to start over".

We didn't see a coda sign but she verbally gave it to us. Indicating another repeat in the story is coming but as it's outside the main body of the show we are heading to the final Coda.

Judith says:

"we get (TO) start over (Coda)

What is this final but separate repeat about? The ones who live...

Beth is definitely one of them.

In Grady, Dr Edwards make the claim that basically, the weak don't get to live out in the world, including himself and Beth in that category. He says "We're not the ones who make it...or basically we're not the ones who live.

Dawn eventually realised Beth was not weak, and she told Beth she was wrong about thinking she was...moving Beth into the category of one who lives.

Back at the church in season 5, right before going to find Beth at the hospital, Rick says the same line to Carl, that Daryl says to Judith before he takes off on his motorcycle adventure at the end of 1124.

This repeat line, places us back at the time point where they are setting out to find Beth.

So to recap the last things we see from 1124...

First we have Daryl saying exactly what Rick said before heading out to find Beth in season 5.

Second we see Rick in a repeat scenario of what happened at Grady, with his failed escape attempt.

And then finally Judith basically says "To Coda"

It's not a strech to say, Daryl leaving will eventually lead him to find Beth...

We know that Daryl is heading to France, this in itself, is a firm indication we are finally getting to that final coda we have been waiting for, why?

Because that's where the Zombie outbreak started, so...he is returning to the start.

The Walking Dead: World Beyond's post-credits scene takes place at a biomedical facility in France, which seems to be where the Walking Dead zombie virus originated.

It's also going to be a repeat of the cdc and season one, where we see a Rick reunion with his family, but it will all happen in a separate story or format to the main show. Coda, concluding the whole piece of music.

The spin-offs combined are the tail or ending.

In 415, Daryl eventually gets the head of the cottontail back too, so he will eventually get both Judith and Beth back together...

He will get his happy ending and he will come back as he says to Judith. When he does he will have the two halfs of the 🐰 🐇 cottontail together ❤️

The Coda bunny is coming...

🐰 🐇❤ 🐰 🐇 👯‍♀️ 🐰 ❤🐇 👯‍♀️ ❤

#team delusional #team defiance #team beth lives #bethyl #beth is alive #beth is coming #beth greene #beth greene lives

[queenhermionelambert-blog]

My answers to the Daniel Durant tag:

1. How were you introduced to Daniel?

I just barely knew about Daniel before he was announced as a contestant on Season 31 of Dancing with the Stars in 2022, but now I'm a lifelong fan!

2. Moment that made you fall in love with Daniel?

The moment that made me fall in love with Daniel was when he got a sweet and touching message from his CODA mom Marlee Matlin on Good Morning America to promote the then-upcoming season of DWTS!

3. Character you relate to most/have strongest connection with?

Ooh... that's a tough question. I think I'd say maybe Leo, mainly because he's strong, and he loves his family. Plus, how hot is he?

4. Favorite Daniel and Marlee moment?

I can't pick just one.

5. Favorite Daniel & Britt moment?

Literally, all of them! 🤟🏻💙💜🫶🏻💗💕💋😍🥰 ✨️ Team Sign to Shine always and forever ✨️

6. Daniel moment that made you want to give him a hug?

I always feel really bad for Daniel whenever he gets emotional, tears up, and/or starts crying because he's high up there on my hug list, but one that really stuck out to me and still continues to make me really emotional to this day would probably be when he told Britt a really heartbreaking story about how his birth mother left him when he was just a baby and revealed that she tragically passed away from cancer.

7. Favorite character?

All of them for different reasons.

8. Most heartbreaking scene in his whole career so far?

Check out my X for Day 13 of the 24 Days of Daniel challenge that I did leading up to his birthday.

9. Favorite quote/line?

"Who Wouldn't Want More Moms?"

10. Favorite TV performance?

All of his dances on DWTS with Britt, especially their Jazz!

11. Favorite CODA Daniel moment?

When he tells his on-screen sister that he and their parents will be fine without her and to follow her dreams. Such a true message.

12. Favorite Deaf West Spring Awakening Daniel moment?

The scene before the song Touch Me.

13. Favorite Lori and Mary moment with Daniel?

There are far too many to count. Daniel has 2 of the absolute sweetest moms in the whole world.

14. Favorite Daniel and Alex moment?

That's like choosing between my children. I don't have a favorite because they're all amazing!

15. Favorite Switched at Birth Daniel moment?

Definitely in the series finale when Marlee's character takes Matthew in off the street.

16. Genre/role you'd love to see Daniel take on?

I'd be excited to see him in any role, to be honest, because I'd still be rooting for him even if he was playing a villainous character. It's an unconditional fan love thing, you know.

17. Silliest Daniel moment?

I will never not laugh when Daniel is silly.

18. Cutest Daniel moment?

There are way too many to count or even pick. Daniel is always so cute.

19. What does Daniel mean to you?

Daniel is part of the reason that I chose to major in ASL in college, and I can't imagine my life without him in it.

20. Special (belated) birthday message to Daniel?

Happy birthday to the cutest, funniest, most kindhearted person that we're so lucky and grateful to have on this Earth with us, including but not limited to Britt Stewart. Happy birthday, Daniel Durant! 🤟🏻💙💜🫶🏻💗💕💋😍🥰 Keep killing it and being the amazing person you are, Daniel, and never ever forget how much we love you!!! ✨️ Team Sign to Shine always and forever ✨️

#daniel durant #moritz stiefel #spring awakening deaf west #daniel n durant #alex boniello #dwsa cast #spring awakening headcanons #codamovie #dancing with the stars #brittbenaestewart #another birthday post! #dwsa