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Parks and Recreation - 3x08 "Camping"

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Talking Buddie Language: Ep 6.17

Well friends, we’re almost done with season sex, I mean six! It’s honestly been such a rollercoaster journey, one in which we’ve had great moments and some not so great ones. I’m really looking forward to the finale episode and seeing how they’re going to tie everyone’s storylines for this season and how they’re going to set up their upcoming arcs for season 7. There was a lot of foreshadowing and parallels in this episode that I believe will play a pivotal role for Buddie’s eventual romantic pairing. So I’m just going to get into this week’s meta!

Proposal Gone Wrong

The proposal gone wrong was kind of sad in my opinion. I mean you don’t necessarily need to do something drastic to assure your significant other will respond positively. It kind of creates this notion in which the other person feels forced to say yes because you did that grand gesture, which is exactly what happened here. The guy proposed to his girlfriend of 2 years by jumping off a building, got stuck in a freak accident and she said yes because she felt like she had to. The little moment she had with Eddie and Chim is what I want to focus on a bit here.

E: So what do you wanna do?

M: I guess I’ll wait a few months and then break it off.

Now the reason I bring this up is because doesn’t this remind you of something else? Didn’t Eddie also date Ana for months and thought he should keep going only because his kid loved her? He waited and then broke it off when he knew it wasn’t right for him. Now this can also possibly foreshadow his next relationship if he decides to actually give Marisol a chance. I mean I’ll go more into that later on. But I think if he does date her, possibly out of fear of being alone, it can easily be assumed that he’ll wait a few months before he breaks it off because deep inside he knows she’s not the one for him. I just feel like this line not only wanted us to remember Eddie’s been there but that it’s possible he’ll be in a position like this again.

Buck and Eddie Acting Like Idiots

The scene at the station was so funny and I love how we once again got to see how in tune Buck and Eddie are with each other. Not only were they both wearing the blue and green once again, but they were finishing each other’s thoughts once more, thus reminding everyone how in sync they always are.

E: I gotta figure out how to say no to another date my Tia set me up with.

B: Just download a dating app.

E: I did but I can’t bring myself to open it.

Hmm well this reminds me of someone else. Didn’t Bobby make a whole firefighters dating profile back in season 1? And he didn’t even end up using it. So that can parallel the fact that Eddie also downloaded a dating app but still has yet to actually use it. This was only the beginning of Eddie’s storyline heavily mirroring Bobby’s from season 1 and I’ll go more into it in a bit!

We also have Buck and Eddie finishing each other’s sentences like they’re this old married couple. They’re always on the same wavelength and it drives me crazy because with each episode we are reminded how perfect they are for each other.

E: Get the insurance money.

B: Buy a new ring and propose.

Eddie’s Attempts At Finding a Date

I really can’t help myself but laugh at how much gayer Eddie gets with and every episode. The entire little failed dating, well no I should say attempts at finding dates, was so sad. How can a man who looks that good with that dump truck fail at attracting women?? Well his little gay outfits didn’t help either. When have we ever seen that man in anything other than a Henley? I didn’t even know Eddie was capable of having such tight clothes like that lol.

The thing that makes me laugh is that he’s trying to find a person to date at places he wouldn’t normally be. Golfing? I do not believe for one second Eddie would play golf nor would he the kind of guy who’d find enjoyment in doing it with a partner. So the fact that we got to see him “put himself out there” but not really make any actual attempts really just highlights that he’s open to finding love but is kind of going about it the wrong ways. And he’s still lying to his son about it considering he told Chris he was running errands lol.

Buck and Natalia Give It Another Shot

I find it very interesting that Buck took Natalia to a bar of all places on a date. The only times we’ve seen him in a bar setting in relation to other love interests were when he hooked up with Taylor in s2 and when he kissed Lucy in s5. So to bring Natalia on a date here really makes me question what his reasoning behind that idea was.

B: This seemed as good as a place as any for you to get to know the real Evan Buckley.

L: Really? I have a few stories.

Lucy interrupting his date and then proceeding to tell Natalia all about her history with Buck in so many words was a literal sign from the universe. Not only did we get Natalia already judging Buck for his past but also questioning him when he was being honest and genuine about his past whatever with Lucy.

B: Uh hey, what do you think the tip is?

N: They gave you 3 options right down here. You alright?

B: Yeah no I don’t know why I couldn’t figure it out.

N: You’re flustered.

B: It was nothing I promise.

I think the fact that Buck just can’t do math all of a sudden to be such a bold choice of the writers. His entire math superpowers were connected to Eddie and Christopher. He realized he was the guy with the answers while looking at his Diaz boys. Then Eddie even took him out to put those newfound powers to good use all dressed up. So there was no need to mention that he can’t figure out the correct too amount while he’s with Natalia unless it was deliberately done to empathize how he clearly doesn’t have the answers while he’s with the wrong person. It was such an obvious random thing that wasn’t so random when you think about the connection to his math powers and what it can mean.

Natalia also wrongly assuming he can’t figure out the tip because he’s flustered just further proves she doesn’t really see him the way he initially believed. She was skeptical and looked at him like he was hiding something away from her. Her eyes were disbelieving which isn’t a great foundation to start a new relationship on.

Even the color theory checks out here to further confirm Natalia is not the one for Buck. Both dates they’ve been on by this point, she’s been in red, whereas Buck has been in tan/beige. He’s not wearing blue at the same time she’s wearing red.

The 118 Discuss Buck & Eddie’s Dating Lives

Once again I absolutely adore each and every time we see the 118 discuss their personal problems/lives in the truck. This was the scene we had spoiled to us months ago and it was definitely different than what we all were expecting!

B: Does she request to not come back?

Eddie’s side eye during Buck asking about Lucy is totally on brand for every other time we’ve seen Eddie react to one of Buck’s old flings. Especially this season where we’ve seen him dismiss Buck any time he mentions previous lovers. Love me some jealous Eddie!

E: So your day off went as good as mine?

H: Hiking and golfing in the same day? Sounds like you were out there looking for signs too Eddie.

E: You know I don’t believe in that stuff. I want what I had when I met Shannon. It just uh, it was magic.

C: Oh so you believe in magic?

E: I believe in chemistry.

H: Ahh in science. I get it.

B: The magic, weren’t you guys in the 12th grade when you met?

E: 8th and then we lost touch. Reconnected in 12th.

Eddie, oh Eddie. The fact that this man has had many different signs and he refused to listen to each and every one is worrisome because he thinks he’s looking for magic instead. Isn’t magic just another form of a sign from the universe? This man is trying to use chemistry as an excuse as to why he’s not having any luck finding someone. Well chemistry is definitely not something you force with another person. Chemistry is something that should be natural and organic and believable. To be honest, Eddie didn’t even have that much chemistry with Shannon from what we’ve seen. They were attracted sexually and that was it. They didn’t spend much time together on screen to make that chemistry between the two of them palpable enough for the audience. There’s also many different types of chemistry and they definitely had sexual chemistry but seemed to lack actual romantic and emotional chemistry.

The topic of chemistry was very poignant especially because we’ve seen time and time again how much organic chemistry Eddie has with Buck. They’ve been attached at the hip since the beginning and always gravitate to each other. Not only that but they’re both very vulnerable with each other and turn to each other in times of need, which assures emotional chemistry. We’ve also seen Eddie flirt and tease Buck many times throughout the years which indicates a form of sexual chemistry as well. Do I need to remind anyone of the kitchen scene™️ in season 3? So it is possible for Eddie to have chemistry with someone. I just believe it has to be someone he already knows and trusts. He believed he had chemistry with Shannon, who was a longtime friend of his. Well what is Buck? Surely Eddie has got to know that they have chemistry with each other. There’s just got to be something preventing him from connecting those dots to Buck.

B: Ok so that’s what it is. You suck at dating.

BN: Alright Buck, come on.

B: Ah, come on. If he met his wife when they were kids, he just hasn’t really dated.

I’ve been saying for many years now that one of Eddie’s favorite past times is looking at Buck. This season especially has shown how intensified those looks have been. One thing I found interesting was that as he was talking to Buck and the team, he rarely was holding any eye contact with Buck which indicates he wasn’t all that comfortable discussing the matter. The moment in which Buck diverts his attention elsewhere, Eddie defaults to his typical fond longing looks at Buck. He looks at him for a prolonged time and only looks away when Buck turns back around. He literally looks mesmerized by Buck just talking and even lifts his brows up so slightly like one would when they’re looking at someone they adore. That in itself indicates a secret in which Eddie’s hiding from Buck and that secret may very well be his feelings for the other man.

C: So he sucks at it.

B: Yes!!

H: Clearly you’ve mastered it Buck.

Eddie’s reaction to Buck agreeing with Chim is hilarious because he immediately gives Buck his patented side eyes. He feels betrayed by Buck in that moment because he’s clearly taken Buck out and he didn’t suck at that. He’s kind of looking at Buck like “Are you serious right now? You know I don’t.” It’s in the subtle way his right brow lifts up in question that makes me believe that. There has to have been a reason the show gave us Buck and Eddie on that poker date before both men started dating other women. It shows a vast difference in how successful that day was compared to their other disastrous dates with others.

One more thing I would like to mention is once again Buck and Eddie’s strong mirroring. When they’re both singing the bride song, their hands and bodies are moving the same way, to the same beat. I know it can be seen as them just being silly but even though Bobby was also singing, he’s not in sync with his body as the other two clearly are lol.

Eddie and Bobby Go To The Hardware Store

Like when Eddie was dating Ana and he was sorta lying to his son about it, he’s doing the same now. He told Christopher he had been running errands when he was going places in hopes of finding a woman to date. The fact that Eddie feels the need to lie to Christopher about it shows that it’s not something he wants to be doing nor does he feel like it’s the right thing for him. There’s something about his actions that makes him feel like it’s not good enough to let his son know yet.

Eddie calling up his future father in law for help was so sweet and I enjoyed their little scene together, especially because their conversation was very important. Not only was it important but it really did scream Bathena/Buddie parallels.

E: So how’s you make it happen for you and Athena?

BN: We got called to a motorcycle accident, it was a bad one. I wasn’t at my best at the time. Needed to take a minute. She sat with me. Eventually I asked her to go to church and we prayed together.

E: Wow.

BN: A few days later we had dinner, things grew from there and now we’re about to have our fourth anniversary.

E: So you definitely weren’t looking for it.

Honestly I feel like every time Bobby gives Eddie any kind of advice about his love life, Eddie just misinterprets or misunderstands what he’s trying to say lol. Bobby literally used his own example of how he and Athena came to be which immediately made me think of Eddie’s own past. We all thought of Eddie’s breakdown in season 5 and how Buck was the one who sat next to him. Eddie wasn’t at his best, he needed a minute and Buck was the one who sat next to him. Buck was the one who stayed at his house, helped with his kid, and just was there supporting Eddie in any way he could have. That whole line of Eddie telling Bobby that he wasn’t looking for it can possibly foreshadow him finally opening his eyes and realizing the one who he’s been searching for has always been someone right under his nose. Someone who he didn’t have to go and look for because they’ve always been right by his side.

Buck’s Second Disastrous Date Night

Poor Buck really isn’t listening to the universe is he? This time, during his other date with Natalia, they’re first interrupted by Taylor Kelly on TV talking about her tell all book which was inspired by a member of the 118 she was close with. Natalia quickly puts 2 and 2 together and asks Buck about it, in which he says he’ll explain over dinner. Once again, Buck is having to explain himself and kind of assure her when it’s too early in the “relationship” for her to be questioning him the way she is.

B: Uh, and-and that’s everyone. I think. I-I hope that’s not too much.

N: No. Wow that is a life well lived. I don’t think I’ve ever met anyone quite like you. You’re all in about everything. It’s a lot. But I guess I can be a lot too.

Buck is looking so intensely at her, trying to see if she understands where he’s coming from and if it will be a deal breaker. He smiles and nods to himself when it seems that she is understanding about his past which hurts when you realize this man just wants someone to love and accept him for all of him, the good bad and the ugly.

And then they get intruppted by Kameron coming in because of her marital issues with Connor. A literal sign from the universe. (Not even going to talk about all the 3’s we got just in this episode alone!) Natalia once again thinks it’s a lot and needs a minute to take it all in. She decides then that a person who has lived so much life and has more life to give others is too much for her. She decides to leave and tells Buck to “take care” which is the same exact thing his ex girlfriends have all said to him.

Now this, to me, indicates a failed attempt at a relationship because things are never going to work out with these two. Not only was she only seemingly interested in Buck’s death, but she doesn’t even want to know more about the life he’s lived. He’s an interesting man so full of energy and love and life that it scares her and makes her want to flee. That’s not a strong foundation in which to start a relationship on and even if she were to come back afterwards, I feel as though Buck has learned from his previous relationship to not settle and compromise who he is for anyone. He’s not going to change for anyone else. Who is meant to be his partner will love him for who he is anyways. Something Natalia clearly can’t do.

Eddie and Buck Not Listening To The Signs

The end montage was funny when you look at everyone off doing what they were doing. We have all the couples together and then we see Eddie go back to the hardware store. He’s clearly looking for something and he can’t find it until someone asks him if he’s looking for soemthing.

I want to talk about Marisol and Eddie’s body language here and how different it is when they both look at each other. Marisol is being flirty and leads into him with her hips first which clearly indicates some type of attraction. Eddie on the other hand takes a step forward and then one back. He doesn’t lean into her, doesn’t prompt a hug or anything. Asks her about her ceiling which indicates he clearly remembers her from a call.

M: Try this one. Works like magic.

E: This is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you.

Here she mentions magic, something in which Eddie was talking about previously in this episode. He kept saying he wanted what he and Shannon had and that was magic. Magic isn’t real. Magic is things people believe to be real and in this instance, Eddie believes what he had with Shannon was magic, when in reality it wasn’t. They worked hard for their relationship and there were a lot of ups and downs. Marisol saying that and Eddie immediately following up with how that’s what he was looking for is so important because that’s realistically what he had been searching for all episode long on those failed attempts at finding magic. Here we have a woman telling him and he just stops for a moment and thinks about it. He stops and thinks, hey maybe this is my sign. But he walks away. He stops and looks back but there’s clear confusion on his face, almost as if he doesn’t know what fo make about this little interaction. Clearly there’s something on his mind. But he turns around and keeps walking away from her while the music says “But you’re something that I must believe in and you’re there when I reach out for you.”

This would’ve been the perfect conclusion to his arc this episode. He was looking for magic, it took someone else pointing it out to him to see and he believed that’s what he wanted. But he didn’t do anything about it. He simply walked away. Because he doesn’t believe in it. He doesn’t believe in Marisol or believe her to be the one for him. Because he knows if he were to reach out for help, it wouldn’t be Marisol he reaches out to, at least that’s what my interpretations were. Remember, Eddie says to Bobby, “So you definitely weren’t looking for it” and as soon as Marisol points out the thing, he tells her “This is what I was looking for.” Marisol can’t be the person he’s meant to be with because as we established with Bobby, that someone is never going to be someone Eddie looks for. It’s going to be someone who knows Eddie, someone who can sit beside Eddie when he’s at his lowest and offer their support to him. Someone that’s been under Eddie’s nose this entire time. That’s not Marisol and I think Eddie’s realizing that himself.

(Now if we were to get Eddie somehow misunderstanding this and running into Marisol later on, thinking it’s a definite sign and trying to date her, we already know it’s going to fail because we’ve seen it play out once before with Ana. So regardless, it’s not really something I’m worrying over.)

Finally we get Buck going back to his loft with the pickles Kameron asked for. He goes up to his room and sees Kameron sleeping in his bed. He looks for a moment and turns around and heads back downstairs. Now to me, the quick look he gave her shows longing for that himself. A partner to come home to and a family of his own.

Buck sitting on his uncomfortable couch and eating the pickles while he looks up indicates he’s still a guest in his own home. He’s kicked out of his bed and he’s looking up once again defeated because he longs to have that for himself. This coming right after Natalia leaving him and once again being left completely alone. He’s also missing what’s right in front of him because he just doesn’t listen to the universe. He’ll get there soon, I believe in it.

So sorry for this being so late this week! I’ve been sick and work has been very very crazy. I hope anyone who is still interested and reads this enjoys it! I appreciate you all regardless. Thanks to my love @aa-lionheart for the wonderful gifs 💜 We got one more of these for the season! Manifesting for it to be good for us ✨

#buddie #evan buckley #eddie diaz #buddie language meta #buddie meta #911 meta #911 on fox

[mav-the-artist]

EXCITING NEWS!!!!!! (IMPORTANT PLEASE READ)

Hey everyone! Sorry for not posting art for a bit.

Last Monday (Jan 30th) I finally purchased A GAMING DESKTOP!!!

Now I can draw better, ACTUALLY animate with an animation program (once I find a good one to use), get back into pc gaming, and STREAM (eventually)

ALL this time I was drawing and animating with this hunk of crap:

This is a TOSHIBA Satellite 17 inch Windows 7 Laptop.

Windows 7.

That I've been using since 2012.

As a whole, this computer is an absolute piece of shit.

It's on life support (plugged in charger when running at all times). It cannot multitask. You can't even play music in the background while drawing. AND I couldn't even use discord. Any program idling in the background would slow it down and heat it up. Video card would crash when watching youtube. Flash games would load 1 frame every 3 seconds. That is not an exaggeration. I'm lucky that my Wacom tablet worked on it, but that probably was gonna go next. There's a lot more wrong with this laptop, but you get the gist.

NOW:

I've been doing really REALLY well lately in my life (you can read this post for context). And I've been eagerly wanting to upgrade. So my tax refund came in a couple weeks ago and I had found a desktop that was within my budget.

This...is my new rig:

(these are just still photos; the tower, mouse and keyboard are actually cycling through all colors of the rainbow)

This is an iBUYPOWER Trace MR258i . Now don't be fooled like I was with the company's Aliexpress-sounding name, lol; this is a reputable gaming pc company. I picked it up for $1080, including tax (it includes the mouse and keyboard, not the monitor). Originally it retails at $1500 before taxes, but it was on sale for $1000. Now this is definitely not a high-end rig, but it is a fucking amazing computer nonetheless.

Under the hood:

Mobo: ASRock B550M-c microATX form factor Video card: Gigabyte Nvidia Geforce RTX 3060 12GB Drive: 1TB Western Digital NvMe M.2 SSD (Solid State Drive) RAM: 16GB (2x8GB sticks) DDR4 3000 Power supply: 650 watt CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5700 3700Mhz

Operating System: Windows 11 Home

One side of the case is made with a tempered glass panel, so I can see all the cool compy parts with RGB; it's lookin like a rave in there :D

When playing GTAV at High settings I get around 160fps.

I'm not terribly picky, plus I'm still learning about pc parts 'n stuff, but this computer is definitely beyond my expectations and can handle everything I throw at it. It's perfect for what I need to use it for.

WHAT THIS MEANS NOW:

I can draw much easier, on larger canvases, and they can get done somewhat faster now that I have a properly working pc. I can also draw better art with backgrounds and all that.

I PLAN ON ANIMATING WITH A LEGITIMATE ANIMATION PROGRAM. MAYBE EVEN AN ACTUAL MADCOM FAN EPISODE.

STREAMING (SOON)

GAMING (of course)

I've never seen my art program run so smooth. My drawing tablet works with the new PC, and lines are really fucking smooth and there's zero lag nor jittering.

The past week since I've gotten it, I've had to transfer all my stuff from my old laptop to this new one, setting the new pc up, downloading games, etc etc. AKA I've been busy af the past week, not including my retail job that's been kicking my ass.

I just wanted to make this post so you all can be updated on what the hiatus was all about.

ANYWAY I'M SO FUCKING HYPED Y'ALL LETS FUCKING GOOOOOO-

#Mav talks #Personal #I know it's after 2 in the freaking morning but I didn't want to keep putting off making a post abt this #That Jeb flying animation will be the last artwork I made on that shitty laptop :) #If I stream I might not do voice cuz I'm kinda insecure abt my voice #it sounds kinda feminine still and I'm not sure.. maybe I shouldn't worry lol #(dysphoria is so FUN /joking) #also I'll prolly do art streams first cuz I kinda suck at gaming rn since I'm just getting back into the groove

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My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

i want to talk about cannibal transgender banana slugs and YOU 🫵 will listen…

ok so first: carnivorous gastropod sex lasts around six seconds and herbivorous gastropod sex lasts ~6 hours. the reason carnivorous gastropods r so quick is because they’re scared the other snail/slug will eat them (valid). so the quicker it’s done the less likely the slug is to get chomped. ok let’s talk about banana slugs specifically

ok so banana slugs are hermaphroditic, but take on “male”/“female” roles during sex, they become so entwined and twisted up that when they try to unravel often the female slug will bite off the males dick in the process. (which is corkscrew shaped, and roughly 6-8 inches (15.24-20.32cm) (roughly the same size of the slug) if u need that mental image)

[image id: penis biting in slugs. after a double penetration mating, two banana slugs ariolimax dolichophallus are taking turns gnawing off the one stuck penis]

and after this usual the lady slug will slurp up and eat the severed penis and this is such a common thing in carnivorous gastropods that it has its own name its known as apophallation

this is usually how the sex ends, and rest assured, the slug dick does not grow back. these slugs simply live as females and even go on to fulfil the female sexual role of a banana slug for the rest of their lives

thank u for coming to my ted talk on transgender cannibal slugs

sources x x

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#4

drago’s lucky apartment

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#3

hey for no reason at all here’s a full copy of the blood never dried by john newsinger

apparently the top link doesn’t work for some ppl so please click this one, and press the blue “download pdf” button on the bottom left! this is a very safe site for downloading pdfs of books and I advocate for it as a library technician

https://b-ok.global/book/17254402/a4cef4

1,745 notes - Posted September 9, 2022

#2

do ppl on this site know that the “poor little meow meow” phrase comes from a rant where someone was threatening to poor bleach down the throats of ppl who were saying that it was weird how a nearing-middle-aged kpop idol sampled an extremely obscure and hard to find speech of mass murderer and cult leader jim jones because said grown man kpop idol was just so sweet and could have no idea who jim jones was or was i the only one who got to participate in the mass ratioing of this person

4,151 notes - Posted July 1, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

ur government assigned gender for the day is the first thing u get when u click this link to a randomised wikipedia article. NO REROLLS . i am the  trollsteineggje mountain in norway

72,929 notes - Posted July 21, 2022

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#talks #alcoholism / #not bad given i made this blog in like august #tumblr2022 #year in review #my 2022 tumblr year in review #your tumblr year in review

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a very beginner’s guide to gif making (ashley’s version)

(ill be using one of my favorite merthur smiles in this example from 4x01 when they are alone together with the dorocha)

for @its-hyperfixation​ and @mykingdomcomeundone !! sorry its taken me so long to do this sigh this was my first free night lately 😭😭

download free ad blocker (i use uBlock Origin). pls dont skip this step, it protects you and your computer from the bad ads!!

go to a completely “free website” aka illegal lol. i use yes.movies because that is what im used to, but you can use whatever one you prefer. 

go to merlin bbc, click the episode you want, and record. on my “not as cool HP computer”, i have to click the windows flag button and the key “g” to record my screen, but your computer might have a button for it already to just go right to recording. if you are not sure, google your computer type and how to screen record (its fast to learn!!)

THE SHORTER THE SCENE THE BETTER! tumblr only takes up to 10mb gifs, so normally thats up to 3.5 second scenes if you color them too. however, if you are doing black and white, you can get away with longer scenes (this is what i did for my very first gifset actually LOL they were eight seconds long dude)

go to this website to convert to gif: https://ezgif.com/video-to-gif

chose the file of the video where asked, upload, then where it says: Frame rate (FPS) select 33 (max 10 seconds) for a better quality gif, and convert

WOO your first gif!! this process isnt done, but im proud you got this far!! 🥰

now, go to resize. this is important since tumblr gifs are usually up to 540 width and 330 height (these are my normal go-to proportions). lately, ive been liking the more square looks, so 540:340 or 540:440 works too! if your gif has too many movements, a square look might not be the best choice. (if you are doing two side by side gifs i recommend 268:230, and if you are doing three side by side 177:177 works best (learned from maria my beloved)). you dont need to change anything else here. (if your gif is over 10mb for some reason, you can optimize -> lossy gif and go in small units to not ruin the quality too much). 

now, i like to make my gifs a bit slower to make it more like a slow moment in time. press speed if you wanna do this and explore different settings!! i like to do 80% usually, but here i did 70%. here is what we have so far:

not too bad!! but as you can see, this scene is rather dark and gloomy and their smiles deserves something better in my opinion, so OFF TO PHOTOPEA WE GO (free photoshop my beloved)

10.  now we are at https://www.photopea.com/ and click file and open up our bad boy. DONT BE INTIMIDATED!! there are so, so many choices, but it is solely up to your preference and desired look. i like my gifs bright and saturated, but you might not, and thats okay!! you can fuck with all of these things over time (i do still LOL)

11. THE BASICS: go to layer -> new adjustment layer -> color balance. you do this layer first if you are going to use it at all. you’ll soon find that merlin has a very yellow early seasons and an extremely blue later seasons (it drives me crazy), so here is where you just mess with them til you get a baseline look you like. i start with shadows and go up from there (i dont change too intense ever. i go up or down like 6/7 the most on blue or red at any gif tbh). for this gif im working on, i want it to look less blue, so ill focus on the blue mostly.

12. now, remember all of these steps are optional and this is just the order i go, but that is not the only way. do what you feel makes the gif to your liking!! i then go to selective color (i like doing the contrast with the black coloring option here more than the choice later, but it up to you). i mostly make most of the colors darker here so the lightening later looks a bit cleaner.

13. next for me is the hue/saturation layer. i normally try to avoid using this, but it may be needed if you want to make the gif a bit less red or smth like that. if i want one particular to be really saturated, ill do that here at this level. its good to put this third tho if you are gonna use it.

14. vibrance layer time!! i love this bitch. i go ham with it fnesfljesfk i like my stuff really saturated (like “i went up 45″ hard). i dont usually use the actually vibrance option on top since i read in a post by the incredible maria that it makes gifs more grainy (btw @arthurpendragonns taught me like so much. her gifs are TOP TIER and literally take my breath away every time. so fucking talented man. the goddess of gifmaking, if you will).

15. then i click brightness/contrast and THROW THAT BRIGHTNESS UPPPP. here i just went up to 126 LOL. (this is where my comment about the selective color comes up. you can do contrast here, but i think it looks better if you increase the black in the black selective color option. again, up to you)

16. CURVES LAYER MY BELOVED. i literally just fuck with the curve on RGB until i like it lolol

17. im going back to the hue/saturation to make the blue pop more since it is so much in the background!! and then just fuck with them all to get something you like!! this gif is making me upset so i redid it rn lnrelkjfrmf 

18. ADD TEXT IF YOU WANT!! we can do blending two gifs together and fun text stuff next time if you want in another list (lmk!! ill do anything if u want it).

19. woo! she done now. onto the next gif to start this over, or one and done! ive never done this kind of tutorial before, in the past ive just went live on my discord and some people have sat in to watch the process, so let me know if you wanna join my server to do this, too, if you are more of a watch learner than reading!!

20: the final product (not my best work frdiusnr im sorry ive been writing this up for like three hours LOL)

#ashley rambles #im so sorry its taken me so long kjfesf i finally have some free time to make this #gif making by me #tutorial #merlin #bbcmerlin #bbcm #merthur

[nicolebonnet]

🌻 a gif tutorial by: me! 🌻

i know there are so so many WONDERFUL tutorials out there, but i can’t say no to a very kind anon so!!!  here we go.  hopefully this is helpful for someone out there!  if anyone doesn’t do well with picture tutorials and would find it more helpful for me to do a video, i would also be happy to try that too!!

this is definitely not the fastest way to do it, i’m sure, just the way i’ve always done it and i’m bad at learning new things so ldkjfoiw also i’m using photoshop cc 2021 (tho this method should work for any version of photoshop i think) and i use video frames to layers to gif just as an fyi

step 1: get whatever media you’re giffing!  i use torrents and direct downloads.  that’s how i’ve always giffed, i’ve never tried capping so i can’t help with that.  sorry!

step 2: make clips of the scenes your fc is in!  i have a folder dedicated to the character the fc is playing and keep all my clips in there.  when i do movies, i typically only do about 12 clips at a time because it just feels less overwhelming for me.  when i do a show, i only clip one episode at a time for the same reason.  i use quicktime to clip, but i know some people use VLC and i’m sure there are other options out there to try, too!  again, this is just what i’ve always used so i’m comfortable with it and know how it works.

when i clip, i try to start the clip a few seconds before the scene my subject is in and a few seconds after just to make sure i’m getting every single frame.

step 3: import video frames to layers!  so once you have photoshop open, go to file > import > import video frames to layers

then go to your folder where you have all your clips saved and choose the one you want.  i took this one out of my trash because the rest of the gifs i have to do in this episode are in the dark and that was gonna be too annoying to me lkdjfkslofw so i’m just re-making one i already did a few days ago.  i’m giffing sofia carson and you can see that my clip starts on someone else’s face so i can make sure i have every frame of hers!

step 4: select the range for your gif!  just like with clipping, i try to get a few frames before and a few frames after of the fc i’m working on so that i don’t miss anything.  if you aren’t interested in giffing them in every single second (which is totally fine, i know a lot of people prefer not to!) then you don’t need to be as concerned with it

because i’m using a direct download, i’m not going to limit my frames to every 2.  it’ll be really fast and choppy.  if you screen recorded, i would suggest limited to every 2 frames and then going through and deleting each duplicate frame (when i giffed via screen recording, i found that every 6 frames or so was a duplicate).  this will make sure your gif is smooth and exactly the same as one made from a direct download.  it IS time consuming though, so i recommend doing a direct download/torrent if possible!  if you ever need help finding downloads or need something torrented and converted for you, please feel free to message me and i’ll be happy to help!!

step 5: delete the frames you don’t need!  this is the time to delete any extra frames at the beginning, end, and any duplicates

step 6: set your speed!  you can do this later if you want, but i like to do it as soon as all my extra frames are deleted.  my personal preference is typically .06 seconds for most of my gifs.  if they’re on the shorter side (under 35 frames), i’ll do .07-.09.  i know some people have very strong feelings on gif speed lskdfjpwe i do not.  it’s all about what feels best for you!  .06 is where i feel my gifs feel the best, but there are plenty of beautiful gifs that are slower or faster!

step 7: crop it!  as you can see above, i set my W x H ratio to 268px x 170px.  this is a size i really like, but you can make yours smaller or larger.  i do suggest using the W x H ratio setting to set it to your specific pixel measurements because it cuts out having to resize after cropping.

also, i have a few hundred frames in this one particular gif that i’m going to cut down in the next step.  however, i know that she remains pretty much in the same place throughout the frames which is why i’m cropping them all at once.  if it’s a gif where you get a few hundred frames that you’re going to turn into multiple gifs and the person moves around a lot, definitely only crop one gif at a time!

step 8: delete the frames you aren’t using!  everyone has a different way of deciding how many frames their gifs are.  for me, if they’re talking, i actually go and watch the segment i’m giffing to see what they’re saying, read their lips as i go through each frame, and crop it there.  it’s a little more time consuming i guess but i feel like it gives me the best results.  totally optional, though!  if the person is NOT talking, then i typically just try to make it between 60-80ish frames and base it on facial expressions or body language.  sometimes it’s more, sometimes it’s less!  again just comes down to what your preference is.

step 9: convert to timeline!  basically just press that lil highlighted button down there next to the “forever” and convert to timeline.  pretty self explanatory

step 10: sharpening!  this is where i use my sharpening action which is linked right here.  i’ve been using it for a while now and i really love it!  i’ve tried other sharpening actions since i made it and they just don’t make me as happy as this one lol

hit play on your action:

for my action, i get this popup twice and just hit “continue” and it keeps going through the steps with no problem

step 11: COLORING!!!  get your psd and slap it on!  i have different one base psd that i use for almost everything and will edit it to fit whatever scene/show/movie i’m working on.  i’ll also save different versions of it based on the media i’m giffing.  for example, the lighting on liv & maddie is SUUUUUPER different from the writing on pll: the perfectionists.  so i have a “liv” psd and a “loralie” (name of my char that i use sofia for, idk why i named the first psd after liv and not my char but whatever ldkfjsoi) psd.  same base, same layers, just different levels.  i also will often combine psds!  i’ll put my base down and then add layers from other psds or create new ones to fit whatever scene i have going!

step 12: save your gif!  go to file > export > save for web (legacy)...

people use different settings for saving their gifs, too.  these are my personal settings.  i really like them and feel they work for my gifs.  feel free to copy them or play around with your own settings!  just make sure it’s always on the 256 colors

step 13 (optional): preview!  i like to hit the preview button just to make sure i like my gif before i save it.  if i don’t like it (coloring looks off, too fast/too slow, feels like it cuts off in a weird place) i’ll hit cancel and undo everything until i’m back to wherever i need to fix it.

step 14: save your gif, yay!!  YOU DID IT!!!!  save that beautiful gif and feel so proud of yourself!!

step 15 (optional): if you’re making multiple gifs from the segment you imported, go back and cntrl/cmmnd + z everything until you’re back to having allllll the frames again.  delete the frames of the gif you just made (in this case, it would be 52) and start again from step 8!

i hope this made sense and was helpful for anyone!  please let me know if there’s anything you need clarification on!!

#tutorial #photoshop tutorial #gif tutorial

[napoleon-usher]

Basic Giffing Tutorial

How I make gifs for a simple scene + coloring + captions under the cut:

I’ll show you how to make this ^^^ gif (including the sharpening, coloring and captioning process).

Okay let’s start with what you need to do this: A version of photoshop with timeline (I use photoshop 2020 but probably any version will work, the program layout might just look a bit different), HD videos to gif from (preferably 1080p, especially for making big gifs, but 720p is also okay if you can’t get anything better, I just recommend making smaller gifs with it), some kind of video player that lets you trim clips in it (I use Quicktime Player because it’s the default for Macs)

1. Start with a video clip of the scene you want to gif. I usually download full episodes and clip scenes from the episode. My computer is a MacBook Pro and the default video player is Quicktime so I just trim my clips directly in that. In Quicktime you can just press CMD+T and it’ll give you trimming options. Most people use the screencapping method to make gifs, but it requires extra software and that’s not how I learned, so I’m going to tell you how to gif straight from video clips. I have no idea if there’s a difference in quality or ease between the two methods, but if you find that my way is too difficult then there are plenty of tutorials on how to do it via screencapping too like this one.

2. Open the clip in Photoshop. Just hit CMD+O and then select the video you want to gif from (or go to File > Open). Then, in the Timeline window at the bottom, scrub through the video and trim it (with the little scissor icon to the left) at the first frame of the scene/shot you want to gif and the last frame. Delete the excess clips. Before the next part, I usually crop off the black borders that some videos have if their original aspect ratio isn’t 16:9 (which most aren’t). For TV shows from Netflix, for example, the aspect ratio is usually 2:1 (or 540:270) so if you set the crop ratio to this you can get rid of exactly the black, no more and no less. I have several preset crop ratios (540:270 for TV shows, 540:225 for most movies, etc.). You can do further cropping after you have made and colored the gif, but getting rid of borders before converting the video to frames makes this easier. If your video does not have these black borders to begin with, ignore this part.

3. Convert video to frames. In the upper right hand corner of the Timeline window there is an icon that is four small lines stacked on each other (time line menu). When you click on it, a drop down menu will appear. In this menu select “Convert Frames > Flatten Frames into Clips.” Then click the button in the lower left hand corner (three small rectangles next to each other; frame animation button) that says “Convert to frame animation” when you hover over it.

After, it should look like either of these. Sometimes, if you crop the video before you start the process, it gives you two frames like in the image on the right above. If this happens, delete the frame with the shorter time stamp on it (as indicated by the number at the bottom). Next, click the dropdown menu in the timeline window again and select “Make Frames From Layers.” It will then turn into multiple frames, as shown below:

Delete the first frame (it will have a number under it, while the rest of the frames say “0 sec”), then use “select all frames” from the dropdown menu so that they are all highlighted and click “0 sec > other” and set the frame delay to “.06 seconds.” Scroll down to the bottom of the layers channel window and click and delete “Video Group 1″ then scroll back to the to top of the window and select all the layers by holding Shift and clicking on the top layer. Click the icon in the lower left hand corner that says “Convert to Video Timeline (video timeline button) and the frames should convert to long purple bars stacked vertically on top of each other. Then, under the “Filters” drop down menu at the top of the screen, select “Convert for Smart Filters.” This converts the layers to a smart object, turning the stack of bars a single purple bar and a single layer in the layers channel. When you press play in the timeline window, the image should move and play through like a video. If it doesn’t, you missed a step. It should now look like this (the left is the timeline window; the right is the layers window):

This seems like a lengthy process, but I have compiled most of these steps into a few Actions. With the actions (starting at step 3 of this tutorial) you use “Part1″, delete the frame with the shorter time stamp on it (if needed), “make frames from layers,” delete the first frame and Video Group 1, select all frames in Timeline and change frame delay to .06 seconds, select all layers in the Layers window, then use "Part2″. I assign my actions to function keys so all I have to do is use a few keyboard shortcuts ( i.e. Part1 is F1, Part2 is F2, etc.). This makes the whole process much quicker. Here is a link to download the actions I created for this process. Once you get the hang of using the actions, it all goes pretty fast. Also, when using the actions you might get messages like this:

Just click stop and keep going with the instructions.

4. Duplicate the frame in the layers window and set the top layer to screen using the drop down menu in the window (it’s the second from the top and should say “Normal” to begin with. That changes the scene from this:

to this:

5. Make coloring adjustments. Everyone colors gifs in their own ways, so you absolutely don’t have to follow what I do. This is just the basics of how I color:

I always start with Levels (some people use curves, some people use both, I never learned how to use curves though). Under the levels adjustment menu, I start by using the black point dropper and select the darkest part of the image. Sometimes it takes a bit of clicking around with the dropper to find what works. Depending on the scene (colors, lighting, etc.) I also move the sliders if needed. There’s no real formula to it, I just do everything by sight, changing things until it looks good to me. For this gif, I selected a dark part of Jamie’s hair with the black point dropper. Then I did some minor adjustments with the sliders on the graph. If you’re coloring a darker scene, the sliders are very useful for brightening the scene, but this is a fairly well lit scene so not much is needed. This is the scene with Levels added:

Next, I usually use color balance to fix the color changes that Levels made. This looks too yellow to me now, so I use the yellow-blue slider to add in blue. You’ll have to play around with what looks best for whatever scene you’re giffing, but I’ve found that most scenes I add blue and sometime add red or cyan, but rarely use the magenta-green slider. With color balance added:

Next I use a series of selective color layer. Make a new layer for every different color adjustment you make, it makes it easier to edit if you make a mistake or want to make changes later. I always start with Black, usually just adding a little to Cyan, Magenta, and Yellow so that it increases the contrast of the whole scene.

From there, you have to pick out what colors you want to accent or correct. You get better at this the more you do it. In this scene, I want to accent the green of the plants and the purple of their clothes. Normally I would do Red next to adjust skin tone, but because I want to increase the green in the picture, I’m going to start with Yellow. This will make skin tones look too yellow-green, but you can correct this with a Red Selective Color layer. The Yellow layer made the plants greener, but the Red returned the proper color to Dani’s skin.

I keep adding more selective color layers to bring out more color in the scene.

To make it even more vibrant, I use several Hue/Saturation layers to increase the saturation of certain colors.

Sometimes I also add a Vibrance layer, but for this scene it wasn’t needed. Lastly, I usually add a Brightness/Contrast layer. I prefer to get contrast out of deepening the blacks in the scene rather than use the contrast setting in this adjustment layer, but sometimes I do use it. Most of the time I just increase the brightness a little, depending on the lighting in the scene.

Really, coloring is all about just messing with different settings until things look right to you. I’m still learning new things every time I make a new gif. There are tons of other adjustments available that I haven’t even tried out, so feel free to mess around with them. Note: The more adjustment layers you add, the more the quality might decrease. I do try to do minimal adjustments normally, but I wanted to make this coloring fairly vibrant so it has a lot more layers.

If you are making multiple gifs from the same scene, repeat the process of Steps 1-4 and then copy the adjustment layers from the first gif to each subsequent gif. I normally group all the adjustment layers together (select the layers and press CMD+G) which makes it easier to copy the layers to another PSD.

6. Crop and resize the gif. You can crop your gifs any way you want. I’m in the habit of making rather large gifs (which is thankfully now possible due to the 10mb size limit) and most of my gifs are cropped at ratios of 3:2, 4:3, or 1:1. For longer scenes I usually use 16:9. Crop your gif at whatever ratio you want and then resize it. For Tumblr, there are specific dimensions that gifs have to be for them to format properly in posts. For “large” gifs (one per row), they must be 540px wide. Height does not matter. For smaller gifs they have to be either 268px (two per row) or 177px (three per row). Resize the gif by either using CMD+OPTION+I or going to the “Image” dropdown menu at the top of the screen and clicking on “Image Size” If you already cropped at your desired ratio, just change the width to 540, 268, or 177, according to the size gifs you want.

7. Sharpen the gif. After you have cropped and resized the gif as desired, you need to sharpen it. Because of the method I used in the beginning (duplicating the layers and setting the top to screen), you will have to add a Sharpening filter and a Gaussian Blur filter. Select the top layer of the gif (not the top coloring layer) and click on the “Filter” dropdown menu at the top then select “Sharpen > Smart Sharpen” These are my sharpening settings (if you’ve ever giffed before, or looked at other tutorials, you’ll notice this is sharper than most people would use. That’s because you also have to slightly blur the layer below it, which dilutes it to a proper sharpness):

Next, select the lower layer of the gif and go back the the “Filter” menu and select “Blur > Gaussian Blur” and set the radius to “1.0 pixels.”

These sharpening and blur settings are also actions I’ve created. If you download the action I listed before, assign them to function keys and you will just have to select the appropriate layer and use the function key to do the work. Additionally, learning the keyboard shortcuts speeds along the process. 

8. Export/save the gif. Go to “File > Export > Save for Web (Legacy)” or CMD+OPTION+SHIFT+S. These are my save settings (I actually have no idea what any of these things mean... I’ve never changed any of them).

The important thing really is that you make sure that under looping options near the bottom (not shown in this screenshot) it says “Forever,” not “Once.” And also check how big the file is in the bottom left corner:

As long as the number under GIF is less than 10M, you’re good to go. Then save the file and name it.

9. Caption the gif (if needed). You can either do this in the PSD you already had open to create the gif or you can open the gif you just saved and caption it there. I find it easier to add captions directly in the current PSD. When it comes to captions, it’s really based on your own preferences. I’ve seen people use all different fonts, sizes, colors, and placements for captions. Some fonts I can recommend are: Myriad Pro, Calibri, Arial Rounded MT Bold, and Keep Calm.

There are plenty of others too. The main thing is that they normally look best when they are bolded and italicized. I have been using Keep Calm for my captions lately. I also add Stroke and Drop Shadow to the text (my text settings are also included in my Actions):

Just make sure the text is centered and has a good margin from the bottom.

This is what it looks like with those effects ( font: Keep Calm; size: 13; tracking: -25).

Anyway, that’s my basic process for gifmaking and coloring. I hope this gives you some kind of foundation to work off of. Just keep experimenting with different techniques and you’ll keep getting better. Read other people’s tutorials and tips and try them out to see what you like and works for you.

#if you're seeing this now i dont make gifs like this anymore #if you ask i'll make an updated tutorial #riah.txt

[verobatto]

Destiel Chronicles

Vol. LXXXIV

It was a love story from the very beginning.

I Love You

(12x12)

Hi my beautiful friends, I will talk in this meta about the episode in which Case confessed his love. Did he? Or didn't he? Heheh let's see.

Dean Jealous and his contra-macho cool friend reaction

Oh yes, I'm gonna talk about that scene. I saw so many memes because Dean's dimples of discontent were loud. So get this...

MANDY: And how ‘bout you, handsome?

Gif credit @faramaiofnerdwoodforest

Dean's face here can't be taken by other thing than JEALOUSY, he is not amused with that girl throwing heart eyes to Cas. And he shows his dimples of discontent. Not amused at all. So, he post-reaction to this, with his mom on the table and that tough hunter too, he does what society waits for a friend to do when a girl is showing signs of flirtation to one of his friends...

But he overreacts and says a couple of silly things. One of them, Sam won't let go easily.

Gif credit @angvlicmish

This is the lie, because Dean doesn't want to teach Cas to conquer women. But he has to pretend he does. Because he wants to show the supportive friend he is. 'We've been looking for teachable moments' like 'We?' Sam and him? Sammy doesn't look as if he was waiting for this moment, besides, he knows what Dean feels for Cas, so... Dean is almost reaching the ridiculous line in here. Trying so hard to sound one thing, he is not.

Look at this...

SAM: The internet here sucks. I downloaded all the bunker’s files to a new archive, but we’re not getting any signal, so I’m j–

DEAN: [makes snoring noises and pretends to sleep] Nobody cares. Cas, here’s the thing you need to know about waitresses, okay? They get hit on all day long, so you gotta bring your A game. But, upside? [clicks tongue] They always smell like food.

WALLY: [nodding along with Dean, then pointing at him] They always smell like food.

First: Sam immediately changed the subject dragging them to the case and a difficulty he is having to get more info, and Dean! Dean just cut him off! He just can't let a waitress hitting on Cas' alone! Because is VERY IMPORTANT to him, to pretend he is helping him, because he is the waitress experienced friend, and try to low Castiel's expections into venture to do that!

Because... He says 'They always smell like food!" As if that were something sexy!

And Wally is just affirming that premise, and then Sam... Because he was interrupted by his brother's fake show, and because he knows what's the behind the scenes, he engages revengeful ...

SAM: Is that really an upside? They smell like food?

MARY: Okay– okay...

DEAN: Right? It’s great.

SAM: Why would you want them to smell like food?

Dean can't lie to Sam, because Sam knows the truth, he knows Dean is trying to kill every interest Castiel could ever have in hook up with any waitress in the world. Because he is jealous! And I believe Mary noticed that too, and just scolded their boys. Hehehe.

Then this?

Gif credit @angvlicmish

Okay, leaving to a side that his face is out of control, because he really thinks Cas is devastating handsome, he keeps with the cool friend that helps his friend, and the only one believing that story in that table is Wally, because he didn't live the Destiel drama. Dean is pretending like a good, because Wally is there. But Sam know, Mary knows, and even Cas knows.

Gif credit @angvlicmish

Dean is like 'I helped you, buddy, did you like that? I'm a cool friend.' and Cas is like 'Do you really want me to date this female, Dean?' just because the poor guy put so many effort on that. Geez. Dean is a mess... Heheheh.

I Love You

I will try to focus the meta in the 'I love you' scene, because before that, we have a very distressed Dean Winchester trying to save his angel. Dean is nervous, and in denying. Because his head can't process the fact of loosing Castiel for ever. He can't handle that lost, that's why he denies it.

Now, let's go to the famous scene. Did Cas said I Love You to Dean?

Gif credit @angvlicmish

If you rewatch the scene, previous to this confession, Castiel is looking at Dean straight in the eyes, then he drops his gaze and says these words, with a hint of shame.

But Dean's reaction can only been explained as someone who's hearing his best friend saying goodbye and giving up. And also, because in english language, this I LOVE YOU, could be sayed to a singular person of more than one. So, Dean thinks this I Love You was for them (Dean, Sam and Mary) that's why that face, is a face that says : ' Come one man, don't say it, you won't die, this is not the goodbye.'

I know a lot of people thinks Dean's reaction is because he wasn't prepared to receive a love confession, but I don't really think that. He is not prepared to say it. And in this take, he thinks this goodbye confession if for all the Winchesters in that room. Why do I think this? Because his reaction is very different when he sees Cas saying this to Sam and Mary.

Gif set credit @princessknoblauch 👇

Cas averts his eyes to Sam and Mary and Dean's face is of realization here.

He realizes the first I LOVE YOU was for him.

Why would Cas make that difference? Because the meaning are different. Even when he previously confess they are his family, he chooses to look at Dean first a confess one exclusive I love you for him.

Is platonic? Is romantic?

I truly believe is romantic, because there was shame in Cas' face, and he dropped his eyes before saying it. And I think Dean knew this deep inside.

But it could be taken otherwise, that's why it stays like a grey zone between them.

When Crowley comes and saves Castiel, Dean's face of relief is priceless, and there's this little finger touch Cas made over Dean's hand before left his hand go. They were close to be separated, what they don't know is, this is a foreshadow of Castiel's real death at the endo of the season, but also, Dean saying: "Let's go home" is foreshadowing too his own words in episode 13x06, when Castiel comes back to him.

To Conclude:

Episode 12x12 has Jealous!Dean, inside a hilarious scene, but it also has a sad foreshadow of Castiel's death.

Cas said confessed his love for the Winchesters as a family, but it was a special and exclusive confession he made to Dean, because the hint of shame and the dropped gaze, it meant more than just a platonic confession.

Dean's reaction is different to the second confession, because he realizes the first one was just for him.

I really hope you enjoyed this meta, see you in the next one!

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If you want to be added or removed from this list just let me know.

If you want to read the previous metas from season 12, here you have the links:

Vol. LXXV, LXXVI, LXXVII, LXXVIII, LXXIX, LXXX, LXXXI, LXXXII, LXXXIII.

Buenos Aires, October 18th 2020, 7:35 PM.

#destiel #destiel chronicles #destiel meta #supernatural meta #season 12 meta #vol. LXXXIV

[rivka-kopelman]

Delivery Lemur Logbook : 9-A

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December 38th, 3431

Hey, Delivery Lemur (deliveremur) here. Tiptoeing through Galaxy 5 trying to avoid pirates and looters and such. It's fucked up out here. Gigantic crop failures because of the labor shortage. There's mass-hysteria about the imminent alien invasion. The Space Military is confiscating all the supplies and food and stuff. Here's what used to be Mirach Solar Farm, which got blown up by somebody. We're on our last box of wafers.

Best to look on the bright side. Just downloaded a new episode of my favorite podcast, It's Bullshit: Forever Countdown.

“Hi you everyone out there ~ This is Mocha Menosky and my guest for today's episode is Lilac Slac, lead drummer of the Zigzagzags! Are you ready Lilac?”

“Yes! I'll do my best!”

“Your number is 3,000,000,000,000,00,000000033333 good luck!”

“Ohhh shit okay, okay, okay. 1................. 2............”

The collision alert starts blaring: someone's about to fly into us.

Lopcorn hops over like I need help steering or something. I swerve wildly and avoid the oncoming ship by inches.

“Jeez they should watch where they're going, huh?” I remark.

Lopcorn is squinting at the sensor readout. “They can't. Look, their guidance computer is disabled.”

“Oh.” I check the screen too and calculate their vector. “They're gonna get stuck in a decaying orbit of that huge planet if they don't change course.”

“Deliveremur, so are we. You steered us right into the gravity well.”

“Really?”

“Yeah bud really”

It's true. So, we do an emergency landing. Bit bumpy but not too bad.

These are the scenic equatorial highlands of planet Yoxoby. Nasty chlorine atmosphere. “That ship came down just 1 mile from us,” Lopcorn tells me, consulting the radar. “There might be survivors, want to go see?”

I guess it's the ethical thing to do. We throw on goggles and respirators and troop out into the blurry haze. My paws sink 20cm into the cool chalk dust with each step. This is more exercise than I was ready for today.

Well, here it is. Turns out they're Drywall Owls.

“I'll check it out,” volunteers Lopcorn. “Stay here, just in case.”

“Yes.”

He bounded up onto the smoldering wreck, ripped open the hatch, and dropped inside. I wait quietly, watching our tracks get erased by the wind. I wonder if I locked the door on the way out. After three minutes, Lopcorn comes out of the Drywall Owl ship. He's carrying one owl, hastily stuffed into an ill-fitting space suit, struggling and shouting something.

“They're alive?” I ask.

“One is.”

“こrの場uगरेँбіз жहाsमीай ға the ارم” said the owl.

“What?”

Lopcorn grimaced. “She's in shock. I dunno what happened in there. Their computer core was melted with thermite. It was inevitable that they'd crash into something.”

“Twд¿ zoveel pijn спれm of theるызמֶדִיוּם,” insisted the owl, thrashing and twisting.

“Let's just get back,” I say with confidence and authority, like someone who knows what to do. Lopcorn nods and we go.

There's a mob of 30 skinks and geckos trying to break into my ship with hammers and crowbars.

“Hey!” Lopcorn calls to them. They point machine guns at us.

“Give us your food!” they demand. “We're taking your ship! Come open it!”

Lopcorn put the little owl in my arms and walked toward the reptiles.

“Just shoot him,” one of them ordered. They all opened fire. With an incomprehensible motion, the hare plucked every bullet out the air. The violet sand plumed ten feet high with every step as he darted into their midst, shattering their gun barrels on his knuckles.

“Just get out of here, will ya?” he grumbled. They hissed furiously, and beat a quick retreat, burrowing into the vibrant dust.

This annoyance brushed aside, he got me to unlock the door and ushered us inside.

"You can take off, right?"

"Yes" I say, without getting into a complicated explanation of gravity and the angles of the forces and whatnot. I fire up the thrusters and soon we're punching through the stratosphere.

Our Drywall Owl (Drywowl) is jumping around like a kangaroo. She won't listen to anything we say, but accepts when offered a glass of water. She has a few gulps and the cup slips from her grip. Speedy Lopcorn catches it without spilling a drop, which is maybe the best trick I've seen him do. Drywowl curled up in the corner and cried, and cried, and would not stop crying. I have no idea what to do. I see Lopcorn working through layers of apprehension before he resolves to sit down next to the sobbing lump of feathers. He speaks in a caring, dulcet voice I didn't know he had, asking “What's wrong, what happened?” in ostrilich, fasaa, korean, and english. I contributed as much as I could to this effort, but we couldn't make ourselves understood. Or she was too distraught to answer.

Lop turned to me. “Can you find out where the closest hospital is?”

Ah, something I know how to do. I nod and go to the controls. Running a search through the star chart gives me thirty seconds of “alone” time before I have to start talking again.

“There's a clinic on Rayli Delta, eight hours behind us,” I report. “Unless you wanna cut into Psy Sanctuary, there's-”

At this, Drywowl lurches up and stares straight at me with huge hollow eyes.

“Mu통āя no nസ്റ്റിo no no nò!” she gets right up in my face and screams louder than ever. “They дzlo σαδιsadistischστικός!” Then she drops and starts flopping around like a fish.

“Okay Rayli Delta then.”

I turn the ship around. We're never gonna make it to Clockmarsh with all these detours.

Our bellies are all rumbling so we remove a wafer from its foil and I carefully break it into three equal pieces. I had a half of one yesterday so today's worse. um. The day after tomorrow we will have nothing but drinking water.

I take a nibble and let it slowly dissolve. I'll have another bite in a few minutes. Lopcorn eats his piece in one bite, and Drywowl does it in two. She looks at me and says “бkl bastard söz vъдerତିoxunସ୍ପ"

I just kinda nod. What can ya do, right? She laughs, but quickly reverts to sobbing. I try to think of what would make someone feel better, but I've got nothin. I'm just drained.

“You should stop crying,” I say. I uh don't have any followup to this guidance.

She did not stop crying. She stared at us with big wet eyes full of fear and reproach.

“How much longer is it?” Lopcorn queries.

“7 hours, 57 minutes.”

He couldn't fully suppress a groan. “Do you have any games or anything you could give her?”

“Uh...” I scratch my head. “Gosh. I might. Nothing fancy though. Look in the cupboard.”

We start rummaging around and a minute later he asks, “What is Mostly Mouse: Ghostly House?”

I blush cause it's a stupid thing to have. Also I was supposed to deliver it six years ago. Hasn't even crossed my mind. “It's a board game.”

“Ghostly House – is it scary?” He pulled the box out from the back of the cupboard and eyed Drywowl.

“I think Mostly Mouse is pretty tame.”

“Ookay... Hey Drywowl, we got a game for you. Look at this, it's gonna be good. A Mostly Mouse game. We'll all play.”

<Log 9-B>

#Delivery Lemur

[kaiowut99]

99% - GX Season 2 Opening: “Ambitions->Dashed Hopes” ft. Earlier Napoleon (WIP)

poor chronos

Alright, finally finished this scene up! After *checks notes* nearly three weeks of editing, lol.  So, following up on the first WIP with Pharaoh crawling onto Chronos’s desk, here’s the next scene I’ve managed to get textless and then translated--and it was a doozy.  

Doing it for the V1 of this scene wasn’t too bad; once I replicated the design of the placard’s translation as edited in the Pharaoh scene over the course of the 8-9 frames it’s onscreen for, it was just a matter of repainting Chronos in Photoshop to wipe out the name as it slides in, then masking out Chronos in Sony Vegas in order to recreate the fade from the chair to his deck behind him--this after I borrowed a deck shot from elsewhere in the OP to get the color background over the name, then made a proxy for Limiter Removal and Antique Gear Drill to cover up the name in those spots.  Then I added in the name translation I made early on and recreated the slide-in to finish the clip.  You can see the end result in action in Gifs #2 and #3!

Now, getting the V2 scene textless was the harder task--mainly on account of having to deal with both the lyrics and the name, but also because for some reason, as they did with the Pharaoh scene, they cropped the shot for the V2 so I couldn’t just reuse some of the edits I’d just made.  

First, once I redid the placard translation, I added an extra crossout, and then once in Vegas had to manipulate the table foreground to cover up the lyrics; I also masked in Chronos’s fingers on the placard to restore some lost detail.  Then, I worked with the 30 frames of Chronos moping to repaint him and his fingers, but for the frames where the name was starting to come in and the deck fade started, I only focused on repainting Chronos--this was because I later went in and masked Chronos himself out because I was recreating the chair-to-deck fade.  To do this fade, I had to repaint the chair and window over Chronos so he wasn’t in the shot, and then I had to recreate Chronos’s deck, which involved creating proxies for each card shown and replacing them, while also adding in the empty background space next to Limiter Removal; the only issue was there was one Spell behind Chronos that I couldn’t make out to Antique Gear’s right (the Wikia claims it might’ve been Antique Gear Tank but he doesn’t use it until episode 69, and the top-left part of the art we can see in V1 doesn’t match up), so I put a second Antique Gear Drill there.  Likewise, I couldn’t tell what Earth Antique Gear was to Magnet Circle LV2′s left, so I put a second Antique Gear Golem there--both cards are barely visible as Chronos covers them up.  I also did try to make the proxies as close to Series 4 format (the card layout at the time) as I could with the template I’d downloaded, but I didn’t get it perfectly.  Once that fade was recreated, I masked Chronos out as I noted above, added the name translation I’d created early on for V2, copied over the masking keyframes, and the translated version was all done!

Finally, since I want to release a lyric-textless version of the V2 that we never got, I kept many of the frame edits I made for the full textless video, but masked in the Japanese footage to keep the JP name slide-in; the only issue was residual kana from the lyrics showing up in a few spots near the bottom of the name box, so I just took those frames into Photoshop and cleaned them up, reinserted them, and got the JP textless version finished! You can see the end results in Gifs #4-6 (4: JP textless; 5: translated; 6: full textless)!

Photos 7 and 8 show two stills to show off the coverup I did on the name in V1, while the last compilation photo shows it off on V2 with what’s probably my favorite Chronos frame there haha.

I also added a gif of the Napoleon name scene at the end since I noticed I hadn’t shown it off yet; it was probably easier than these two since I only had to focus on repainting Chronos’s torso, lol.

Overall, I’m happy with how well this finally came out! Now that I’ve done the two hardest edits in the OP, I’ll backtrack and work on translating the names starting with Judai, which should be a bit more of a walk in the park.

#GX #yugioh gx #yugioh #ygo gx #ygo #Chronos de Medici #VP Napoleon #subbing rambling #Samejima coming back from the woods to dash Chronos's hopes of ruling the academia lol #it must've been nice to be 4Kids and have the textless assets that ultimately went unused in the dub OPs

[medea10]

My Review of 22/7

How did I get into this anime? Fuck it! I picked a random anime to watch for the winter line-up. Let’s hit it!

22/7 is an idol group for real in Japan with one hell of a fanbase. LET’S GIVE THEM THEIR OWN ANIME!

Okay!

So, eight total strangers are picked by random to become part of an idol group. That’s essentially it! Eight girls who don’t know each other are told to meet some gorilla producer at a zoo and told to drop everything in their lives to become idols. What the literal and actual fuck?!

First of all, the concept of having all of these young girls being eyed and taken to some underground penthouse has Jeffery Epstein AND R. Kelly vibes ALL OVER THIS MESS! Although, I will give this anime some credit that these girls are at least high school age or older (but not by much)!

We’ve got a shy, introvert named Miu. Then there’s the blonde, cutie from America, Sakura. Nicole, the only one with an interest of becoming an idol. Junko, the spunky girl with butt-loads of energy. The no-nonsense and let’s get down to business, Akane. Miyako, the girl with sisterly love. The practical one, Reika. And Ayaka...she’s also in the group! These eight girls make up the group, 22/7 (a group name to this day I’m not sure why it’s called that).

They are then told to obey a wall…

OH FOR FUCK’S SAKE! A wall? Seriously?! A God-damned wall?! These girls and the people promoting 22/7 are to obey plates that are shit out by a wall! I know idol animes are notorious for fucked up storylines, but…I can’t even here! Becoming idols because it’s been your life-long dream like in Idolm@ster, that is fine! Becoming idols in order to save your school from being shut down like in Love Live, that is fine! Becoming idols because an eccentric necromancer brings you back from the dead like in Zombieland Saga, fucking awesome! A wall that must be obeyed when giving decisions on an idol group…what the literal and actual fuck!

Here’s what most episodes are set up like.

1. The Wall gives out an order. 2. One of the girls doesn’t want to do *insert activity here*. 3. Flashbacks play off and on for girl of the day. 4. You must do what The Wall says. 5. I don’t want to. 6. BITCH, DON’T GO AGAINST THE WALL. THE WALL IS GOD!!! 7. Pout, contemplate, and more flashbacks play. 8. Fine, I’ll do it. 9. Play the ending theme!

BETWEEN THE SUB AND THE DUB: This anime is licensed by the good folks at Aniplex (and possibly FUNimation). Crunchyroll added this one month after the initial release. If you’re all wondering why that’s happening to a lot of Crunchyroll-picked animes, yeah keep wondering. Sony has control over Aniplex and FUNimation and as a result Crunchyroll has a delay on several animes (including this one). It’s an inconvenience and just raises the rates of people downloading the episodes illegally. Once again, thanks for nothing, Sony! Give Crunchyroll some credit as they do give people in other countries streaming benefits. FUNimation is primarily U.S.

With that rant off my chest, on with the cast! Now this might just be first episode jitters and all, but a lot of the voices here seemed very bland. And you know it’s gotta be that bad if even I am riffing on the voices…FROM JAPAN! Well, much like many other idol shows like Idolm@ster and Love Live, the voices for the girls are only going to be known for their Idol group work. With the exception of two girls, this is everyone’s first official anime role. Here’s everyone!

*Miu is played by Nagomi Saijou

*Sakura is played by Sally Amaki (known for Betsy on Kaguya-sama)

*Jun is played by Ruri Umino

*Reika is played by Chiharu Hokaze (known for Silvia on Fate/Grand Order)

*Akane is played by Kanae Shirosawa

*Ayaka is played by Reina Miyase

*Miyako is played by Mizuha Kuraoka

*Nicole is played by Mei Hanakawa

FAVORITE CHARACTER: Miu.

Prior to episode 11, it was more of a me connecting with this particular character due to having many introvert connections. But after Nicole’s flashback where Miu beats the crap out of a bully, Miu is best girl.

IDOL TROPES: So let’s see if 22/7 has the usual tropes normally seen in many other idol animes.

* A shy, introvert character (right from second one) * A bitch who thinks she knows all about the idol world (not as bad as Dia, but heavy on the bitch part, yes) * Shotty CGI for the dance scenes (right in the fucking opening) * Bikini episode (check) * One of the girls has a fuck-ton of siblings and is one of the most eccentric of the bunch (oh yeah) *A robotic character or IS A ROBOT (Akane is not a robot, but she’s monotone for like 96% of the series excluding flashbacks)

ENDING: It’s been close to one year since all eight of these girls were chosen for this “project” We’ve already seen back-stories/flashbacks of almost all of the girls (except for Nicole and Miu) and now 22/7 is about to prepare for their one year anniversary as a group. But then the wall gave out an order! And the plate simply read, “Disband”.

Could you be any more cliché?

Maybe it wasn’t obvious for you, but for me I knew that was coming. And no, this wasn’t a joke! There wasn’t smudge on the wall’s platelet. These girls are to disband, lie their way through a press conference explaining the disbandment, all the people a part of this experiment are out of a job, and the girls are to go back to their regular lives before any of this happened.

Can they though?

These girls just spent a whole year being thrust into a position they never expected to be in and leaving their families and future plans behind. These girls are late-teens; they’re trying to prepare for work or college! A lot of them even had to work through a lot of baggage weighing them down (particularly Jun, Akane, and Reika)! Then all of a sudden, the wall shits out an order and says to disband. There was nothing wrong with the higher-ups or the group. Everyone was now enthusiastic about doing everything possible to make 22/7 a household name. But because a fucking wall gave the command to disband, everyone’s gotta drop their shit, lose their income (which some people like Reika, Ayaka, and Miyako could use), and just pull-out of already planned events.

THEN, you make the girls lie their way through a press conference by giving vague answers to the media about the disbandment! In my opinion, the girls could have lied and said there was fall-out at the top and it was out of their hands. I know the girls can’t simply say, “the magical wall told us to disband and we can’t go against the almighty wall”.

Well, we’re about two episodes away from the finale and it’s about time to see the backstories of Miu and Nicole. Believe it or not, these two have a history that goes back a ways (though it seems like Miu doesn’t remember Nicole). Would you believe that Nicole was once a shy introvert with a stuttering complex? Yeah, it’s true. The character who was seen as a bitch from episode one was once a shy, introvert.

It wasn’t until Nicole was pushed to do something against her will and a little help from Miu that she was able to come out of her shell. But enough of the flashback!

It’s now one month since the girls were told to disband. And for one reason or another, all eight of the girls made their way to the old production building. I guess they were all feeling nostalgic for the one year they spent as idols. They have a good cry. And all of a sudden…

The wall spoke?!

The wall pretty much said that this was merely an experiment and when the girls asked to reunite, the wall denied them. So then Miu goes savage on the wall…

Okay, Miu is best girl of this series!

The other girls follow suit and break the wall, making an opening.

Once inside, the girls stumbled upon something quite disturbing. These girls have been tracked, not only throughout their idol careers, but before then too! There were shots of the girls when they were children! What kind of freakshow, One Hour Photo, Truman Show, fucked up shit is this?! This is all sorts of WRONG! How is this fucker not in jail? WHO IS THIS FUCKER?! No, I will not be quiet about this! Everything about this is so fucka wrong I can’t even! Who follows little girls secretly for most of their lives taking pictures of them? Let’s think about that…

*Perverts *Fucking perverts *R. Kelly *Oingo Boingo levels of perversion *State of Florida levels of perversion *Jefferey Epstein

New theory that goes along with old theory! Jefferey Epstein was killed in prison when his neck was snapped because AG Bill Barr sat on it. And before the devil sentences him to a lifetime of misery and woe, he gives him one last chance to atone for his actions. Instead, he stalks little girls in Japan. HOLY SHIT, THIS IS STARTING TO MAKE SENSE!

Medea…the review?!

Oh right!

The girls leave the disturbing room (never to be seen or talked about again) and I guess we’re never gonna get a clue on the identity of our pervert that hides behind a wall. They walk away and end up on a stage. And in the audience, were all their loyal and devoted fans. You see, they happened to gather on what was supposed to be their one year anniversary and their fans held out hope that they would still perform on their anniversary like they promised before the disbandment notice hit.

They performed. I guess 22/7 is back together. I guess we can disobey the wall just this once.

The wall shits out a new platelet saying add 3 more members.

We end seeing those three new girls that we may or may not see again. It depends on whether 22/7 was good enough to warrant a season two.

If the Jeffery Epstein rants weren’t an indicator, I was not fond of this series. Maybe I was just turned off at the concept of eight total strangers being told all of a sudden they’re idols because a fucking wall commanded it. I’m pretty sure it’s because of the storyline involving a wall and having to obey it. The songs were just okay, whenever we got to hear them. Unlike a lot of other idol animes, we really didn’t see a lot of performances from 22/7 outside of the opening and ending themes.

The one thing I was really invested in were surprisingly the flashbacks from all of the girls. A lot of these stories do lay on the drama really thick. But you really wish that everything’s gonna work out in the end. Like you really wish Miyako could see her biological father again or want a happy ending for Akane and her family. But then you get a back-story like Jun’s. Oof, that one was a gut-punch! I’m no fan of this show, but episode 7 is the go-to episode.

Now, I’ll watch 22/7 if it gets a season two. I try not to give up on an anime, no matter how much it annoys me. I like to see things through to the bitter end. But as for recommendations, there are far better idol shows to choose from.

Yes, I see that it’s a stretch to say there are GOOD idol shows. I know the stigma and hate that they get. But I am not one of those people. I thought Idolm@ster was okay. I liked Love Live just fine. UtaPri amuses me (and yes I count it as an idol show). Zombieland Saga, fuck yeah! This, not so much!

But if you want to watch, FUNimation has all 12 episodes available for streaming. And Crunchyroll has…a few as of this date and time. Again I point out that Crunchyroll couldn’t even get streaming rights to this until a full month after it began airing. Thanks again, Sony!

#anime review #22/7 #nanabun no nijyuuni #miu takigawa #sakura fujima #nicole saito #jun toda #reika satou #miyako kouno #akane maruyama #ayaka tachikawa

[scifinal]

DW s12e10: It's Quite Unfortunate That This Child Keeps On Regenerating

It's only fitting that the first post on a blog called "SciFinal" should be about a season finale.

Not that fitting is the fact that in said post I'm going to begin where it all started for me.

Part One: How I Even Got into This Mess of a Show in the First Place

While I call myself a huge Doctor Who fan, even a – *gasp* – Whovian, I must admit I am not as familiar with the franchise as I would like to be; I've seen the new show, I've seen Torchwood (though, admittedly, I had to force myself to finish the fourth season – but that's a story for another day), I've listened to a handful of audio dramas (including Kaldor City, which I consider to be canon for both DW and Blake's 7) – mostly Torchwood audio dramas, but who cares, – I've read a couple of comics, I've got a novel or two somewhere on my bookshelf, I've seen the first couple of seasons of the classic show, but that's about it. I can't say I grew up with it – it wasn't on TV when I was a kid, there isn't an official Ukrainian dub, et cetera, et cetera. I first heard about it when I was about thirteen, when my classmate did a project about something they liked – and was pretty dismissive of my peers' hobbies at the time, believing myself to be somewhat above them, so I didn't pay much attention.

Then somebody finally pressured me into watching it (I believe I was fifteen or something back then) and I loved it. The first two episodes of the first season, I mean. I watched those, texted my friend something like "consider me a Whovian now!" and abandoned the show completely only to return to it maybe several years later.

I loved it. This time, for real.

Doctor Who has been with me ever since that time, it has a big soft spot reserved for each and every Doctor ever in my heart, and for each and every companion. I know full well it's cheesy, and it's stupid, and it's technobabble-y, and it's glorious in all of its cheesy technobabble-y stupidity.

And I hate this finale.

Part Two: Doctor, Why

I hate this finale – because I hate Chris Chibnall. Mind you, not the gentleman himself (I don't even know what he looks like, and I can't be bothered to Google), I hate what he did to Doctor Who.

Now, when it was revealed that the would replace Steven Moffat I felt... nothing. What did you expect? I had no idea who the man was. I know now he's made Broadchurch, and I know he wrote a bunch of stuff for Torchwood back in the day, including Cyberwoman. I had to drop Broadchurch because of how well-handled the depressing atmosphere was, and I love the flawed, dumb, sexy-cyber-bikinied, almost-fifteen-minutes-of-Ianto's-whining-including (I know because some time ago I literally cut almost every single moment of Gareth David-Lloyd whimpering, moaning, groaning, screaming, and mugging at the camera out of the episode and made those bits and pieces into a beautiful clip show called "I HATE THIS" to explain exactly why his face was and still is so punchable) mindless fun that is Cyberwoman (this is also one of the two episodes in which they actually do something fun with the pterodactyl living inside Torchwood's underground base). The latter also led to the creation of one amazing in how it develops Ianto's character audio drama entitled "Broken". I love Broken. I am now forcing you to look at its cover because of how much I love it.

Here we go. Now, back to the point of me rambling pointlessly

In his video "Sherlock Is Garbage, and Here's Why", a well-known YouTuber hbomberguy pointed out how Steven Moffat's problem is that he is more than capable of writing a good one-off episodes, but ultimately fails at managing multiple complex, overarching stories, as visible when you look at the difference between Moffat's individual episodes and his run on the show.

Now, I believe that Chris Chibnall suffers from the same affliction: he's a good screenwriter but a terrible, terrible showrunner. Sure, he's made Broadchurch, but Broadchurch, in its essence, was a complete singular story with a beginning, a middle, and an end. There were no bigger, incomplete arcs expanding at the expense of other episodes, and the show did exactly what it was originally designed to do: it told an uninterrupted story.

Here comes Chris Chibnall's run on Doctor Who.

Now, while Steven Moffat was ultimately not very good at managing overarching stories, he tried to do so nonetheless, and the fans seemed to like his attempts. And while I can't be sure as to whether it was Chris' original vision for the show or he and his co-writers were merely trying to emulate Moffat, he attempted the same. A friend of mine has even pointed out how, to her, it was painfully obvious how the writers of the finale were desperately trying to copy Moffat's style (to give you some context, she grasped it from a 30-second clip of the CyberMasters' reveal, and that clip basically consisted of me filming my laptop's screen and laughing at their design, making the video wobbly and the audio distorted). At the time of writing this post this friend hasn't seen a single episode of Chibnall's era and, as far as I know, has no wish to do so – mainly because of two reasons that both have something to do with the finale:

Somebody's already spoiled it for her, so who cares;

I ranted to her about how shit this finale is and now she hates everything about Chibnall era.

I am very sorry for the latter, since I genuinely believe there are some nice episodes in these seasons, and I especially like the "historical" ones, they really are quite a lot of fun, I like Nikola Tesla and Thomas Edison fighting badly CG-ed alien scorpions, I love Lord Byron and Mary Shelley running around a haunted house trying to escape from a Cyberman (even though it's all too similar to the Agatha Christie episode from Russel T Davies' run), I adore that episode about Rosa P–– oh, wait, no, that one was crap and ripped off Blake's 7... Anyway, I love Jodie Whittaker's Doctor, I am a big fan of Graham, I like Ryan just fine, and I can put up with Yaz, even though it's been two seasons and I've still got no idea what's her personality supposed to be, and I absolutely love the new Master (he reminds me of a cute little pug with a big Tommy gun). There is plenty of good stuff in these two seasons, they are lots of fun to watch, but this finale... Oh god, this finale.

Part Three: We Had All of Time and Space at Our Fingertips and We Ended Up with This

We are getting to the point of this whole thing. I would love to begin with the obvious, the twist, but there's so much wrong with this who-cares-how-many-parter than this one big thing.

It is inept. It is impotent. It is incompetent. It is bad at almost everything except its okay camera work, somewhat good (for a British TV show, I mean) effects, and its really solid performances.

Its editing is tone-deaf to the extreme. There is a moment in the final episode where Ko Sharmas asks who will be the first to cross the Boundary and step into the unknown, and immediately it cuts to Yaz walking towards it, all fast and silent. I would love to show you a clip of it, but I don't have one and I can't force myself to download the episode and sit through this shitshow again just to present you with a ten-second clip. Nonetheless, that part is not edited like a dramatic moment. You edit comedies this way. Bad comedies. Bad editors edit bad comedies this way.

Its plot is incoherent. There are several plot threads in this finale, and they're managed in a way that doesn't make the viewer care about all of them at the same time, rather the viewer goes "oh, I've completely forgotten this was happening" and then, before they can even begin to care, the show cuts to something else. It's all over the place and oh so annoying.

The plot armour is painfully obvious despite every attempt to disguise it. There wasn't a single, solitary second when I believed the Doctor was really going to sacrifice herself and, lo and behold, here comes the old guy ex machina to do it for her. The only questions I was asking at that moment were "How are the writers going to prevent the Doctor's death now that they've seemingly created themselves a way to go on forever?" and "How can Whittaker care so much about her performance in this scene she's literally almost crying?". I wholeheartedly related to the Master asking "So why are we still here?" and shout–– hiss–– mumbl–– whatever-ing "Come on, come on, come on!" – at that point I've suffered through at least forty-five minutes of utter nonsense, people going preachy, religious Cybermen with Dalek motivations, that absolutely ludicrous scene in the previous episode when the show was trying its worst to make me perceive autonomous flying Cyber-heads with laser eyes as a serious threat, a shit twist and... Oh.

I've got to finally touch on the shit twist, haven't I?

It doesn't make sense. No, I mean it. I guess it makes sense from the show's writers' standpoint to retcon everything in a way that would allow them to go on forever without having to come up with a way to circumvent limited regenerations, yes. And I won't be touching upon all the lore people say this twist has ruined. No. It doesn't make sense as it is.

The twist is revealed to us by a madman that claims to have hacked into a database, claims to possess control over the Doctor's mind, and gives the Doctor and the audience no actual solid proof that the Timeless Child is, indeed, the Doctor. We have Ruth, sure, and she's nice enough (damn, I want that vest), and she's a Timelord that happens to own a TARDIS that looks like a blue police telephone box, and she calls herself the Doctor. Here's Ruth:

I really like Ruth. She also makes no sense from the show's timeline standpoint, since the Doctor's Type 40 TARDIS only got stuck looking like a police box in 1963, so there's no reason for the Doctor to not remember being her.

We also know that the Judoon have identified Ruth as "the Fugitive"... except in one of their previous appearances in the show they weren't able to identify their targets exactly and thus were seeking out non-humans. There is a possibility that they were only looking for a Time Lord on Earth.

You know what? It's possible that Ruth is actually the Master messing with the Doctor. I have just as much proof of this as I have of the fact that the Doctor is some kind of an endlessly regenerating superbeing.

But this is not the most maddening thing here. I loathe it, but I don't loathe the twist itself: I loathe its lifelessness, I loathe how empty, how unemotional, almost robotic it feels. When somebody'd spoiled the finale for me, I got angry, and I started asking questions, and when later I saw the actual thing...

This gif. I can't even explain how accurate it is. I stood there, in the middle of my kitchen, episode paused, holding a cup of cold tea and desperately looking around as if in my surroundings I could somehow find that emotional reaction that this show failed to evoke. I was ready to burst into tears of how empty it felt, and how empty I felt, and how the same show that has Christopher Eccleston go from literally foaming at the mouth with pure hatred to shocked silence in a matter of second because of one sentence that you, a viewer, can't help but be astonished by failed to make me feel the tiniest speck of literally any emotion. And slowly, I felt that vast void in my chest fill with sheer, pure, flaming hatred for the person who made me feel nothing, for the story that left me not bored – but empty.

And the next moment, in its own unique way of being absolutely tone-deaf, the show introduces the CyberMasters, looking ridiculous, being asinine in concept, making me burst into laughter with their dumb design. Wow.

So.

Chris Chibnall's Doctor Who is no longer a show. Chris Chibnall's Doctor Who isn't even, as somebody on Stardust said, a fan fiction. It's a rollercoaster. A lackluster rollercoaster that lifts you from the vast caverns of frozen hell, devoid of any life whatsoever, soulless and abandoned, to the heavenly torture of being so bad, so utterly awful and ridiculous, that you can't help but laugh as you watch something you used to love be distorted and deformed to the point where you can't recognise it anymore nor really care. This is what Chris Chibnall's Doctor Who has become. And I'm going to continue my ride on that grotesque rollercoaster. I'm going to pirate that ride and get on it again. Because I'm a masochist. Because I want to feel something, even if it's hatred towards those that make me feel nothing.

Because some time ago my fifteen-year-old self watched the first season and learned a lesson that I hold dear after all these years – that I can't abandon hope, and that someday, somehow, things are going to get better. That the future is being written right now. That the future can change.

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Under the cut I’m going to show you a simple tutorial on how to convert a video into a gif(s) If you use this tutorial please feel free to tag me in any edits you post, I’d love to see your work !!!

1. First things first, you need your video. This can be a torrent of a movie/episode you’ve downloaded from online, or a Youtube video that you’ve downloaded. Whatever you fancy. I’m going to be working from an interview of my #1 gal Chloe Bennet. 

2. Open up your photoshop and select file from the top tool bar, scroll down to ‘Import’ and then click ‘Video frames to layers’ . It’ll then take you to the files on your computer - select whichever video it is you’re wanting to work from.

3. A window should then open and you can then change the settings to the ones shown below (these are just the ones that I personally work from, you can obviously change these to whatever you wish). You can select which particular section of the video that you want to gif by using the sliders below the video

4. Photoshop will then convert the video to a series of layers which should show up on the timeline at the bottom of your screen. You’ll then need to change the speed of the layers, because chances are if you press play on your gif now, it’ll either be  w a y  too slow or ridiculously fast.

In order to change the speed of your layers select all the layers in your timeline (this can be done clicking layer 1 + then pressing shift + then clicking the very last layer. Alternatively you can select all layers by selecting the small three line icon above the timeline and clicking ‘select all layers’) and then selecting the small downward arrow on the last frame and then selecting ‘other’ from the drop down menu.

5. I chose to set my frame delay to 0.09 seconds for this particular gif, however this is a trial and error scenario. I usually test out a couple of different speeds by playing the gif and seeing how it looks - you can always change the speed again so take your time with this and getting it right.

6. Next delete the frames you don’t need, I usually try to keep my number of frames below 50 - this is usually because if you have too many frames, when you upload the gif to tumblr it doesn’t work! In order to delete the unnecessary frames make sure you don’t use the delete key on your keyboard as this will only delete the layer  n o t  the frame and you’ll end up with blank frames. To delete a frame use the little bin icon at the bottom of the timeline.

7. Next crop and size your gif to your desired size, I’m making mine square and 250x250 pixels.

8. You can now add any colouring/PSDs/curves to edit the gif as you wish. I’m just using a PSD I made a while ago, and I’ll also edit the saturation of the gif as sometimes the brightness can whitewash Chloe a little which is not a good thing. 

9. Your gif is nearly finished, now you just need to make sure that you have it set to continuous loop, that way it’ll continue to play when you upload it to a gifset. You do this by selecting the small down arrow underneath the first from on the bottom timeline and selecting ‘forever’

10. Your gif is now finished !!! Click alt + shift + ctrl + s to save for web and you’re good to go.

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Watch the show live! If you have a specified Nielsen’s ratings box or you use a cable/satellite box from any of major cable company, your live viewings are most likely collected for data [as of fall 2017, most major cable/satellite companies set deals in place with Nielsen]. **For the most part, DVR views within the same night of the episode airing are considered “live” viewings. Agents of SHIELD airs Friday nights at 9/8c on ABC.

Don’t download, stream instead: Use the ABC App, ABC.go.com, OnDemand, or Hulu to watch and rewatch (rewatch on EVERY platform that is available to you). Not only does this show continued interest in the show, but these type of ratings do count for something in the modern day television landscape. Two types of ratings are measured after a new episode premieres: the Live+3 ratings measure live viewing plus DVR viewing up to three days later, and the Live+7 ratings measure live viewing plus DVR viewing up to seven days later. So if you can rewatch a new episode during this timeframe, it helps. Browsing the internet? Writing a paper? Doing some chores? Stick on the newest Agents of SHIELD episode via the ABC app/website, OnDemand or Hulu and leave it on in the background. Mute if needed.

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Not a US resident? Find out which channel Agents of SHIELD airs on and watch it live. If that channel has a streaming service, watch it on there too. The higher the viewing figures, the more likely whichever channel it’s airing on is to pick up more episodes/seasons, therefore letting ABC know there is an international audience for the show.

To my fellow Brits: Agents of SHIELD airs on E4 Sunday nights at 9pm, and is available to watch on 4OD pretty soon after that. Watch it live, and then watch it again on demand. Make sure to watch the adverts, as this is crucial for ad revenue. 

ALL VIEWERS

This one is REALLY important: you can actually send ABC feedback specifically about Agents of SHIELD using the feedback form on their website. This can be found here. Select “ABC programming feedback” from the dropdown menu, fill out the details, and then make sure to select “Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD” in the show/category option, and then “I like this show because…” from the subject option. Explain why you want to see the show get renewed for a sixth season. (Note: for viewers outside of the US, you can select “international” from the state menu.)

If you have a Twitter account, tweet @ABC_Publicity & @ABCNetwork with the hashtag #RenewAgentsofSHIELD as much as you can. Bonus points if you add a reason why you want it renewed. You can also add in the @AgentsofSHIELD twitter, and the @Marvel twitter if you have room. As well as this, if you’re tweeting about the show (especially when the show is airing on ABC) tweet with the #AgentsofSHIELD hashtag, this helps it trend.

You can also call ABC and leave feedback (full credit to @panicatcivilwar​ for this one - original post here) Dial 818-460-7477 (add +1 at the beginning if you’re dialling via an international phone) to get to the Audience Information Department. Press 1 for ABC Television Network, press 2 for leave a comment, press 2 again for prime time shows, and then enter 744 for Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD. Leave your message (up to 30 seconds recorded), and then simply hang up.

If any of the Agents of SHIELD official social media accounts post anything: like it, retweet it, reblog it, comment on it, respond to it. Every little helps.

We’ve probably all heard down the grapevine that a renewal is a becoming a little bit more likely, but we need to keep telling ABC how much we love the show and how much we want that sixth season. Use the hashtags, leave feedback, rewatch the episodes, and respond to the Agents of SHIELD social media accounts. All of this will help. Feel free to reblog with more suggestions.

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Japanese Drama List

To be honest I was debating about making this but since I have a K-drama list and a Chinese drama list... I might as well right.

(By the way I recently just started to watch anime so let me know if I should make a list of that to... But anyways enjoy :)

K-Drama List 1

K-Drama List 2

Chinese Drama List

Japanese Drama List:

(Couldn't find a gif of the show but since he's part of it this will do) Coffee and Vanilla: (First Episode:) July 4, 2019 (Last Episode:) September 4, 2019 (10 Episodes)

Genres: Romance, Drama, Mature

My Opinion: Okay... I am not going to lie I would first like to say that the storyline of this show is very 2 dimensional. Everything was rushed and unrealistic... Honestly, this show might not be for everyone. The reason why I continued to watch this show in the first place is because the main character is insanely good looking I mean look above. And the second reason is that the characters aren't like k-dramas where they are afraid to even hug. They display way more PDA... It's not like they took episode 10 to share a kiss... I mean if anything this show was straightforward and dived right in with no warning... But I just feel like the storyline was so rushed and it sucks but it's okay. I watched it and I don't regret it to be honest. Just watch at your own risk.

My Rating: 6/10

Summary: A love story between Risa Shiroki and Hiroto Fukami. Twenty year old Risa Shiroki comes to Tokyo from her hometown in the countryside to attend university. Pretty and popular with male students, she has never had a boyfriend and dreams of having a sweet love. One day, thirty year old Hiroto Fukami appears in front of her. He is business man who appears to be gentle and looks perfect. As romance blossoms between them, Risa discovers Hiroto's dark past.

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Shanai Marriage Honey/ In-House Marriage Honey: (First Episode:) November 13, 2020 (Last Episode:) December 25, 2020 (7 Episodes)

Genres: Romance and Comedy

My Opinion: Honestly, it sucks that so far the Japanese dramas I’ve come across are short. To be honest the storyline of the story isn’t realistic. There is no way you will meet someone on an app and just randomly marry them because you want to get married to anyone… At least I doubt people do something like this but regardless I find the show cute. Honestly, I like both of the main characters together because she was cheeky and he was a tease. They both made a very cute couple and honestly, this is something I would rewatch and recommend to other people. It’s cute.

My Rating: 8/10

Summary: Miura Manatsu is a young office worker who finds himself in a quandary: His mother is suffering from ill-health, and he believes that getting married will be a good way to bring some cheer to her – and help her recovery. The only problem is he doesn’t have a girlfriend. So he downloads a dating app and starts looking for potential partners.

Another of the app’s users is Haruta Ami, a woman who has been struggling to get over her ex, and has resolved to dive headlong into a new relationship in order to forget her former flame. The two meet online and decide to get married in a hastily arranged ceremony, barely knowing anything about one another.

But there’s a hitch: Little did they know, but they are actually workmates. And as they neglected to tell their co-workers that they were getting married, their relationship becomes an awkward secret. Little by little, they get to know each other – and start to discover that despite the unconventional nature of their marriage, true love might not be completely out of reach after all…

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Alice in Borderland: Aired: Dec 10, 2020 (8 Episodes) *On Netflix*

Genres: Action, Thriller, Psychological, Supernatural, Mature

My Opinion: I don't know why I didn't know about this show sooner. In the beginning, I am not going to lie the main reason why I watched the show is because Dori Sakurada was in it and THE WAY HE LOOKS IN THIS SHOW IS EVERYTHING. But that's beside the point... Honestly, I don't regret watching it, I am excited to see season 2. This show gave me anxiety and there was a scene that got to me but I can't spoil it so let me keep it vague... If you're interested in watching a drama that involves the survival of the fittest, well this is your show. Honestly, if I was put in a situation like this I don't think I would survive... But before I end this Arisu, Nirgai, Karube, and Chishiya all hit differently...

My rating: 9/10

Summary: Alice—a listless, jobless and video-game-obsessed young man—suddenly finds himself in a strange, emptied-out version of Tokyo in which he and his friends must compete in dangerous games in order to survive. In this strange world, Alice meets Usagi, a young woman who’s navigating the games alone. After a dangerous game which tests Alice’s limits, the two set out together to unravel one mystery after another as they risk their lives and confront what it means to live.

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Kakafukaka: (First Episode:) April 25, 2019 (Last Episode:) June 27, 2019 (10 Episodes)

Genres: Romance, Life, Drama, Mature

My Opinion: WARNING THIS SHOW ISN'T FOR EVERYONE! Like this show is so odd. It had me smiling like a dummy because I was embarrassed for these characters... BUT THIS SHOW WAS ADDICTING. At one point I stayed up later than usual to squeeze 2 episodes in... To be honest at least for me so far this one was one of my favorite Japanese dramas... Even though it was so odd... Like the strangest story plot, I have ever come across, I just wanted to keep watching. I didn't know what to expect and I think that's why I liked it... I don't know about you guys, but I would give this show the benefit of the doubt... If you do watch it, let me know what you think.

My Rating: 10/10

Summary: I never thought I would see him again. Aki Terada said goodbye to her first love long ago. When her current boyfriend is caught cheating on her, Aki moves out of her apartment and into a sharehouse, where she's reuinted with her first love. When things get heated between them, he drops a major bomb … Heart and body and everything in between intersect in this fresh new adult love story.

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Scum's Wish (Kuzu no Honkai): (First Episode:) January 13, 2017 (Last Episode:) March 31, 2017 (12 Episodes)

Genres: Psychological, Romance, School, Drama, Mature

My Opinion: Okay, this show had me with all types of mentions. Like why on earth did the evil teacher get a happy ending? Do evil people deserve good things? Is this what you're telling me? Listen this might be a little spoiler but that made me highly upset. I'm pretty sure she didn't even learn her lesson so I don't get why she got it so easy. But whatever, let me not get started. I mean the show wasn't bad. I mean I was highly disappointed with the ending but overall I'm just glad that the main characters learned a valuable lesson. The scenes of Dori Sakurada hit differently though I'm not gonna lie... BUT for anyone who decides to watch this, I want to let you know that this show will get you mad. You know how many times I wanted to jump on the screen and punch the teacher... No, I don't condone violence though but you know... yeah... Watch at your own risk.

My Rating: 8/10

Summary: Seventeen-year-old Mugi Awaya and Hanabi Yasuraoka appear to be the ideal couple. They are both pretty popular, and they seem to suit each other well. However, outsiders don't know of the secret they share. Both Mugi and Hanabi have hopeless crushes on someone else, and they are only dating each other to soothe their loneliness. Mugi is in love with Akane Minagawa, a young teacher who used to be his home tutor. Hanabi is also in love with a teacher, a young man who has been a family friend since she was little. In each other, they find a place where they can grieve for the ones they cannot have, and they share physical intimacy driven by loneliness. Will things stay like this for them forever?

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Hana Yori Dango (Season 1,2,3): (First Episode:) October 21, 2005 (Last Episode:) Nov 26, 2008 (S1: 9, S2: 11, S3: 1 Episodes)

Genres: Comedy, Romance, Youth, Drama

My Opinion: So now I know where boys over flowers came from. To be honest, if I had to choose between this and boy over flowers, I liked this show a lot more. I think the reason I like this show a lot more better is because the main character is caught up in a love triangle, and although the second love interest had intentions of being with her he valued his friendship a lot more and helped with what he could to have them together. I don't know I feel like the relationship among friendship is a lot more genuine in this one than the Korean one. Don't get me wrong of course there are cringe parts included in this show but I'm here for it. Also, another thing I liked about the show is that the parents of the main character aren't money hungry. Although her parents wanted her to be with Domyoji Tsukasa for his title, they also wanted her to be happy. Like there were just small details that made me enjoy this show a little more than the other. I would say more but I don't want to give away much. . . I RECOMMEND WATCHING THIS.

My Rating: 9/10

Summary: Makino Tsukushi is the only poor student at Eitoku Gakuen, a school for the ridiculously rich and privileged. Eitoku Gakuen is ruled by the Flower 4, or otherwise known as the F4, a group of four boys who come from extremely powerful families: Domyoji Tsukasa, the leader and heir of the Domyoji World Finance Group; Hanazawa Rui, the introverted son of a large company; Nishikado Sojiro, a player who is the heir of a tea ceremony school; and Mimasaka Akira, a madam killer with ties to the underground. If a student gets on the F4's bad side, he/she gets a red notice and is bullied and driven out of school. Makino hopes to pass her days quietly - without drawing any attention to herself - but one day, she stands up to Domyoji in defense of her friend. The next day, Makino receives the dreaded red notice. Even though she is harassed, Makino decides to keep going to school and declares war right back on the F4, because she is a "tough weed." Her resolve gets the attention of her crush, Hanazawa Rui, and oddly enough, rouses romantic feelings in her worst enemy, Domyoji Tsukasa.

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Good Morning Call (Season 1 + 2): (First Episode:) February 12, 2016 (Last Episode:) June 10, 2016 (17 Episodes)

Genres: Romance, Comedy, School, Youth

My opinion: I finished yet another Japanese show. First I would like to say is that this show took me a lot longer to finish that it probably should have but I swear I have a good reason. It's not because it wasn't good, more like there was a point that this show was pissing me off that I had to give it some time off before I could continue. To be honest there was many moments when I wish the situation would have been handled different... but unfortunately that wasn't the case. Like the way the show went I enjoyed it but some parts made me wish things would have happened differently.... Yeah I'm trying hard not to spoil, but you should all still watch it. I watched this show on Netflix.

My rating: 8/10

Summary: Yoshikawa Nao stays behind to live by herself when her parents leave to inherit her grandpa's farm in the country. On the day she moves into her new apartment, she discovers that it was rented also to Uehara Hisashi; a cute, super-cool, popular guy from her school. Not only did their housing agency unexpectedly close down, the landlord of the apartment tells them that they had to pay more for their apartment than they had expected. With no money and no home to return to, Nao and Hisashi decide to live together as flatmates.

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Todome no Kiss: (First Episode:) January 7, 2018 (Last Episode:) March 11, 2018 (10 Episodes)

Genres: Thriller, Mystery, Romance, Supernatural

My Opinion: Okay, I will try my hardest to express how I feel about this show without giving any spoilers… Noticed how I said that I would try… NO PROMISES. If you don't want any spoilers then, to be honest, I wouldn't recommend reading this any longer. But… First I would like to say that I can't lie this show did catch me off guard. Most people that were after the main character was unexpected but then after the show would explain it, you're like damn I should have seen that coming. Oh, one thing that this show kind of disappointed me in is… Well, the person I wanted the main character with… THEY DIDN'T EVEN UP TOGETHER. I mean the bright side is at the end he learns his lesson but damn… that's it? I mean overall the show was good and I totally recommend it.

My rating: 8.5/10

Summary: Dojima Otaro works as a popular host. Because of a past incident, he believes that love makes people unhappy. He now only pursues money and power. A mysterious woman appears in front of Dojima Otaro. The mysterious woman has a pale face with red lips. She kisses him and he dies, but the next moment he regains consciousness. He realizes he is now 7 days in the past. The mysterious woman also follows him. Due to her kiss, Dojima Otaro dies and goes back to the past over and over again.

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A Girl and Three Sweet Hearts (Suki na Hito ga Iru Koto): (First episode:) July 11, 2016 (Last Episode:) September 19, 2016 (10 Episodes)

Genres: Food, Comedy, Romance, Family

My Opinion: This show pissed me off more than it probably should have. The plot wasn't bad, but for a short show, it took a while for the two characters to finally accept one another true feelings. I mean cooking is the main idea in this show, but there is still romance included and it lacked it at times. I mean the show was a typical drama. The main character was interested in one character but as soon as she assumed he was hung up on his ex, she caught feelings for someone else. He was an asshole to her but would you look at that… HE LIKED HER TOO. Yes, cliche but sometimes cliche is nice because you know how it ends. LOLOL

My Ratings: 7.5/10

Summary: Sakurai Misaki is a pastry chef who dreams of some day working for a renowned Patisserie overseas; she has prioritised work to the extent that she has forgotten how to kiss. When she loses her job at a bakery and has difficulty finding another, Misaki suddenly meets Shibasaki Chiaki, her first and unrequited love from her school days. Learning about her situation, Chiaki offers her summer work at the seaside restaurant his family runs in Shonan, and invites her to stay at the family home there, along with his two younger brothers. Second brother, Kanata, is a talented chef while third brother Toma is a student at the culinary school . Misaki leaps at the opportunity to spend a summer working with the three handsome siblings.

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Mischievous Kiss: Love in Tokyo *Season 1+2* (Itazura na Kiss: Love in Tokyo): (First Episode:) Mar 29, 2013 (Last Episode:) Apr 7, 2015 (Season 1: 16 Episodes) (Season 2: 16 Episodes)

Genres: Comedy, Romance, Life, Youth, Drama

My Opinion: When I first started to watch this show I began to wonder to myself why did this storyline look so familiar to me. Then after thinking back it hit me… This is the same storyline as the Kdrama playful kiss. After doing my research I discover of course that they received this storyline from a Manga… Now the question is if I had to choose between both dramas which one would I choose? Well to be fair when I watched the Korean version, it pissed me off how the director made the character so clingy and made it seem like the girl was incapable of doing anything without him by her side. This one has a similar concept but I don't know I caught myself finding her more tolerable… I don't know that's just me tho. The show isn't bad… I mean there were some scenes that I didn't like where she was all about the main character and it's like… I wish she learned to decide for herself and not for a man… SIGH but yeah :)

My ratings: 7/10

Summary: At a high school entrance ceremony, high school student Kotoko Aihara, who isn't that smart, notices pretty boy Naoki Irie. She falls in love with him immediately. Kotoko initially doesn't express her feelings to him, but finally has a chance to tell him how she feels. Unfortunately, Naoki turns Kotoko down, saying "I don't like dumb women." One day, Kotoko Aihara's house is severely damaged by a meteorite. Then, Kotoko Aihara and her father decide to live with her father's friend. When Kotoko Aihara moves to her new temporary house, she is surprised to learn that Naoki Irie lives there as well.

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Death Note: (First Episode:) July 5, 2015 (Last Episode:) September 13, 2015 (11 Episodes)

Genres: Thriller, Mystery, Psychological, Fantasy

My Opinion: Before I even started to watch the show, I already had an idea of the story plot. I was recommended by numerous amount of people to watch the anime of this (which I am currently doing) and I even watched the first movie to this. However, as I compare this to the movie it's slightly different from how things turned out. I mean the show wasn't necessarily bad, just personally I wasn't too fond of the main character but that's okay. I can't even lie Kento Yamazaki looks so good playing L… I ain't even mad about that. But I am not going to make this long if you are interested in mystery and "crime" then this is a show for you. There is 0 romance at least genuine romance in this show so if that's what you're looking for… Don't watch the show.

My ratings: 7.5/10

Summary: Light Yagami is an ordinary university student. One day, he receives a death note which changes his life. The death note awakens his warped sense of justice and genius. He becomes murderer Kira and punishes criminals. L is a well known private detective. L appears in front of Light Yagami. L defines Kira as evil and decides to catch Kira. Then N, who has a beautiful appearance but dangerous existence, appears.

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Oh My boss! Love Not Included: (First Episode:) January 21, 2021 (Last Episode:) March 16, 2021 (10 Episodes)

Genres: Business, Comedy, Romance, Life

My Opinion: I don't know if it's just me, but I noticed every time I watch a drama I am always hoping to have the main character go to the second lead. I feel like the second lead always tends to show far more interest and put a lot more effort than the first character. BUT ANYWAYS my thoughts on the show? I found it cute. I mean it's not realistic at all, but that's what the dramas are for, to escape reality and live this fantasy life. The main character is adorable, I like how character and how optimistic he always turns out to be. I would for sure recommend this show to watch.

My Rating: 8.5/10

Summary: Nami Suzuki was born and raised in a small rural town. She doesn't have a specific dream to pursue and she is an easy going person. As an ordinary woman, she desires to be happy with an ordinary life. She follows Kenya, who is her childhood friend and her unrequited love, and applies for a job in the supply management department of a large publishing company in Tokyo. Nami gets hired by the company, but she is assigned to work in the editorial department of a fashion magazine. There, Nami Suzuki works with chief editor Reiko Horai. She is a devil like boss, who makes spiteful remarks and has a cold personality. Reiko Horai treats Nami, who doesn’t take her job seriously, in a callous manner. But, as Nami Suzuki watches her boss deal with her job, Nami begins to change her attitude toward her work.

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Good Doctor: (First Episode:) July 12, 2018 (Last Episode:) September 13, 2018 (10 Episodes)

Genres: Life, Drama, Medical

My Opinion: To be honest when it comes to any kind of doctor show I am usually not really up for watching them. I don't know why but they don't ever really catch my attention… But I gave this show the benefit of the doubt because why not? All I have to say is after watching this show I honestly don't regret watching the show. I think it was nice to change up the theme of the show. Most of the time I usually go for romance but this one was different. It was about a talented individual getting looked down upon just because he is autistic. I can't even lie to you all, some of these episodes had me tearing up… I don't know if it's the age that's making me more sensitive or if it's something in the air… BUT I WANT YOU ALL TO TAKE A CHANCE AND WATCH THIS SHOW BECAUSE IT'S NOT THAT BAD.

My rating: 8.7/10

Summary: When Minato Shindo was little, he dreamed of becoming a doctor. He met Doctor Akira Shiga and he wanted to become a paediatric surgeon. Akira Shiga was surprised by the 7-year-old's memory of the human organs and he decided to support Minato Shindo in achieving his dream. Eventually, Minato Shindo graduated from medical school and passed the national exam for medical practitioners. Now, Akira Shiga works as a director at a large hospital. He suggests to Minato Shindo to work in the pediatric surgery department at the hospital where he works.

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Takara-Kun to Amagi-Kun: (First Episode:) August 19, 2022 (Last Episode:) October 14, 2022 (8 Episodes)

Genres: Romance, Youth, Drama

My Opinion: First I would like to say if you aren't comfortable watching a boy love drama this is not for you. To be honest this show was short but it was cute. It definitely gives me like a cute first love concept and I like that although the main character was pretty monotone he clearly had a crush on the other main lead. I mean this is pretty simple self explanatory show. If you want to watch something that's light hearted and a cute small love story well this is the show for you. I TOTALLY RECOMMEND.

MY Rating: 8.5/10

Summary: Takara Shun, a high school student who belongs to a popular group in the class, and Taichi Amagi, a pure boy who is not a conspicuous type but is liked by people, realize their love for each other. Even though they start dating in secret, it is difficult to be honest.

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Atom No Ko: (First Episode:) October 16, 2022 (Last Episode:) December 1, 2022 (9 Episodes)

Genres: Business, Drama, Friendship

My Opinion: To be honest I noticed when it comes to shows and movies I tend to be biased and go for plots that include romance. So before watching this show, I had my doubts that I wasn't going to enjoy this series just because the plot was different from what I am accustomed to. But believe it or not, I actually enjoyed this series very much. I like the determination and the way that friendship is greatly emphasized in this series. If you are interested in any shows that include the concept of friendship, video games, and the world of business I would certainly recommend this show. Or if you are someone who wants to change your horizons I would also recommend this show.

My Rating: 9/10

Summary: Azumi Nayuta is a young prodigy game developer who produces games privately under the name "John Doe" without any link with major company or distributor. Nayuta is often known as the "Banksy of the game industry" as no one knew his true identity, but an incident led him to leave game development. However, the story begins when "Atom", a long-established toy manufacturer that is on the verge of going out of business, begins to search for him in order to rebuild its business.

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Alice in Borderland (Season 2): Aired: December 22, 202 (8 Episodes)

Genres: Action, Thriller, Mystery, Psychological

My Opinion: Listen I know it took me a while to write a review on Alice in Borderland season 2. When I heard that season 2 was coming out I was so hyped up just because this is one of my favorite Japanese dramas. However, my hectic schedule didn't allow me to get to the show but here we are. Usually, when shows come back with another season this is where it started to flop. However, believe it or not, the show continued on the right path. There were many more challenges being shown, and a lot of scenes that had me on the edge of my seat… AND A WHOLE COASTER RIDE OF emotions. I heard that there is supposed to be a season 3… How? I have no idea… The ending left me rather confused. I know I kept the review vague but I don't want to give any kind of spoiler.

My Rating: 8.5/10

Summary: Arisu Ryohei and Usagi Yuzuha have been pursuing the mystery of “borderland”, risking their lives in games in order to survive and return to their world. The two of them encounter friends, foes and the mastermind who controls the game at a location believed to be the key to unravelling the mystery. They have collected the numbered cards each time they won a game. All that remains are the jack, queen and king cards. The games they face this round will be of greater difficulty than the ones that came before.

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Boku Dake ga 17-sai no Sekai de: (First Episode:) February 20, 2020 (Last Episode:) April 2, 2020 (8 Episodes)

Genres: Romance, Youth, Supernatural

My Opinion: This show was bittersweet. I will try my hardest not to give much of a spoiler alert, but you have two characters who are head over heels for one another. Next thing you know the male lead unfortunately passes away and you get left wondering how what happened. Then out of the blue a few years later the main lead comes to life and everyone wonders how this happened. I guess the only thing I wasn't too fond of is how LONG IT TOOK FOR THE CONFESSION TO HAPPEN. This girl has been waiting for this man to confess his true feelings about her but he waited until the very last moment to do so. Like my guy, what are you doing? But let me stop talking before I say too much. It's a cute show tho… If you want a cute simple show check it out.

My Rating: 8/10

Summary: Childhood friends Kota and Mei were third-year students in high school when Kota suddenly died.  Seven years later, Mei returns to her hometown and visits a place with mid-winter cherry blossom trees that were special to her and Kota. To her surprise, Kota, who is supposed to be dead, appears. He is still 17 in mind and body while she is now 24. Kota can only be here while the cherry blossom blooms. Will he be able to tell Mei his feelings with the time he has left?

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TO be Continued

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