#the end of the fucking world s1 e6
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*Replace 'Vault-tec' with 'Military affiliated manufacturers & their stockholders.'
"So the US government has outsourced the survival of the human race to Vault-tec. Vault-tech is a private corporation that has a fiduciary responsibility to make money for its' investors. And how do they make money? By selling (doomsday) vaults. But they can't sell vaults if these peace negotiations go through. So Vault-tech has the fiduciary responsibility that it don't work out."
-fallout s1, e6
<None of us find it weird this show is mediocre as fuck, but, the central theme of the end of the world is Russia and USA nuked each other?>
#fallout#stockholders#wall street#war#israel#russia#Palestine#billionaires will kill billions for billions
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My media this week (16-22 Oct 2022)
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📚 STUFF I READ 📚
😍Dishonor On Your Cow (mandarou) - 111K, shrunkyclunks - this fic is just fucking hilarious and so, so good - I had forgotten just all the great moments AFTER the initial meet-ugly, like bucky (sort of) becoming a cat and a multiverse Steve and repeated guest appearances by deadpool
🙂👂Curtain (Hercule Poirot #44) (Agatha Christie, author; Hugh Fraser, narrator) - though published last, it was written right after WW2 which made it interesting to read after later written novels. I've always thought this was a solid end to HP though.
🥰👂A Thief in the Night (Gentle Art World) (KJ Charles, author; James Joseph & Ryan Laughton, narrator) - delightful - KJC is an autobuy and never disappoints
🥰👂The Gentle Art of Fortune Hunting (Gentle Art World) (KJ Charles, author; Cornell Collins, narrator) - reading Toby's story (A Thief In The Night) made me want to revisit Robin & Hart - I forgot just how GOOD this was in terms of exploring different power differences and communication styles and how everyone is always bringing their own baggage/interpretations to what one thinks is a straightforward communication - fascinating and complex
🥰Whatever here that's left of me is yours (rainbow_nerds) - 41K, stucky AU - I'm a sucker for a ghost romance with a happy ending (esp if it gives me ghost sex first!)
😊Okay, so he can play… (pretty's got nothing to do with it) (darter_blue) - 50K, stucky college hockey AU (mildly a Check Please AU)
😍World Enough And Time (laiqualaurelote) - 51K, brilliantly done MFMM/Doctor Who AU
🥰👂The Spare Man (Mary Robinette Kowal, author & narrator) - MRK's self-stated mission was 'The Thin Man but in space' and she succeeded brilliantly. Loved ALL the characters and the plotty sometimes tortuous plot (very reminiscent of all the AC I've been reading). Gimlet (space Asta) is of course the biggest star. [There were one or two places where i had a flash of annoyance? irritation? at the plot/characters but I actually think this might have been because of the audiobook format? Like, if I had been textually reading i would have maybe rolled my eyes but it would have moved on more quickly. It was DEFINITELY a me thing, not truly a book thing.]
😊Murder on Board (Miss Underhay #10) (Helena Dixon) - Kitty & Co continue to be quick, light, cozy mystery fun. I do absolutely love the absurdly high body count this series is accumulating in such a short time.
🥰Clean Slated State (Justkeeptrekkin) - 42K, BlackBonnet AU with newly divorced/dating Stede & bartender Ed - fantastic characterizations, so enjoyable
😍by the moonlight side (wearing_tearing) - 92K, Steddie, werewolf!Steve - stayed up way, way too late for my old woman body reading this! SO. GOOD. Full of found family pack feels and wolfy goodness, tender and hot and emotional.
💖💖 +102K of shorter fic so shout out to these I really loved 💖💖
How we rolled up the carpet so we could dance (rohkeutta, SulaSafeRoom) - MCU: Stucky, 7K - featuring Cap!Bucky and the tag "Tired Old Men In Need Of A Break"
Feeling I'll Forget, I'm In Love Now (smithsonianstucky (thelarenttrap)) - MCU: Stucky, 8K - great WS recovery fic - Bucky's touch starved but also traumatized so they get a cat
Apes Debemus Imitari (We Should Imitate the Bees) (buckysbees) - MCU: Stucky, 15K - semi-annual reread of this wonderful The Little Shop Around the Corner AU set in a farmers' market with beekeeper!Bucky. I love this fic so much. Basically any time someone mentions it I immediately have to reread it.
✨✨ also this absolutely marvelous essay ✨✨
‘Family Means No One Gets Left Behind’: An oral history of Lilo & Stitch, the Disney movie that almost brought hand-drawn animation back
📺 STUFF I WATCHED 📺
Ghosts (US) - s1, e15-18; s2, e1-3
Columbo - s1, e6-7
ParaNorman
The Forgotten Disaster of the SS Eastland
🎧 PODCASTS 🎧
Ologies with Alie Ward - FIELD TRIP: I Go France and Learn Weird French Stuff
The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Louie Mattar’s Fabulous Car
Switched on Pop - Steve Lacy brings bedroom pop to the Billboard top
Shedunnit Book Club - The Kidnap of Elizabeth Canning
The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Meramec Caverns
99% Invisible #512 - Walk of Fame
Vibe Check - It's the Gayest Candy
Twenty Thousand Hertz+ - A Thousand Words
Song Exploder - Santigold "Ushers of the New World"
Into It - A Portrait of the Artist as Taylor Swift
Ologies with Alie Ward - Metropolitan Tombology (PARIS CATACOMBS) with Erin-Marie Legacey
One Year - 1942: The Most Hated Man in America
The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Times Square Hum
Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster - Ep 155: Taron Egerton - where you will learn that Taron loooooooves mayonnaise and does occasionally like to just...spread it over a slice of pizza 'like a crumpet'. [if i have to have that knowledge you do too]
Strong Songs - "The Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota" by "Weird Al" Yankovic
🎶 MUSIC 🎶
'80s Rock
Journey
Presenting Iron Maiden
Presenting Joni Mitchell
Presenting Taylor Swift
The Loneliest Time [Carly Rae Jepsen]
Presenting Carly Rae Jepsen
#sunday reading recap#bookgeekgrrl's reading habits#bookgeekgrrl's soundtracks#fanfic ftw#all the reading was so great this week!#vibe check and into it were the stellar standout podcasts this week#vibe check podcast#into it podcast#strong songs podcast#20k hz podcast#99% invisible podcast#shedunnit podcast#the atlas obscura podcast#off menu podcast#ologies podcast#one year podcast#switched on pop podcast#song exploder#'80s music#joni mitchell#carly rae jepsen#iron maiden#journey#taylor swift#i didn't listen to ts' new album but i did listen to crj's at least 3x!#fan artists are a *gift*
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2023
ALBUMS
Maps Billy Woods Kenny Segal (FaceTime, Year Zero, Hangman, NYC Tapwater)
Heavy Heavy Young Fathers (I Saw, Tell Somebody, Ululation)
Radical Romantics Fever Ray (Tapping Fingers, Even It Out, Shiver)
The Infinite Spine Lauren Auder (730kingfisher, 118-madonna, hawthorne81, we2assume2many2roles)
Erotic Probiotic 2 Nourished by Time (The Fields, Soap Party, Quantum Suicide)
Wallsocket underscores (Cops and robbers; Locals (Girls like us); Geez louise)
Javelin Sufjan Stevens (Goodbye Evergreen, Will Anybody Ever Love Me?, So You Are Tired)
10,000 Gecs 100 Gecs (Hollywood Baby, I Got My Tooth Removed, Mememe, Frog on the Floor)
Love in a Vicious Way Mother Tongues (Worm Day, Dance in the Dark)
Hellmode Jeff Rosenstock
Cartwheel Hotline TNT
After the Magic Parannoul
The Comeback Kid Marnie Stern
Aperture Hannah Jadagu
Live At Bush Hall Black Country, New Road (Dancers)
trip9love...??? Tirzah
Raven Kelela
Sundial Noname
The Ones Ahead Beverly Glenn-Copeland
12 Ryuichi Sakamoto
All of This Will End Indigo De Souza
SONGS
Strong; Enjoy Your Life; Loveher; She's on my Mind Romy
Pink Lemonade Blockhead RXK Nephew
Mindful Solutionism; Pigeonometry Aesop Rock
I See Myself; Mysterious Love Geese
Pet Rock L'Rain
It Must Change; Scapegoat ANOHNI and the Johnsons
Avalanche of Love WITCH
I've Got Me Joanna Sternberg
Can I Talk My Shit? Vagabon
Workin' on a World Iris DeMent
Vampire Empire Big Thief
Paint the Town Red Doja Cat
Oral Bjork + Rosalia
Mama's Eyes Mette
With the Other Hand Lost Girls
Scaring the Hoes Danny Brown + JPEGMAFIA
Squid Pangaea
Halo Flip Vegyn Lauren Auder
Dickhead Blues Kara Jackson
Sandrail Silhouette Avalon Emerson
So Hard to Tell Debby Friday
We Gon Eat Living Legends
Found Fucked Up
Make U 3 Me Alice Longyu Gao
What We Were That What Wept for the Sea Colin Stetson
Andy in Stereo Hand Habits
Blackbox Life Recorder 21f Aphex Twin
Quiet Moves Che Noir
Crumbs Rebecca Black
Lo Siento Princess Nokia
Djennaration Liturgy
FILMS / TV / VIDEO
Adrianne Lenker Ruined (music video)
***All Light, Everywhere
***American Factory
Arrested Development S4
***Barbie
The Bear S2 E6, E7, E10
The Beautiful Colors of Jeremy Sicile-Kira (short)
***Beef (TV)
Big Fish
***Black Mirror S3 E4 San Junipero
Bottoms
Bourne Ultimatum
***The Boy and the Heron
Caballerango
***Chewing Gum S1 & S2
***Colossal Youth
Contact
The Cow Who Sang a Song into the Future
***Creamerie S1 & S2
Crestone
A Dangerous Method
***Decision to Leave
***I Didn't See You There
Disintegration 93-96 (short)
Enjoy Your Life MV Romy
***The Entire History of the Louisiana Purchase
***An Epistemological Analysis of RXK Nephew's "American Tterroristt" (YouTube)
Fogareu
Free Chol Soo Lee
Groundhog Day
***Hail Satan?
Harm Reduction Center Chapter 5 (YouTube)
***The Hole
***Horse Money
***How to Blow Up a Pipeline
***I May Destroy You
I Think You Should Leave S1-3
I Was a Simple Man
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia S16 E8
John Wick 4
Joy Ride
Killers of the Flower Moon
Last Week with John Oliver: Israel-Hamas War
Liquor Store Dreams
Live at Bush Hall by Black Country, New Road
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx
Malni: Towards the Ocean, Towards the Shore
Nettles (short)
No Reservations S8 E5 Lisbon
October Country
Parts Unknown S9 S8 Porto
***Perfumed Nightmare
Puparia (short)
Robocop
Sheng Wang: Sweet and Juicy
Shortcomings
Somebody Feed Phil
Spiderman: Across the Spider-Verse
The Square
Star Trek
Starfuckers (short)
***Survivor Australia S10 E7
Talk to Me
A Thousand and One
Three of Us (short)
***Time
TomDNYC (YouTube)
***Triangle of Sadness
Tuesday (short)
***underscores Wallsocket (album video)
Untold Story of Keetley Valley (short)
When You Left Me on that Boulevard (short)
WHOKILLEDXIX 9mm (music video)
A Wild Patience Has Taken Me Here (short)
***The Wire
***Wisdom Gone Wild
The Worst Person in the World
You've Never Been Completely Honest (short)
Yox_Rick (IG)
***Zodiac
LIVE SHOWS
***Billy Woods Kenny Segal
Hiss Golden Messenger
***Kristina Wong, Sweatshop Overlord
***Peter Pan Goes Wrong
1776
***Sloppy Jane
ART EXHIBITS
Cecily Brown
Luna Luna
VIDEO GAMES
Closing Doors
***Cohabitation
***Coming Out Simulator 2014
I Had Another Dream About You Last Night
Mimic
Opossum Country
Six Cats Under
Sofia?
Super Jacked Up Tomato Face Johnson
That Lonesome Valley
***Time Is Solid Here
BOOKS
Why Do I Get All the Kisses?
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The End of the F***ing World. S1/E6: “Episode #1.6″ (Lucy Tcherniak, 2017)
Sheppey Crossing
Isle of Sheppey, Kent (UK)
Bridge over The Swale
Type: beam bridge.
#the end of the f***ing world#the end of the fucking world#the end of the fucking world episode 6#the end of the f***ing world episode 6#the end of the fucking world season 1#the end of the fucking world s1 e6#lucy tcherniak#2017#sheppey crossing#isle of sheppey#kent#uk#united kingdom#england#the swale#beam bridge#bridge
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The Sopranos’ Funniest Moments
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The Sopranos’ genius was in telling structured stories with well-established themes, while still aping life in all its dirty, disorganised, contradictory, open-ended glory. The show wasn’t a drama, or a comedy, or a tragedy, or a farce. It was all of them. It was none of them. It was life.
Creator David Chase and his crack team of writers never lost sight of the essential truth that no matter how cruel, harrowing or horrid life becomes, it’s always laced through with laughs: oftentimes the laughter and the horror rise in tandem.
Here, then, are some of The Sopranos’ funniest moments, most of them enmeshed with the macabre, the monstrous and the melancholy.
South of the Border
S1, E9 ‘Boca’
In the machismo-drenched world of the mafia, even going down on your girlfriend is seen as a sign of sexual weakness, and quite possibly – in the non-PC words of Uncle Junior himself – ‘a sign that you’re a fanouk.’
Apparently, ‘they’ think ‘if you’ll suck p***y, you’ll suck anything.’
Whoever ‘they’ are.
News of Uncle Junior’s oral talents reaches Tony from a gossip chain, the final link in which is Carmella. Tony’s reaction, and the way in which he baits Uncle Junior with the intel on the golf course (culminating in Tony singing ‘South of the Border, down Mexico way’) is equal parts childish to hilarious – but funniest of all is how this schoolboy teasing serves as the pre-cursor to a Mafia war.
As Tony later tells Carmella: ‘Cunnilingus and psychiatry brought us to this.’
Guess Whose Back?
S1, E10 ‘A Hit is a Hit’
Christopher sets Adrianna up in a recording studio to help realise her dream of becoming a music mogul. Things don’t go well. Her new band – the woeful Visiting Day – is ready to walk after a long and soul-sapping session during which they’ve produced nothing of worth. Christopher wastes no time taking up the mantle of manager to convince them that the show must go on. It’s fair to say that being motivational doesn’t come naturally to Christopher. Or, rather, it does, it’s just that his methods of motivation are rather more violent than most. First, Christopher throws the ex-addict lead singer a bag of crystal meth and orders him to take it. When that doesn’t work, he takes the only reasonable course of action left open to him and smashes a guitar over the man’s back.
There’s No Place Like Home
S2,E4 ‘Commendatori’
Paulie is incredibly excited to be visiting the motherland, and arrives full of romantic notions about Italy. All of these are systematically stamped out, mostly by Paulie himself, of whom an Italian gangster remarks at dinner, after Paulie requests tomato ketchup for his spaghetti: ‘And you thought the Germans were classless pieces of shit.’
Paulie’s beatific little smile as he drinks in the squalor of New Jersey on the ride home from the airport is pitch perfect.
It’s the Jaaaccckkeett!
S2,E8 ‘Full Leather Jacket’
From the moment Richie Aprile is released from prison he’s on a collision course with Tony. In classic Sopranos’ style, though, the torch paper isn’t lit by Richie shacking up with Tony’s sister, or paralysing their mutual friend Beansie, but by the fall-out from a spurned jacket. Not just any jacket, though: ‘the’ jacket; the one Richie took off Rocco di Meo after an adolescent scrap.
‘Cocksucker had the toughest reputation in Essex County, but he never came back after I got through with him,’ Richie tells Tony, as he gifts him the infamous garment.
‘He later died of Alzheimer’s,’ adds Junior.
The look on Tony’s face as he tries to look grateful for ‘the jacket’ is almost as funny as the look Richie later wears in Carmella’s kitchen when he notices the sainted jacket hanging from the shoulders of the maid’s husband.
I Ain’t Afraid of No Ghost
S2, E9 ‘From Where to Eternity’
When Christopher briefly dies on the operating table after an assassination attempt, he returns from the brink of death with visions and dispatches from the afterlife. Paulie takes these reports to heart, divining in them a supernatural threat. Not only does Christopher tell Paulie that the souls of his many victims still follow him everywhere he goes, he also brings back an oblique warning: ‘Three o’clock’.
This cryptic curse has Paulie slamming bolt upright in his bed each night with a scream on his lips. First he visits Tony, who tries to lead Paulie back to sanity.
‘You eat steak?’ Tony asks.
‘What the fuck you talkin’ about?’
‘If you were in India, you would go to hell for that.’
‘I’m not in India,’ says Paulie. ‘What do I give a fuck?’
‘That’s what I’m trying to tell you. None of this shit means a goddamn thing.’
Unconvinced, Paulie visits a spiritualist psychic, who ‘confirms’ that Paulie is being stalked by ghosts. ‘That’s satanic black magic!’ rails a terrified Paulie, ‘Sick shit’, before hurling a chair at the ‘ghosts’ and screaming ‘Fuckin’ qu***s!’ at them. Finally, he visits his priest to tell him he’s cutting off his donations to the church on the grounds that he should’ve been protected from hauntings. I defy you not to chuckle at the baleful glare Paulie gives the Virgin Mary on his way out of the church.
A Very Un-woke Wake
S3, E2 ‘Proshai , Livushka’
Livia Soprano – Tony’s murderously manipulative mother – proved just as divisive in death as she was in life, her demise precipitating a wake that was as awkward and corrosive for the characters experiencing it as it was rich and funny for us schmucks at home.
Tony never wanted any of Janice’s ‘California Bullshit’ at the gathering he and Carmella hosted at their home (or ‘that house, up on that hill’, as Livia would have called it). Janice being Janice, though, vetoes her brother’s ruling. She asks each of the assembled guests to share a thought, a memory of their mother, which – given that Livia was a sharp-tongued, anti-social harridan – doesn’t produce heart-warming results. No wonder the unknown man descending the stairs in the background behind them all decides to about-turn and get the hell out of there.
‘She never minced words,’ says Hesch, trying his hardest to accentuate the positive, ‘Between… brain and mouth… there was no interlocutor.’
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Christopher’s rambling, drug-fuelled, ad lib on the nature of existence, rebirth and doppelgangers is a treat, the sort of new-age snash David Brent might have conjured up while fully sober. The silence doesn’t last for long, though, not least because Carmella has spent the duration of the tense memorial knocking back booze like a cooze-hound on Spring Break, and is ready to unleash hell.
Merry Stressmas
S3, E10 ‘…To Save Us All from Satan’s Power’
In the absence of Big Pussy Bonpensiero – taken on a long boat-ride to oblivion – the amply proportioned Bobby Baccala is the natural choice to become the new Satriales’ Santa. Except he doesn’t want to do it. He’s too shy.
‘The fucking boss of this family told you you’re gonna be Santa Claus,’ Paulie tells Bobby menacingly. ‘You’re Santa Claus. So shut the fuck up about it!’
The surly and reluctant Bobby proves a lacklustre substitute, an observation that’s articulated perfectly by Paulie when he says, ‘Fuckin’ ho hum if you ask me.’
It’s not just Bobby’s mafia colleagues that like to drop the F-bomb at Xmas. Even a little boy, unimpressed by Bobby’s schtick, issues a heart-felt: ‘Fuck you, Santa.’
God bless us. Every one.
Two Assholes Lost in the Woods
S3, E11 ‘Pine Barrens’
The Pine Barrens was the episode that cleaved most closely to all-out comedy, pitting hot-headed anti-survivalists Christopher and Paulie against a runaway Russian they’d failed to kill. The darkly comic shit-show unfolded in the unforgiving, snow-filled foliage of the eponymous Pine Barrens, where Tony and Bobby were eventually summoned to rescue the hapless pair.
It’s hard to pick a comedy highlight from this episode, as it’s chock-full of them, but highlights include Tony losing it at the sight of Bobby Baccala’s hunting attire (if James Gandolfini’s laughter seems particularly genuine here, try googling some behind-the-scenes facts – you won’t be disappointed); Chris and Paulie noshing down on sauce sachets like they were a gourmet meal, and the following misunderstanding between Paulie, Chris and Tony thanks to poor mobile reception:
Tony: (garbled, on phone) It’s a bad connection, so I’m gonna talk fast. The guy you’re looking for is an ex-commando! He killed sixteen Chechen rebels single-handed.
Paulie: Get the fuck outta here.
Tony: Yeah, nice, huh? He was with the Interior Ministry. Guy’s some kind of Russian green beret. This guy cannot come back to tell this story. You understand?
[line breaks]
Paulie: (to Christopher) You’re not gonna believe this. He killed sixteen Czechoslovakians. The guy was an interior decorator.
Chris: His house looked like shit.
You Talkin’ To Me?
S4, E6 ‘Everybody Hurts’
Artie Bucco, Tony’s boyhood best pal, is a regular, hard-working chef. Even so, he’s frequently seduced by the luxurious criminal lifestyle he sees lapping around the fringes of his wonder-bread world. When a business deal to promote ‘the new French vodka’ goes awry and Artie finds himself $50k out of pocket to a swindling huckster he decides to channel his inner Mafioso and get his money back the Soprano way. Unfortunately, his inner Mafioso is no more ferocious than that possessed by any average member of the show’s audience – as much as proximity to Tony might convince us otherwise – and he gets the crap kicked out of him. Before that, though, his little Taxi Driver moment in the mirror, complete with mid-life crisis ear-ring and mobster posturing (‘Fucking shoes you’re wearing. What are they? Designer?’) is at once endearing, pathetic and very, very funny.
The mirror is no accident. He’s looking at us, looking at him, looking at ourselves.
Telephone Tough Guy
S4, E9 ‘Whoever Did This’
While Ralph Cifaretto is probably most widely remembered as a sort-of gangster Loki – a mirth-wracked trickster with a penchant for mayhem – most of his misdeeds were so loathsome that even the wider mafia disapproved: cheating on his grieving partner, beating a young pregnant girl to death, burning a horse alive (come on, of course that was him). Still, he did make us laugh, though, didn’t he?
No more so than when he pranked Paulie’s dopey-yet-adorable old mother in her nursing home (‘It’s a retirement community!’), announcing himself as Detective Mike Hunt, Beaver Falls, from the Pennsylvania police department. Not only did Ralph claim that Paulie had been caught pleasuring a cub scout in a public bathroom, but also that a small rodent had been discovered in Paulie’s rectal passage. ‘A gerbil, ma’am’.
Ralph laughed his head off.
Tony later removed it.
A Truth Injection
S4, E10 ‘The Strong, Silent Type’
Drug interventions are worthy and solemn rituals – they certainly aren’t supposed to be funny – but there’s something delicious about a room full of self-involved sociopaths with no impulse control and an insatiable appetite for pleasure assembling to pass judgement on Christopher essentially for having no impulse control and an insatiable appetite for pleasure. Christopher is at least self-aware enough to lobby this back in the faces of his supposed rescuers, pointing out that Silvio likes to sample his sex-workers; that Paulie’s hot-head almost dragged the Newark family into war with the Russian mob, and that Tony’s epicurean compulsions will probably kill him more quickly than Christopher’s drugs.
From the moment a bewildered Christopher emerges from his bedroom to find both families – blood and work – camped out in his living room, the laughs just keep coming, all the way through to the (inevitable) explosion of violence at the scene’s climax.
Christopher instantly recognises the host of the intervention, Dominic Paladino, as ‘the guy who broke into Stew Leonards that time and stole all those pork loins.’
‘Yes,’ replies a sheepish Dominic. ‘But… that’s not why I’m here today.’
Especial mirth-based mentions must go to Silvio and Paulie (the latter’s reaction to Christopher’s narcotic-related manhood problems is priceless), and their refusal to play along with the ‘care-frontation’.
‘When I came to open up one morning, there you were with your head half in the toilet. Your hair was in the toilet water. Disgusting,’ says Silvio, reading awkwardly from what is possibly the most unnecessary aide de memoire ever written.
Leave it to Paulie to lay the smackdown on this particular brand of ‘California bullshit’: ‘I don’t write nothing down,’ he says, ‘so I’ll keep this short and sweet. You’re weak. You’re out of control. And you’re becoming an embarrassment to yourself and everybody else.’
Drugs are bad. Mmmkay?
Dead Good Food
S5, E7 ‘In Camelot’
When Junior realises he can get respite from his house arrest through attending family funerals he starts to exaggerate and exploit ever more spurious links to get him out of the house for a few hours. While all around him are wracked with grief, his is the only face with a smile on it, enjoying the change of scenery, enjoying the food, wondering why everyone has to be so maudlin.
In a darkly funny scene he happily extols the virtues of the spread while attending the wake of a teenage boy. ‘Chicken’s nice and spicy, huh?’ he beams at a fellow mourner.
A Grave Error
S5, E9 ‘Unidentified Black Males’
When Tony agrees to pick up the tab for the headstone of a New York soldier who was slain, unbeknownst to him, by his own cousin, his men manage to add insult to injury.
We see the headstone. At the graveside. During the funeral service. And it says:
Peeps.
‘Peeps?’ spits Tony. ‘It’s a fuckin’ nickname! His family name is Pepperelli!’
Silvio hunkers down into full middle-management mode. ‘They’re gonna re-do it. Fuckin’ J.C. He’s dyslexic.’
‘What’s that got to do with it?’ asks an incredulous Tony.
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You could fill a book with The Sopranos’ funniest moments – Paulie’s rant about shoelaces, Bobby B botching a publicity shooting, Silvio’s poker-table tantrum, Little Carmine’s malapropisms, to name but a handful – so by necessity we’ve had to leave a lot out. What are some of yours?
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THE TALE OF TWO MCKAYS: EUPHORIA, S1 E6 ANALYSIS
“He’s not black, he’s McKay…okay” For a lot of viewers, the Chris McKay focused, The Next Episode, didn’t give viewers the information needed to truly understand one of Euphoria’s more polarizing and underwritten characters. Utilizing sub context, Euphoria’s writers illustrate how The Next Episode is a character study in how Chris McKay prioritizes assimilation in order to get access to a world his father couldn’t and how that has destroyed McKay from the inside, out.
In the opening sequence of episode six, we see McKay complete a full workout with his dad prior to an actual full workout with his football team. McKay’s father, Frederick, demands nothing but the best, and sometimes even that isn’t good enough – baby McKay vomits from training so hard and we never hear McKay’s dad praise him. It’s like McKay breathlessly sprints from one goal to the next in attempt to outpace his father’s criticisms.
For McKay, everything is about winning. As a kid, McKay learned that winning is how you win respect in America – especially as a black man. Black men who are the most exceptional get better treatment than their not-so-exceptional black counterparts. I see why his father pushes him so hard, but I wish he would encourage his son to be successful in other ways, like becoming and entrepreneur.
McKay recites America by Jamaican writer and poet, Claude McKay. America is about how this country affords the writer and poet with certain advantages, but not without the hefty price of state-sanctioned violence and racism against him. The parallels between the two McKay’s assimilation are effective.
Nowhere is this most evident than when an opposing teammate whispers an insult – racial or sexual - to McKay. I didn’t hear what the other boy said, but it was enough to warrant a butt whopping from McKay. Later, when McKay tries to tell his father why he was so angry, Frederick interrupts that he doesn’t care what the boy said to piss baby McKay off. Senior McKay adds that the world will constantly pit you against yourself and that you need to use that anger to fuel whatever goal you’re trying to pursue in life. I felt that on a spiritual level. Others will try to project their issues onto you, so it’s important to cling to your goals like it’s a lover – all your energy should go into the life you want – other people’s opinions be damned. And as black people, I think sometimes there’s this pressure to care too much what other people think when that thought process has never made us successful. When trying to do better in life, you will constantly be tested. If you weren’t valuable, then people wouldn’t be challenging you.
Another way we see McKay use his power to advance in society is through pledging a frat. I’m not sure why McKay chose to join a fraternity – perhaps as a way to further align himself with those he perceives as powerful. Another thing that I think Frederick instilled in his son is to align himself with power – as evidenced by his relationship with Nate Jacobs – the star quarterback and son of a wealthy real estate developer, Cal Jacobs.
However, McKay’s friendship with Nate is superficial - I don’t see a deep connection between the two. Although McKay is vocal about Cassie’s positive attributes as a person, rather than as a sexual object - he allows Nate’s insistence that Cassie is nothing but a “slut” to determine how he treats Cassie. McKay forces Cassie to change into a less revealing costume than her evocative Alabama Whitman look because he “would never hear the end of it” from his friends.
That brings me to my next point, if McKay sees professional football and Nate as the keys to a more privileged life, then he must view Cassie as a chess piece that signifies to the mainstream that he is “not like those other negroes” and worthy of the same access they take for granted. McKay may have been Cassie’s first real relationship, but he doesn’t love her. McKay knew about Cassie’s sexual past and still agreed to enter into a relationship with her – while still treating her poorly. McKay cares far too much about what others think and bases his relationship status on how great it will make him look.
Another strategic relationship McKay uses to solidify his place is in the mainstream is through his fraternity. All of the interactions we see of McKay and his fraternity are fraught anxiety. McKay rarely seems to be enjoying himself around this group of chosen “brothers.” Nowhere is this most evident than at the party where McKay introduces Cassie to his fraternity brothers. He’s so focused on drinking enough or being bro-y enough for his frat that he’s not having nearly the fun Cassie is. After all, it’s rush week and McKay wants to impress his fraternity. Another instance is when a group of frat brothers barge into McKay’s dorm room while he and Cassie have sex, only to drag him out of bed and mock penetrate him. Cassie is understandably horrified and a confused McKay is left breathless on the floor, as his frat brothers shout the frat’s name and file out of his room. For a moment, my PTSD flared up as those white men yelled out their frat name. There were elements of lynching in that scene and I could not help but notice that his white frat brothers chose to bust into McKay’s room unannounced during an intimate moment with his white, desirable, and conventionally-attractive girlfriend. While McKay’s frat brothers did not sexually assault McKay, they scared him and Cassie, so they still did harm.
I thought this prank and assault was the writer's way of showing no matter how successful a black person becomes, there will always be someone [society, the legal justice system, etc.] there to remind them of their “place.” This scene was a way of humbling the black male character that dared enter a relationship with a white woman. Playing the game has its pros and its cons and McKay's pain was palpable and hard to watch.
Instead of using Cassie as a safe person he loves, with whom he can be vulnerable, McKay treats Cassie like a vehicle to remove his emotions from his body. It’s like he remembered what his dad told him so many years before: ‘internalize your feelings and use them to perform.’ McKay denies his feelings when Cassie wants him to open up about what just happened. McKay literally fucks his sadness out of his body and expels the evidence of his feelings on Cassie’s back. McKay is so emotionally removed from the situation that he comes on Cassie’s back and makes her clean it off.
McKay and Cassie’s sex scene after the Halloween party sex scene didn’t seem remotely enjoyable for either party. It was like a rape scene, a set up I’m not a fan of considering the stereotype of black men as being brutish thugs.
Chris McKay’s portrayal in Euphoria season one is a cautionary tale of every baby boomer or gen X black parent who felt that their child’s assimilation was more important than their emotional well-being. In a world that is hell bent on destroying blackness, being a healthy black person is an act of defiance. I hope that for season two, McKay’s storyline reveals different layers of his personality and tackles the racial pink elephant in a way that is honest, complete, and feels authentic to the show.
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Amphibia season 2 rewatch + notes :)
So here is my season 2 Amphibia analysis stew as promised! I hope you enjoy! I had more than a fee break through regarding theories and what not!!!
S2: E1 Handy Anne
Anne is having some pretty bad memories about all the shit that went down at Toad Tower with Sasha, I feel bad for her :( they're all only 13,,,
Anne: The house… Everything I worked so hard to protect
The second time (I think) we officially see Anne's eyes glowing blue! The first time was in season 1 but it was only for half a second and frankly, when I first saw it, I thought my eyes were playing tricks on me or it was some animation eerie BUUUUT!!
This time we KNOW it was on purpose, it wasn't quick and it even gave a little 'shing!' sound effect!
I love seeing how the blue heart stone is evoking itself in Anne through passionate, emotionally driven situations like right now!!
I think Anne worked so hard to protect the house and the Planters this episode is not only because this is just how Anne Is but also because she probably felt a little more than helpless during Toad Tower, she couldn't help or protect Sasha and was helpless to just watch her best friend just fall to her death (before getting saved by Grime of course but still).
Also Hop Pop says it takes 2 weeks to get to Newtopia, obviously they had a lot of stops and interruptions on the way but if they DIDN'T, it would've been 2 weeks. But that got me thinking…
If Sasha and Grime are going to Wartwood in season 3, do you think we'll get some episodes with just them and their travels there? I think it would be cool to have more Sasha and Grime episodes!!!
S2: E1 Fort in the Road
Hop Pop is so cute, I can't even get mad at him and all his rules,,,
Okay so that ancient technology with all the old frog structures are apparently called "The Ruins of Despair" and they've been around longer than any written history
I wonder if they had another name before that or of they were renamed by King Andrias (who we know is like over 1,000 years old) as a way to scare people into not looking or checking out the ruins since they are super important ancient tech
Sprig: Forget the rules! This place has everything! Cool atmosphere, implied historical significance!
Oh if only you knew my sweet baby boy,,,
ALSO THE TECH GLOWS BLUE... JUST SAYING
I wonder if there are more buildings that make robots around Amphibia as well.
Anne: You know, there was a time I would pick out the bug bits [of the crickets and cream ice cream] THAT TIME HAS PASSED!!
I can't believe Anne just,,, eats bugs now. That habit is gonna be hard to break.
We know Sasha wasn't eating bugs if the food they had at Toad Tower was anything to go off of, so I wonder if Marcy was eating bugs. If she was, it was probably super fancy ones like beetles (are beetles considered a delicacy in Amphibia? I dunno) since she was living with King Andrias
Whatever, her and Anne could potentially bond over eating bugs then. Sasha thinks it's DISGUSTING
Also,
FROBO!!!! MY SOOOOON!!!
S1: E4 Toadcatcher
I mean, I know we talk about Marcy's self destructive tendencies but I think we gloss over Sasha's. She does NOT want to think about what happened in Toad Tower, she literally throws herself into her training to the point of obsession to AVOID thinking about it.
Also, omg Sasha has Suspicion Island downloaded on her phone too, I wonder if she and Anne would talk about the show a lot with each other.
And Grime letting himself go and basically leaving everything to Sasha was a pretty dick move. I mean, I know he basically lost everything and has the emotional competence of a meatball but COME ON. Sasha has to fend for herself and Grime WHILE repressing the SHIT out of her trauma, but I get it honestly. They aren't close yet, I know.
But I think it's amazing how much their relationship has grown. Like, the end of season 2 Grime would NEVER do that to Sasha.
Grime 'You hate the sword don't you, I knew I should've gotten a gift receipt!' Would rather die than see his daughter repress her emotions like that and not be there for her.
Their relationship has just come so far y'all,,,
GENERAL YUNAN!!!!!!!
SCOURGE OF THE SAND WARS, DEFEATOR OF RAGNAR THE WRETCHED, AND THE YOUNGEST NEWT TO EVER ACHIEVE THE RANK OF GENERAL IN THE GREAT NEWTOPIAN ARMY!!
SHE'S HERE!!
(Also doesn't the Newtonian flag kinda look like The Night? Or is it just me,,,?)
Yunan just cartwheeled out of the bar, she just,,, does that
God I'm in love.
Yunan taught Marcy how to make GREAT entrances and exits, you CAN'T convince me otherwise
(Yes I am a supporter of General Yunan and Lady Olivia being together AND adopting Marcy FIGHT ME-)
And all those dramatic poses Yunan does when she introduces herself, she definitely learned those from Marcy, there's not a doubt in my mind.
Aw Grime still has something left to fight for, it's his and Sasha's friendship I'M-
Did Sasha and Grime really come up with the idea of leading a rebellion to take over the capital from a fucking adrenaline rish after fighting Yunan? That's HILARIOUS
S2: E5 Wax Museum
I honestly didn't think I'd make an analysis of the Gravity Falls parody (even though it is SUPER FUNNY) but I nearly forgot this is where we see the Skip Man!!!!
So Mr. Ponds (again, fucking HILARIOUS) told Anne while she was in that wax tube thing that he found it in Newtopia!
Now this could mean 2 things depending on WHEN he actually found it.
1- It's Marcy's and she dropped it somewhere and he found it which I doubt considering I don't think Marcy would have a Skip Man if Anne's PARENTS had one
2- This is what a I believe more. This was from King Andrias somehow. That maybe from all his weird, crazy, colonizer multiple universes thing he has going on, must have dropped or left or something with that Skip Man for Mr. Ponds to just find it lying around in Newtopia
I dunno how important the Skip Man is to the overall plot line but I DO know that this means there are OTHER ways of getting to other worlds besides the Calamity Box then, or at least showing us that we could transport things to other worlds.
S2: E6 Marcy at the Gates
MARCY MARCY MARCY MARCY MARCY MARCY!!!!!
Oh wow, I didn't even know Marcy was warped right inside the Newtopian city walls when she got transported here, I figured she teleported right outside or at least a couple miles away. Buuuut thinking about it now it makes sense, there's no way Newtopia would just let in any ol' rando, especially not some creature they've never seen before.
Hop Pop: Marcy, how would you like to be adopted?
SHE WOULD LIKE THAT A LOT ACTUALLY
Okay okay GREEN EYES GREEN EYES!!! Marcy's eyes (as we all know) turned green in this episode!
Since the gem of wit (what Marcy has) is green, it makes sense that her eyes would turn green in this scene! Her last line just before they turned green was:
Hop Pop: Who knew those ants were so bouncy!
Marcy: I did! Because I studied them!!
Marcy studies, she learns, and applies her knowledge like, all the time. And she did so here as well, she was not only proving her agency to Anne, she was protecting her skill of knowledge to ALL of them! To show them ALL how much she's learned here in Amphibia!
I believe the next time we see her eyes glow in season 3, it will be in a situation with a similar case. To show everyone her knowledge or her applying said knowledge in things (and those things are most likely life or death situations)
LADY OLIVIA!!!! HEY GIRL!!!
I LOVE how they introduced King Andrias at the very end with him looking down and watching over the group from his castle and then saying how all the pieces are coming together along with the flipwort board!!! Such a great way of showing how he was the big baddie this entire time!!
S2: E7 Scavenger Hunt
Okay I was right, Marcy DOES eat bugs like Anne does, if her saying that Burg makes the 'best beetle burgers in all of Newtopia' was anything to go off of
Sorry Sasha, I guess you're alone in the whole not eating bugs thing.
But I'm still wondering what types of bugs qualify as a sort of delicacy in Amphibia because now we know it's not beetles if they're in plain ol' burgers (or maybe they COULD be if you prepare them right?)
Listen LISTEN, I HATE King Andrias for all his killing a 13 year old (especially MARCY!!) And not to mention all his COLONIZING but,,,
I think it's the cutest thing EVER that instead of just giving Marcy a message, he makes it into a puzzle for her to solve because! Marcy! Loves! Puzzles!
(But I do know he only does this not because he cares but because he wants to make her think that he does. That he does care for her and cares enough to set things up in ways that she likes. That he is only using her for her skills and brain. And because he is GROSS AND MEAN AND-)
Anne's ability to form such close knit bonds so easily and not to mention quickly (And half the time by accident) is something that I touched upon in the Season 1 analysis stew with Sasha!
I said that Sasha felt lesser in terms of relationships when compared to Anne. Because Anne can make these amazing relationships where people are willing to risk their lives for her, because Anne has this wonderful support system and Sasha doesn't (or, at least not at the time).
Sasha didn't have anyone to help hold her at Toad Tower but Anne did. Sasha didn't want to drag down one of the only people she actually cared about. She wants to PROTECT Anne, not see her hurt, suffering and struggling to hold her up.
And that is exactly how Marcy feels, or at least in a way. Marcy can't make relationships in the way Anne can. That's why she even tried her luck at the Calamity Box in the first place. Because moving is scary, because she will be away from her only friends, the only people who cared for HER, because she has trouble making friends and would NEVER be able to make any in a new school with new people and NO support system.
Marcy isn't like Anne. Sasha isn't like Anne. That's why Anne is the heart, that's why she's the emotional connection they need in their logical worlds.
I think Marcy, like she said in this episode, is jealous of Anne's friend-making ability. And Sasha, I think she just feels… inferior (but I guess that's jealousy as well) something she HATES feeling.
Matt Bradly himself even said that Marcy and Sasha have SEVERELY doubted Anne's abilities when they were still back on Earth.
But Amphibia changed that.
S2: E7 The Planters Check In
Kinda fucked up that Anne didn't help Marcy (And Andrias too I guess) with trying to find information on the Calamity Box.
Like, I know she can't translate ancient texts like Andrias and Marcy could but staying for some moral support could've been nice and also considering she just LEFT Marcy, who she hasn't seen for MONTHS, for days at a time to go hang out with the Planters.
But I know this is a regular thing for their friendship (plus Sasha) to leave Marcy to do the work for school like with group projects.
Anne: Just like group projects back home!
And damn, that royal Newtopia credit card can single handedly destroy Amphibia's entire economy.
So frogs can stick to things, newts can swim up and down streams like, super fast (just like amphibians in the real world) so what can toads do that are unique to them? Should I Google real life toads or did toads do something in Amphibia that I missed??
S2: E10 The Sleepover to End All Sleepovers
Aw wait, Marcy has plants?? That's?? So?? CUTE!!!!
Hop Pop is gonna have some me-time while Lady Olivia is gonna be in the kitchen drinking wine,,, these parents omg,,,
Hop Pop is a tired dad/grandpa and Olivia is a wine mom confirmed
I think it's so cute how Anne and Marcy are like the older kids while Sprig and Polly are just like Anne's younger siblings, just AGDKDKAJA
HHHHH DID LADY OLIVIA FALL ASLEEP READING
In the Heat of the Swamp
IS THAT A STEAMY, EROTIC ROMANCE NOVEL FOR MOMS???? WHAT!!!!
I LOVE HER SO MUCH
And not to mention she was knocked out in a rocking chair holding a margarita WITH SLIPPERS ON
SHE'S SUCH A MOM GUYS
Marcy: You know, some cultures believe that mirrors can ward off malevolent spirits Marcy: OR SUMMON THEM! (Maniacal laughter*
Marcy, you're too gosh darn cute to be scary even if you tried
Some of those spirit things came out of the coffins in the crypt, maybe they're the souls/spirits/ghosts of whoever died in those coffins?
Well if they are my next question is why are those bodies even down there in the first place and were those spirit things SUPPOSED to exist/be there?
Also, why are there moss men in the garden? And why are they chained up?
I think the moss men were created there, probably made by King Andrias or whoever to replace the robot army (that they didn't have for a while since their ancient technology was all gunked up at the time).
It also REALLY worries me that one of the tunnels in the basement (or let's be honest, the dungeon) leads to MARCY'S ROOM!! LIKE??? WHY????
Why do the reflection of the mirrors cause those spirit things to turn physical? Will this be important in the future? I think we all should remember this.
S2: E10 Day at the Aquarium
Ooooo!!! Let's take a look at this book, shall we??
Okay so on the left page, we see the 3 gems with their corresponding main attribute. The green is brains/wits, the blue is heart/passion, the pink is a fist/strength, yadda yadda yadda all stuff we know already
BUT what I found the most interesting is on the right page! There it shows small, simple pictures of the 3 temples which I found super cool!
But even cooler was the thing on the bottom left!! It looks kinda like a capsule, but it plays music apparently? My mind automatically jumped to the Skip Man but I doubt that it's supposed to be that.
Maybe it's something that has to do with the actual Calamity Box instead? Like, we know it technically is a music box too, maybe it's a device INSIDE of it that plays music and does something else as well?
Well, it has to be important if this is the page we're shown, right? I'm sure we'll see more of it in season 3!
Anne: Anytime I was feeling gloomy back home, the Aquarium would always make me feel better!
Aw, now I'm thinking about when Anne was back home and going to the Aquarium and just being so amazed by all the fish and stuff there. That's so cute,,,
I've watched before but it STILL pains me, the whole Marcy being SUPER hurt that Anne had just chosen the Planters instead of her but still let her go and even played it off like it was still the "most logical thing to do" as if like, 5 seconds ago she was saying the OPPOSITE
(I'm just a Marcy kin y'all)
The scene also reminds me sort of the whole thing with Sasha back at Toad Tower, how she let go of Anne.
Both Marcy and Sasha let Anne go. They both chose Anne over honestly, themselves.
Sasha was ready to straight up DIE to keep Anne from straining or hurting herself. And Marcy was willing to let Anne go, something she was so unwilling to do with both her friends which is the reason they're in Amphibia in the FIRST PLACE, just for Anne.
They both see how close Anne is with the Planters. They both know that she loves them and sees them as family and they… I think they honestly want what's best for Anne even if that thing isn't them.
I think those 2 scenes mirror and play off each other very well.
But honestly, the whole re-reunion with Anne and the Planters always makes me tear up,,, they care for each other so much,,,,
Andrias: Always sad to see someone go, isn't it? I have a proposition for you, Marcy. And I think you'll find it VERY interesting
Okay, wow manipulative jerk much? Andrias KNEW how much Marcy cared for her friends and KNEW that she was probably so SAD after watching Anne WILLINGLY choose the Planters over her.
He knew she was in a vulnerable state, he knew that she would agree to ANY plan if it meant not having to leave her friends again. He knew she trusted him and he knew he could get her to be his little pawn.
Just…
FUCK KING ANDRIAS
Me and my homies all hate him
S2: E13 Ivy on the Run
Okay really quick, ANNE WAS ALSO IN MUAY THAI???
So far, Anne plays varsity tennis, rock climbs, AND also did Muay Thai. Fucking JOCK
S2: E13 After the Rain
Okay so at the end, Hop Pop finally shows the others the book with the giant 'P' on the cover that had information about the Calamity Box
He said that it's been in his family for as long as he could remember (And he is around 68 years old so that's like 68+ years)
But why would the Planters have information of the Calamity Box?
Hmmmmmmm….
S2: E14 The First Temple
So right off the bat, when handed the Calamity Box, Marcy had pressed a couple things on it and music started playing which then caused the gems to be able to pop out of the top.
So there are OTHER things you can do with the box it seems and doing certain actions (besides opening it of course) can lead to different things happening and Marcy knows this!
This also means that Marcy knows OTHER things that the box can do, whatever she was doing in True Colours with opening the portal and saying something along the lines of "Okay, I just need to-!"
Marcy knows this box. She knows how to work it at least somewhat but that knowledge is still more than many characters combined.
Also, remember what I was talking about in A Day at the Aquarium? With that capsule looking thing that plays music? Well I speculated that it was probably something INSIDE the music box and guess what the music box just did before popping out those sweet gems?
Play music.
Now, I wanna say that maybe every time you do a different action on the Calamity Box, the box plays music but I can't be certain. Because during True Colours when Marcy had reopened the portal, no music was playing.
Granted that could have been because she was further away or maybe even because they were playing some super cool, dramatic and suspenseful music. But I dunno. Maybe?
Marcy: But don't worry because none of them were Marcy Wu!
Marcy: Head of the chess club, master RTS player, straight A student (except for gym because I was reading in class which only proves my point!)
HHHHH Am I looking too deeply into this or did she get the introduction/monologue from Yunan? (Please let me be right. Please let me be right. Please let me be right. Please let me-)
"Only the worthy will have the wisdom to choose. Whether it's more important to win or have the humility to lose"
"A choice was made to save thy friends and, honestly, doesn't that make you a winner in the end?"
Only so I REALLY liked how they handled the first temple. How they were testing not just intelligence but EMOTIONAL intelligence as well (because intelligence comes in different forms!!!) The humility and the wisdom to step down, to willingly lose in order to make the right choice, to realize that the lives of your friends are more important than any temple or puzzle.
They also showed this in the actual temple trials. How in the second and third trial you NEED more than one person in order to solve it. Hell, even in the first trial, those floating ball things happen to whoever was holding the cube, ANYONE could've done it, people could've taken turns trying to solve it!
This temple tests intelligence, and it also tests humility and priorities and co-dependence.
OH OH OH!!! ONE MORE THING!!!
Okay so I, like a ton of other people, have been thinking that the weird secret basement where The Night is was in that OTHER secret room that King Andrias and Marcy found during their research in Lost in Newtopia.
BUT I WAS WRONG!
The basement with The Night was in the Throne Room (And Andrias seems to be well aware of its existence) while the room that Andrias and Marcy found was in the Royal Library (And it looked like he didn't know about it, though it could've been a cover up but I don't think that, I think that's where they found info on the Calamity Box)
They're different rooms!! So I doubt Marcy knows ANYTHING about The Night OR about the secret room in the Throne Room.
And speaking of The Night… Rewatching this made me realize that The Night has… gears and screws and bolts. And like,,, wires. (BUT there are less wires here than there were in the Season 3 intro). So…
What the FUCK??
IS The Night a robot or at least was made with that ancient technology? Or maybe their life force is being kept alive by those metal parts and stuff?
King Andrias: The prophecy is being undone as we speak, my Lord. Soon, we will have our revenge
Okay so obviously we know the prophecy is where the holders of the 3 gems come together in an epic showdown and beat the shit out of the big baddies
But draining the stones force from the girls would mean they are unable to go all super saiyan which is what I'm assuming that was what Andrias meant when he talked about "undoing the prophecy"
Because making the girls unable to go super saiyan means they can't have the gems' powers and that means they can't try to stop the big baddies.
But we know that draining the stones' powers from the girls isn't needed to make the box take them home, if we look at Marcy during True Colours. She was able to open the portal without the blue gem's charge.
Charging the stones was never important to get Anne, Sasha, and Marcy home, it was important because it was going to prevent a prophecy.
S2: E17 The Second Temple
"But empathy alone isn't enough. For what is heart without responsibility?"
I really like this!!! I LOVE how for every temple, it focuses on the main attribute but then there is a secondary thing that makes you TRULY worthy!
Like with the first temple, Marcy was smart yes, she could get through all those puzzles easy. But what made her worthy wasn't her brain, it was her ability to make the right call and step back, losing to save those she cares about.
It's just like that with the second temple! Anne has the heart obviously, she's got grit and is passionate and not afraid to help and do what is right. But that alone isn't what made her so special. Her ability to own up to her actions, to take responsibility for them is what makes her so amazing!
And not to mention this is something she learned to do while IN Amphibia! Anne wasn't really one to admit she did something wrong and was always quick to pass the blame, but she's grown and matured here. Same with Marcy! I doubt back home Marcy would have EVER willingly lost or willingly get a bad grade on ANYTHING for ANYONE! They've both grown in little ways and I love it!
I also think it's super cool how the 3 trials for the heart stone were kinda like,,, low key. Like, you obviously couldn't KNOW it was the trials or you would obviously sacrifice your life for a stranger or to your warmth for your friends. They had to make sure that all your actions you were doing out of your own free will and your own morality.
S2: E17 Barrel's Warhammer
The whole thing with Sasha reassuring Percy and Braddock that if things get too wild, she'll stop the whole thing… But ended up NOT doing that…
I think that Sasha meant what she said, I think she really does care for the two of them and really did wanna make sure they were okay and not you know, scared or eaten.
But when push came to shove and Sasha was too focused on her goals and her own stuff, she didn't take into consideration their feelings. She was just too driven, too passionate, too CLOSE.
I think this was the kinda thing that probably happened a lot back home. Sasha obviously cares for Anne and Marcy and always wants to make sure they're okay but sometimes her care and protection can get too much, that sometimes she just does in the wrong way and ends up hurting them.
And not to mention that she has probably done the same thing with them as she did with Percy and Braddock. I wonder how many times Sasha had reassured Anne and Marcy that if things, no matter the situation, were too much or scary or risky or anything, she would stop and they could go do something else.
But it didn't happen. Sasha would get so caught up in it and just… not do it, she would go against her word because whatever they're doing was almost done it not that much or whatever ither reason she would say. And Anne and Marcy would just keep going even though they didn't want to because Sasha is the leader, because Sasha is their friend.
I don't think Sasha is a bad person, I don't think any of the girls are bad people. I just think they all are just flawed.
And also like, 13. What 13 year old is morally the best honestly?? Middle schoolers are the WORST and middle school judt fucking sucks for EVERYONE
S2: E18 The Third Temple
"You've definatly got skill no doubt, but it's time you learned what strength is all about"
*one epic fight scene later*
"Congrats, bruh! You finally what it takes to go the distance. For what is true strength without persistence?"
The third temple is about strength, no doubt about that obviously. But the most important attribute that accompanies true strength besides how much you could dead lift is, you guessed it, persistence!
Sasha has shown time and time again how much determination and grit she has. Hell, even in Barrel's Warhammer I even said how she can get so driven by her goals that it kinda becomes her downfall.
Because like intelligence comes humitly and empathy comes responsibility, strength needs persistence. The need to keep going, to keep pursuing even when all else is against you.
That's how we knew by the end of THIS episode that there is NO WAY Sasha was gonna go through with the rebellion. Because Grime said himself that there was "nothing stopping this rebellion now"
But there was, it's Sasha.
Because strength comes persistence. And if Sasha believes is happening shouldn't be happening, there is no WAY IN HELL THAT IT'S GONNA HAPPEN! NOT ON HER WATCH!
S2: 19 The Dinner
Nothing to really say about this episode besides that it's ONE OF MY FAVORITES (besides any Marcy centric episodes and True Colours)
Also I think it's ADORABLE how the girls are all wearing clothes that kinda show where they were transported to.
Sasha has army from Toad Tower. Marcy has teal/aquamarine robes with even a pink sea shell on the collar, which is literally what everyone wears in Newtopia. And Anne has a cute, simple outfit with flowers to show Wortwood.
It's just cute :)
S2: 20 True Colours
I honestly didn't think I'd have anything to talk about for this episode that hasn't been said 1000000x better by other people on this site but I think I got something!
The Calamity Box doesn't send people home by just opening it again like how the girls did when they firdt got transported to Amphibia.
Granted, I'm sure someone has said that already and I already did touch upon it but I'm saying it again.
The Calamity Box doesn't need to be completly or even partly charged to transport people.
The gems use is to take away the power from the holders, to prevent them from going all super saiyan not to charge the box for it to work.
We know this because even with all the gemstones charged when Sasha opened the box, nothing happened. And at the end, Marcy was able to open a portal with the blue stone not fully charged.
Marcy KNOWS how to open the portals and I bet she learned how to when her and Andrias found that secert library wing and info on the box.
AND AGAIN!!!
When Andrias takes the box, he presses a couple things on the top which is the thing that sets forth that giant laser on top of the palace that blows up Toad Tower.
This box can do a LOT more than we ever thought…
Overall Notes and Season 3 predictions
Okay so first of all, I hate Andrias but DAMNIT HIS VILLAN BUILD UP WAS SOOOOO GOOD!!!
I mean starting with his very first sort of appearance, where we see him watching over the others from his castle window. And it's all dark and he moves his flipwort pieces and stuff!! AAAA!!
And then in episode 7 where they get the message/puzzle from him via arrow and Hop Pop screams, "AH! SOMEONE'S TRYING TO KILL US!" Like YES HE IS GUYS!!!
And Marcy is autistic, OBVIOUSLY! As someone who is autistic as well, I see a LOT of my own habits and tendencies in her! Her avoidance of eye contact, hyperfocusing or The Zone, her hyperfixations, her need of constant stimuli, RAPTOR ARMS!!!!
And who could forget...
Anne: Who says there has to be one [sleepover] queen?
Marcy: everyone. That's kinda how the whole system works, Anne
SHE TAKES THINGS SO LITERALLY!!!
I just love her guys,,,, can you tell she's my favorite?
Alright before I get too sidetracked with talling about Marcy, let me get into what I think may be in store for season 3!
LET'S BEGIN!!!
Okay so first of all, the Season will start sorta slow, not TOO much plot driven things will happen in probably the first couple episodes.
And I doubt we'll be seeing anything of Marcy until maybe episode 4 or 5 honestly.
I think the first episode will start with Anne and the Planters trying to hide from the world, maybe they're getting waaaay too much attention and need to lay low.
Then it'll end with them making it to Anne's house and the second episode will start from there.
The next 2 or 3 episodes from there will be with the Boonchuy's and the Planter's getting used to each other, maybe with a TINY TINY cut to what Sasha and Grime are doing.
Speaking of Sasha and Grime, I think that they escape the King and get the FUCK out of Newtopia, leaving Lady Olivia and General Yunan behind with the agreement they will be more like leaks or the inside you know?
Sasha and Grime will definatly then start to head back to Wortwood, but this traveling could take place over the course of a couple episodes but I predict they may get there in around episode 5 or 6, maybe 7.
But anyway, I think Anne may think about everything that went down in True Colours, maybe while explaining to her parents what happened and they'll all start to think about what the FUCK did she do back there with the whole turning blue thing.
Which would then lead to Anne trying to learn how to control it.
Anne will probably be taking the Planters out to show them her world, with disguises of course. But it won't last long as it seems that the news or the government are gonna be after them.
And those 2 mechanic girls, I think they'll be helping Polly rebuild Frobo.
And the girl with the blue hair looks kinda young, I think she's a practicing doctor or something. I bet she'll be like a doctor who's gonna check Anne out to figure out how she turned blue (with very little answers of course)
And back on Amphibia, Marcy's probablt gonna be in that tube for a while and the next time we see her will probably be her waking up from it. (Which could be anywhere from episodes 5 to maybe even 8)
I DO think that she's the one controlling that robot thing that was chasing them in the Season 3 intro, there was a camera. But I have no idea why she would be so there's some holes in the theory…
Also, I really don't think The Night is gonna be controlling Marcy. I think her brain is way too valuable to just,,, control. It'll be taking away her only "use" so to speak (I don't think Marcy is only food for how smart she is, just to be clear). Plus, if The Night was gonna control someone, you would think it was be the big beef cake Andrias.
So I think she doesn't really remember what happened during True Colours (with Andrias' betrayal) and is just getting manipulated again by Andrias
So when Sasha and Grime get back to Wortwood, they're gonna lead a rebellion with the frogs, toads and the newts, officially uniting them all against their king.
Anne is gonna be on Earth, dealing with the things that are getting sent there by King Andrias (And potentially Marcy?) While learning to control her blue power thing.
And Marcy is gonna be helped by Anne and Sasha I think. Like reminded of all the shit that went down and then the 3 of them are gonna take down Andrias TOGETHER!!! :D
And I'm HOPING to get a super saiyan for Sasha and Marcy!!!
I dunno how Sasha will unlock her's but I think Marcy May be able to unlock her power when she finally realizes how fucked up Andrias is. Like taking back control of her feelings and refusing to be manipulated any longer by finally remembering what happened during True Colours.
Anyway, this is just my take and may not even happen but I'm still excited for season 3 nonetheless!
I hope you enjoyed my Amphibia Season 2 stew!!!
#amphibia#anne boonchuy#hopadiah plantar#hop pop#sprig planter#polly planter#sasha waybright#Marcy wu#king andrias#season 2#analysis#my ramblings
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My media this week (22-28 May 2022)
📚 STUFF I READ 📚
😊👂 Black Coffee (Hercule Poirot #7.5) (Agatha Christie, playwright; Charles Osborne, adapter/novelization; John Moffat, narrator) - you can definitely tell that the bones of this were a play; still an entertaining listen/read
😍 Differently Okay Local Idiots series (One-EyedBossman (desert000rose), SecretFandomStories) - 137K series, Stucky no powers D/s AU - absolutely LOVED this!!!! both are recovering vets with many jagged edges and they see how they fit together - the narrative structure on this was great: dual POV, very tightly overlapping/interlocking (which could gone badly so easily but I really think these authors pull it off). Can't wait for more.
🥰 Daddy Issues (His Boy Next Door #39) (RJ Moray) - novella - the next chapter in Jack & Channon's story
😊 K'diwa: A Steamy Novel of Interspecies Romance, by Jim Kirk (branwyn) - 103K, Kirk/Spock - tagged 'Jim is a sweet sad bottom and Spock can't stand it' and that's really what you need to know
💖💖 +128K of shorter fic so shout out to these I really loved 💖💖
It's A Very Distinctive Family Resemblance (copperbadge) - Leverage, MCU: Gen, 1.6K - I love every iteration of 'Eliot Spencer is related to Bucky Barnes'
Put It on Repeat, It Stays the Same (giselleslash) - MCU: Stucky, 20K - reread; love this story of these two pining FWB getting stuck together by a snowstorm and then ~~feelings~~
Rockin' and Rollin' (musette22) - MCU: Stucky, 3K - shout out to Minnie for taking up the challenge and writing some fucking delicious fic inspired by that mechanical bull riding video
fish in the sky (alby_mangroves, chaosmanor) - MCU: Stucky, 37K - http://ao3.org/works/27969167
📺 STUFF I WATCHED 📺
Legends of Tomorrow - s4, e6-16; s5, e1
The Great Pottery Throw Down - s5, e6-10
Supergirl - s5, e9: "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part One"
Batwoman - s1, e9: "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Two"
The Flash - s6, e9: "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Three"
Arrow - s8, e9: "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Four"
Legends of Tomorrow - s5, e0: "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Five"
🎧 PODCASTS🎧
Lingthusiasm - #25: Every word is a real word
The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Carhenge
99% Invisible - #492- Inheriting Froebel's Gifts
Partners - Sarah Schneider & Chris Kelly
Richmond Til We Die: A Ted Lasso Podcast - Ted Lasso S2E8, Part 1: This Was Not A Date
Hit Parade - The Lullaby of Broadway Edition
Twenty Thousand Hertz+ - Ghosts in the (Hit) Machine
Still Processing - Sweat Equity
The Atlas Obscura Podcast - The Livestock Living at the End of the World
The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Leaning Tower of Niles
The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Père Lachaise Cemetery
Twenty Thousand Hertz+ - Copyrights & Wrongs
Twenty Thousand Hertz+ - Stop… Collaborate & Listen
This is Good for You - Ep 32: Romance Novels Are Not a Guilty Pleasure
Strong Songs Bonus Episodes - Sonny with a Side of Max
Lingthusiasm - Bonus 9: Is X a sandwich? Solving the word-meaning argument once and for all
Twenty Thousand Hertz+ - Progression Obsession
Hit Parade - The B-Sides Edition
Lingthusiasm - 43: The grammar of singular they - Interview with Kirby Conrod
Hit Parade - The Feat. Don’t Fail Me Now Edition
Lingthusiasm - Bonus 17: Homonyms, homophones, and homographs
🎶 MUSIC 🎶
Doo-Wop
The Essential Kenny Loggins
Presenting The Go-Go's [The Go-Go's]
Beauty and the Beat [The Go-Go's]
Vacation [The Go-Go's]
Talk Show [The Go-Go's]
God Bless The Go-Go's [The Go-Go's]
Peaceful, Easy Feeling
The B-52's
Best of Rent: Highlights from the Original Cast Album
Broadway's Biggest Hits
The Wrecking Crew
Presenting Depeche Mode
The Very Best of Pure Prairie League
The World of Journey
#sunday reading recap#bookgeekgrrl's reading habits#bookgeekgrrl's soundtracks#i really fucking loved that 'differently okay local idiots' series#always delightful to see jack & channon again#his boy next door series#i finished the great pottery throw down and now i'm sad there's no more to watch#i was so so happy that aj won though!#the great pottery throw down#they were incredibly talented and also very adorable#i gotta hand it to wb that crossover event was ambitious and a lot of fun#the sheer number of guest roles and cameos to collect pretty much everyone who's ever played a dc superhero = so much fun#very excited kevin conroy got to play a live action batman#a little verklempt that john wesley shipp got go out as the flash#legends of tomorrow#hit parade podcast#20khz podcast#lingthusiasm podcast#strong songs podcast#99% invisible podcast#atlas obscura podcast#this is good for you podcast#still processing podcast#partners podcast#the go-go's#the b-52's#kenny loggins#(who would never beat the baby jesus)#depeche mode#pure prairie league
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The End of the F***ing World. S1/E6: “Episode #1.6″ (Lucy Tcherniak, 2017)
Sheppey Crossing
Isle of Sheppey, Kent (UK)
Bridge over The Swale
Type: beam bridge.
#the end of the f***ing world#the end of the fucking world#the end of the fucking world episode 6#the end of the f***ing world episode 6#the end of the fucking world season 1#the end of the f***ing world season 1#lucy tcherniak#2017#sheppey crossing#isle of sheppey#kent#uk#england#united kingdom#the swale#beam bridge#bridge#the end of the fucking world s1 e6#the end of the f***ing world s1 e6#tv#TV series
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My media this week (19-25 Sep 2021)
📚 STUFF I READ 📚
😐 The Kiss Quotient (The Kiss Quotient #1) (Helen Hoang, author; Carly Robins, narrator) - I ended up finishing this book mostly frustrated and annoyed, but this is definitely a YMMV book. There was a lot I really liked, but, like an MCU/DCEU movie, it was entirely too fucking long, just dragging all the ‘conflict’ out what felt like endlessly. I quit the audiobook at 80%, because I just could not take it & it’s hard to skim through audio. I do think I may have been more forgiving of the overall experience if I read it in text & not audio. (The narrator was great; this was not a narration issue.) I finished in ebook since I could skim right through all the tiresome bullshit for the tiny satisfying nuggets.
🙂 Just a Little Prick (accidental-mormon (crazyhomoinspace)) - 65K, OtaYuri no-skater AU
😍 disturb the universe series (NoRationalThoughtRequired) - 41K series (28K main fic), Geraskier, modern AU - Geralt runs a used bookshop with his brothers & and one day, he allows street musician (and really quite good professional violinist) Jaskier to play outside his shop. Pure, lovely, satisfying fluff.
💖 +173K of shorter fic so shorter work shout out 💖
60 Beans and a Cup of Magic (crinklefries) - MCU: Stucky, 28K - reread; delightful shrinkyclinks magic AU with beefy baker Bucky & witch Steve
Poiesis (opalescentgold) - The Witcher: Geraskier, 13K - this tag says it all: Grumpy antisocial writer in a friendly coffeeshop - very fluffy & lovely with some really excellent integration of IRL Witcher/Joey Batey/The Amazing Devil into story elements
📺 STUFF I WATCHED 📺
Ghosts - s3, e4-6
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
Elementary - s1, e1-2
Sex Education - s1, e1-2
Only Murders In The Building - s1, e6
Star Trek: Discovery - s1, e9-10
Ted Lasso - s2, e10
Come From Away
Magic Mike XXL
🎧 PODCASTS 🎧
WorkLife with Adam Grant - Taken for Granted: Lin-Manuel Miranda Daydreams, and His Dad Gets Things Done
FILMS TO BE BURIED WITH Patreon Crew! - Romesh Ranganathan • THE RESURRECTION!
Pop Culture Happy Hour - 2021 Emmys Recap
The Atlas Obscura Podcast - The World’s Largest Collection of Small Versions of Large Things
Strong Songs - "Walking on Broken Glass" by Annie Lennox
Strong Songs - "September" by Earth, Wind & Fire
The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Martian Meteorites and Greek Columns with the AO Places Team
Pop Culture Happy Hour - Three Great Fiction Audiobooks
Ologies with Alie Ward - Opossumology (O/POSSUMS) with Lisa Walsh
The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Rödstensgubben
Pop Culture Happy Hour - Everybody's Talking About Jamie
Hidden Brain - You 2.0: Did That Really Happen?
FILMS TO BE BURIED WITH Patreon Crew! - Yvette Nicole Brown • THE RESURRECTION!
Song Exploder - Lucy Dacus "Thumbs"
🎶 MUSIC 🎶
The Very Best of Peter, Paul and Mary
All The Leaves Are Brown: The Golden Era Collection
Caribbean Instrumental Danzon
Pat Benatar
Annie Lennox
The Carpenters
Don't Stop Now
Smash Mouth
70s Lite Hits
Come From Away (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
"Brandy (You're A Fine Girl)" [Looking Glass] radio
Stoned Soul Picnic: The Best of Laura Nyro
#sunday reading recap#bookgeekgrrl's reading habits#bookgeekgrrl's soundtracks#come from away totally knocked my socks off#incredible#super enjoyed miss pettigrew and sex education#i had to make a schedule bc i'm watching (and enjoying) so many shows#(plus i just love a schedule or a list or anything like that)#fanfic ftw#films to be buried with podcast#npr's pop culture happy hour podcast#strong songs podcast#ologies podcast#hidden brain podcast#worklife podcast#atlas obscura podcast#fan makers are a *gift*
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