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aspookybunny · 4 years

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I was tagged by the wonderful @eliljahwood and tumblr is having problems so I’m not sure that their getting this :/

Rules: pick 5 shows and answer the questions

1. Sailor Moon

2. Doctor Who

3. Penny Dreadful

4. Santa Clarita Diet

5. The Good Place

-Who is your fav character in 2?

Donna Noble

-who is your least fav character in 1?

Zoisite probably

-fav episode of 4?

The season finale of I think it’s season 2 with Sheila the cop and the head in the desert asking for a sign just as abbot and aric blow up the fracking thing

-fav season of 5?

I haven’t seen the last season yet but from what I’ve seen I’d say season 3 or 1

-Who is your fav couple in 3?

Ethan and brona. I wish they could of stayed together longer than 1 season

-who is your fav couple in 2?

Madame Vastra and Jenny Flint

-fav episode of 1?

Eek I don’t know. Probably the one in season 3 when Chibi Usa and Usagi first go over to Hotarus house. And I think chibi and hotaru get lost in like a weird dream scape thing??? There’s so many episodes sometimes they blend

-Fav episode of 5?

The episode when they first figure out they are actually in the bad place

-fav season of 2?

Season 4. I love 10 and donna

-how long have you watched 1?

It was first recommended to me when I was 15 or 16 and I’m 22 now and still watching it

-how did you become interested in 3?

I saw the occasional post about it on here and I love Victorian horror. Dracula is actually one of my favorite books so a show about all the big Victorian horror stories interacting was right up my alley so I started watching it.

-which do you prefer 1,2, or 5?

SAILOR MOON. I love that show so fucking much. It’s my favorite show of all time

- which show have you seen more episodes of 1 or 3?

There are way more episodes of 1 than 3 so 1

-if you could be anyone from 4 who would you be?

I don’t really want to be anyone. But I guess Sheila cause she’s a cool zombie who helps the world by killing nazis

-would a crossover between 3 and 4 work?

Maybe like I guess you could have Santa Clarita existing in the penny dreadful world with like vamps and stuff. I could see Dorian grey moving to souther Cali

-pair 2 characters from 2 together that would make a strangely ok couple:

The doctor and jack harkness I think. They already flirt

- overall which show has the better story line 3 or 5?

I haven’t finished 5 so I can’t totally say. But I’m a booger fan of the dark drama of 3

- which has better theme music 2 or 4?

I can’t even think of 4’s theme music so 2 especially when it was first rebooted. That was the shit

And finally tumblr is glitching big time when it comes to tagging so if you see this and want to do it then count it as me tagging you. Sorry I can’t seem to actually tag people

#ask game #asks

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joanofarchetype · 5 years

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liveblog of the swamp thing pilot under the cut !!!!!!

Let me say that they gave Abby a solid introduction. It really tells us who she is not only in terms of her skillset (speaks French, high emotional intelligence as well as all the books smarts associated with CDC training) but it tells us how she wields her authority and that she's unorthodox and willing to take at times stupid risks to do the Right Thing.

Also this show very casually gives us a gay Asian CDC doctor in the first ten minutes who appreciates Abby's stupid risks and doesn't throw the rulebook at her, so we see her respected in her field and know she can form attachments

I like how they paid homage to Abby Arcane's classic outfit (red shirt, blue denim) but in the muted toned befitting of a modern paranormal horror, which is their slant for this show.

(That said, while it works for Swamp Thing because...swamp, I would love more idk, colorful horror tv shows? Stuff that's not necessarily bright, but maybe not so desaturated and cool-hued.)

Oh no I love Alec and his dumb cargo shorts

Everybody STOP there is a dog named Garou

He's sCRUFFY

Alec is a NERD he's so excited and also uses corny 80s mystery references?

Have I mentioned before how I'm really really glad Abby is the main character in this show

Sorry but this takes place in the small town of Marais, Louisiana, which I would just like to point out means SWAMP

In some parallel universe there's a sultry series of pulpy mystery paperbacks called The Thing from Marais

I can't get over Alec's fUCKING CARGO SHORTS AND FLIP-FLOPS???

Wow I love me a man who is brave even in cargo shorts — although one might argue that the act of wearing cargo shorts in 2019 is, in and of itself, quite brave.

Getting flashbacks to Children of Men tho with the flip-flops

Liz Tremayne is a black woman and I'm getting strong sapphic vibes

Virginia Madsen truly is at her best when she's playing antagonists, Witches of East End proved this

Not a spoiler btw, you knew the moment she was cast she wasn't gonna be playing nice with Abby

Crystal Reed is so incredible at emoting through restraint. Saw that in Teen Wolf and it's why I was so excited that she'd been cast as Abby Arcane. Didn't dream they'd give us this much Acting in the pilot tho

Sidenote I have to say I am genuinely verklempt over the elements of southern gothic utilized correctly? Like the aesthetic is perfect but they're already setting up the sociological elements like poverty, ecological exploitation & my guess is there's going to be some strong parallels to Cancer Alley in the works. And then this show gets genuinely GROSS which is my other favorite thing about southern gothic and Swamp Thing in general, and it's something DCU has shied away from in the past. One of the reasons I firmly believe Constantine on NBC got cancelled despite its perfect casting with Matt Ryan is it pulled its punches and gave us too much filler. It was at its absolute best when it just WENT for it, balls to the wall. Swamp Thing's pacing is great. This is a good pilot.

OH MY GOD

idk why my bitch ass is surprised I knew what I was getting into

GOD I love the elements of ritual sacrifice inherent in this mythos and how they're being extremely explicit with them. It's foreshadowed so perfectly early on.

it's already setting up all the themes of small town poverty and how that gets exploited first and foremost thru ecology? like the relationship to the earth itself as metaphor, which is very apropos for any exploration of sacrifice along the lines of James Frazer’s The Golden Bough.

i'm getting the sense there's gonna be a lot of parallels to Cancer Alley which is GOOD because it’s a problem and we need to talk about it put it in all the tv shows make the issue inescapable so ppl are aware and we confront the fuck out of it and every instance of corporations poisoning the water supply and getting off scot free (i.e. Flint)

it makes me think of the Zora Neale Hurston quote, “Real gods require blood.”

i also did NOT expect to be so quickly invested in their relationship, but they're both so well acted and they made their quick bonding moments realistic with even minimal dialogue/exposition and tbh alec is just so charming

Verdict: WATCH SWAMP THING

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