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allthefakepeople · 1 month

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ok ok

i have thoughts about the four football field scenes and how they interact with the story as a whole

s1 ep2

this is the first time we see wille really let go and even though they didn't say it was, it had all the feelings of a first date with a crush, complete with the simon's teasing friends and both wille and simon being nervous. there was stuttering and cheering and they both clearly hold it in their hearts as a special night

wille lets go and allows himself to have fun, not thinking about who is watching him or why and he gets to see what simon is like when he's not at Hillerska and when they're on the back of the bikes and their hands are brushing, nothing has felt like that since wille got to hillerska

s1 ep4

THE scene of Young Royals. why is this where wille ended up? how did he end up here? these questions aren't super important but everything wille talks about in this scene about everything being fake except for his feelings for simon, which are very very real, almost gives you the sense that the last time wille felt *real* was when he had been at the football field with simon

then simon shows up and wille can barely believe it because everything has felt hopeless and everyone is being fake but simon is here and he's so beautiful and "you're really here" (there's a reason why he keeps trying to touch simon's face, he's gotta make sure it's real) and he just keeps repeating "you came!" because he can't believe it

s2 ep 3

this one seems less significant in the grand scheme of the show and maybe it is but we're at the point in s2 where simon has been trying to get space from wille and is trying to see where this thing with marcus is going (he's wearing purple) and saying things like he thinks marcus likes him for real it's not working and simon just doesn't know his feelings and "i don't understand why i can't fall in love with him" and he's fighting with pushing away his very real feelings for wille with the feelings he thinks he should have for marcus

and he's having this discussion with ayub and rosh on the football field where wille talked about how real his feelings for simon were and simon might be able be able to convince himself marcus is what he wants but that's not real

s3 ep 6

this final football field scene was basically a way to show the audience that simon was struggling with how hard it's been since he broke it off with wilhelm. he still has very real feelings for wille and it was super difficult for him to see wille at school that day and he's at this field basically to avoid going to a party where he thinks he might see wille

the second rosh starts talking about closure, simon starts fiddling with the rocks in the grass and you can almost see how he's struggling with the idea of letting go of wille and you could almost see the thoughts about wilhelm and what's real and what should be pushed away rushing through his head

this is where he ultimately decides he has not had the closure he wants to

in conclusion the second two scenes don't have as much of a punch as the first two but i think it's interesting that simon has two conversations about figuring out how he's feeling about wilhelm when they're spending time apart when he's on the exact field where he and wilhelm really connected for the first time

#honestly this could be nothing #i just had some thoughts spinning around in my head that i thought i would share #if you have anything to add please do #young royals #wilmon #young royals parallels #yr #young royals s3 #yr s3 #young royals s3 spoilers #yr s3 spoilers #simon eriksson #wilhelm #miels rambles

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jtl07 · 10 months

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jt (finally) watches warrior nun - s1 e4

So I’m going to be very deliberate in focusing just on Beatrice because there’s a lot of things that just … don’t make sense with my experience in the military so I’m just not going to comment on them. (The only thing I’ll say is that outdoor training area in ep 3 is ridiculous: you would never have folks training next to a shooting range, much less behind the targets - regardless of if the guns are not loaded that's just incredibly unsafe jfc)

Anyway. Focusing on Beatrice.

The interesting thing with my understanding of Beatrice here are the unusual risks she takes in this episode, namely the “conversation” outside of Arq-Tech and continuing the mission solo. What we’ve seen of her so far has been very controlled, strategic - this episode seemed so out of character that I really wanted to pause and understand why this was happening.

And the thing I remembered was that line from Lucia in s2 ep2: “You’re a mystery, a labyrinth: walls within walls. And in the center: a fire, burning to be free.” Lucia means this flirtatiously but I think it's still relevant to Beatrice's anger. In season 2 (again, still just going by gifs and clips and fanvids), we see Beatrice’s anger simmering just under the surface, erupting at certain times. But her anger is on clear display in this episode - but I think here, and perhaps many of the other times we see her angry as well, it’s driven by fear.

Let’s take the “conversation” outside of Arq-Tech - I’m using scare quotes here because it’s really a warning shot, both to Lilith and the other sisters. Because we have to remember: They’ve got a whole team with them, and they’re in the middle of a mission when they start talking. Beatrice knows this - in fact, when she says, "Still, we're taking a risk here: We could expose our sect. And for what?" she even turns to the unnamed sister to her left after addressing Camila (the sister even nods):

So she’s aware of her audience, aware also of her reputation as a senior member of the OCS, a leader. The thing is, she’s not acting very leader-like here. She’s vocal about her disdain for Duretti’s agenda, which you don’t do as a leader because that sows distrust and rumor and overall reduction of effectiveness. She also calls out Lilith herself, another senior member, airing out her business in front of the others - which can cause drama of folks choosing sides.

Lastly, this is in the middle of a mission - sure, the "action" hasn’t started, but they’re on site so the mission has begun. You don’t start shit like that during a mission - what if things had escalated? The whole mission would’ve been compromised, and the very thing that Beatrice is afraid of would have come true.

And what is Beatrice afraid of? I don’t think it’s merely change - it's that the change of agenda threatens the OCS. I'm willing to bet that her fear is that the OCS, one thing - the only thing - that she has, will be taken away from her. At this point in her arc, Beatrice only sees her value as a sister warrior - it’s only during s2 that that starts to change, resulting in her leaving in the s2 finale.

Here though, she’s trying to hold on as tightly as she can to what she has. And I think that’s why she does that questionable action of dismissing Camila to go back to Cat’s Cradle with the rest of the sister warriors. On my initial watch, I was very confused: they had a whole squad go out to Arq-Tech, and Beatrice basically goes, “nah I’ll just do it myself”???? Like, were the other sister warriors just there for decoration? Leaving would have been the safer choice, the smarter, more prudent choice.

But she doesn’t choose to leave. And she knows the danger - she acknowledges it when she takes that moment to pray, “You make known to me the path of life.” But you know what’s interesting? Psalm chapter 16, where that line is from, starts like this: Preserve me, O God, for in you I take refuge. I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord; I have no good apart from you.” The things that stand out to me are “refuge” - which we know is how Beatrice sees the OCS - and “I have no good apart from you.”

And if you’ve been following along in my other write ups, you know where I’m going: This is yet another moment of Beatrice devaluing herself. Beatrice choosing to stay, to continue the mission - a mission that she doesn’t even believe in - is all because she sees herself as expendable. That if everything goes south and she gets caught or worse, at least it won’t be one of the other sister warriors, at least they will be safe.

Which makes that hallway fight all the more charged. Losing is not an option for her - and as cheesy as the “faith is my business” line is, it really is what drives her here. “If God wants me to live, He’ll let me survive this” is how I’d read this fight scene (though again, as I mention in my episode 5 rewrite, I wish the fight scenes actually had a narrative).

There’s some interesting choices during the fight, of which I’ll just call out three. First, there’s the use of that shoulder lock near the beginning (0:39 in this clip). I’ve trained in different martial arts and I’m quite small (smaller than Ava/Alba lol), and the thing I love about shoulder locks is that it gives you so much leverage over someone, even when they’re bigger. The thing is, though, there is no margin for error: as the smaller person, you have to use your whole body just to control the bigger dude’s arm. There’s a lot of commitment necessary, which, again, is fitting for Beatrice.

Second, there’s a couple moments when Beatrice does a little pose with her hands down:

I’m aware it’s probably for the badass factor and a moment of breathing room for the fight, but what’s kinda odd is that she’s not in a fight stance at all. It’s kind of arrogant, actually, to stand with your hands down in front of your opponent like that. Which to me reads a bit like intimidation, like, “you sure you still want to do this?” This is Beatrice purely in fight mode and it's terrifying.

Third, is the moment when she uses one of the guards as a shield:

What’s interesting about a move like this is that it can be seen as cowardly, using a human shield. Yes, she’s doing what she needs to in order to survive, but the fact that Beatrice would do something as “low” as allowing another human get hurt on her behalf is kind of chilling.

There’s some other moments that are nice, like the precision and efficiency of Beatrice’s strikes and the use of the staff to control space once guns are introduced, but maybe later I’ll compare this with the “you all stand between me and Ava” fight once I get to s2.

Anyway, altogether fascinating, how they’ve quietly crafted Beatrice’s character here in s1. I’ll likely combine my thoughts for episodes 5 and 6 since Beatrice doesn't feature much in those episodes, and I'm also still pondering my rewrite of episode 6 (because woof, that was a pain to get through). Really excited for episode 7 though! As always, thanks for reading along lmk if you have thoughts or anything.

#jt watches wn #warrior nun #sister beatrice

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a-brush-full-of-paint · 2 years

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Recently, I started seeing this post floating around and it got me thinking.

How old is MePhone?

This post ended up pretty long so I put it under a read more, haha.

TLDR: Due to the lack of information, I couldn’t find a clear answer, however with a lot of assumptions, I concluded he’s 3 years old!

I suppose to figure that out we’d have to figure out: 1. How much time passes between each episode; 2. How much time passed between seasons; And for future reference: 3. Whether the other S2 episodes (that we haven’t seen yet) are happening alongside S3 or after it.

I decided to handle each problem individually as to not lose my mind. :P

The first thing I could think of was the asks Taylor has answered in the past (here and here) but they boil down to “Unless it’s important, we never really thought or cared about it”.

Ok, that’s... a little disappointing. But you know what? Whatever! I’ll overthink things then! I can work with this.

So based on how the characters talk in season 1, the episodes seem to be happening on the date of release (with the exception of episode 18 in s1, of course). So I went and looked at the release dates of every episode of season 1 and calculated how long it was in-universe - A year and seven months. (I realized I could’ve just looked at the first and last episode after I finished. oops.) In season 1 ep 14 he says he’s just a year old. (I would’ve put a screenshot here but the episode has no captions! The time stamp is 3:37.)

If we were to assume he means exactly a year old (which is likely, based on season 2), that means that by the end of season one, he’s a year and 5 months old.

Now, onto season two where things get complicated.

The last time I remember dates being mentioned in s2 is in ep6 where MePhone makes a Halloween based challenge and MePad says he’s off by “over a month”.

Yea, that doesn’t really narrow it down. So I went and looked at the release dates up until this episode. Here’s the list (date/month/year):

Ep1: 02 April 2013 Ep2: 02 May 2013 Ep3: 25 June 2013 Ep4: 23 August 13 Ep5: 03 November 2013 Ep6: 02 February 2014

As you can see, the gap increased over time. That doesn’t really help!! Like at all!!

If we were to go with the ‘Episodes exactly a month apart’ formula like in season 1, ep6 would’ve been in September so that’s not right. We can only make assumptions but I’ll save that for later.

Episode 9 implies that there are deadlines as to when episodes need to come out as he mentions a schedule:

And the white board in episode 10 looks exactly like in episode 9:

(Screenshot from episode 9 when Mic finds Taco and screams ^)

(Screenshot from the start of episode 10 ^)

So I’m pretty confident in saying that ep10 is happening a little after ep9. Maybe an hour at most? But I think that’s a bit of a reach, since there’d probably be more on the white board if so much time had passed.

And episode 14 is happening right after ep13 (......obviously.)

He also says that episodes 7 and 8 fucked up his schedule? But the eliminations still happened (I’m assuming on time) so like. I don’t know.

............And here is where the canon information ends and my assumptions begin.

Since there’s a schedule, then there’s probably an equal amount of time between the episodes. Based on MePad’s line and episode 5’s release date, we can assume ep6 takes place in December. And if we were to assume that episode 1 is happening on the second of April, then there’s been 9 months between these episodes. That means there’s a month and a half between each episode! Here’s my timeline (date/month/year):

Ep1: 02 April 2013 Ep2: 17 May 2013 Ep3: 02 July 2013 Ep4: 17 August 2013 Ep5: 02 October 2013 Ep6: 17 December 2013 Ep7: 02 February 2014 Ep8: 17 March 2014 Ep9&10: 02 May 2014 Ep11: 17 June 2014 Ep12: 02 August 2014 Ep13&14: 17 September 2014

So if MePhone was 1 year and 6 months old in November of 2012 then at episode 13&14 he’s 3 years and 5 months old!

As for season 3, we have absolutely no point of reference. Not for how much time passes between episodes or when it started. So unfortunately, for that I have nothing. Maybe that’ll change with the following episodes though? <:3c

All of this is ignoring the time he spent living with Cobs, as we have no way of calculating that. MePhone saying he’s just a year old in season 1 makes sense since he had erased those memories and likely started the show immediately.

And uhhh yea, I think that’s everything?? If I’ve forgotten something I’ll either edit or reblog dskjngjjkdsnjfks

Thanks for reading have a good dayyyyyy :D

#None of this is shade at the OP btw!#I'm just here to have fun :3c #inanimate insanity #ii #ii MePhone #ii MePhone4 #MePhone ii #MePhone4 ii #Talkin brush.docx #FUN FACT: I'VE NEVER READ THE STUFF ON THE WHITE BOARD BEFORE MAKING THIS POST #COLLECT *WHAT*#but ye i find mephone very relatable and project onto him #I had gotten something wrong at one point and had to redo all my math T^T that sucked #I also have some thoughts on his mental age atho that's a lot more difficult to determine #I mean. In the memories he's kinda on both 'Child trying to impress their parent' and 'Rebellious teen' stages #**in #Though that could mean that he lived with Cobs for years so he grew up a bit #But considering his personality in the show I kinda doubt it?#Since he'd forgotten pretty much his entire life and his personality was similar to how he was in the memory Knife saw #but like. idk #I don't think he's really adult? yet?#Cobs would have no reason to program him to be a mature adult bcs if he was he'd make actually good decisions with his life lmao #Like genuinely. It's in his best interest if MePhone makes stupid choices #And who makes the dumbest choices if not a traumatized teen :P #All of these plus my personal experiences is why I think MePhone is mentally a teen #Originally I had this bit in the post itself but then I was like. yea no put this in the tags #Ok this is the end thanks for reading

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taki118 · 4 years

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Go Watch the Venture Brothers

So just heard the complete and utter Bullshit news that Adult Swim has cancelled one of (if not the best shows) they have the Venture Bros. This series is one of those shows that for WHATEVER reason never got to the level of fandom Rick and Morty has even though they’ve been at the genre parody game longer and in my opinion better.

The series is about Rusty Venture former boy adventurer and failing super scientist who in an attempt to keep his head above water in debt goes around with his two boys Hank and Dean, and bodyguard Brock on misadventues while various legal archnemisis go after him, such as the Monarch.

So if you never watched or never heard of this 7 season series let me give you a break down on why you should,

1) Art Style & Animation

Venture bros is one of those rare Adult aimed animated series that that really truly tries to utilize their medium to the best of their abilities. Season 1 had like such a small budget and corners had to be cut so it can be a little hard to watch at times.

But with each passing season they get a little better, a little more fluid, go just a little harder and it truly feels rewarding to watch. Like seeing an artist you follow online improve over the years. Like they COULD have stayed with the choppy and stiff animation from season 1 it fit right in with its fellow adult animated shows but it didn’t. They strove for quality to have something that matched the story they were telling.

2) The Writing

Venture Bros has some of the tightest and consistently great writing of ANY serialized show I’ve seen, adult, animated or other wise. Wanna know why? Cause it’s all done by TWO people (save for like one ep each season where one other person is allowed to touch their baby). Yeah TWO people and they work their asses off every season to interject, humor, refrences, parody, plot and character development in equal measure.

3) Character Development

Um yes in case you were wondering that’s right an adult animated show has CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT that holds as the series goes on. Not to give spoilers but characters will go through changes in alignment, relationships will develop and change, some characters will go through negative arcs where they are straight up unbareable for a season before coming out the other side even better than they were before. There is no end of epsiode or even end of season reset. Characters, settings, and dynamics all change over the course of the show and it feels just so god damn good.

4) Story Development

Just like the characters the story of the Venture Bros grows and changes each season. Things that are set up even as early as season one are paid off as the series goes on. Like not to be that bitch but you know how RIck and Morty teases an overarching plot ALL THE TIME but like will often just spit in the face of fans hoping for more than like one episode a season addressing it? Yeahhhhhhh that doesnt happen here, fans are consistently rewarded for putting the time in to rewatch and really think about what happened in the series. Characters that are seen in the background or are just referenced by other characters will be brought in to be recurring characters, things that start off as a small detail or gag will be given larger relevance and each time they do this you get that “OH I remember that from last season! So thats what it was!” The writers WANT you to rewatch, they WANT you to analyze and they WANT you to theorize, and they give you a show that gives back the time you put in.

5) Parody & Reference

This series does a great thing with parody. They make real characters who are just as enjoyable as the characters they parody, they make story lines that both poke fun at the absurdity of the media but shows the writers love for it. So often parody and references are just used to mock the thing but with Venture Bros you feel the love and care so when you know the thing being parodied you can laugh but feel good about laughing cause they are never laughing at a thing maybe you cared for in your youth but rather laughing with it.

And it’s never just one thing. When they parody a thing its often layered with other things to make it even more unique. Scooby-Doo is overlayed with famous criminals, Laura Croft is mixed Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman, GI Joe is given the look of the Village People and so on. They never go for the easy joke or reference. Hell theres an episode that starts with them reciting the lyrics to David Bowies Space Oddity for really no reason other than they could. They weave these things in naturally with their setting and characters so nothing feels out of place. Like if you dont catch a reference or parody you dont feel like “I think this isa reference to something?” like a LOT of things do not just adult animated shows. You arent taken out of the moment cause it all feels so natural.

6) The Characters

God damn these characters, I could go on for hours about these characters. From main to one off these are some of the most likeable characters you can find. I mean it when I say I can’t think of a single character I wish they had cut cause they are all so well created. Even the ones I hate i have fun hating cause they were made to be that way. I’ll be good though I’ll only talk about my absolute top faves.

- The Monarchs

You ever sit and wish villain couples could have functional healthy relationships? Well look no further than Malcom Fitzcarraldo aka The Monarch and Dr. Shelia Girlfriend (yes that is her last name). The Monarch is a high strung impulsive saturday morning cartoon villain whos tendency to over react is only matched by his unspecified hatred of Dr. Venture. And Dr. G is his nonsense partner in crime who will cut a bitch if they don’t play by their admittedly weird rules. Both characters are great on their own but are better together. Though that doesnt mean they always get along. Like a real couple they have their ups and downs they fight, break up, make-up and grow stronger in their relationship with each season.

- Shore Leave

Ok ok so I want you to imagine James Bond, mixed with GI Joe simmering in a cocktail of the most flamboyant gay men you have ever seen and you have one of my favorite gay characters/characters in general. Shore Leave is a member of OSI (the shows SHEILD/GI Joe parody organization) he’s loud, brash, flippant, sassy and highly competent at his job loving every second of getting to beat bad guys down within an inch of their life. I love seeing him play off the stoic Brock and the two have this great brotherly dynamic that’s never called into question. He also gets to have a very cute romance with Al the Alchemist (who is also great). I could talk about this man all day.

- Dr. Rusty Venture

They did such a good job with this man. He’s a self serving, sexist, perverted, whinny, self important asshole and yet you feel pity and genuine sympathy for him and want him to succeed. You can see how Dr. V was given a raw deal by his father who seemed to care more about his adventures than his sons well being and how this molded him into the bitter man he is today, but on the flip side you can see where he chose to use that as a crutch for his worst behaviors and impulses. Seeing him slowly grow and change and be an actual good father to his boys while all the while still be a giant dick is actually really great.

- Dr. Byron Orpheus

Ahhhhh Dr. Orpheus part Dr. Strange Parody part busybody stay at home dad, he’s just such a delight. Dr. Orpheus is a divorcee, with an unfulfilling job of maintaining order to the cosmos (which isnt as hard as one might think), and uses his magical ablities in ways most of us would (ie menial tasks and home chores). Overly dramatic and affectionate Dr. O is a delight whenever he appears, but he’s at his best around his daughter and old friends The Order of the Triad.

Again I can go on but all these characters ranging from main to recurring are crafted with the utmost care for you to want to see them succeed or fail, to see them again even if you know it’ll never happen, and want them to cross paths with other characters.

The Venture Bros is one of those series that I will ALWAYS recommend even to the pickiest of humor tastes. But if you don’t believe its as good as I said or don’t think the concept is to your tastes I’ll recommend a few eps that I think best show off the base idea of the series without giving much away. In terms of plot and spoilers, though somethings wont make a lot of sense.

- S1 ep10 "Tag Sale – You're It!" - Dr. V is having a yard sale so of course all manner of costumed weirdos show up. - S2 ep5 "Twenty Years to Midnight" - basically a fetch quest around the world to save the planet with daddy issues - S3 ep2 "The Doctor Is Sin" - Again daddy issues but with one of the best recurring characters and a great showcase of the series deeper emotional plots - S4 ep6 "Self-Medication" - Really embraces the parody as Rusty goes to a former boy adventurer support group. Anyway the show is 7 seasons with 80 episodes, please go watch it. I will never forgive @adultswim for cancelling what was to be their final season. And in closing GO TEAM VENTURE!

#venture bros #the venture bros #venture brothers #adultswim #adult animated shows #animated shows #animation #go watch this show #go watch #adult animation

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