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[wistfulwatcher]

having one of those days where i was watching tv and enjoying it so much i got slammed by the realization that i can just. watch it again. over and over, without limit, just because it makes me smile. how cool is that.

#not me posting this on the heels of my abandonment issues post dont look at me #anyway im a simple girl and tv really is responsible for like 90% of my joy #i just love it so much #personal #wistfulwatcher text

[laurabenanti]

so I made a post here for anyone who might want to know what happened to me/where i’ve been for the last... long while. no obligations to read it, but in case anyone was wondering.

#because it's relevant-ish #Idk it felt good to get it all out #wistfulwatcher #libby tag 😭 #hush cat #text post

[swanqueenweek]

Swan Queen Week is almost here! 

And we are oh, so very excited! 

So, while doing some digging around and found these badass badges made by the wonderful wistfulwatcher a while ago and we decided to bring them back for this SQW! 

So if you want to show off that you will participate in anyway (either creating or reposting), read below how to add these bad girls to your sidebar.  

While in your blog customization page, add one of the following codes to your blog description wherever you want the badge to appear. (The size is set at the size shown above, but to make it smaller, just change the “200"s to “150"s or "100"s (or smaller, even, but it won’t really be legible below 100).

For the red one: <center><a href="http://swanqueenweek.tumblr.com”><img src=“http://i1070.photobucket.com/albums/u493/wistfulwatcherredux/bronze_zpsb3893892.png” alt=“SQW Participant” width=“150” height=“150”></a></center>

Yellow: <center><a href=“http://swanqueenweek.tumblr.com”><img src=“http://i1070.photobucket.com/albums/u493/wistfulwatcherredux/gold_zpsde3a29b0.png” alt=“SQW Participant” width=“150” height=“150”></a></center>

Blue: <center><a href=“http://swanqueenweek.tumblr.com”><img src=“http://i1070.photobucket.com/albums/u493/wistfulwatcherredux/silver_zps2b3c25f4.png” alt=“SQW Participant” width=“150” height=“150”></a></center>

NOTE: For some reason the html text isn’t being preserved on the yellow and blue badges. When you post the code into your sidebar, just manually type the quotation marks around both the link and the image source link (until they turn from flippy quotes to straight quotes). Sorry for the hassle!

#sqw 9 #sqw #swanqueenweek #swan queen week #badges #swanqueenweekedit #pro swan queen

[wistfulwatcher]

do you ever feel homesick for an early season of a tv show or are you normal

#this is the first time i've made the connection about exactly what kind of sad i feel #and half of me is like aw that's sweet and the other half of me is like girl. that's a whole new level of pathetic 🤣 #fandom life #wistfulwatcher text

[wistfulwatcher]

if we all reblogged like we reboop

#boop #wistfulwatcher text

[wistfulwatcher]

the death of reruns was the death of television.

we talk a lot about why streaming is killing television, but i think one factor that is under-discussed is syndication. there have been some good short-run series, but the majority of our most beloved series had long runs. like, 5+ season runs. runs that hit that sweet 100 episode mark, meaning they qualified for the most lucrative syndication deals. streaming shows are reducing and eliminating the need for such deals because they’re so siloed. instead of making a syndication deal with another station (and paying your creatives fair residuals), streaming services host their shows on their own platforms and instead pay the streaming rights residuals that are nowhere near as fair.

because these streaming networks (both streaming-only, like netflix, and core networks with original content streaming, like cbs and nbc) aren’t selling their shows off-platform, they don’t need to hit any kind of episode landmark to be cost-saving. you can host a show in any increment, so having a 20-episode series is the same as having a 60-episode series. except the 60-episode series, of course, takes longer and costs more to produce. as long as a network makes one season of a show, they get to market it for new viewers. and once they feel they’ve gotten all the new subscribers they will out of a series, they drop it to save money.

until there is some monetary benchmark incentive to get a series past one or two seasons, television as long-form storytelling is dead.

#netflix #streaming #television #this isn't specifically about warrior nun but it's the most recent reminder #i'm so tired #meta #kind of #~ #wordles #wistfulwatcher text #idk what happened on the first version of this post 🤨 #mine #1k #2k #3k

[wistfulwatcher]

9am this morning: hehe cute! boop.

4pm this afternoon: if I don't earn all three badges I will DIE

#boop #that bob's burgers episode where they have to bounce out the farts on the new stool tops #me with these last 200 boops to give #wistfulwatcher text

[wistfulwatcher]

rewatching shows you used to be obsessed with 10+ years ago is so fun because you'll read an episode title and vaguely remember that it's Good for your ship or a favorite character but not remember the specifics. it's like the episode is gift-wrapped and you don't know what's inside. *shakes remote* is it a longing glance? is it a backstory reveal? is it an emotional conversation? i don't know, but it's happiness-shaped!

#fandom life #wistfulwatcher text #i'm on such a rewatching kick and this has been so fun #about me #the flip side of this is when an episode title fills you with a vague sense of grief... #looking at you criminal minds episode hit and run #the hotly fire had been stoked and then all of a sudden i Remembered #q

[wistfulwatcher]

this is your brain: 🧠

this is your brain on yellowjackets: women women women women women women women women women

#yellowjackets #wistfulwatcher text #I'm barely exaggerating when i say I've done nothing but think about this show #ladies #mine

[wistfulwatcher]

'if you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all' does not stop being good advice after kindergarten, actually

#wistfulwatcher text #important #the audacity of some people on here blows my mind

[wistfulwatcher]

#there's something about melissa's hair color matching cat/sadie too ajfakjf;l #something something they'll both only get 1 season too 😭 #what if i...rewatched supergirl s1 #wistfulwatcher text #tgotb #this meme is becoming too useful to me lmao #q #ETA: AND SHE'S THE ONE CALLING OUT THE MOM ON HER RELATIONSHIP WITH THE KID??? im dying this really is supercat 2.0

[wistfulwatcher]

man, I really miss old tv culture

theme songs that summarized the show concept

episode titles being shown at the start of the show

caps from the episode under the end credits

"next week on..." promo clips/tv spots

long seasons with filler episodes

weekly single episode releases

bring them baaaack

#i argued for so many years about tv being high quality storytelling and i'm feeling the remorse #bc now i feel like we're there and as part of the process we stopped letting tv be fun #i've been rewatching too much 80s and 90s stuff i think sigh #wistfulwatcher text #about me #mine #(maybe they still do the promo clips but i have hulu tv and i haven't seen one in years)

[wistfulwatcher]

#SEND HELP MAN DOWN MAN DOWNNNNNNN #i literally stopped the episode and wrote 1200 words kskdjkskdkkd #the girls on the bus #tgotb spoilers #otp: reunited and it feels so good #I'm not even joking i haven't had any desire to write until i woke up today and wrote a practice drabble for another fandom #just to like see if the juices were flowing again and i was mildly happy about it. AND THEN. THAT PHONE CALL #wistfulwatcher text #sort of

[wistfulwatcher]

i've been trying to stay positive about yjs all season because i desperately wanted to keep loving it but after last night's ep i just cannot pretend it's well-written anymore. that was the most nothing, poorly-paced episode i think we've gotten, at least for an ep that should be a CRUCIAL turning point. there was virtually zero exploration of the worst choice the teens make in 96 (the ritual discussion should have been a fucking bottle episode, tbh, with all that should have gone into it), and too much time spent recapping what we already knew in 21 (without it actually meaning anything/changing the characters when they learned). oof. just truly disappointing tbh.

#yellowjackets spoilers #anti yellowjackets #i guess #still watching but this was such a let down #also this is a warning bc i know sometimes you wanna keep your dash all positive so! be warned i'm gonna...not be 100% anymore #still shipping my girls with every fiber of my being tho and i DID thrive on the little banter we got #and yes part of this is me being salty about nat's 180 apparently being real?? and then also stupid bc the way lottie shuts her down???? #the second she tries to actually follow that ~growth and heal??? #(not to mention lottie's plan making LITERALLY NO FUCKING SENSE even in a religious offering way. idk man. i'm. frustrated) #wistfulwatcher text #and yes i know i just reblogged that post about not blaming writers so TO BE CLEAR i blame the 'writing' as in however this all culminated #between script and execs and so on #mine

[wistfulwatcher]

just finished rewatching criminal minds episode lauren

#how does it still affect me like this after so many years #will any show have a backstory ep that lives up to this one in my heart??? doubtful. #just gonna stare at the wall for a few hours Thinking about #emily prentiss #(also lowkey tempted to remake my emily fanvid...) #wistfulwatcher text #criminal minds

[wistfulwatcher]

me, watching tlovm: it's a bummer we won't get the broom theft scene, but we can still get the activation and target practice scenes, and it does make sense that they cut the origin out for simplicity's sake (and to avoid using gern)

me, rewatching campaign 1: how DARE they rob us of vex SHAMELESSLY stealing it?! of her oscar-worthy explanation of it falling in the lava?? how DARE they cut out her c h o k i n g on the admission of what she did??? leaving out a single second of vex's greed and ruthlessness is CRIMINAL. I WANT TO SUE.

#laura bailey gagging on her words as she tells the party is just. honestly hysterical. #critical role #critrole #tlovm #tlovm spoilers #critical role spoilers #i guess? is there a tag were using for people who are watching tlovm but don't know c1?? #mine #wordles #wistfulwatcher text #laura bailey #vex'ahlia #tlovm vex is great but my god i am missing some of the silly drama that made me fall in love with her and laura #crc1