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My theme song at the moment. 🎵🎵🎵

This scene fucking broke me. Seeing the friendship between these two fall apart like this was one of the most tragic parts of the ending to this incredible show

i'm losing my mind over the parallels between the trotters and the blanchfords (+amadin). all three children growing up together in the same place, with a father but without a mother. they all viciously care about one another (see nell with george when she's shot, sofia with her brother, amadin with sofia). but at the same time they are wildly different people. actually, the entire season can be read as a juxtaposition of the trotters and the blanchefords.

whereas nell voluntarily leaves her family in her late teens, amadin joins the family against his will as a child. the love-hate sofia feels for thomas is shown by her disapproval of his general behaviour (even disgust at times), but the fact that she later saves his life proves her love. nell loves george from the beginning on, despite not even knowing her. and while nell acquires power by chance without asking for it, sofia craves power at any cost and goes against her own morals to come by it.

the family dynamics of the blanchefords are characterised by power imbalances: amadin being a servant to his "siblings"/the people he grew up with. thomas being a bully to everyone in his life. the misogyny that sofia experiences. a cold, distant father with high (and specific) expectations of his children.

the trotters are shown as a warm family with loving dynamics. nell is not ostracised for wearing male clothing, and when she returns home her father almost immediately accepts her back. george is shown to be able to move around freely and play what she likes. both sam and roxy have to work hard, but that almost puts them in equal positions? neither of them own the tavern, it belongs to the blanchfords. and roxy being harassed by thomas is a different kind of misogyny than what sofia experiences.

and what is the underlying reason for their differences? what is established right on with the blanchfords living in a manor and the trotters running a tavern?

class.

the reason lord blancheford assures a strict upbringing of his children is because his son has to one day continue the legacy. there is a lot at stake because the family already has a lot of socioeconomic power. thomas is the way he is because he is an extremely privileged boy, who was taught (directly or indirectly) that his life is worth more than others. and the reason why sofia has this thirst for power is not just because she is a woman living under patriarchy but also because she is a rich woman, which makes land ownership something that is in reach but kept from her solely because she is a woman. and amadin is literally bought into the family (there's another aspect there concerning colonialism, but i'm not the right person to dissect that).

the two families are like two sides of the same coin. in contrast to the trotters, the blancheford family is extremely privileged but ultimately cold and twisted in their dynamics. and it all comes down to class difference.

I miss them everyday

The Crain Kids + smiles

My Adventures With Superman

Of all things that could have taken over my life this year, I did not expect an Adult-Swim Superman show to be it. But the Owl house like designs, the adorable marshmallow precious Clark Kent, the absolute icons that are pixie cut Lois and conspiracy theory Jimmy, another Steve, the intriguing story, lighthearted yet touching stories, and just everything has worked for this show. I’ve loved the first season and I’m so excited to see where season 2 goes.

Tuca & Bertie is the sort of adult cartoon that feels like it’s like other cartoons… except it’s better. I can make a whole list but I’ll just note here that it’s got that Bro feel minus misogyny and their Adult content isn’t raunchy.

I say that having watched BoJack Horseman. The difference is that BoJack is about mental health and cultural critique whereas Tuca & Bertie is about friendship and adulting. The former is cynical, the latter is indulgent. Both have merit. I just want more indulgence.

I will be as obnoxious as I need to be in order for more people to try this show because it’s so diverse and brilliantly written. We need more adult cartoons like Tuca & Bertie.

[edited to add]

I didn’t realize this post would take off, and I’m not even sure how many of you will even see this. I want to address the fact that I wrote this post before watching the last three episodes. Those get much darker because they involve more direct topics of sexual harassment/assault. HOWEVER, by the end of it all, there’s still a feeling of hope and triumph in the face of trauma. No matter how dark Tuca & Bertie gets, it’s still far more optimistic and feel-good than Bojack, which covers similar problems with a much bleaker tone.

We LEGIT NEED more of this show! This show was hilarious, and had amazing characters, AND I want to see the Devil continue to be gay as hell (nobody believes he's straight lets be real) get a hug goddammit!

Not to mention THE CASINO! Oh my GOD THE CASINO! I need to see where they take the casino from the game in this show! Maybe we'll see more bosses (which is another reason this needs to be renewed).

So everyone, you know what to do. Let us spread the message of importance!

Reblog if you want this show renewed

FUCK.

I just finished Good Omens season two, and it's showing up on my Tumblr.

Crying was not on my agenda today but HERE WE ARE

My love for this man knows no bounds

i need more of my friends to watch kinnporsche so i have created this very useful and informative powerpoint to show them to the light <3 

watching ghost host ghost house episode 7 and currently wishing i knew exactly zero thai so that i could live in ignorant bliss about kevin and jake calling one another “i” and “you” too

"Team Jeong Jin Man"

A Shop for Killers  킬러들의 쇼핑몰 (2024)

Tomorrow's the finale and I'm been thinking about them all day!

🦘🗡️🌸🧪With season 2 of smiling friends coming to a close next week, I recommend you guys should watch YOLO.

Not only is it was created by The co-creator of smiling friends, it's just bizarrely hilarious, capturing the similarities to it and make it much more ridiculous as well.

I remember laughing my butt off when I saw this back in 2020 and was pumped about it getting a another season, no surprise I also saw the second season as well and and now I am extremely hyped for Rainbow Trinity.

Yeah you should definitely watch the show after smiling friends, it deserves a lot more attention like smiling friends does.🦘🗡️🌸🧪

🐢🍕Two episodes in and I'm obsessed!🍕🐢

Big City Greens got renewed for a fifth season so get ready for at least another year of my insufferable Bill-loving ass.

Some doodles I made while rewatching Young Royals, I might revisit some of them (who am i kidding though). Honestly I could have not found this show at a better time because I was just trying to get over Red, White and Royal Blue.

Simon my beloved...

Thoughts on Arcane

Okay the hype for this show is spot on. This show is amazing. I went in only knowing that it’s about two sisters who end up fighting on opposite sides of a conflict and I’m happy I went in with limited knowledge because it didn’t play out at all how I expected. When I first started watching the show I thought that Vi was the one who was gonna be radicalized against the topsiders but once the end of episode two hit and episode three played out it completely flipped that thought on its head and I realized I was dead wrong. 

Vi is such a fantastic character and is my favorite character in the series. That’s not a disservice to any of the other fantastic characters instead it is a testament to how well written Vi is. I think Vi’s character and arc are summed up in what Vander told her in episode three “You’ve got a good heart. Don’t lose it. No matter how the world tries to break you.”. Vi is a good person who has been hardened through hardships just like many residents from the undercity. Vi has every reason in the world to be bitter and she has every reason in the world to just give up but she keeps getting back up. Her struggle made me legitimately emotional. This show really gets oldest child syndrome. I am also the oldest child in my family and I’ve felt what Vi felt when it came to Powder and I’ve felt what she felt when she was forced to watch Powder become Jinx. I think she’s a fantastic deuteragonist of Arcane. (Also Vi is just a complete badass.)

Powder’s descent into Jinx is also masterfully done. I don’t know if I’ve seen an animated show tackle how untreated trauma and mental illness can radically change a person and lead to their descent even half as well as arcane did with Jinx. Powder is by nature a kind and caring person but the world succeeded at breaking who she was and creating a much more cruel person in her place. This is kind of a fine line to tread because you could villainize mental illness but I think arcane makes it clear that it wasn’t only the mental illness that lead to Jinx but the negative influences in her life. Silco legitimately cares for Jinx but he projects his own problems onto her however unintentionally and neglects to actually treat her by regurgitating the belief that suffering has made her a stronger person. I think this is more of a warning for these toxic lines of thought that make it so that people have trouble asking for help and stew until a breaking point is reached. It’s a very fascinating take on the character and I am so excited to see where the show takes her.

I also wasn’t expecting Ekko to be the leader of the firelights but I loved the reveal. Ekko’s fight with Jinx was also fantastic. Having the show switch between the past Ekko and Powder and the present Ekko and Jinx was a fantastic divide to draw for the audience. The excitement and innocence in the past was perfectly contrasted between the brutality and tragedy of the present. And when Ekko hesitated you understood why. Just like Vi he can’t let go of the Powder that he knew despite how much he liked to claim the contrary. (The fights in this show were fantastic. I also loved Vi vs Sevika.)

The one part I thought was iffy was Jayce’s part of the story. Too often I found he was the least interesting character in his own story. Viktor far outshone him, in my opinion, with his arc and struggles. I often found that I much prefered when Jayce was playing off of someone than when he was alone. Viktor, Caitlyn, and Mel all had more presence to them and more interesting stories. I think this is because he isn’t really his own driving force when it comes to motivation. He is manipulated or convinced by just about everyone around him about what he is going to do next. Viktor was the one who fixed his research and pushed him to continue working on the crystals which kicked off hextech, Mel was the one who made him a councilor, Heimerdinger was the one who gave him the progress day speech, Vi was the one who convinced him to go after Silco, etc. I found myself wishing that we could cut down his screen time to show more of Viktor, Mel, and Caitlyn. This is my opinion so if you liked him all the better for you. I always like when people can enjoy things that I couldn’t (media wise).

I have a lot more thoughts but these are the ones I’d like to get out for now. There is so much to this show that I am definitely going to rewatch it as soon as I can and most likely write more about it.

Been watching One Piece for a while now, I can safely say that it has given me brain rot to the highest degree

HACKS 3x09 "Bulletproof"