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im prepared for the andor finale to just be saw garrera procuring the tentacle monster. im prepared to still call it peak. are you?

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andor 2x08 spoilers//

no defection for syril, just an appalled (phenomenal) confrontation with dedra, listless floating through a screaming crowd, and then getting killed trying to take it out on his nemesis (who doesn't know who tf he is). cinema. i only wish this had gotten another season to slow-broil

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LUTHEN SURVIVAL I NEVER DOUBTED IT FOR A SECOND

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its so wild that andor just passed up on an extra 6-8 weeks of relevance by deciding to drop the show in such an odd way. it's much better than a full season drop but its just really awkward to release the show in ~2.5 hour batches. what was gilroy cooking

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it might be the luthend (lighting a candle for him to die next week instead of this week)

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saw garrera is an all-timer star wars character, right down to the silly/cool name. its great that tony gilroy takes him seriously as a tragic & sometimes heroic figure without hand-wringing or using him as a rhetorical prop to dismiss "bad resistance" with. ily forest whitaker

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theres a non zero percent chance that rogue one will be kind of like the awesome movie everyone pretends it is once andor finishes & retroactively gives the film a strong character to follow & invest in and im really excited to rewatch the movie if/when andor 2 comes out and is good

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havent read the jjk manga but im aware of spoilers (they are ahead) so my understanding of the backlash to the story mostly boils down to "people are angry that the mentor died" and like idk what else they expected the mentor to do

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tv antihero tierlist of evil

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flopping on tiktok rn so im posting my satosugu brainworms here

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JOHN LOCKE IS REALLY DEAD WHAT THR FUCK

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becoming mildly obsessed with frieren beyond journeys end (the demons are so evocative and cool)

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a million issues with hotd s2, which have all been litigated to death. but given how much focus alicent gets, and how central the schism between alicent & her children was to the finale, it's baffling that we don't see the scene where aemond returns from storms end, and doubles down on his new reputation as a kinslayer.

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adapting aegon's conquest is such a bad idea. the conquest is a very straightforward story of some guy winning over and over. and aegon works much better as a larger-than-life figure that people aspire to than as a real guy.

adapting maegor's ascension and rule would be way better. balerion in the hands of a monster is a way more compelling pitch & striking image. you could flesh out such an interesting relationship between maegor and his brothers & nephew. you get a really good mix of closeness and distance from aegon the conqueror by focusing on his sons. visenya rocks during the maegor years. you get the trial, the conflict with the faith, and a really good mysterious ending to play with. i genuinely think this would rip a lot.

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aegons "dragoncock" moniker was foreshadowing his penis catching fire

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very funny that helaena and allicent act like aemond is crazy for wanting his side of the war to make use of their only other functional full size WMD

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Tiny kitty that can be made with 2 pipe cleaners. If you care. If you even care.