#*calm

[amethystroselily]

Kevin Day was always going through it on that goddamn bus.

[greypetrel]

Morning sketches with dorks sharing a bed.

(And here's usually the part of comics I get stuck upon. When I don't know where to go with a point. Don't be like me, plan your comics before you draw -3- )

(also no one is paying me, so I may as well keep this silly and pretty pointless beside fluff and comfort.)

[macchiatosdumptruck]

This is random, but have you noticed how Kreese uses different styles of speaking with different people? With Johnny, Robby, and Tory he's very relaxed and genuine. With Terry he's a little lecturing and authoritative. With other characters he's fake nice. And with Daniel he's... flirty??? I don't know how else to describe it lol. The cadence. Every single time! He smirks and pauses before finishing a sentence all slithery like a snake. He called Daniel Danny-boy too and idk how to feel about that

I didn't at first but after rewatching the show and focusing more on his character I do see it. I disagree with how he acts with Johnny though.

It's interesting because the show and the fandom often thinks of Terry as the manipulative one (rightfully so) when John's entire character is based on manipulation.

I would argue Terry is manipulative in a different way. His motivations are more obvious. More black and white.

Rewatching s2 it alarmed me just how textbook his emotional manipulation of Johnny was. Just how effective it was. It reminded me of DARVO tbh.

Kreese does this interesting thing with both Terry and Johnny where he brings up "the good times" specifically when they're rightfully upset.

Tory and Robby are interesting. He doesn't put on a false "helpless old man" front like he does with Johnny. He's straight forward. He's helpful but he's pragmatic. He doesn't lie to them, but he doesn't tell them all of the truth either. He views them as competent individuals but he reminds them of their weakness. They're fair game, in a way.

With Terry it's some sort of power play. His ego is always being fed. He's kind to Terry as long as Terry doesn't get too confident in himself. Then it's time to pull rank.

I think he might do that out of fear. As if he thinks Terry will leave him if he no longer sees Kreese as he used to. The most important person in the world.

He's saying "you can't ever leave me" and convincing himself it's a statement rather than a question.

And with Daniel, it really is ... Something.

Kreese's preoccupation with Daniel has always been different than his with Johnny or Terry. Daniel stands as something that Kreese is against. But he still respects him in a way. At the same time he's always belittling him. As if to make Daniel feel younger or smaller.

And I think that's why it comes across as flirty. It's almost like he's negging Daniel.

John "but I like that" Kreese wants to put Daniel in his place but he wants to have fun while doing so.

He's the only person in canon other than Terry to call Daniel "Danny." And he HAD to get that knowledge from Terry. He had to know it would specifically push Daniel's buttons.

And he enjoys seeing Daniel riled up. It's almost like that one asshole who harasses girls because "you're cute when you're mad."

Dominance is John's thing. Imagine if you can't intimidate someone out of fear, trying to do so sexually. 🤔

The extremely flirty and creepy way he acts towards Amanda is to be noted. It's similar to how he acts towards Daniel but more obvious. And I think ultimately this all ties in to how Daniel's enemies have always tried to feminize him in an attempt to belittle him.

Once again Daniel occupies a spot often taken up by a female character. The young hero vs the creepy and intimidating, yet still alluring villain.

[akirayuri]

It's not my fault that I wanna see him get wrecked so bad

[choiyeonjuns]

Can we all just take a second to appreciate how Soobin is a soft leader ;-; like I don't know how to explain it but I love how he's usually soft spoken and calm hahaha

No he is! it’s one of my favorite things about him!

[nattikay]

I’ve already made my First Thoughts post on the episode, but I didn’t really include a solid “did I like it or not” verdict in said post so in light of all the salt I’d like to add a few opinions.

I neither particularly liked nor particular hated Stormy Weather 2.

As mentioned in my First Thoughts post, it is primarily a recap episode. I think this gives it very little rewatch value, and I probably won’t be going back to watch it again anytime soon as that would frankly bore me. As such, I can understand why people are frustrated with it.

However, for what it was, I don’t think it was awful. And while it was mostly focused on recapping what’s happened in many of the arcs up until this point, it is not without snippets of new information, some of which have very interesting implications (with Nathalie and Emilie in particular, given that we now know for a fact that Emilie’s condition is steadily worsening and it appears that Nathalie’s is starting to as well, even though she’s only used the Peacock once.)

The way it was set up doesn’t make it the most exciting or enjoyable episode to watch, but with the emphasis on change and development I really think this episode is kind of a marker for the series, and could signal that potentially major developments are on their way and the writers want to make sure everyone’s caught up on what’s happened thus far, where the characters have been and where they are now.

Like the classroom scene in Chameleon, I don’t think it’s nearly worth the hoards upon hoards of salt the fandom is throwing on it. 

As for Adrien’s classic Agreste-brand Oblivion™ at the end, yeah I totally get why people are frustrated. Like man when I watched it I was ready to pull my hair out! But as other people have pointed out, it seems to be more of a denial/willful ignorance situation. So as frustrating as it is, let’s just take a deep breath and see where things progress from here.

just my two cents. Others are entitled to their own opinions of course.

[fairydnp]

My Great-Grandma has many plants ^-^