#5.9.19

[madridistaforever]

9 Real Madrid players named in FIFA FIFPro Men’s World11 shortlist: - Ramos, Marcelo, Varane, Carvajal, Modric, Kroos, Casemiro, Hazard, Benzema The FIFA FIFPro Men’s World11 2019 will be announced at The Best FIFA Football Awards show in Milan on Monday 23 September. (more info. about all players on the list of 55)

[joshhhhhhhhhhhhhhh]

Someone on r/MadokaMagica made a post about how they think Madoka gets a bit too much praise, and some of the comments express similar sentiments, and I’ve seen similar reactions in other places, and I have to ask, am I the stupid one? I don’t want to call Madoka “perfect” because people do have their problems with it and those problems are valid, but like, I can’t agree with any of them. For me, the show is seriously perfect, everything it sets out to do it accomplishes flawlessly. Any “least favourite thing about the show?” thing I come across just has me scratching my brain for the most pedantic of nitpicks. Like, what is it that I’m missing where I can see people say that Yuki Yuna did some things better? Like that legitimately does not make sense to me. It’s okay to have that opinion, but I can’t even remotely understand it. Idk man I really really love Madoka.

[elceeu2morrow]

Seven7 Management, 5.9.19

[always-just-jade]

I’ve noticed some people wanting a transcript of yesterdays Ballum scenes. Hope this helps anyone who needed it. This is a transcript of the hug scene and I’ll have the bed scene coming up shortly.

If anyone has any other requests let me know and I’ll see what I can do. I don’t have the time to transcribe full episodes but it’s certainly possible to at least do the Ben and Callum scenes. If there’s a call of it I’ll do it more often.

Thursday 5th September 2019 Callum walks into the bedroom. Callum: Whit? He moves over to her wedding dress on the floor and kneels. Ben: Don't think it's your size mate. Callum turns to see Ben standing in the doorway. He walks in and Callum stands. Ben: Heard what happened. You ok? Callum: (About Ben's face) That weren't my brother was it? Ben: There's a huge queue of people lining up to have a go. (Noticing the bottle in Callum's hand) Drowning your sorrows? Callum: I can't even do that properly; I feel sick. (Ben steps forward, reaching out to Callum) Ben: I know it don't seem like it now, but she's done you a favour. (Callum starts to get upset and Ben throws his jacket down on the bed) Ben: (Whispers) Come here. (They hug)

[edo-vivendum]

I had group tonight (an outpatient group), and the leader made a really good point. I was talking about how my body image has been really horrible ever since finding out how much weight I've gained, and that in my head I'm still not the "right" weight, and on Friday before I went out with friends I tried on like 7 different outfits and then sat down and cried before finally finding something "acceptable". And L, the leader, said, "well, Molly, I think the problem is that you're expecting to find an outfit that looks like it used to look on you rather than trying to find an outfit that just looks good."

And it hit me hard. That's exactly what I've been doing.

Damn. Guess it's time for some radical acceptance.

[missinvisibleandco]

"City Views"

(no edit. 5.9.19)

[joshhhhhhhhhhhhhhh]

Kanata no Astra episode 10 was surprisingly light on the shocking revelations for once.

Firstly, the answer to a bunch of questions relating to Earth and Astra the planet and Astra the ship were answered. Basically, Polina is from our Earth, which got destroyed by a meteor in 2057 or something, but the residents used Wormhole technology and the Astra line of ships to eventually make it to the current planet Astra that the gang all live on. That wormhole technology is the same shady shit that attacked them all on the various planets they’ve been too. Also, that icy planet we’re warped to in episode 1 is the remnants of the Earth, and the reason the Astra was there is because it got launched into free orbit or something following the Meteor. I’ll take that, I think that’s all sufficient enough, but unsatisfied with merely answering questions and not raising more ones, we also learn that despite their knowledge of lots of Earth’s history, like both World Wars and the Cuban Missile Crisis as well as a lot of Earth’s country, most everything to do with Earth isn’t really taught such that the gang genuinely didn’t know their planet was called Earth, or that they even came from that planet at all, or what God is. Because they’re also from a divergent timeline where WWIII happened and stuff. All they conclude is that when they get home, they can just find out. With only 2 more episodes left I fear we’re unlikely to get an ending that feels like it will give every question a satisfying answer while also feeling like it’s satisfying in its own ways that are disconnected from exposition, we’ll see.

Also, Charce is revealed to be the traitor. We’re told by Kanata this episode that it’s actually Ulgar who’s the traitor, which I immediately knew was wrong based on that one piece of evidence I’ve brought up before, but he says that in an effort to bait Charce and it works. Anyway I’m not really surprised that Charce is the traitor, given I was saying that his arc felt incomplete since he kinda just dumped his baggage and it didn’t really go anywhere, so it makes sense that it’d continue here. Turns out he’s the clone of the king of his place and also that he knew he was a clone all along. These revelations aren’t like, ridiculously shocking or anything, mostly I’m just still curious about the Aries/Seira stuff, since they’re obviously the same person but might not be clones of each other and there’s also Charce’s photo of Seira that he apologises to and like, who knows.

Oh also by the way we’re at the 5th planet for this episode, and it’s quite pretty I suppose. It’s like, foresty, but everything’s at night and there’s a nice purple hue to it all, plus floating lights and cool crystals. Definitely not really something they’re focusing on, this planet is mostly just another backdrop to have, and now that we’ve been on all 5 of them, I can say I’m uh, pretty disappointed with the lineup. Oh well, maybe they’ll shock us in the next episode or something.

So like, fine episode. I had less to say than I usually do, I think. With the pace the story’s at I still feel like 24 episodes could have been done without feeling slow, but ultimately this is an adaptation so they’ve gotta be faithful, and I don’t really know how well the manga’s paced. Still though, a mere 2 more episodes to finish it all up seems like not enough. Even 3 more episodes to round the total to 13 might work best. I don’t know, I guess we just have to wait and see.

[edo-vivendum]

I was waiting for the bus in the pouring rain today, and some random lady in her car (stopped at the red light) rolled down her window and insisted I take her umbrella.

Little moments show the goodness in humanity. I was already soaked, but I really, really appreciated it.