#ep60

[sillyusbillyus]

THINGS I WANT IN MALEVOLENT FINALE

Jarthur kiss (not likely)

Faroe like in general

Lilith being cunty in her true form

Kayne licking arthur

John protecting arthur by wrapping him up

Jarthur petnames please

Manager crying happy

[scarefox]

[kaqura]

tsubaki + kagura for @anisaanisa ♡

[hina-san]

[theloopcrew]

they mean everything to me unfortunately

[nodameshield]

for a good ol’ battle episode, I was pleasantly impressed with the amount of *romance* we got on this one. and yes, I’ll explain this rationale as we go (see: love!):

first of all, I know they train together, possibly often. but holy Saturn, they train together. they get stronger together. love.

Goh was an excellent boyfriend™️ throughout this entire episode (love!). beginning with his complementing of Ash’s battle (and he’s darlingly insightful. not ‘great battle’, but, ‘you are so in sync!’ he knows that’s important to Ash!), and also his indulgent smile to the ‘leek master’ rant (which he’s probably heard a thousand times already)

besties 🥰

they blinked in tandem here. I thought that was funny. 

congrats on the catch, Grookey.

has it, though? has it really been a while, Ash? what-even is ‘a while’ for you??? huh?? you’ve been ten for twenty years. do you even grasp the concept of time? (do any of us, truly...) 

?????

exactly 

??????????

Ash has, on a few occasions, done and said things to/with Goh that feel a little...odd, this one being one of them (the constant hugging him, the unnecessary fist bumps, etc.) and yes Ash is tactile, yes Ash is affectionate to a degree, but this here wasn’t obvious, physical affection, it was picking up on a coincidence (Rinto being there at the same time as them), and crediting the resulting battle to Goh. that’s...kind of a big deal (also, it wasn’t necessary to point this out?), but they still did, Ash still acknowledged Goh and thanked him. (need i say it? love!)

and then Goh just runs with it and is the supportive boyfriend™️, even getting a little cheeky and being all like ‘win it for me, babe!’

of course, Ash could never let him down. (love!)

superb animation superb animation superb animation i was so happy !! the battle was incredible but everything else in this episode was also b e a u t i f u l

not gonna stand for you belittling my boyfriend (love!). the way Ash always tenses and encourages Goh’s catching?? Goh reciprocates that support by immersing himself in Ash’s battles, to the point that he almost ran his way when Farfetch’d knocked them to the ground some moments later.

but this is Ash’s dream. and Goh needn’t baby him because our boy is a bamf on his own right. (PLS, that smirk??? the hat coming off for effect?? MY CHILD, CLASSIC. beautiful again. You, so you, so in character).

I often do think and relish on the way Ash’s creativity is always there to get him out of a pinch, and now that creativity is finally aided by his collective experience (over the last *insert number of never-to-be-acknowledged years* 🙃) STILL, loved this moment. and i will happily stan this little bean for another twenty years, even if he’s still ten by then (*sigh*).

✨a n i m a t i o n✨ 💖 a r t 💖

love! 

parallel to the beginning of the ep!! perfectly executed!! also !! love !!! 

...yeah, I’d be here for another twenty years.

Goh finally got to run to his boyfriend !! (and he did so immediately !!) love :)

Look at Goh’s proud grin!! (also idk how these rankings actually work? like he rose a lot with only one battle. does that suggest that Rinto was way ahead already??? and since Ash defeated him he’s now on his level and higher??) (I know I’m looking too into it again I just...yeah, whatever)

hell, Ash. I might just stan you forever.

Goh was fanboying so hard, he was just so proud!! he was literally blushing! that’s how much he looks up to Ash and his skill as a trainer/master. it’s unconcealed love. simple as that.

I never though Ash going into actual, literal, palpable gay panic it’s something that would happen in canon. but the matrix keeps glitching and we keep being blessed by it. and I won’t be the person to complain.

right. let’s call it a day on this one.

the cliff-version notes are: Fantastic animation (hello!! beautiful sunset!! also it’s been raining??). Goh is the sweetest boyfriend. Ash and Sirfetch’d are leek masters in the making !! oh, and Ash is having a gay awakening.

an oblivious gay awakening. (or maybe we are the oblivious ones, which is what i’ve begun to believe at this point).

[mollywauk]

I love how Yasha's only frame of reference for worship is drawing dicks on things and making dead bodies go mossy and she's like, "is this what you want? You want dicks? Storm lord?"

[hold-the-fjord]

Taliesin, in consoling tone: sometimes a bird flies into your windshield, and that sucks 

Travis, with unbridled glee: sometimes you’re the windshield